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How Delaney Hall Went from Rehab Center to National ICE Flashpoint

Delaney Hall has been many things: a jail, a halfway house, a rehabilitation facility. For the past year, however, it’s been something more fraught:...

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Garrison Hayes

“I Love Inflation,” Trump Says, As Rates Rise Thanks to Iran War

At a press conference this afternoon, a reporter asked President Donald Trump if he is concerned about inflation rates after new data showed the...

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Sophie Hurwitz

Trump Told Prosecutors to Target ICE Protesters. A Chicago Jury Wasn’t Buying It.

The grand jury transcripts from the “Broadview Six” case, in which the federal government tried to charge six Chicagoans with felony conspiracy...

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Sophie Hurwitz

Why the Scandal-Ridden Democrat With a Nazi Tattoo Won Maine’s Senate Primary

Graham Platner, the rugged oyster farmer positioning himself as a progressive populist, won Maine’s Democratic Senate Primary on Tuesday, earning...

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Abby Vesoulis

Elon Musk’s Reward for Calling for a Race War? Becoming a Trillionaire.

British Labour Party leadership accused Elon Musk of inciting violence on social media ahead of massive ongoing white supremacist, anti-immigration...

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Alex Nguyen

Trump’s “Weaponization” Claim Is Total BS

A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and...

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David Corn

Most New US Data Centers Are Slated for Drought-Plagued Areas

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A record-shattering drought has...

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Oliver Milman

Here’s What Pete Hegseth’s Religion Believes About Mormons

Last week, the Pentagon released a new list of 31 religions officially recognized by the US Department of Defense, edited down from more than 200 that...

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Kiera Butler

RFK’s Answer to the Maternal Health Crisis: Hide the Data

In April, during a congressional hearing that coincided with Black Maternal Health Week, Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) pressed Health and Human Services...

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Chasity Hale

Becerra and Hilton Advance in California Governor’s Race

A week after polls closed in California’s closely watched open gubernatorial primary last Tuesday—following a slow trickle of votes that fueled...

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Chasity Hale

Lawmakers Demand Answers After We Revealed Forest Service Spraying Roundup All Over Public Lands

Two members of Congress have sent a letter to US Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz calling on the agency to justify its actions following an...

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Nate Halverson

Dr. Oz: You Can’t Be Racist Anymore, Because That’s Racist

Apparently “because of woke,” disparaging a whole community of people based on their nationality and using that sentiment to justify extensive...

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Alex Nguyen

Gwyneth Paltrow Just Goopified Drone Warfare

Despite reaping billions in the weapons industry as cofounder of the military-tech company Anduril, Trae Stephens says he does not believe that...

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Sophie Hurwitz

MAGA Has a Playbook to Steal the Midterms. They’re Using it in California.

“No way this could have happened,” President Donald Trump wrote on TruthSocial early Monday morning. “Rigged Election!” While he could...

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Anna Merlan

US Denies Entry to Africa’s Referee of the Year Ahead of World Cup

A World Cup referee from Somalia confirmed on Tuesday that US border patrol officials denied him entry into the country. “I am very, very...

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Alex Nguyen

The “Lobe Rangers” Are Fighting to Make Farming in Iowa More Sustainable

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. James Hepp is sick of...

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Anika jane beamer

Barney Frank, My Dad, and the Boston They Knew

Sometime around 1970, Barney Frank called the head of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, all worked up. Back then, Frank was the top aide to Boston...

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Dan Friedman, Russ Choma, And Nick Schwellenbach

How the Flamingo Became a Potent Protest Symbol

It’s not unusual for a protest movement to involve absurd-looking symbols. Unions deploy giant rat inflatables to picket companies using non-union...

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Sophie Hurwitz

The Key to Fighting a Trump Real Estate Deal: Democracy

Some Trumpian construction projects go smoothy. In Vietnam, for example, the government has relocated hundreds residents to make room for a $1.5...

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Russ Choma

World Cup Players’ Worst Foe on the Pitch This Year May Be the Extreme Heat

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sávio Bortolini Pimentel...

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Gabriel matias castilho

Inside Delaney Hall’s Black Box

Early Saturday morning, a woman whose husband is detained at ICE’s Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, drove nearly two hours to visit him. She was...

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Sophie Hurwitz

“Can We Make the Protesters Look More Violent?”

Scott Pelley spent 37 years at CBS News, only to be fired last week after coming into conflict with Free Press founder Bari Weiss, who took control of...

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Sophie Hurwitz

Humans Are Raiding Whales’ Food Supply for Dietary Supplements and Animal Feed

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Maxing out at around 200...

07.06.2026 4

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Jim Robbins

Hegseth Warns Europe to Defend Itself Against a Second D-Day

In a perplexing speech Saturday commemorating the World War II D-Day landings in Normandy, France, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called for...

06.06.2026 5

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Alex Nguyen

US Accepts Only White Refugees For Sixth Consecutive Month

Every single one of the 599 refugees the US admitted last month was a white South African, according to data the State Department’s Bureau of...

06.06.2026 6

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Alex Nguyen

“This is a Tragedy”: Swimming Snakes Are Wiping Out These Beloved Balearic Lizards

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Irrefutable proof of what...

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Sam Jones

We Get It. You Don’t Trust Us.

