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Voters Are Furious About Corruption

As Election Day closes in on us, a lot of fascinating poll results are flying around. But as a longtime political corruption reporter, I’ve found...

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Russ Choma

Alberta Says No to MAGA-Aligned Independence Campaign

Alberta resoundingly voted against a path to independence in a referendum on Monday, in a blow to the right-wing campaign to separate the wealthy...

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Satchel Walton

Private Contractors Are Set to Cash In As Millions of Americans Lose Health Care

On January 1, new Medicaid work requirements will kick in nationwide, and states are scrambling to comply—a chaotic process which will lead to...

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Sophie Hurwitz

One SpaceX Share Per Child: The New AI PR Strategy

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and AI giant Anthropic have said they will give billions of dollars in shares to the public as general sentiment around the...

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Alex Nguyen

Donald Trump Asked Texas For Five More Republicans. Voters Might Have Other Plans.

Johnny Garcia, the Democratic nominee in Texas’ 35th congressional district, spent one of the last mornings before the start of early voting meeting...

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Tim Murphy

Spinning on Empty: Arielle Zuckerberg and the DJs of Late Capitalism

Earlier this month, a video emerged on social media of Arielle Zuckerberg—Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, also known by her alias “AZ”—DJing house...

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Janus Rose

How the Global Climate Fiasco Fueled France’s Student Revolt

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. By the time Cléo made it...

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Mathilde Augustin

Trump’s Voter Raids Have Begun

On Monday, federal authorities announced the arrest in California of at least 11 people, and charges against 28, alleging they registered to vote as...

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Alex Nguyen

Trump Again Demands New Mexico Change Name to New America

In a Truth Social post Monday, President Trump made his most direct demand yet around an ongoing fixation: get “Mexico” out of New Mexico’s...

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Alex Nguyen

Senators Blast Trump’s Plan to Rig Child Deportation Proceedings

Congressional Democrats sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, urging him to rescind a new policy...

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Samantha Michaels

Trump and Putin: Together at Last

A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and...

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David Corn

Big Tech Will Not Broadcast Your Dissent

For all our billionaire social media leaders’ claims to be free speech warriors, they seem to have spent the last few days cracking down on it. As...

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Alex Nguyen

Please Don’t Film the Breakfast Buffet at Ken Paxton’s “Come and Take It” Bus Tour

Ken Paxton’s message to voters in the home stretch of his closely-contested US Senate race with Democrat James Talarico is a mystery to me. I...

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Tim Murphy

Midterm Voters Are Worried About Climate, but Their Candidates Are Ignoring It

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Most Americans feel unease or...

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Oliver Milman

Abdul El-Sayed Flipped the Script on a Bigoted Gotcha Attempt

In a clip that quickly went viral Saturday night, Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed countered a bigoted question about his Muslim faith at...

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Alex Nguyen

Trump Has Largely Deprived the US Public of a Voice on Environmental Policy

This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Public participation is a hallmark...

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Jody Freeman

When Teslas Fly

Tesla released videos on Thursday of a car that launched into the air, barrel-rolled over a lineup of cars and trucks, and landed on its wheels,...

17.10.2026 3

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Sophie Hurwitz

Trump’s Most Devoted Fans Forgave Him Everything. Then Came Epstein.

Since 2018, Trisha Hope has crisscrossed the country to attend 42 of President Trump’s rallies as a “Front Row Joe,” a group of some of...

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Stephanie Mencimer

Trump Tried to Defund Them, But Green Banks Keep Financing Clean Energy Projects

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A community solar project built...

17.10.2026 4

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Jeff St. John

Jim Crow Returns…One Congressional District at a Time

2026 would have been a reelection year for Rep. Cleo Fields, who represents the majority-Black 6th Congressional District in Louisiana. But in April,...

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Reveal

Katie Zacharia Is Out After Half a Scaramucci

“Honestly, if I were you, I’d reconsider. Katie, do you need this? I don’t think you need this.” Within minutes of President Trump telling...

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Inae Oh

Panic Attack: Inside Musk’s Midterm Disinformation Blitz

Election Day is less than three weeks away, and panic is setting in for the GOP. “We see Republican groups pulling money away from House...

16.10.2026 6

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He Wanted a Data Center Ban. He Got Banned From City Council.

Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson, a congressional candidate and high-profile opponent of local data center sprawl, filed suit Thursday against...

16.10.2026 3

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Sophie Hurwitz

“You Can See Everything” Will Make You Question Everything

For all the despicable acts Elizabeth Holmes carried out as the CEO of Theranos, that long list of criminal behavior somehow manages to feel small...

16.10.2026 6

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Inae Oh

The Many Ways Trump Is Kneecapping White-Collar Crime Enforcement

Earlier this week, Bloomberg broke the news that the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, which helps regulate the securities market, was told to...

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Hannah Levintova

Mar-a-Lago Face Won’t Save You

It is rarely an auspicious occasion when a White House press secretary becomes the subject of headlines. But, by attempting the simple act of uttering...

