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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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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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How Much Are You Spending On the Iran War? $300 and Counting.

The Pentagon estimates that it has spent upwards of $29 billion on weaponry to bomb Iran since February 28, in a war of choice that has killed at...

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Ahead of Louisiana Primary, Trump Calls GOP Sen. Cassidy a “Disloyal Disaster”

As voters in Louisiana head to the polls for Saturday’s primary elections, President Donald Trump is doing all he can to ensure that incumbent...

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Farmers Are Collateral Damage in Trump’s Iran War

It’s planting season, and 70 percent of American farmers can’t afford enough fertilizer to plant all their crops. About a third of the planet’s...

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Trump Taps Former Private Prison Exec to Run ICE

David Venturella, who spent more than a decade as an executive at the private-prison behemoth GEO Group, will be the next acting director of...

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Turns Out, Nobody Wants a Data Center in Their Backyard

A new Gallup poll has found that most Americans would really prefer not to live next door to a data center. For the first time, the polling...

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The President May Settle His Own Lawsuit With Your Money

The DOJ is considering settling Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, which could send about $10 billion taxpayer dollars...

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Trump’s Golden Dome Would Cost $1.2 Trillion

Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense dream might seem like something out of science fiction, but it would cost real dollars, the...

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New York Hospital Faces Criminal Subpoena in Texas Over Trans Youth Care

The Trump administration has sent subpoenas to dozens of hospitals across the nation over the past year, demanding access to information about...

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Legislators Denounce “Appalling and Horrific Treatment” of Mothers in Immigrant Detention

As Mother’s Day approaches, a group of senators are raising the alarm about the “appalling and horrific treatment” of pregnant and nursing...

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“It’s Life Alert or Rent”: Montana Trailer Park Tenants Are on Rent Strike

35-year-old Benjamin Moore has lived in Mountain Meadows Mobile Home Park, outside Bozeman, Montana, since he was 17. This month, for the first time,...

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“Counterterrorism” Now Officially Means Targeting Trans People

On Wednesday, the White House released a new “United States Counterterrorism Strategy,” the first such directive since a 2021 Biden-era memo...

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Mr. Wonderful’s Utah Data Center Will Be More Than Twice as Big as Manhattan

Kevin O’Leary is best known as “Mr. Wonderful” on Shark Tank, or maybe as the bad guy from Marty Supreme. On Shark Tank, he invests in—or...

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Republicans Claim Widespread Food Stamp Fraud. What’s Missing: Hard Evidence.

The US Department of Agriculture has spent the past week notifying people that the country is (allegedly) overrun by individuals who are fraudulently...

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The Iran War Remains Unpopular—Unless You’re a Weapons Contractor

As peace talks with Iran continue to stall, the Trump administration announced on Friday an additional $8.6 billion in fast-tracked weapons sales to...

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Trump’s Plans to Rebuild DC in His Image Keep Getting Pricier

Donald Trump’s plans to remake parts of Washington, DC, are much bigger—and more expensive—than originally planned. A top Trump fundraiser is...

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“Where Have All the Student Protests Gone?”

It’s become a familiar refrain: something awful happens in the world, and a member of the commentariat asks, “Where are the student protests? Or...

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Amazon Powers ICE. Its Workers Aren’t Happy.

Matt Multari has been driving for Amazon—and organizing with the Teamsters—for about a year and a half. His days are mostly spent delivering...

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Hegseth to Congress: We Have No Iran Plan But Give Us 1.5 Trillion Anyway.

For the first time since the US began bombing Iran two weeks ago, our military leadership testified before a congressional committee today. The main...

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The Odd Bedfellows Protesting the Roundup Weedkiller Case

On Monday, the US Supreme Court heard arguments over Bayer AG’s efforts to shut down the thousands of lawsuits alleging its product Roundup, a...

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Trump Endorses Rebranding ICE as NICE

At 11:00 PM Sunday night, Donald Trump endorsed a conservative influencer’s suggestion that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be...

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The Truth About the Trump Plan to Bring Back Execution by Firing Squad

The US Department of Justice announced Friday that it plans to revive the firing squad as a method of killing in federal capital cases. In a 52-page...

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Why Maine’s Governor Just Killed a Pioneering Data Center Moratorium

Until yesterday, it looked like Maine would enshrine the country’s first state-level hyperscale data center moratorium into law. But late on Friday,...

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Trump’s DOJ Indicted the SPLC. His Supporters Are Already Looking for the Next Target.

The Justice Department this week announced criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging that the longtime civil rights watchdog...

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Why Activists Went on Hunger Strike Over A Trash Incinerator

When Nazir Khan picked up the phone on Wednesday, he was a bit delirious. Hours earlier, he’d had his first bites of food after a twelve-day hunger...

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The US Military Is 3D-Printing Warheads

The US Army announced this week that it has successfully 3D-printed a drone-based warhead prototype, and successfully used that weapon to make...

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The Fight Against Warehouse Detention Has Come to Congress

Laura Spivak, an organizer with Washington County Indivisible, has spent the past few months trying everything to stop the construction of an ICE...

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The Working Families Party Is Riding The Anti-AI Wave

Voters are anxious about losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, and key players across the political spectrum have started to notice. Now, the...

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There Are Eric Swalwells Across State Governments

Two lawmakers—Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales—resigned from office last week amid unrelated House Ethics Committee investigations over alleged...

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Corporations Are Getting Tariff Refunds. Americans? Not So Much.

The Trump administration has officially begun the process of repaying up to $175 billion in illegally collected tariffs, following a February Supreme...

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Palantir Wants To Bring Back the Draft

On Sunday afternoon, Palantir, the defense-tech company that sells software to clients like ICE, the US military, and the Israeli military,decided to...

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Homeland Security’s New Task Force Website Sanitizes Trump’s Deportation Agenda

The Department of Homeland Security just rolled out a new website for its city-occupying task forces that looks, more than anything, like a vibe-coded...

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Podcasters, Presidents, and Psychedelics: How Joe Rogan Got Trump Into Ibogaine

President Trump signed an executive order on Saturday calling for the acceleration of research on certain psychedelic drugs as treatments for...

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Maine Said No to New Data Centers. Other States Are Racing to Follow.

The AI infrastructure reckoning has until recently stayed local, its battles fought in the relatively puny arenas of town council and zoning...

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Are Your Allergies Worse This Season? Climate Change and Pollution Might Be To Blame.

About a quarter of Americans suffer from seasonal allergies. And researchers at the nonprofit Climate Central say that if you’re feeling snifflier...

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ICE Smashed Her Car Windows on the Way to the Doctor. Now She’s Fighting Back.

On January 13, Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor’s appointment when ICE agents smashed the glass out of her car windows at a Minneapolis...

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U.S. Scientists in Greenland Want Trump to Back Off

Each summer, about 300 American scientists—mostly climate scientists, with a smattering of biologists and geologists—make the long trip up to...

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New York City Hospitals Fold to Trump. Will Zohran Mamdani Defend Trans Care?

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People Hate Data Centers, so the Industry Is Spending Millions to Rebrand Them

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With community opposition growing,...

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A Year Later, We’re All Paying for Trump’s Assault on the “Green New Scam”

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Village of Sauget in St. Clair...

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The Pentagon is Hoarding Critical Minerals That Could Power the Clean Energy Transition

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Pete Hegseth, who has taken to...

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Trump’s Attack on the Endangered Species Act Will Hurt More Than Just Wildlife

Proposed rollbacks would open the door to more oil and gas drilling, as well as logging and mining.

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Election Day Was a Win for the Climate

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tuesday was a great day at the...

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