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New Jersey Officials Impose Curfew to Stifle Anti-ICE Protests at Delaney Hall

At midnight on Sunday, New Jersey officials chose to help federal agents suppress the ongoing rallies at a New Jersey ICE detention center rather than...

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Alex Nguyen

How an Obscure MAGA-Linked Firm Lined up $1 Billion in Balkan Energy Contracts

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a graffitied Sarajevo...

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Tom Burgis

I Asked a Mining Billionaire About His Environmental Philanthropy. It Didn’t Go Well.

This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Earlier this year, a billionaire investor...

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Benji jones and sara herschander

Fortress Europe: The Fight for Refugees in Greece

In 2015, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and repression were trying to reach safe havens in Europe. From his home in Norway, Tommy Olsen...

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Reveal

Troops Must Be Fit and Tall to Attend Trump’s UFC Fight

In preparation for President Donald Trump’s UFC fight on the White House South Lawn next month, Pentagon officials are hoping to lure hundreds of...

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Inae Oh

Greg Bovino Keeps Posting to Get His Job Back. No One Is Listening.

Greg Bovino, the Nazi-garbed former Border Patrol commander, was ousted in January after CBP and ICE agents during his tenure killed Minneapolis...

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Sophie Hurwitz

What Americans Really Think in These Troubled Times

These may be confusing and difficult times in America, but I consider myself pretty lucky. Most weekends, I get to hang out with an extraordinary...

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Dan hoyle

Our Power Grid Is in Better Shape This Summer, Thanks to Solar and Batteries

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s set to be an abnormally...

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Jeff St. John

Washington Protesters Convicted of “Conspiracy to Impede” ICE Agents

On a Wednesday afternoon last June, Bajun Mavalwalla II, Jac Archer, and Justice Forral gathered with hundreds of others to protest outside an ICE...

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Sophie Hurwitz

Watch: Is Trump’s Party Stranglehold Actually a Death Grip?

It pays to earn an endorsement from Donald Trump. Across 118 endorsement, the president boasts a perfect score in 2026’s midterm primaries, ousting...

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Garrison Hayes

Watch: The Violent ICE Crackdown Comes to New Jersey

For the past week, anti-ICE activists have been protesting at Delaney Hall, an immigration detention facility where detainees have reportedly engaged...

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Jeremy Schulman

The GOP Is Targeting Black Voters in the Former Confederacy With Surgical Precision

Republican attempts to erase Black representation in the wake of the Supreme Court’s destruction of the Voting Rights Act have hit a few roadblocks...

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Ari Berman

Everyone’s Fleeing Trump’s Freedom 250 Concerts

It hasn’t even been two days since Freedom 250, the Trump-tied group organizing a bunch of celebrations ostensibly in honor of America’s 250th...

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Inae Oh

Wildfire Smoke Is Affecting People’s Sperm and Embryos, Studies Show

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fertility isn’t a topic...

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Susan Shain

Andy Kim: Nothing’s Improved Since Minnesota—Except Private Prison Profits

“I certainly didn’t see anything at Delaney Hall that gives me a sense that things have changed since Minnesota,” Andy Kim told me. The New...

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Alex Nguyen

Trump Vows to Protect the Family Businesses: Crypto and Prediction Markets

In a Truth Social post Wednesday, President Trump typed out a lengthy paragraph on the necessity of protecting the prediction and crypto markets,...

28.05.2026 3

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Russ Choma

Elizabeth Warren Has Some Questions for the Private Prison Executive Running ICE

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a few questions for the head of ICE. On Wednesday, the Massachusetts Democrat sent a letter to David Venturella, the new...

28.05.2026 2

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Sophie Hurwitz

“Mind-Bogglingly Crazy”: Climate Experts Alarmed by Europe’s Deadly Spring Heatwaves

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Malcolm Mistry knew it was going...

28.05.2026 2

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Ajit Niranjan

What the Hell Is That Thing

At first, when I saw these photos of curling scaffolding outside the White House, I thought construction was beginning on the Trump Arch. That...

27.05.2026 1

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Sophie Hurwitz

Everyone’s on GLP-1s. But at What Cost?

When Layla Taylor, the 25-year-old Utah influencer and member of MomTok, went public with her use of the GLP-1 drug Tirzepatide in the latest season...

27.05.2026 2

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Inae Oh

They’re All Ken Paxton Now

When President Donald Trump endorsed Texas attorney general Ken Paxton earlier this month in his race to unseat four-term GOP Sen. John Cornyn, it...

27.05.2026 3

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Tim Murphy

Fuel and Sewage Leaks Have Made the Potomac One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers

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

27.05.2026 1

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Aman azhar

Oh Goody, a Trump Official Once Called Ebola a “Scam”

The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is one of the largest in recent history. According to the US Centers for...

27.05.2026 2

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Kiera Butler

Why Conservatives Are Trying to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act is widely considered one of the most effective laws in prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. One of its key provisions...

27.05.2026 4

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Reveal

White House Seeks Gag Order For All Federal Workers

In an attempt to stop federal workers from sharing information with journalists, the Trump administration may soon ask them—all two million of...

26.05.2026 2

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Sophie Hurwitz

Why Billionaires Pay Much Less Tax Than the Average American

This story was originally published on Gabriel Zucman’s substack, to which you can subscribe here (for English) or here (for French). Last week,...

