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Trump Administration Ordered to Undo Yet Another Wrongful Deportation

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Late last night, a federal district court judge in Massachusetts ordered the US government to “facilitate” the return of a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico despite having presented evidence that he had been kidnapped and raped there on his way to the United States last year. The man, known in court documents as […]

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Sea Level Rise Will Cause “Catastrophic Inland Migration”

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sea level rise will become unmanageable at just 1.5C of global heating and lead to “catastrophic inland migration”, the scientists behind a new study have warned. This scenario may unfold even if the average level of heating over the last decade of […]

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Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Ethics

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Do Donald Trump and his family “actually give a fuck” about appearing to profit from his presidency? Evidence is mounting that they don’t. Mother Jones reported yesterday on various ways that corporations, foreign governments, and random rich people with agendas are giving money and other benefits to the first family—and noted that the president and […]

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The Supreme Court Makes Sure the Law Does Not Get in the Way of Trump’s Takeover

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On Thursday night, the Supreme Court’s six Republican-appointed justices allowed President Donald Trump to remove two executive branch officials: Gwynne Wilcox of the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board. In doing so, the court refused to enforce a major precedent. The decision indicated that, despite recent rebukes, the […]

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Everything Changed After George Floyd. Five Years Later, What Have We Learned?

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It’s been five years since George Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street in the Spring on 2020. Though far from novel, this particular act of state violence shocked the world and ignited one of the largest protest movements in modern history. In my latest video, I argue that this moment was much bigger than […]

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How John Fetterman Became “Trump’s Favorite Democrat”

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In early April, Tracy Baton helped organize a “Hands Off!” rally protesting President Donald Trump in downtown Pittsburgh that was attended by more than 6,000 people. But she wasn’t just angry at the president—she was also incensed by her state’s Democratic senator, John Fetterman. So was the crowd. “Fetterman?” one speaker yelled from a stage […]

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The Paris Agreement Target for Warming Still Won’t Protect Polar Ice Sheets

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sea levels in some parts of the world could be rising by as much as 8 to 12 inches per decade within the lifetime of today’s youngest generations, outpacing the ability of many coastal communities to adapt, scientists warned […]

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Trump Is Trying to Scrap Basic Protections for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

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The Trump administration filed a motion Thursday to end the decades-old legal ruling that established basic standards for the treatment and release of migrant children—a move that immigrant rights advocates say they will challenge. The Flores Settlement Agreement, which dates back to 1997, requires the government to move migrant children from jail-like detention facilities to […]

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Republicans Snuck Two Devastating Health Care Measures Into Trump’s Megabill

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In the early morning hours on Thursday, after an all-night session of tense negotiations, House Republicans narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package. In addition to the largest cuts to Medicaid in US history, the bill contains provisions that have alarmed health care advocates since they first showed up in earlier versions of […]

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Federal Judge to Trump: Reinstate Fired Education Department Employees

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A federal judge has ordered the Department of Education to reinstate thousands of employees it fired in advancing President Donald Trump’s mission to eliminate the department. On Thursday, US District Judge Myong J. Joun granted a preliminary injunction on the department’s widespread reduction in force. Initiated in early March, the firings dealt a massive blow […]

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10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement

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Eight years ago, if you wanted to line the first family’s pockets, your choices—while ethically unprecedented—were limited. There was only so much you could spend on hotel rooms or Mar-a-Lago fundraisers. Fortunately for foreign governments, megacorporations, and anyone else with an agenda, the Trumps have diversified.  “It’s a whole different scale than it was in […]

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House GOPers Just Voted for the Biggest Medicaid Cuts in History—After Promising to Protect It

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House Republicans whose seats are not safe in the 2026 midterm elections voted early on Thursday morning to advance the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, endangering health care for millions of the poorest Americans. Several cast these votes after making promises to protect the Great Society program that provides health care to millions. Democrats […]

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