Study: Almost Half the World’s Farmers Are Poisoned by Pesticides Each Year
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John Fetterman Accuses “Disgruntled Staffers” of Spreading “Lies”
Sen. John Fetterman responded angrily this weekend to a recent Wall Street Journal report, which quoted former staffers…
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Trump Wants to Make Sure Every Voter Knows the Midterms Are a Referendum on Trump
Republican politicians are heading to Texas next week—some of them, anyway. At Donald Trump’s behest, the party is…
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Wind Power Has Benefitted North Dakota. So Why Have Residents Soured on It?
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“I’m Walking Through the Streets… Carrying Shame and Humiliation”
The family of Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian immigrant in Springfield Ohio, says he died by suicide August 31…
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You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules
On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Jackson,…
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More Than 1,200 Food Packaging Chemicals Can Pose Serious Health Risks
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More People Have Died From 9/11 Than on 9/11
When Mia Farina got seriously ill in 2014, she thought she had a bad case of pneumonia. But it turned out to be far…
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The White House Made an Arcade Game Out of Deporting People
As of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled “arcade,” where users can play games like…
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Ashley Hinson Fought to Save Private Equity’s Favorite Loophole
On her campaign website, Rep. Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee in Iowa’s toss-up US Senate race, says she’s “laser…
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America’s 911 System Is Facing Its Own Emergency
On July 4, 2023, Caitlin Ditta had just finished hosting a barbecue with her husband and baby daughter when she felt a…
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Why Is Trump’s DOJ Still Helping the Russian-Linked Liar Who Smeared Biden?
On September 17, prosecutors from the Justice Department are scheduled to appear in a federal courtroom in Pasadena,…
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This “Supersized” El Niño Is Only Just Beginning to Wreak Its Havoc
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We’re Suing ChatGPT—And Trump Just Got Involved.
The other day I asked ChatGPT about a political moment I’ll never forget: “What was the 47 percent story about?” Its…
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Flock Is Canceled—And Its Competitors Are Profiting
“If you want to get in your car and you want to go down to Buc-ee’s in St. Augustine, it’s really none of the…
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World (of AI)
On Thursday, Nvidia, the tech giant that develops chips that power AI tools like ChatGPT, announced its acquisition of…
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The Other 9/11 Memorial
The 9/11 memorial park that John Feal helped build is not far off exit 59 on the Long Island Expressway, about 50 miles…
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Global Heating Will Hit at Least 1.8 C, UN Warns, With “No Good Outcomes”
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We’ve Identified California’s Top 100 Roundup Users. Some May Surprise You.
Data reporting by Melissa Lewis The Wonderful Company is the top sprayer of the herbicide glyphosate in California,…
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We Got Max Miller’s Old High School Yearbook
For the past few months, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) has been embroiled in a growing list of scandals and allegations of…
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Mamdani Issues AI Moratorium in NYC Schools
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on AI use for elementary and middle school students…
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Pete Hegseth’s Year of Blowing Up Boats
On September 2, 2025—a year ago today—the Trump administration first drone-bombed a small boat in the Caribbean Sea.…
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We Toured Trump’s DC Vanity Projects. It’s a Mess.
Donald Trump’s beloved White House ballroom is moving ahead—at a reported cost of $900 million and counting—thanks to a…
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US Forest Service Chief With Industry Ties Pushed for More Logging on Public Lands
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The Fight for America’s Future Is Happening in the South
Tennessee Rep. Justin J. Pearson first caught national attention when he was expelled from the state’s House of…
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Lawmakers Push DHS to Cancel Its Shock Gloves Contract
Last week, DHS finalized its $16.7 million purchase of 6,650 pairs of electric shock gloves from the Kentucky-based…
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It’s Just Too Late for John Roberts to Say He Doesn’t Like Trump’s Ballroom
On Monday, the same Supreme Court justices who helped Donald Trump return to the White House, gave him criminal…
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The Relentless Work of Being Sick
In late 1984, dozens of people in the region of Lake Tahoe, California, would go to the doctor with a variety of…
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How Trump Can Use Chaos to Cheat in the Midterms
In his crusade to undermine American democracy, Donald Trump doesn’t have to win to win. He only needs to create a…
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It Looks Like Hegseth Is Replacing Top Military Officers With Loyalists
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is set to depart the Pentagon in the next few days, following a months-long feud with…
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A Federal Judge Just Killed New York’s $75 Billion Climate Bill for Polluters
On Monday, an Obama-appointed federal judge ruled that New York State could not enforce its 2024 Climate Change…
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Here’s Why We’ve Been Seeing So Much Food-Borne Illness
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Summer is…
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Politicians’ Reckless Rhetoric Is Putting Federal Judges in Danger
One judge had to build a safe room at home. Others were so scared they wouldn’t let their children play outside;…
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Trump Is Growing Desperate on Iran
The Trump administration is back on the warpath. Over the weekend, the government resumed military attacks on Iran for…
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What the Deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos Tells Us About the State of MAGA
Before last week, Milo Yiannopoulos was one of the most noxious, divisive, and broadly unpopular far-right figures in…
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Trump: Communities That Oppose Data Centers Will Be “Backwards and Poor”
On Monday, President Trump promoted continued data center construction and criticized opponents, despite growing…
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