Michigan’s primary reckoning for the Democrats
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Abdul El-Sayed’s win tees up the first true swing state test for the Bernie left
Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary — albeit by a significantly smaller margin than preelection...
A Trump administration rule could stop a powerful tool for exposing animal cruelty
In February, an animal rights group flew a drone over a farm in California that raises calves destined for dairies...
Heat is killing Texas prisoners, and state leaders won’t shell out for AC
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How Ariana Grande’s body became political
Ariana Grande has been concerningly thin for years now, but the online discourse about her body exploded this week after...
Trump admin withholds Medicaid funds in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud
The Trump administration announced on July 21, 2026, that it’s withholding US$867 million in federal healthcare funding for California and...
Trump Finds A New Group To Call Filthy And Dirty: Everyone Who Didn’t Vote For Him
During a White House ceremony on Monday, when Trump signed an executive order creating the President's Military Spouse Commission, Trump...
Pirro Hauls Box Of Evidence To White House To Prove Trump Wrong
This is peak Trump World theater — Jeanine Pirro literally hauling a box of exculpatory evidence into the Oval Office...
All the president’s construction projects
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“Not all Cubans are MAGA”: The Cuban women who broke with the GOP
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