Today, on the second day of the papal conclave, the cardinal electors—133 members of the College of Cardinals who were under the age of 80 when Pope Francis died on April 21—elected a new pope.
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The Trump administration fired Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla D. Hayden as part of their sweeping book ban efforts. One of the titles removed? Freckleface Strawberry, a children’s book about self-acceptance. Seriously, who gets offended by that?
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We want to take a moment to talk about tariffs because honestly, we didn’t realize how bad it was getting until we started comparing notes with friends and family. Stores across the country are already raising prices, and some of the increases are stee…
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is moving to fire Judge Karen Ortiz, who became a symbol of resistance after speaking out against a Trump administration directive that ordered the agency to pause discrimination investigations.
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Between 1975 and 1989, the primary U.S. intelligence agency leveraged various financial assistance programs to shape Portuguese democracy and prevent the country from falling under Soviet influence. Here’s how. The involvement of the Central Intelligen…
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Nicole Shanahan just nuked her political past like she found out it was full of moldy adaptogens and cult starter kits.
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Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.
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In late March, Ed Martin, then the embattled acting US Attorney for DC, showed up at a community meeting at a police station to tout his efforts to combat crime in the district. Martin politely fielded questions from attendees, even answering one from a man who, citing Martin’s widely condemned description of his office as […]
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The Conclave has spoken, and President Donald Trump will not be the next pope. Instead, that designation will go to Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican announced on Thursday. Leo, who is 69 years old and was born in Chicago, will be the first American pope following the […]
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Trump claimed that companies were only saying costs will go up in order to “negotiate deals” with him.
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Trump Dismisses Rising Costs Worries, Wrongly Claims Consumers Don’t Pay Tariffs Read Post »
The legislation would make it harder to file legal challenges against controversial mines and pipelines.
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I’m still trying to figure out how to get all my relevant archived posts into this new section, to make it easy for you to read them in order.
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