Trump Has Largely Deprived the US Public of a Voice on Environmental Policy
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Anthropic’s AI Safety Bill Has an Alarming Threshold for Government Action
As the debate over regulating AI companies rages on, the artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has scaled up its…
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When Teslas Fly
Tesla released videos on Thursday of a car that launched into the air, barrel-rolled over a lineup of cars and trucks,…
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Trump’s Most Devoted Fans Forgave Him Everything. Then Came Epstein.
Since 2018, Trisha Hope has crisscrossed the country to attend 42 of President Trump’s rallies as a “Front Row Joe,” a…
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Trump Tried to Defund Them, But Green Banks Keep Financing Clean Energy Projects
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A…
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Jim Crow Returns…One Congressional District at a Time
2026 would have been a reelection year for Rep. Cleo Fields, who represents the majority-Black 6th Congressional…
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He Wanted a Data Center Ban. He Got Banned From City Council.
Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson, a congressional candidate and high-profile opponent of local data center…
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Panic Attack: Inside Musk’s Midterm Disinformation Blitz
Election Day is less than three weeks away, and panic is setting in for the GOP. “We see Republican groups pulling…
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Katie Zacharia Is Out After Half a Scaramucci
“Honestly, if I were you, I’d reconsider. Katie, do you need this? I don’t think you need this.” Within minutes of…
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Mar-a-Lago Face Won’t Save You
(Update: Hours after we published this piece, Zacharia was indeed fired. Proving once more, Mar-a-Lago face will never…
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Whitewashing Tucker Carlson
A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a…
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The Many Ways Trump Is Kneecapping White-Collar Crime Enforcement
Earlier this week, Bloomberg broke the news that the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, which helps regulate the…
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Build, Baby, Build? California’s Hottest Races Are Battles About Housing.
In late September, a Los Angeles Times poll of that city’s mayoral race showed the upstart candidate, LA city…
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“You Can See Everything” Will Make You Question Everything
For all the despicable acts Elizabeth Holmes carried out as the CEO of Theranos, that long list of criminal behavior…
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There’s a Powerful, Hidden Force Behind Migration: Climate Change
Two months after swimming across the breakwaters to Ceuta, Spain, Mohamed learned that his asylum claim was denied. In…
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Trump’s SEC is Threatening Big Investors That Pushed ExxonMobil on Climate Risk
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…
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The State Department Called Him “Corrupt.” Trump Officials Feted Him in Dallas.
During the Republican Party’s “midterm convention” last month, GOP leaders argued that a Democratic victory in November…
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MAGA World Is Counting on a Bolsonaro Win in Brazil
On Wednesday evening, conservative businesspeople, digital influencers, and US government officials flocked to the…
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Inside the Latest Pursuit of Ilhan Omar
The Trump administration has desperately searched for evidence that Rep. Ilhan Omar committed fraud, alleging she or…
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Trump Calls Off Execution Livestream
President Donald Trump said Thursday morning that the government will no longer livestream the execution of Nidal Malik…
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Byron Donalds Is Pro–Data Centers. So Is His Stock Portfolio.
Throughout his campaign for Florida governor, Rep. Byron Donalds has been unapologetically enthusiastic about data…
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America’s Billionaire Capital Is Poised to Gut Public Transit
When Jillian Crochet, a disabled power wheelchair user and artist in Oakland, California, waits to take the bus, she…
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Inside Ohio’s Revolt Against Data Centers
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Women Trust AI Less Than Men—But No One’s Asking Them
As our tech overlords continue pumping more resources into AI development and innovation—responsibly, of course—they’re…
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Whose Jesus? The Left and Right Fight Over Faith in the Midterms
Christian nationalism—the idea that strict adherence to Christian theology should govern American political life,…
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Voters Near Data Centers Are Ditching the GOP in Droves
Americans who live near data centers—specifically, within a mile or so—have become more likely than others to vote for…
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How Rep. Max Miller and His Lawyer Try to Silence Foes
A few months ago, as Mother Jones prepared to publish an investigation about allegations of physical abuse against…
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Trump Claims the Economy Is Alright. But the Numbers Tell a Different Story.
“Every time they want to try and get me, they say affordability,” President Donald Trump said in a voice mocking his…
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The EPA Is About to Hand Oil and Gas Companies a Huge Methane-Related Gift
Last week, less than a month after rolling back power plant pollution standards, Environmental Protection Agency…
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Voter Suppression Is Happening in the South. This Organizer Fights It.
One of the defining issues heading into this year’s midterms is how redistricting has rapidly reshaped electoral maps…
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ICE Is Being Sued For Refusing to Return Detainees’ Papers and Property
Seven people detained previously by ICE filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the agency, accusing it of illegally…
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Texas Woman Sues Kristan Hawkins Over Abortion-Pill Stunt
In March, two Mother Jones videographers and I stood outside the Space Center Houston and watched Kristan Hawkins,…
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Cornell Can Do a Lot More Than Pause Frat Parties
All parties and other social events held in fraternity houses on the campus of Cornell University will be cancelled for…
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Drone Strikes Didn’t Take Out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe It
On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that a Ukrainian bombing strike on Yandex’s data centers, a…
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The Guilfoyle Scandals Finally Caught Up With Her
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the embattled US ambassador to Greece, resigned from her post Tuesday amid multiple alleged…
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Katie Zacharia Bombs First Day as White House Press Secretary
Any remaining skepticism of America’s literacy crisis vanished Tuesday morning, when Katie Zacharia, a former TV…
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