Democracy Now
- "The American Revolution Was Hardly an Anti-Colonial Movement": UCLA Historian Robin D. G. Kelleyby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 2, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Ahead of the July Fourth holiday and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we speak with the acclaimed scholar Robin D. G. […]
- "Rule of Law vs. Rule of Billionaires": Supreme Court Says Trump Can Fire Regulators, Except at Fedby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 2, 2026 at 12:38 pm
In a 6-3 ruling this week that overturned nine decades of precedent, the Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump the power to fire and replace […]
- Profiting from the Presidency: Trump and Family Rake In Billions from Crypto, Real Estate & Moreby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 2, 2026 at 12:17 pm
New financial disclosures by President Donald Trump show that he made more than $1.4 billion from his family’s various cryptocurrency ventures last […]
- Headlines for July 2, 2026by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 2, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Trump Defends Financial Report Showing His Personal Income Soared to $2.2 Billion in 2025, Sons of Donald Trump and Howard Lutnick Profit from […]
- Reparations Efforts "Sweeping the Country" Despite DOJ Attack on Evanston, IL Groundbreaking Programby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 1, 2026 at 12:46 pm
The Department of Justice is attempting to sabotage a reparations initiative that compensates victims of historic housing discrimination in Evanston, […]
Mother Jones
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Tom Homan: Minnesota Should Say “Thank You” for DHS Operation
by Alex Nguyen on February 15, 2026 at 5:17 pmOn Sunday morning, Border czar Tom Homan said elected officials in Minnesota “ought to be saying thank you” to the Trump administration for making the state safer. “They were a sanctuary state,” Homan said on Fox & Friends. “Their county jails weren’t working with us across the state. So you know what? We fixed it.”
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The Adorable Patients of This Special Bat Hospital Will Warm Your Heart
by Benji Jones on February 15, 2026 at 12:30 pmThis story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Australia is famously a place with some of the world’s most dangerous and frightening animals. Venomous spiders. Deadly snakes. Jellyfish with fatal stings. But it is also home to one of the world’s cutest: the flying fox, also known as the giant
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US Military Strikes Another Boat in the Caribbean Sea, Killing 3
by Katie Herchenroeder on February 14, 2026 at 8:26 pmThe United States military killed three more people on Friday in their 39th boat attack in six months, according to a tracker maintained by the New York Times. All told, the strikes by US forces have killed at least 133 people in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. President Donald Trump’s administration has
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Judges Have Rebuked Trump’s Mass Detention of Immigrants Thousands of Times
by Katie Herchenroeder on February 14, 2026 at 6:28 pmHundreds of judges across the nation have ruled over 4,400 times that President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement arm is detaining people unlawfully, according to a new Reuters review of court documents. And that’s just since October. The Trump administration’s immense increase in detainments rests, in part, on their decision to detain people while their immigration
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Their Courses Were No Longer Relevant, so These Economics Students Went to Work
by Matthew Taylor on February 14, 2026 at 12:30 pmThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the fallout from the 2008 global financial crash reverberated around the world, a group of students at Harvard University walked out of their introductory economics class complaining it was teaching a “specific and limited view” that perpetuated “a problematic and inefficient system of
The Intercept
- How Florida’s Cuban Diaspora and the Israeli Lobby Came Together — and Are Coming Apartby Greg Grandin on July 2, 2026 at 5:01 pm
The Cuban lobby and AIPAC have gotten what they wanted from Trump, and now they are dealing with the consequences. The post How Florida’s Cuban […]
- RFK Jr. Claims He’s Investigating Terrorism Now, Tooby Jessica Washington on July 2, 2026 at 9:50 am
