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ICE’s Violence Is “By Design” Under Trump

After a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis last Wednesday, Trump administration officials...

yesterday 30

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Isabela Dias

The Evangelicals Who Think Iran’s Protests Mean Jesus Is Returning

In Iran, millions of protesters have taken to the streets to protest the repressive religious regime that has ruled the country for more than four...

yesterday 10

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Kiera Butler

Scary Findings on Microplastics in Our Bodies May Be Flawed. That’s Good—and Bad.

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. High-profile studies...

yesterday 4

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Damian Carrington

Which Way Western Warmonger?

President Donald Trump has never had a problem with war. Ben Hickey The right likes to pretend that President Donald Trump is antiwar. This has...

previous day 20

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Eamon Whalen

Trump Urges Protesters in Iran to “Take Over Your Institutions” As Death Toll Reaches Thousands

With the death toll reportedly surging in the thousands as Iran continues to brutally suppress the nationwide demonstrations over the country’s...

previous day 40

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Alex Nguyen

The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Uphold Transgender School Sports Bans

A Republican-appointed majority of Supreme Court justices appeared ready to uphold two state laws that ban transgender women and girls from...

previous day 5

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Pema Levy And Patrick Caldwell

Elon Musk’s Alternate Grok Reality

Alex Brandon/AP In much of the world, Grok and its parent company both appear to be in serious trouble. After Grok, X’s AI chatbot, has been used...

previous day 6

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Anna Merlan

Why You Should Care About Trump’s War on the Fed

Richard Drew/AP On Sunday night, news broke that the Justice Department has commenced a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome...

previous day 6

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Hannah Levintova

Trump’s War Against Jerome Powell Enters a Dark New Chapter

President Donald Trump announces Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell as his nominee for the next chair of the Federal Reserve in the Rose...

monday 30

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Alex Nguyen

Thank the Supreme Court for Trump’s Latest Attack on the Federal Reserve

Gripas Yuri/Abaca/Zuma In their swift march toward installing a kind of Oval Office monarchy over the past year, the Supreme Court’s Republican-...

monday 7

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Pema Levy And Patrick Caldwell

Scenes of Escalating Violence, Chaos, and Resistance in Minneapolis

U.S. Border Patrol agents smash a man's car window before dragging him out and taking him into custody at a gas station on Sunday, in St. Paul,...

monday 20

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James West

An Expert Weighs in on Hurdles to Suing the ICE Officer Who Fatally Shot Renée Good

A photo of Renée Good displayed at a candlelight vigil in London. Alastair Grant/AP If the ICE officer who shot and killed Renée Nicole Good in...

monday 30

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Samantha Michaels

Supreme Court Battle Over Trans Athletes Is About So Much More Than Sports

Fifteen-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson and her mother are suing the state of West Virginia so she may continue to compete in high school sports as a...

monday 6

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Madison Pauly

Protesters Decrying the Killing of Renée Good Know What They Saw with Their Own Eyes

Protesters give the middle finger as they pass by Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday. Thousands of New Yorkers protested in memory...

monday 3

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James West

Trump Invaded Venezuela to Restore an Oil Industry He Helped Destroy

Joe Raedle/Getty via Grist This story was originally published by  Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. The...

monday 3

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Naveena Sadasivam

Kristi Noem Claims Trump Is Enforcing the Law Equally. That’s Obviously False.

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference in New York. Yuki Iwamura/AP Kristi Noem spent Sunday defending the...

11.01.2026 10

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Alex Nguyen

LA Wildfire Victims Remain Stuck in Toxic Homes: “We Have Nowhere Else to Go”

Nicole Maccalla with son Sebastian Maccalla, 18, and daughter Ande Jaye Maccalla, 12, outside their home in Altadena, California, on December 29,...

11.01.2026 10

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Dani Anguiano

They Want You to “Quit Demonstrating”

A person flips off Border Patrol agents after they've made arrests in Minneapolis. Adam Gray/AP Two days after an ICE agent shot and killed Renée...

11.01.2026 30

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Jeremy Schulman

Hundreds of Anti-ICE Protests Are Happening Across the Nation This Weekend

Protestors in Coral Springs, Florida attend an anti-ICE demonstration on January 9, 2026. mpi04/MediaPunch/IPx/AP Scores of people are once again...

10.01.2026 40

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Katie Herchenroeder

Out of Spite, Trump Used Veto Power to Punish Florida Tribe That Opposed “Alligator Alcatraz”

Betty Osceola, a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, walks in the Everglades near the entrance to Alligator Alcatraz on July 10,...

10.01.2026 30

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Miacel Spotted Elk

What Police Weren’t Told About Tasers

An electrical arc glows at the end of a Taser. Ed Reinke/AP Kansas City police Officer Matt Masters first used a Taser in the early 2000s. He said...

10.01.2026 4

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Reveal

A New Clip of the Minneapolis ICE Killing Was Leaked to a Site Sympathetic to Derek Chauvin

An ICE supporter and protester outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, January 9, 2026. Adam Bettcher/AP A video...

09.01.2026 2

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Katie Herchenroeder