26.05.2026 1

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Gabriel Zucman

Republican-Appointed Judges Just Gave the Roberts Court a Stunning Rebuke

On Monday, a three-judge federal court panel with two Trump appointees restored an Alabama congressional map with two majority-Black districts for the...

26.05.2026 3

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Pema Levy And Ari Berman

DHS Is Getting Sued For the Truth About Its “Domestic Terrorism Watchlist”

Does photographing ICE agents make you a domestic terrorist in Donald Trump’s America? That’s the question being asked by a growing chorus of...

26.05.2026 1

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Schuyler Mitchell

The ACA Affordability Crisis Congress Won’t Fix

Pennsylvania bike shop owner John Ronca has been buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for over a decade. Last year,...

26.05.2026 6

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Julia Métraux

Once a Climate Leader, Canada Is Doubling Down on Oil

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Before he became prime minister of...

26.05.2026 8

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Jake Bittle

These Photos Reveal Strange Sea Creatures Scientists Have Never Seen Before

This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It lives in a glass castle deep under the...

25.05.2026 7

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Benji Jones

Republican Infighting Erupts Over Trump’s Emerging Iran Deal

Is there a deal? Is there not a deal? The fawning quarters of the right-wing press have spent the weekend so far gushing about how late and hard...

24.05.2026 6

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James West

Is Pope Leo Joining the Anti-AI Resistance?

Having spoken out for the welfare of immigrants and against the war in Iran—and drawn the ire of some American conservatives in the process—Pope...

24.05.2026 10

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Alex Nguyen

A Surprising Climate Fix Both Democrats and Republicans Can Get Behind

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Democrats and Republicans agree on...

24.05.2026 8

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Matt Simon

Donald Trump Is Too Busy Posting Weird Memes to Go to Don Jr.’s Wedding

Donald Trump has made it known far and wide that, as president, with the weight of the world on his shoulders, he’s too busy to attend his son Don...

23.05.2026 8

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Anna Merlan

Stephen Colbert Escaped Late Night and Immediately Started Having Fun

In a delightful Easter egg for fans of Stephen Colbert, local television, or the improbable combination of the two, following Colbert’s last-ever...

23.05.2026 10

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Anna Merlan

With Tulsi Gabbard’s Resignation, the Right-Wing Conspiracy Machine Spins Into High Gear

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced on Friday that she would resign, saying that her husband, Abraham, has been diagnosed with a...

23.05.2026 6

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Anna Merlan

Don’t Want a Data Center in Your Town? You Might Be a Chinese Spy.

Utah political consultant Gabi Finlayson was driving out of a canyon last week when she got the news that she had been accused of being a Chinese...

23.05.2026 10

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Sophie Hurwitz

Once Dismissed As Weeds, Native Plants Are Flying Off the Shelves

This story was originally published by Grist in partnership with Chicago Public Media, and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk...

23.05.2026 10

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Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

911, Please Hold

The 911 system functions as a sort of promise: Call for help and someone will be there to respond quickly. But in many American cities, it’s a...

23.05.2026 20

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Reveal

Exclusive: Departing Meta Staffer Posts Biting Anti-AI Video Internally Amid Mass Layoffs

This week, Meta laid off 8,000 employees—10 percent of the company’s staff—and reassigned another 7,000 to train AI models. Fear of the layoffs...

22.05.2026 9

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Mother Jones

Solar Electricity Is Poised to Overtake Coal in—of All Places—Texas

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Texas sun keeps rising, as...

22.05.2026 10

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Julian spector

Locals Didn’t Think Roundup Was Being Sprayed Near Lake Tahoe. So I Went to Find Out.

This past Sunday, I found myself walking across the snowless ski runs of Sierra-at-Tahoe in California, which sits on public land in the El Dorado...

22.05.2026 8

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Nate Halverson

Trump Has Finally Found a Small Enough Enemy

On Wednesday, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging 94-year-old former Cuban head of state Raúl Castro with murder and conspiracy to...

21.05.2026 6

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Alex Nguyen

There are 50,000 Words in the DNC Autopsy. “Gaza” Isn’t One.

Among the more than 50,000 words in the DNC’s 192-page autopsy of why it lost the 2024 presidential election, here are a few that do not appear even...

21.05.2026 9

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Sophie Hurwitz

There are 50,000 Words in the DNC Autopsy. “Gaza” Isn’t One.

Among the more than 50,000 words in the DNC’s 192-page autopsy of why it lost the 2024 presidential election, here are a few that do not appear even...

21.05.2026 9

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Sophie Hurwitz

Supreme Court Leaves Rulings on Executing the Intellectually Disabled in Place

On Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to dismiss the Hamm v. Smith case, effectively upholding its rulings that people with intellectual...

21.05.2026 9

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Julia Métraux

HHS Refuses to Say What An Anti-Vaccine Activist Is Doing at the Agency

Longtime and controversial anti-vaccine activist David Geier is still working at the Department of Health and Human Services—and the agency is still...

21.05.2026 6

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Anna Merlan

Trump and Elon Musk Crushed USAID. Hunger and Violence Followed.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For decades, the US Agency for...

21.05.2026 6

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Ayurella Horn-Muller

Trump Wasn’t on the Primary Ballot in Georgia. He Still Won.

On Tuesday, six states held primary elections to select which Republican and Democratic candidates will advance to the general election in November....

20.05.2026 7

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Abby Vesoulis