The Health and Human Services secretary is targeting the country's largest Muslim civil rights organization as Republicans run on Islamophobia in a […]
- ICE Flouting Federal Judge’s Order to Stop Arresting Immigrants at New York Courtsby Noah Hurowitz on July 1, 2026 at 5:03 pm
“ICE continues to flagrantly violate the law by arresting immigrants who are attending their mandatory court hearings,” said Rep. Dan Goldman. […]
- Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First Termby Liliana Segura on July 1, 2026 at 2:09 pm
Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche have pushed hard for new death sentences, including in states that have abolished executions. The post Trump Has Already […]
- Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denverby Akela Lacy on July 1, 2026 at 4:09 am
A democratic socialist who lost her job for speaking out about Gaza unseated a 29-year incumbent. The post Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros […]
Common Dreams
- Putting the Freedom 250 Logo on Social Security Cards is Corrupt and Inappropriateby Newswire Editor on July 2, 2026 at 3:41 pm
The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, in response to the Social Security Administration announcing that […]
- Trump’s July 4th Jobs Report Shows American Dream Slipping Out of Reach for Many Working Familiesby Newswire Editor on July 2, 2026 at 1:59 pm
Today’s jobs report shows the labor market added only 57,000 jobs in June, with April and May hiring revised down by 74,000 fewer jobs than […]
- Who Do You Serveby Abby Zimet on July 2, 2026 at 7:14 am
Declaring, "I believe in America, I believe in us," an active duty Air Force major was arrested Wednesday for a non-violent act of civil disobedience […]
- Trump EPA Approves Its Fifth ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticideby Newswire Editor on July 1, 2026 at 5:10 pm
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the highly persistent pesticide trifludimoxazin for use on wheat, oats, oranges, apples and almonds. […]
- Governments Are Spending $1.1 Trillion Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry While Households Pay the Priceby Newswire Editor on July 1, 2026 at 3:34 pm
As 350.org, Fuel Poverty Action and coalition partners today demonstrate against rising energy prices outside the Department for Energy Security and […]
Truthout
- ICE Detained 10,000 People in 5 Days After White House Ordered Surge in Arrestsby Shireen Akram-Boshar on July 2, 2026 at 9:45 pm
ICE officials have pushed to double arrests after the White House called for an increase to 2,000 arrests per day.
- Capitol Police Arrest Air Force Major During Impeachment Protest Against Trumpby Chris Walker on July 2, 2026 at 8:40 pm
US Air Force Major Jason Watson cited “an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s authority” to justify his protest.
- Judge Orders USDA to Restore $127 Million in Federal Grants to Farmersby Aallyah Wright on July 2, 2026 at 8:00 pm
The Trump administration had yanked the money away from organizations led by and in support of Black farmers.
- Frederick Douglass’s Words Are More Relevant Than Ever on US’s 250th Birthdayby George Yancy on July 2, 2026 at 7:31 pm
In his powerful speech, “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?” Douglass spoke truth to power.
- New Mexico ICE Jail Has to Truck Water Into Town That Declared a Water Emergencyby Martha Pskowski on July 2, 2026 at 7:14 pm
The Torrance County Detention Facility has been the subject of complaints about sewer and water problems in the past.
ProPublica
- Massachusetts Set to Extend Statute of Limitations for Rape Cases With DNA Evidenceby Willoughby Mariano on July 2, 2026 at 8:50 pm
The post Massachusetts Set to Extend Statute of Limitations for Rape Cases With DNA Evidence appeared first on ProPublica.
- How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiralby Justin Elliott on July 2, 2026 at 9:00 am
The post How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiral appeared first on ProPublica.
- A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justificationby Ken B. Morales on July 1, 2026 at 9:00 am
The post A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification appeared first on ProPublica.
- “That Guy Is Still Out There”by Joaquin Sapien on June 30, 2026 at 10:30 am
The post “That Guy Is Still Out There” appeared first on ProPublica.
- To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Riskby Nick Bowlin on June 30, 2026 at 10:00 am
The post To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk appeared first on ProPublica.
