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Has Trump Ended Staten Island’s Wind Power Dreams?

For over a decade, New York has worked to bring wind power jobs to Staten Island as part of an ambitious plan to establish the state as the biggest...

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Artis Curiskis

Epstein Survivors Begged Trump to Release Their Files. He Called It a “Hoax.”

There’s one issue that is gaining rare bipartisan support in a very divided DC: Outrage over the continued stonewalling of the full release of the...

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Julianne Mcshane

Trump and Adams Might Soon Go Official

The grand arc of Eric Adams’ political evolution, which kicked off in 2021 with a bombastic claim that the former NYPD officer was the “future of...

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Inae Oh

RFK Jr.’s Enemies List Just Got a Lot Longer

It hasn’t been a great week for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education,...

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Julianne Mcshane

House Dems Blast Labor Department For Abandoning Disabled Workers

On Wednesday, a group of six Democratic members of Congress, led by Rep. Lateefah Simon (D-Calif.), raised concerns that the federal government is...

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Julia Métraux

Trump Administration Hopes to Revive the Climate Change “Debate”

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Should you be worried about climate...

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Kate Yoder

Florida’s Surgeon General Just Said He Will Eliminate “All Vaccine Mandates”

Florida’s Surgeon General Just Said He Will Eliminate “All Vaccine Mandates”

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks to supporters and members of the media before a 2021 bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis in Brandon,...

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Kiera Butler

New York Sues Anti-Immigration Charity for Multimillion-Dollar Misuse of Funds

New York Sues Anti-Immigration Charity for Multimillion-Dollar Misuse of Funds

Peter Brimelow, founder of VDARE, at a conference in Washington, DC, November 18, 2016. Linda Davidson/Washington Post/Getty Peter Brimelow,...

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Michael Mechanic

The National Guard Soldier Pissed About Trump’s DC Takeover

The National Guard Soldier Pissed About Trump’s DC Takeover

A group of soldiers with the National Guard patrol Union Station on August 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum/Sipa USA/AP Thanks to...

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Schuyler Mitchell

Being Black in America Almost Killed Me Part 1

Being Black in America Almost Killed Me Part 1

Journalist Trymaine Lee on the NBC morning show “Today.” Nathan Congleton/NBCUniversal/Getty Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Trymaine Lee was...

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Reveal

On Trump’s Orders, Missouri Republicans Plan to Gerrymander a Black Lawmaker Out of Office

Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterms through a series of unprecedented mid-decade gerrymanders shifted from Texas to Missouri on Wednesday,...

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Ari Berman

Leading Genocide Scholars Say Israel’s War in Gaza Fits the Definition

Leading Genocide Scholars Say Israel’s War in Gaza Fits the Definition

Relatives and loved ones of Palestinians who lost their lives in Israeli attacks mourn for the deceased on Tuesday. Imago/Zuma Leadin g genocide...

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Julianne Mcshane

Putting Military Lawyers in Charge of Immigration Courts Is Problematic—and “Unlawful”

Putting Military Lawyers in Charge of Immigration Courts Is Problematic—and “Unlawful”

A mock trial is held inside the Offutt Air Force Base Courtroom in Nebraska in 2014. Delanie Stafford/US Air Force photo The Trump administration...

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Samantha Michaels

Hurricane Season Begins with Trump Gutting the “Gold Standard” Weather Services That Save Lives

Hurricane Season Begins with Trump Gutting the “Gold Standard” Weather Services That Save Lives

Mother Jones illustration; Photo by Emil Cohen To a native Floridian, the six-month slog of hurricane season that begins June 1 and ends November...

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Laura C. Morel

Vinay Prasad, Who Is Making It Harder to Get the Covid Vax, Barely Comes Into Office.

Vinay Prasad, Who Is Making It Harder to Get the Covid Vax, Barely Comes Into Office.

Mother Jones illustration; FDA/AP Vinay Prasad, the FDA Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, has been critical of the...

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Julia Métraux

Amid a Wave of Mass Shootings, Florida Cracks Down on Chalk

Amid a Wave of Mass Shootings, Florida Cracks Down on Chalk

Orlando activists use chalk to color in a crosswalk near the Pulse nightclub after the DeSantis administration removed a rainbow memorial. Ronaldo...

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Jeremy Schulman

Republicans Keep Getting Booed at Their Own Town Halls

Republicans Keep Getting Booed at Their Own Town Halls

Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.) addressed attendees at a town hall that got heated on Monday. Charlie Riedel/AP It hasn’t been a great last week of the...

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Julianne Mcshane

Setting an Oyster Apocalypse to Music

Setting an Oyster Apocalypse to Music

Volunteers drying oyster shells to ensure the eradication of any invasive or non-native species before they are used in vertical oyster gardens....

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Richard Luscombe