16.10.2026 6

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Inae Oh

There’s a Powerful, Hidden Force Behind Migration: Climate Change

Two months after swimming across the breakwaters to Ceuta, Spain, Mohamed learned that his asylum claim was denied. In late July, at his home in...

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Rachel Santarsiero

“You Can See Everything” Will Make You Question Everything

For all the despicable acts Elizabeth Holmes carried out as the CEO of Theranos, that long list of criminal behavior somehow manages to feel small...

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Inae Oh

Trump’s SEC is Threatening Big Investors That Pushed ExxonMobil on Climate Risk

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

16.10.2026 8

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Nicholas Kusnetz

MAGA World Is Counting on a Bolsonaro Win in Brazil

On Wednesday evening, conservative businesspeople, digital influencers, and US government officials flocked to the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in...

15.10.2026 4

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Isabela Dias

Inside the Latest Pursuit of Ilhan Omar

The Trump administration has desperately searched for evidence that Rep. Ilhan Omar committed fraud, alleging she or her late father are liars for...

15.10.2026 4

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Alex Nguyen

Byron Donalds Is Pro Data Centers. So Is His Stock Portfolio.

Throughout his campaign for Florida governor, Rep. Byron Donalds has been unapologetically enthusiastic about data centers. The Republican candidate...

15.10.2026 4

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Laura C. Morel

America’s Billionaire Capital Is Poised to Gut Public Transit

When Jillian Crochet, a disabled power wheelchair user and artist in Oakland, California, waits to take the bus, she already faces delays that many...

15.10.2026 3

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Julia Métraux

Women Trust AI Less Than Men—But No One’s Asking Them

As our tech overlords continue pumping more resources into AI development and innovation—responsibly, of course—they’re facing a massive trust...

14.10.2026 3

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Alex Nguyen

Trump Claims the Economy Is Alright. But the Numbers Tell a Different Story.

“Every time they want to try and get me, they say affordability,” President Donald Trump said in a voice mocking his critics during a midterms...

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Alex Nguyen

The EPA Is About to Hand Oil and Gas Companies a Huge Methane-Related Gift

Last week, less than a month after rolling back power plant pollution standards, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin addressed an...

14.10.2026 8

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Rachel Santarsiero

Voter Suppression Is Happening in the South. This Organizer Fights It.

One of the defining issues heading into this year’s midterms is how redistricting has rapidly reshaped electoral maps across the country. When the...

14.10.2026 7

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Reveal

Drone Strikes Didn’t Take Out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe It

On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that a Ukrainian bombing strike on Yandex’s data centers, a large Russian technology...

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Anna Merlan

Cornell Can Do a Lot More Than Pause Frat Parties

All parties and other social events held in fraternity houses on the campus of Cornell University will be cancelled for the remainder of the 2026-27...

13.10.2026 9

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Sophie Hurwitz

Texas Woman Sues Kristan Hawkins Over Abortion-Pill Stunt

In March, two Mother Jones videographers and I stood outside the Space Center Houston and watched Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life,...

13.10.2026 7

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Amy Littlefield

ICE Is Being Sued For Refusing to Return Detainees’ Papers and Property

Seven people detained previously by ICE filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the agency, accusing it of illegally refusing to return their personal...

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Alex Nguyen

The Guilfoyle Scandals Finally Caught Up With Her

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the embattled US ambassador to Greece, resigned from her post on Tuesday amid multiple alleged instances of corruption. “These...

13.10.2026 8

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Alex Nguyen

Katie Zacharia Bombs First Day as White House Press Secretary

Any remaining skepticism of America’s literacy crisis vanished Tuesday morning, when Katie Zacharia, a former TV political commentator, stepped up...

13.10.2026 9

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Inae Oh

The Uncomfortable Truth About Consent Education

As the Cornell rape allegations continue to roil beyond college campuses and into the homes of families across the country, a familiar question has...

13.10.2026 8

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Inae Oh

Pete Hegseth’s Firing Squad Livestream Is Finding Fans in the Defense Industry

“I have been outspoken on wanting public executions for over a decade.” So said Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of Anduril Industries, a military...

12.10.2026 8

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Alex Nguyen

Wildlife Populations Have Plunged Globally, But Some Buck the Trend

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A new report paints a...

12.10.2026 10

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Kiley Price

Elon Musk Is the Midterms’ Biggest Disinformation Risk

Over the weekend, a poorly-constructed and very obviously fake claim about Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico sprang up on X only to...

12.10.2026 10

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Anna Merlan

Homeland Security Raids Ilhan Omar’s Residence

Federal officers raided Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home early Monday morning, reportedly related to an investigation into the...

12.10.2026 8

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Alex Nguyen

Your Questions About Kristan Hawkins and the Campus Anti-Abortion Movement, Answered

On Friday, I hosted a Reddit AMA, prompting the Internet to ask me anything about my coverage of anti-abortion activist Kristan Hawkins and the...

12.10.2026 7

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Amy Littlefield

Trump Blames Ukraine—Not His Iran War—For Our Skyrocketing Fuel Prices

President Donald Trump keeps pointing the finger at everyone for surging fuel prices but himself. Over the weekend, he once again blamed Ukraine,...

11.10.2026 8

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Alex Nguyen