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The lessons of Kent State
53+ min ago (1535+ words) Lawrence Roberts1 minute ago Left: A line of Ohio National Guardsmen, with rifles and gas masks, on the Kent State University campus as they prepare to disperse student protesters, Kent, Ohio, May 4, 1970; Right: US Border Patrol agents holding no less-lethal weapons…...
Health department will mine unverified vaccine injury claims with new AI tool
53+ min ago (599+ words) United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy JrAaron Schwartz/Pool/CNP/ZUMA This story was originally published by WIRED'and'is reproduced here as part of the'Climate Desk'collaboration. The US Department'of Health and Human Services (HHS) is developing a…...
Meet the mastermind behind Trump’s definition of "woman"
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (738+ words) Madison Pauly7 minutes ago For at least two years, Trump had been promising to "get transgender out" of schools, women's sports, and the military. "It will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders:…...
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
14+ hour, 13+ min ago (1789+ words) Garrett Graff40 minutes ago ICE agents detain a woman after pulling her from a car as she was on her way to a doctor appointment.Stephen Maturen/Getty I was called as the commission's expert witness on the history of problems,…...
Minneapolis is the violent reckoning the gun rights movement has long wanted
18+ hour, 23+ min ago (192+ words) Mother Jones illustration; Abbie Parr/AP; Guns & Ammo; FN Herstal USA This story was co-published with'The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. "Any mission, any condition, any foes, at any range." The line then moved inside, 7,000 people…...
700 immigration officers are leaving Minneapolis. The rest will depend on "cooperation."
20+ hour, 55+ min ago (293+ words) Tom Homan speaks during a press conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on February 4, 2026. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/GETTY President Trump's Border czar, Tom Homan, announced Wednesday that the Trump administration will remove 700 federal immigration officers…...
Donald Trump’s plan to be king of the world
23+ hour, 11+ min ago (234+ words) President Donald Trump speaks at the Board of Peace meeting during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22. Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP With so much going on these days'ICE murders, Venezuela, Epstein documents, and'Melania'one development has not…...
Kristi Noem's throttling of FEMA funds constitutes a preventable disaster
1+ day, 53+ min ago (785+ words) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference at FEMA headquarters on January 24, 2026.Douliery Olivier/Abaca/ZUMA "She should be out of a job," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said after the videos emerged. While President Donald Trump has publicly…...
How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons
1+ day, 53+ min ago (383+ words) Melissa Lewis and Daniel MoattarMarch+April 2026 Issue The most revealing (and ridiculous) abuses of pardon power in Trump's second term. What they were convicted of: In 2023, the then-CEO of Binance pleaded guilty to allowing bad actors'including some from ISIS'to use…...
Bad Bunny, billionaires, and the business of sports
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (121+ words) Jake Bobo of the Seattle Seahawks catches a pass for a touchdown in the NFC title game January 25, 2026.Jane Gershovich/Getty From financial scandals to transgender rights, DEI, and Bad Bunny performing in this weekend's Super Bowl, there's no shortage…...