Every week, a group of men in their late 60s meets at the Corner Cafe in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. One important reason for these meetups is to...

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Reveal

ICE at the World Cup Is a Threat to Us All

We’re less than a week away from the first match of the FIFA Men’s World Cup, with tensions mounting over the United States’ role as one of the...

05.06.2026 4

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Alex Nguyen

Only Candace Owens Could Prompt MAGA to Acknowledge Russian Disinformation

Far-right podcaster Candace Owens made a surprise trip to Russia this week, where she spoke on a panel at the St. Petersburg International Economic...

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Anna Merlan

Is Madonna the Nancy Pelosi of Pop?

While watching Madonna’s recent Times Square takeover—sponsored by the gay “dating” app Grindr—it struck me. And I couldn’t stop thinking...

05.06.2026 4

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Sam van Pykeren

Florida’s OpenAI Lawsuit Shows the GOP Splintering Over AI

OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT’s “success has not been earned; the rise of OpenAI is attributable to a web of deceit and the exploitation of users...

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Alex Nguyen

Trump’s Gift to Drug Cartels, Money Launderers, and Terrorists

A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and...

05.06.2026 4

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David Corn

Trump’s Justice Department Is Suing Cities and States to Dismantle Gun Laws

This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. Last...

05.06.2026 6

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Jennifer mascia for the trace

In Bizarre Attack on Solar Power, Lawmakers Spread Myths About Spud Farms

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Is Frito-Lay categorically...

05.06.2026 5

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Austyn Gaffney

You Can Hate Mackenzie Shirilla and Prisons Too

Maybe I’m leaning too much into The Discourse, but here’s this mind-boggling thing happening on the internet with the internet’s latest...

04.06.2026 5

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Jamilah King

The White House Just Made Medicaid Work Requirements Even Worse

On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its interim final rule on Medicaid work requirements, mandating that everyone who...

04.06.2026 6

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Julia Métraux

The Delaney Hall Strikers Are Hitting GEO Group Where It Hurts

It has now been almost two weeks since the laborers keeping ICE’s Delaney Hall mega-jail open went on strike—demanding a chance to speak with New...

04.06.2026 6

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Sophie Hurwitz

Could Democrats Be Iced Out of This California Congressional Race?

While most California races were called by the morning after Election Day, a handful of key holdouts remain. “This is normal,” Secretary of State...

03.06.2026 5

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Anna Rogers

“The Waste Is Heartbreaking”: Fired Scott Pelley Accuses CBS of Courting Trump in Scathing Letter

“The principles I hold dear are gone,” 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley said after getting fired Tuesday night for criticizing Bari Weiss’...

03.06.2026 7

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Alex Nguyen

Jared Kushner’s Albanian Resort Faces a Corruption Probe and Mass Protests

This story was originally published by Popular Information, the author’s substack publication. Subscribe here. Jared Kushner’s efforts to...

03.06.2026 6

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Judd Legum

“We Are Being Made to Look Like Fools”: How Trump Is Weaponizing World Cup Visas

The FIFA Men’s World Cup starts next week—and some players still don’t know whether they’ll be able to travel to their matches. On Wednesday,...

03.06.2026 7

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Alex Nguyen

In Alabama, the Roberts Court Hands Republicans Yet Another Shocking Gerrymandering Win

For the second time in three weeks, the Roberts Court on Tuesday night green-lit an Alabama congressional map that a lower court has repeatedly found...

03.06.2026 5

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Ari Berman

The Revolutionary Roots That Inspired Tupac Shakur

It’s impossible to overstate rapper Tupac Shakur’s influence on music and culture in the 1990s. One of the era’s bestselling musical artists,...

03.06.2026 7

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Reveal

Six States Are Suing the Trump Administration Over Its Deal to Kill an Offshore Wind Project

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Six states sued the Trump...

03.06.2026 7

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Dharna Noor

ICE’s Delaney Hall Is Being Slammed With Lawsuits

As protests inside and outside of Newark’s Delaney Hall continue into their second week, federal, state, and local officials are vying over the...

02.06.2026 4

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Sophie hurwitz and alex nguyen

Bill Pulte Lacks Intelligence Qualifications. He’s Perfect for the Job Trump Just Gave Him.

President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that Bill Pulte will serve as acting Director of National Intelligence—taking over the post from the...

02.06.2026 4

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Dan Friedman And Hannah Levintova

Nike’s Recycled World Cup Uniforms Sound Groovy, But the Reality Is Complicated

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In June, athletes from 16 countries...

02.06.2026 7

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Joseph Winters

Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Doesn’t Seem to Get That People Are Struggling

On Fox News Sunday morning, President Donald Trump’s lead economic policy adviser, Kevin Hassett, dismissed Americans’ struggles to cover the...

01.06.2026 10

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Alex Nguyen

8 Reasons the CARE PACKAGE Has Worked for 80 Years

A box is just a box. Until it arrives after a flood washes away a family’s home. Until it reaches a new mother caring for her infant at a refugee...

01.06.2026 6

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Care

Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Doesn’t Seem to Get That People Are Struggling

On Fox News Sunday morning, President Donald Trump’s lead economic policy adviser, Kevin Hassett, dismissed Americans’ struggles to cover the...

31.05.2026 10

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Alex Nguyen