With Big Tech Talking Government Backing, Has OpenAI Become “Too Big to Fail”?

Leaders at the AI company are scrambling to pacify concerns that the bubble around their company could soon burst.

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Attorneys General Sue Trump for Using Shutdown to Disrupt Food Aid for Millions

Critics say Trump is exploiting the federal shutdown to unilaterally slash the safety net and cause unnecessary pain.

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Elon Musk Wants $1 Trillion to Build a “Robot Army” at Tesla

The Take Back Tesla campaign is urging shareholders to reject Musk's proposed $1 trillion compensation package.

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Elected Officials in Chicago Look for Tools to Squeeze ICE Out of Public Spaces

A city commissioner pledges to leave “no stone unturned” in the city's fight to slow ICE abductions.

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“No Kings” Protests Set to Sweep US Even as Trump Increases Attacks on Activists

Republicans are already smearing the protesters, but their intimidation tactics are out of touch with reality.

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Tenants Launch US’s First Ever Rent Debt Strike Against Corporate Landlord

Nine tenants organized by the Debt Collective are refusing to pay back rent, hoping to inspire others to do the same.

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Trump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants

ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.

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Trump Wants to Open Up 45 Million Acres of Roadless Wilderness to Logging

A push to repeal the Roadless Rule that protects the few ecosystems that remain truly wild faces mass public opposition.

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This Back-to-School Season, Teachers and Parents Are Fighting Back Against ICE

The Trump administration is on the defensive as educators demand action to protect students from immigration police.

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Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Firms Have Doubled Since 2017, Now $35 Billion a Year

Oil and gas companies could gobble up billions in tax credits if lawmakers don't act, warn the authors of a new report.

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RFK Jr. Faces Widespread Calls to Resign in Wake of Heated Senate Hearing

Democrats see RFK Jr. as a weakness in Trump’s cabinet — and a clear and present danger to public health.

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Michael Bloomberg and anti-DEI pundit Bill Ackman are just two of the many billionaires showering cash on Cuomo.

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Judge Blocks Kristi Noem From Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda — for Now

Critics say Trump is putting Abrego Garcia “through literal hell” and that efforts to deport him amount to a power grab.

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Trump’s EPA Delayed Pollution Safeguards Ahead of Deadly US Steel Explosion

Residents of steel communities say fence-line monitoring for dangerous air pollution must be mandatory.

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Trump Administration Delays Rule Protecting Coal Miners from Black Lung — Again

Exposure to toxic silica dust is driving an increase in black lung cases among miners across Appalachia.

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Trump’s FCC Considers Supercharging Corporate TV Consolidation

Media conglomerates are pushing to eliminate rules that limit consolidation of local TV stations.

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Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Top Fossil Fuel Donor to Trump’s War Chest

Energy Transfer is battling a federal pipeline safety agency after being fined $2.5 million for a deadly accident.

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Democrats Are Struggling to Block Trump’s Texas Power Grab

“When you can’t win fairly, you cheat, and that is exactly what this is,” a civil rights advocate said of Trump’s ploy.

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Bernie Sanders Launches Investigation of RFK Jr.’s Attacks on Vaccine Access

By firing all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine panel, RFK Jr. has imperiled vaccine access in the US, critics say.

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Organizers Call for Shutdown of Immigrant Jails as Trump Expands Incarceration

Despite public outrage, Trump is doubling down on deportation policies designed to incarcerate 100,000 immigrants.

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Texas Plays Cynical Racial Gerrymandering Game to Save House Majority for Trump

Trump’s Justice Department gave political cover for Gov. Greg Abbott to mingle gerrymandering with disaster relief.

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Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread Nationwide

As work stoppages spread, the Teamsters’ president says a waste disposal company is at “war” with sanitation workers.

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A New Supreme Court Case Could Give the Wealthy Even More Political Power

A GOP court challenge could lead to the biggest erosion in campaign spending limitations since “Citizens United.”

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The Political Blowback to GOP’s Medicaid Cuts Has Already Begun

Senate Republicans passed a budget package with the deepest cuts to health care in decades on Tuesday.

