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Of the many events marking the country’s slide to authoritarianism since Donald Trump returned to power, one of the most significant is the president’s unbridled enthusiasm for using the federal government to go after his perceived political enemies. This…

Law enforcement officials detained New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander at an immigration court Tuesday as he attempted to escort a man out of the building. Meg Barnette, Lander’s wife, confirmed the detention in a post…

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President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday that he does not plan to call Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) in the wake of this weekend’s horrific political violence, in which a man assassinated a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and…

For the first time since 2021—the start of the Biden administration—banks have ramped up their financing of fossil fuel projects, a changing tide that reflects the Trump White House’s close ties to and energetic support for Big Oil. That’s based on the…

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury climb. A meteorologist at the National Weather…

Democratic lawmakers are demanding Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer preserve the Women’s Bureau following recent reporting from Mother Jones that the Trump administration is seeking to eliminate the 105-year-old, congressionally mandated office charged…

On Monday, the Boston Globe reported that the Senate version of New Hampshire’s two-year budget bill contains language that “would prohibit public entities from supporting any program designed to improve the lives of people with disabilities.” The…

On Saturday, a gunman impersonating a police officer fatally shot Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home, and wounded state Sen. Mark Hoffman and his wife at their home. Police finally apprehended the suspected shooter, Vance…

This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Army Sgt. Ayssac Correa had just started his day at the 103rd Quartermaster Company outside of…