The Guardian
- World Cup 2026: Portugal through to face Spain after VAR drama, Salah fit to face Australia – liveby John Brewin on July 3, 2026 at 7:16 am
⚽ All the latest news and reaction from the World Cup⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Knockout draw | Email usSpain looked ominous in beating […]
- US heatwave threatens 250th anniversary events and World Cupby Dharna Noor on July 3, 2026 at 7:01 am
Weekend’s high temperatures and humidity ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, researchers sayThe scorching heat blanketing much of […]
- Friday briefing: The US at 250: who gets to tell the story?by Libby Brooks on July 3, 2026 at 5:47 am
In today’s newsletter: As official celebrations spotlight a narrow cast of white heroes, communities across the US are reclaiming the histories […]
- ‘Ridiculous’ for US to maintain current Nato support, Trump warns ahead of alliance summitby Guardian staff and agencies on July 3, 2026 at 5:19 am
President says Washington’s relationship with Nato is ‘not reciprocal’ and ‘they were not there for us’ in Iran warDonald Trump has said it […]
- Trump ‘quite ill - and getting worse daily’, Rosie O’Donnell tells the Guardian after president posts AI video attacking her – as it happenedby Robert Mackey, Shrai Popat, Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose on July 3, 2026 at 2:00 am
This live blog is now closed.Trump posts AI video of him as doctor treating critics’ ‘derangement syndrome’Sign up for the Breaking News US […]
The Jacobin
- Socialism Was Central to W. E. B. Du Bois’s Thoughtby Jeff Goodwin on July 2, 2026 at 5:09 pm
The leading black intellectual and freedom fighter W. E. B. Du Bois was a longtime committed socialist and, eventually, a Marxist — commitments […]
- When the Personal Is Political — and When It Isn’tby Evelina Johansson Wilén on July 2, 2026 at 4:20 pm
The feminist insight that personal life is political is complicated by neoliberalism, which casts political problems as matters of personal virtue. […]
- Jonathan Chait Doesn’t Understand the Socialists He’s Attackingby Bhaskar Sunkara on July 2, 2026 at 4:07 pm
Jonathan Chait’s Atlantic essay claims the Democratic Socialists of America has betrayed the legacy of its founder, Michael Harrington. It gets […]
- Parsing Fact From Fiction on Ireland’s Magdalene Laundriesby Katie Tobin on July 2, 2026 at 1:28 pm
The last of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries, workhouses for “morally wayward” women, closed in 1996. Since then, the institutions’ many horrors […]
- An Unchangeable Constitution?by Jill Lepore on July 2, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Americans used to fight for constitutional change — and not just in the Supreme Court chamber. Jill Lepore talked to Jacobin about the decline of […]
Alternet
- Conservative slams Dems for not riding Trump's corruption harderby Matthew Rozsa on July 3, 2026 at 1:43 am
A conservative writer scolded Democrats on Thursday for not focusing on President Donald Trump’s unprecedented corruption in the months leading up […]
- ‘So dumb!’: Reporter who nailed Trump over Epstein unloads another thundering beatdownby Adam Lynch on July 3, 2026 at 12:54 am
Reporter Katie Phang recently nabbed a huge win against interim AG Todd Blanche and his crusade to keep the Epstein files under wraps. After months […]
- Trump given 'keys to the kingdom' warns conservative political scientistby Matthew Rozsa on July 3, 2026 at 12:17 am
The Supreme Court has previously been accused of having a far right ideology, engaging in judicial activism rather than strict constructionism and […]
- Most Gen Z can't answer basic questions on U.S. history at 250thby Matthew Rozsa on July 3, 2026 at 12:11 am
Even as President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement gut civics in public schools by dismantling the Department of Education and pushing pro-MAGA […]
- MAGA group targets lawyer who represented Trump victim E. Jean Carrollby Matthew Rozsa on July 2, 2026 at 11:48 pm
Ever since a jury found President Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in 2023, the Republican has vowed vengeance against the woman […]
Raw Story
- Trump humiliates supporters by killing deal he touted as his 'best': Ex-GOP operativeby Bennito L. Kelty on July 3, 2026 at 3:58 am
An ex-GOP operative flagged how Trump is killing what he once touted as his "best" deal at the expense of his supporters.During an episode of The […]
- Critics pile on after MAGA lawmaker stands up for being 'racist': 'Certainly a choice'by Bennito L. Kelty on July 3, 2026 at 3:27 am
A MAGA congressman's attempt to defend his wing from accusations of racism backfired after online critics laid into him.Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) took […]
- GOP podcaster ridiculed on CNN panel as his defense of Trump sons collapsesby Bennito L. Kelty on July 3, 2026 at 3:05 am
A CNN panel had a good laugh as a GOP pundit twisted himself in a "pretzel" defending the Trump family.While discussing recent revelations about how […]
- 'Simply staggering': Eyes widen as Jack Smith blows the whistle on 'American Gestapo'by Bennito L. Kelty on July 3, 2026 at 2:18 am
Former special counsel Jack Smith stunned online viewers by revealing how he prepared for prosecution by the Trump administration.During an […]
- Trump's latest job report raises red flags for CNN analystby María Teresita Armstrong-Matta on July 3, 2026 at 2:05 am
The Department of Labor's latest economic report revealed concerning trends despite a declining unemployment rate of 4.2%. Job creation fell sharply […]
Salon
- Why the media lets Republicans keep medical woes a mysteryby Sophia Tesfaye on July 2, 2026 at 5:30 pm
The lengthy absences of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean Jr. raise a congressional double standard
- Everything we know about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s weddingby Andi Zeisler on July 2, 2026 at 4:57 pm
Forklifts, food deliveries and covered crates have become must-see celebrity news.