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Doctors Warn Medicaid Cuts in Senate Budget Bill Will Kill Their Patients

Protests against Medicaid cuts continued on June 25, which led to the arrests of 60 activists at the Senate.

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Trump’s ICE Agents Are Arresting US Citizens. GOP Budget Would Hire 10,000 More.

Billions of dollars for ICE and border patrol in Trump’s budget bill would supercharge the chaotic crackdown.

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5 Million People Attended “No Kings” Protests. How Can We Build on This?

The protests were inspired by the idea that 3.5% of a population must rise up to successfully reject authoritarianism.

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Trump Is Rapidly Expanding the Surveillance State as Protests Grow

Immigrants are only the first target of a rapidly expanding digital dragnet that can track our individual movements.

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Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Will Lead to 51,000 Preventable Deaths Each Year

Annual cuts to Medicaid would average $70 billion — roughly the same amount the wealthy will save in tax cuts.

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State Voter Suppression Bills Could Disenfranchise Millions Ahead of Midterms

Trump’s crackdown on immigrants has fueled legislation to restrict access to the ballot in more than two dozen states.

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Chemical Plants Near Black Neighborhoods Pollute While Hiring Few Black Workers

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Big Pharma Front Groups Muddle Debate Over Drug Prices, Patient Advocates Say

Big Pharma is using dark money to fund groups that sound like patient advocacy organizations but represent the industry.

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Experts Credit Harm Reduction, Not Border Cops, for 27% Drop in Overdose Deaths

Grassroots public health efforts and shifts in drug use have contributed to the sharp decline in overdose deaths.

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GOP Advances Bill to Fast-Track Fracking, Logging and Mining on Public Lands

The legislation would make it harder to file legal challenges against controversial mines and pipelines.

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3 People Die in ICE Custody in April as Conditions Worsen in Immigration Jails

At least seven people have died while incarcerated by ICE since Trump’s term began.

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Rights Groups Detail “Authoritarian” Reality of US Surveillance in Report to UN

A new report from human rights experts urges the United Nations to condemn the “evaporation of fundamental rights” in the United States, where the...

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EPA Deletes Pollution Tracking Tools as It Offers Exemptions to Polluters

A new lawsuit is challenging the Trump administration's removal of environmental justice maps and datasets.

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Bernie Sanders Demands a $17 Minimum Wage as Trump’s Tariffs Embarrass GOP

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Over 500K Refugees Could Face Deportation to Haiti, Which Is Gripped by Violence

A former US resident displaced by street violence in Port-au-Prince says Haiti is “not safe for anyone right now.”

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Bernie Sanders to Force Vote on Blocking Bombs for Israel’s Destruction of Gaza

Grieving Palestinian Americans are demanding an arms embargo from their lawmakers as Israel escalates its genocide.

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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Plan to Share Tax Data With ICE

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Former EPA Employees Warn of Polluted Skies Ahead Under Trump

The vast majority of voters want a strong EPA, but Trump is laying the agency to waste.

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Trump’s Economic Agenda Could Push the Housing Crisis Over the Edge

Organizers say desperate tenants are being pushed to the brink of revolt as Trump slashes assistance.

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As Mass Incarceration of Immigrants Rises, Detention Centers Eye New Contracts

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Lawsuit Alleges Trump’s Guantánamo Transfers Aim to “Instill Fear” in Immigrants

Three have died in ICE custody as Trump rapidly expands government capacity to surveil and incarcerate immigrants.

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House GOP Budget Would Raise Health Care Costs for the Poor to Pay the Rich

The push to slash health care to pay for Trump's tax cuts will come back to haunt Republicans.

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Trump Demonstrates Profound Ignorance With Remarks on Ukraine War Anniversary

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Bird Flu Looms as Trump’s Mass Firings Unleash Chaos at Public Health Agencies

Trump and RFK Jr. have moved to fire thousands of highly trained employees at the CDC and other agencies since Friday.

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The administration is publishing photos of migrants transferred to Guantánamo while denying them access to lawyers.

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