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Trump’s Slot Machine Spits Out Two New Orders

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Much has been written about the cruel, and often unconstitutional, onslaught of executive orders that have come to define President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. But somewhat lost in the discourse is the brazen stupidity, a stunning randomness with which Trump appears to feed his slot machine of presidential instructions. “I am directing […]

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The Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Power Grabs

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It all started with Richard Nixon. It was the summer of 1974, and Watergate was closing in on his presidency. A grand jury had subpoenaed secret recordings of Nixon and his aides that would show the president had been involved in the criminal conspiracy. A judge had ordered Nixon to honor the subpoena. The president’s […]

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Trump Admits He’s Iffy On The Whole Due Process Thing

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It has long been evident from his actions that President Donald Trump does not respect the constitutional principle of due process. And now, he has admitted it himself. In an interview with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker of NBC News that aired on Sunday morning, Trump made clear that he does not concern himself […]

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Leading Catholics Condemn Trump Meme Depicting Himself as Pope

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The White House has dropped a new trolling tactic—and many Catholics are not laughing. Less than two weeks after the death of Pope Francis, on Friday, the White House reposted on X a seemingly AI-generated meme that Trump shared on Truth Social of himself as the pope. In the eyes of many Catholics, Trump, who […]

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Missing Lynx: How the Rise of Border Walls Has Divided Wildlife Populations

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The lynxes of the Białowieża forest once freely prowled through 548 square miles of ancient woodland. Then, in 2022, the habitat was abruptly sliced in two. Poland built a 115-mile wall across its border with Belarus to stop refugees and migrants […]

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Scientists Deem Trump’s Latest Funding Freeze a “Slow-Moving Apocalypse”

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The hits to science, and scientists, keep coming under the Trump administration. This week, the National Science Foundation (NSF), a government agency that funds research across the country, told staffers that “until further notice,” it will stop payments on grants it has already awarded for studies—and stop awarding new ones. That’s according to a scoop […]

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The Immigrant Families Trump Separated Years Ago Are Getting Another Raw Deal

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The immigrant families separated at the US-Mexico border during Trump’s first administration have gotten some bad news: Essentially, Trump’s second administration is taking away their lawyers and giving them new ones. The new ones work for the government. Put another way, the Trump administration, which has the power to deny immigrants’ applications to stay in […]

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After Trump Kills the National Climate Assessment, Scientists Vow to Create Their Own

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis preparedness. On Friday, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the […]

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“Going to Fallujah Was the Most Horrific Experience of Our Lives”

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It’s been just over 20 years since the Battle of Fallujah, a bloody campaign in a destructive Iraq War that we now know was based on a lie. There were no weapons of mass destruction. But back then, in the wake of 9/11, the battlefield was filled with young men and women who bought the like, […]

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Republicans Seek to Kill California Auto Pollution Rules Using a “Blatantly Illegal” Tactic

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration On a warm July morning in 1943, in the middle of World War II, a thick cloud of acrid smoke blanketed downtown Los Angeles, turning its clear blue skies into an inscrutable brown haze that left Angelenos with burning eyes, […]

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JD Vance Poses With TV Host Who Called for Violence Against LGBTQ People

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Steve Deace, the host of an eponymous show on the rightwing platform Blaze Media, has built a brand around his brash and provocative personality. Deace has entertained his 52,000 YouTube viewers and 274,000 X followers by calling for violence against drag queens and LGBTQ people and ranting that the Democratic party is controlled by Satan. […]

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Trump’s Mob-like Shakedown: A Scandal Starring “60 Minutes,” Paramount, and the FCC

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Once upon a time, but not so long ago, if an American president was involved with a company that had vital business before a federal agency, it would be expected that the chief executive would steer clear of all government deliberations about that firm and that his political appointees at this department would hand over […]

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