- Tastemade’s “Struggle Meals” grows upby Francesca Giangiulio on July 2, 2026 at 2:55 pm
Frankie Celenza returns with a season about wasting less, improvising more and redefining what it means to struggle
- Kylie Jenner can’t redeem AI glassesby Andi Zeisler on July 2, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Meta recruited a celebrity to make smart glasses feel safe for women. They aren't
- Trump didn’t learn the biggest lesson from his first termby Heather Digby Parton on July 2, 2026 at 10:45 am
Under pressure and facing historically low approval ratings, the president is behaving as erratically as ever
Daily Kos
- Afraid of getting booed, Trump bails on World Cupby Lisa Needham on July 2, 2026 at 11:01 pm
He's too chickenshit to travel to Seattle for the round of 16 game.
- Fox News covers for ‘state fair’ disaster, plus the Trump slumpby Daily Kos Staff on July 2, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Here's your Daily Kos Recap for July 2.
- Great American State Unfairby Jack Ohman on July 2, 2026 at 10:59 pm
A cartoon by Jack Ohman.
- ICE decides it isn’t brutal enoughby Alix Breeden on July 2, 2026 at 10:00 pm
The White House is supercharging its deportation efforts again, and the timing shouldn't go unnoticed.
- Former Olympian indicted on felony charge over alleged Reflecting Pool vandalismby Associated Press on July 2, 2026 at 9:30 pm
David Hearn, a former Olympic canoe racer, was indicted on a single count of property destruction in Washington, D.C. court.
Huffington Post
- Hunter Biden Just Nominated Trump For Nobel Peace Prize For Savage Reason: 'No President Has Ever Done This Before'on July 2, 2026 at 10:21 pm
The White House didn’t seem to be taking Biden’s generous offer seriously after HuffPost reached out for comment.
- ICE Arrests 10,000 During Late-June Deportation Pushon July 2, 2026 at 10:17 pm
The increase in arrests comes after the agency shifted its approach from high-profile arrest sweeps in major American cities to quieter ways to reach […]
- Steve Bannon Says Rise Of Insurgent Left Is The Death Of Politics As We Know Iton July 2, 2026 at 9:48 pm
The far-right ideologue talked about democratic socialists' growing popularity and what it will take to stop them in a new interview with Politico.
- Trump Stoops To A New Low With Latest Reflecting Pool Claim — And It’s WILDon July 2, 2026 at 9:25 pm
"Can you believe this? This world has gone crazy," said the president.
- Why The Nation’s Largest Native American Advocacy Group Walked Away From America’s 250th Celebrationon July 2, 2026 at 9:23 pm
Leadership for the National Congress of American Indians cited fractured national efforts and inaccurate historical revisions around America250 […]
Slate Politics
- Why the Court’s Long-Sought Ruling Has One Big Exceptionby David Plotz, Ruth Marcus, and Emily Bazelon on July 3, 2026 at 12:20 am
In Cook, the Fed carve-out reveals the inconsistencies at the heart of the court.
- Something Is Going On With Mitch McConnell’s Health, and His Office Is Being Mighty Cagey About Itby Ian Prasad Philbrick on July 2, 2026 at 9:50 pm
McConnell checked into a hospital last month. We still don’t know why.
- The Drama Over This $40 Million Movie Reveals a Bleak Truth About the Future of Hollywoodby Nitish Pahwa on July 2, 2026 at 8:11 pm
The Sam Altman biopic reveals just how deeply Silicon Valley has sunk its claws into Hollywood.
- I Just Got a Bizarre, Essay-Long Text From a Former Classmate. I’m Shocked by What She’s Claiming.by Jenée Desmond-Harris and Shannon Palus on July 2, 2026 at 7:45 pm
Prudie says: “That makes me think we’re not dealing with a totally reliable narrator here.”
- America Has Two Options at the Box Office This Fourth of July Weekend. The Choice Is Clear.by Sam Adams on July 2, 2026 at 6:59 pm
Two new movies promise to tell a tale of the history of the United States. Only one truly captures it.

































