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America’s Fossil Fuel Ambitions Are Driving Up Your Energy Bill

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During the 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump promised voters that his policies would lower their energy prices by 50 percent, repeating this pledge in speeches in New York, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. “We will cut energy and […]

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Two Countries. Two Tragedies. One Huge Difference.

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I’m in Sydney visiting family for Christmas. I’m writing this a short drive from where two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday, killing 15 people—one of the worst days of violence in modern Australian history. I’ve lived in the US for nearly 15 years and have covered plenty of its disasters up […]

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Trump Just Announced His Own Hunger Games

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It’s not a secret that Donald Trump has taken inspiration from several famous authoritarians of both the past and the present. Vladimir Putin, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, and Xi Jinping, all of whom the president has openly praised, have shaped Trump’s leadership style in one way or another. But I really didn’t think that The Hunger […]

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RFK Jr. Could Defund Your Hospital if He Doesn’t Get His Way on Trans Healthcare

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The Department of Health and Human Services announced several different plans to further restrict gender affirming care to people under 18 across the country on Thursday. If finalized, these actions could effectively make it impossible for transgender minors to receive most affirming health care at hospitals.   These proposals are not legally binding. The government is […]

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The Kitchen Helping Trans New Yorkers Celebrate the Holidays

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On the evening before TransGiving, rain poured relentlessly outside the kitchen. Despite the weather, inside the building—with an unassuming brick exterior and a Black Lives Matter sign—volunteers gathered and prepared. When I arrived, drenched and trying to figure out where to stash my wet clothes, I was immediately greeted by Gatekeeper, the vibrant chef leading […]

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Monster of 2025: AI Slop

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The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy, discontent, or curiosity. Happy holidays. It was a busy year for Peyton Manning. The retired NFL quarterback saved a failing dog […]

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A Florida Sheriff Had a Message for Kyle Rittenhouse: “I Think You’re a Joke”

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Earlier this year, it looked like the world had perhaps heard the last from Kyle Rittenhouse. After a jury acquitted him in November 2021, the famous teenage shooter, who killed two people and wounded a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the Black Lives Matter protests, had tried to rebrand himself as a Second Amendment influencer. […]

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This Brutal Mosquito-Borne Disease May Have a Cure—But There’s a Catch

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This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There’s a reason dengue infections are also called “breakbone fever.” Along with a mild fever, symptoms of the mosquito-borne illness include bone-deep, aching pain in the joints and behind the eyes. In severe cases, blood vessels begin to leak. And […]

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Hero of 2025: Plucky Pigeons

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The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy, discontent, or curiosity. Happy holidays. About a month ago, a clip of Sarah Paulson found its way into my Instagram feed, […]

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A Federal Judge Nominee Said Disabled People Shouldn’t Be Wed. In Fact, Many Can’t.

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On Wednesday, Justin Olson, a judicial nominee for the federal bench in the Southern District of Indiana, admitted that in a 2015 sermon, he had said marriage should not be for “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.” Here’s Trump judicial nominee Justin […]

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Trump’s Venezuela Blockade Is for “Our Oil.” Experts Say It Isn’t the US’s to Take.

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President Donald Trump appears resolute to do anything in his power to acquire oil from Venezuela—even if it means sidestepping congressional approval. In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump announced that he was ordering “A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela.” […]

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Trump Administration to Dismantle Key Climate Research Center in Colorado

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change. Russell Vought, the director of the White House’s office and management budget, said the National Center […]

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