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Embattled DNC Chair Ken Martin tells Mississippi Democrats ‘better days are ahead’
As Communities Warn of Health Risks, New York Will Weaken Its Landmark Climate Law
Today in Supreme Court History: May 23, 1991
House Democratic runoff heats up in the Rio Grande Valley, where the party hopes to reverse GOP gains
Rallies, ad blitzes and a Trump endorsement: inside the final days of the Cornyn-Paxton runoff
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Trump touts Iran breakthrough but details remain unclear
President Trump announced the unfinalized deal on social media after talks with Israel and other allies. Iran did not officially confirm the deal, and state media contradicted parts of it.
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Cubans Rally in Havana Against the Trump Administration’s Threats to Attack
Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana to denounce the Trump administration’s indictment of former President Raúl Castro and threats to attack the island nation, whose socialist governme
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Critics Warn Utah Megadata Center Could Devastate Great Salt Lake
Plans for a celebrity-backed “hyperscale” data center in rural Utah, so massive that it would consume more than double the state’s current electricity use, have generated an intense public and politic
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New Immigration Rule Could Force Green Card Applicants to Leave US
Critics are slamming the Trump administration for implementing a new rule that foreigners who apply for green cards must do so from abroad. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday
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Judge Dismisses Author Michael Wolff's Lawsuit Over Melania Trump's Defamation Litigation Threat
A short excerpt from yesterday's 15K-word opinion by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S.D.N.Y.) Friday in Wolff v. Trump:
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Inside the Republican Strategy to Target Progressive Prosecutors in the South
Travis County District Attorney José Garza speaks during a news conference at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Austin, Texas, in February 2026.
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Enhanced Ebola Airport Screening Expands to Atlanta
Enhanced Ebola Airport Screening Expands to Atlanta
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A Bit of Good News for Right Whales
Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth
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Mike Salisbury, wildlife filmmaker who made plants behave like characters, has died, aged 84
To Mike Salisbury, patience was not a virtue so much as a working method. Lions did not hunt on cue. Plants did not move at a human pace. Polar bears did not respect production schedules, or much else
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West Asia conflict brings Norwegian marine research vessel back to Sri Lanka
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s marine research efforts have benefited in a rare instance where geopolitical unrest owing to the ongoing conflict in West Asia created an unexpected scientific opportunity. A Uni
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Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year
The Texas sun keeps rising, as Texas coal wanes.
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Why are people buying pet ants?
Move over cats and dogs. There’s a new hot favorite pet in town: ants. More and more people are raising pet ants around the world. They are small, low-maintenance and display complex behaviors that fa
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Abigail Spanberger Vetoes Mandatory Collective Bargaining, Defying Virginia Unions
Since a Democratic trifecta took control of Virginia's government in the 2025 election, two longtime progressive labor policy priorities have been front and center: repealing the state's right-to-work
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Six Months After Oil Spilled Into California Tributary, Families Worry the Cleanup Was Never Finished
SANTA PAULA, Calif.—As he slowly pulled his beige van into the driveway following a trip to the hardware store for garden supplies, Ethan Higbee didn’t suspect anything was wrong.
Reason Magazine49d
Texas Juries Decide Child Custody Cases
In most states, child custody matters are decided by judges; but in Texas, they are in large part decided by juries. Here's a Texas Supreme Court decision from yesterday, Gopalan v. Marsh (written by
Reason Magazine49d
The Art of the Deal
Just when you think there is no further outrage that the President of the United States can perpetrate to top all of the preceding outrages, along comes the Great Settlement Agreement of 2026.
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When privacy disappears: What life looks like inside displacement shelters in Gaza
In Gaza’s displacement shelters, privacy is not suspended; it is erased