Politics

A farmer feeds cattle in Montrose, Missouri.

White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine

Trump’s tariffs and immigration raids are driving the latest farm crisis. White farmers have stood by him year after year—and still do.

Dec 12, 2025 / Kali Holloway

Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem flank Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office, on August 25, 2025.

It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power

And yet, that’s what the Supreme Court appears prepared to do.

Dec 12, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Trump and Putin walk side-by-side silhouetted

The US Is Looking More Like Putin’s Russia Every Day The US Is Looking More Like Putin’s Russia Every Day

We may already be on a superhighway to the sort of class- and race-stratified autocracy that it took Russia so many years to become after the Soviet Union collapsed.

Dec 11, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino

King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes

King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes

Since September 2, the US has carried out more than 20 strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking in both the southern Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. At least 83 people h...

Dec 11, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Jasmine Crockett at a hearing to examine the unlawful detention of US citizens and immigrants by federal immigration agents at the LA Metropolitan Water District.

Here’s What It Takes for a Democrat to Win in Texas Here’s What It Takes for a Democrat to Win in Texas

Jasmine Crockett can win the Texas Senate race—if voters of color get to the polls.

Dec 11, 2025 / Steve Phillips

People gather outside of the Supreme Court Building to protest Citizens United in 2019.

The Maine Lawsuit That Could Save Democracy From Big Money The Maine Lawsuit That Could Save Democracy From Big Money

A legal fight could restore the state’s power to set its own limits on contributions to super PACs and encourage public financing.

Dec 11, 2025 / StudentNation / Thai Loyd

The Warner Bros. Discovery flag alongside the American one, outside Warsaw’s TVN broadcasting studio

One Buyout After Another One Buyout After Another

The multibillion-dollar takeover bids targeting Warner Bros. Discovery show how Trump’s corrupt model of governance-by-payback could destroy Hollywood.

Dec 10, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

Shri Thanedar and Pete Hegseth.

The Push to Impeach Pete Hegseth Is On The Push to Impeach Pete Hegseth Is On

Democratic Representative Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against the secretary of defense over the murderous attacks on boats in the Caribbean.

Dec 9, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

President Donald Trump greets Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on arriving to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress.

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Give the “Apprentice” Star the Right to Fire the Regulators The Supreme Court Is Poised to Give the “Apprentice” Star the Right to Fire the Regulators

During oral arguments, the conservative justices made clear that they intend to allow Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—and reorder the separation of powers.

Dec 9, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raising arms in expression.

RFK Jr. Is a Public Health Disaster RFK Jr. Is a Public Health Disaster

But local MAHA laws may be an even bigger threat.

Dec 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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