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Trump Is Risking a Global Stagflation Crisis With His Iran War
Global energy and fuel prices have jumped massively from their prewar levels. In the United States, per-gallon prices at the pump have risen by 34 cents since the war...
Donald Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall
There’s another through-line here. I guarantee you that Miller and Hegseth believe a latent majority out there is quietly rallying behind zero-sum malignant nationalism (tariffs regardless of the consequences),...
Democrats Demand “Reckoning” With Probes Into Noem on Every Front
“We are in a global competition for military AI dominance, and America must build on its leadership to extend our advantage over adversaries,” Kliger is quoted as saying in...
GOP House Nominee Has Bragged About His Copy of Mein Kampf—and More
“We are in a global competition for military AI dominance, and America must build on its leadership to extend our advantage over adversaries,” Kliger is quoted as saying in...
ICE Kidnaps Journalist Who Was Covering Them
Immigration and Customs Enforcement are trying to deport a journalist covering immigration, in one of the most egregious attacks on freedom of speech under Donald Trump’s administration so far,...
White House Says Trump Will Decide When Iran Has Really Surrendered
“We are in a global competition for military AI dominance, and America must build on its leadership to extend our advantage over adversaries,” Kliger is quoted as saying in...
U.S. Is Running Out of Missiles Thanks to Trump’s War in Iran
“We are in a global competition for military AI dominance, and America must build on its leadership to extend our advantage over adversaries,” Kliger is quoted as saying in...
White House Says It “Doesn’t Matter” if Russia Is Helping Iran in War
“We are in a global competition for military AI dominance, and America must build on its leadership to extend our advantage over adversaries,” Kliger is quoted as saying in...
DOD Cancels Army Training, Sparking Fears of Escalation in Iran
“We are in a global competition for military AI dominance, and America must build on its leadership to extend our advantage over adversaries,” Kliger is quoted as saying in...
Noem No More: Democracy Still Works, Even in Donald Trump’s America
Well, as Johnny Rotten said when Elvis kicked it (quite unfairly, in that case), “Good riddance to bad rubbish.” Outside of Stephen Miller, Noem is probably the purest fascist...
How Congress Set the Stage for Trump’s Illegal War in Iran
Much of the focus of Congress’s war powers today is on the specific power to declare war itself. This is a vital and important check, but it is not...
The Five Craziest Things Trump’s New Pick for DHS Secretary Has Said
At least 87 sailors were killed in the torpedo attack in international waters in the Indian Ocean, and the Sri Lankan navy responded to the Dena’s distress call and...