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One on One With Trump’s Black MAGA Pastor

Detroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell is one of the most prominent Black conservatives in President Donald Trump’s orbit. It all started last summer when...

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RFK Jr. Blames Pills—Not Guns—for School Shootings

As secretary of Health and Human Services in the second Trump administration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed an array of pseudo-science and...

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Mark Follman

Team Trump Strips “Renewable Energy” From the Name of an Iconic National Lab

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump...

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Dan Gearino

The Trump Administration Won’t Stop Firing Immigration Judges

The Trump administration has axed another group of judges from immigration courts. On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on...

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Isabela Dias

Pete Hegseth Finds His Fall Guy

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remains under intense scrutiny following reports that he gave a spoken order to kill survivors of a boat strike, an...

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Alex Nguyen

FEMA’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

FEMA’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

The Federal Emergency Management Agency building in Washington DC, May 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty This story was originally published...

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Rebecca Egan Mccarthy

This Confusing Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Oversight of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

This Confusing Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Oversight of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) spoke at a press conference about protecting crisis pregnancy centers in March. Mother Jones illustration; Roberto...

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Nina Martin

“Climate Smart” Beef Was Never More Than a Marketing Fantasy

“Climate Smart” Beef Was Never More Than a Marketing Fantasy

Beef production results in almost nine times as many greenhouse gas emissions as chicken or fish. Brandon Bell/Getty/Grist This story was...

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Frida Garza

Colorado Finally Got Its Wolves Back. Why Are So Many Dying?

Colorado Finally Got Its Wolves Back. Why Are So Many Dying?

Wildlife officials release one of five gray wolves on public land in northwestern Colorado on December 18, 2023. Jerry Neal/Colorado Parks and...

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Benji Jones

Trump’s Brand Is Tanking

Trump’s Brand Is Tanking

Alex Brandon/AP In the wake of the longest government shutdown in US history, an ongoing self-inflicted tariff war, and his handling of the Jeffrey...

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Inae Oh

Pete Hegseth Is Finally Getting Investigated

Pete Hegseth Is Finally Getting Investigated

Alex Brandon/AP In a rare instance of bipartisan alarm, Republican-chaired committees in the House and Senate announced that they have launched...

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Inae Oh

GOP State Senator Balks at Redistricting After Trump Again Uses the R-Word

GOP State Senator Balks at Redistricting After Trump Again Uses the R-Word

Donald Trump called Minnesota Gov Tim Walz the r-word in a Thanksgiving post. Andrew Leyden/Zuma On Thursday, President Donald Trump once again...

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Julia Métraux

Alabama’s Threats to Prosecute Abortion Helpers

Alabama’s Threats to Prosecute Abortion Helpers

Frances Wallace, a digital organizer for the Yellowhammer Fund, unloads boxes of free reproductive health supplies for local residents during a...

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This Disability Education Law Turned 50 Today. Disability Advocates Want More.

This Disability Education Law Turned 50 Today. Disability Advocates Want More.

Rep. Lateefah Simon speaking at a rally. Gent Shkullaku/Zuma On November 29, 1975, Republican President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All...

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Julia Métraux

The Mystery of the Missing Porcupines

The Mystery of the Missing Porcupines

A porcupine and her porcupette cross the road in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Alex Vanderstuyf/National Park Service This story was...

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Shi En Kim