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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…