Texas Tribune5h
Speaker Mike Johnson to campaign in battleground South Texas House districts this week
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, offers remarks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2024.
Truthout6h
Trump Sanctioned ICC Officials to Shield Israeli Leaders. Rights Groups Sued.
The United States has long endeavored to undermine the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Donald Trump has taken the assault to a new level with punishing sanctions against those who seek
Truthout6h
Bessent Unveils Iran Sanctions Regime He Admits Could “Blow Up” Global Economy
The Trump administration has announced it will roll out a sweeping sanctions regime against Iran over the coming weeks, with the goal of “sever[ing] every economic lifeline” to Iran and its 92 million
Reason Magazine8h
Trump Threatens U.S. Relationship With Canada as Trade Talks Collapse
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs against Canada went into effect as talks between the two countries collapsed after weeks of negotiations.
Truthout8h
Workers Stand to Lose the Most in Trump’s New Tariff War on Canada
The U.S.-Canada trade war is deepening after talks collapsed without a deal on Friday. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused the Trump administration of issuing demands that would compromise Can
Truthout10h
Jeffries Secretly Met With Kushner to Find “Common Ground” on Immigration
An explosive report has revealed that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a secret meeting with Trump administration power broker Jared Kushner to find “common ground” with the far right in the
Texas Tribune11h
Texas to receive at least $7.5 billion from stalled border reimbursement fund, Cornyn says
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn returns to the U.S. Capitol as negotiations for the Senate's final votes of the legislative session continue, in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 7, 2026.
CalMatters16h
The Trump administration upended how the West fights wildfires. California is bracing too
Four firefighters, two helicopter pilots and a contractor bulldozing a fireline have died in Colorado, Utah and Oregon this year.
CalMatters16h
What is the 10 a.m. rule? Controversial firefighting strategy could be back
Wildfires once ran on deadlines.
Reason Magazine1d
Trump Imposes Harmful and Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Many Canadian Imports
Yesterday, Donald Trump imposed massive 50% tariffs on numerous Canadian imports after trade negotiations with Canada broke down, largely due to the Trump administration's insistence on maintaining ea
Truthout2d
Trump Admin Report Claims 24,000 Noncitizens Voted in 2020. Experts Doubt It.
President Donald Trump this week unveiled another effort by his administration to raise questions about the outcome of the 2020 election he lost: an unusual U.S. Census Bureau analysis concluding with
Truthout2d
Trump’s 50 Percent Tariffs Take Effect After US-Canada Trade Talks Collapse
“It’s war.” That’s how one Canadian journalist described overnight developments between the governments of the US and Canada after trade talks between the two were suspended on Friday night without a
Truthout2d
Fired Federal Employees Are Bringing Climate Change Info Back to the People
Since June 23, a group of former employees of the communications branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been busily resurrecting one of the government’s premier educ
Truthout3d
Trump Moves to Scale Back US War Drills in Korea. We Should Support That.
President Donald Trump’s social media post on August 16 calling for a substantial reduction in U.S.-South Korea military exercises triggered panic across partisan lines. Instead of just pointing to th
Truthout4d
Bessent Says He Doesn’t “Understand” Oil Price Spike After Trump War Escalation
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed confusion as to why crude oil prices rose on Thursday, hours after Donald Trump threatened yet another escalation against Iran nearly six months into the war
Truthout4d
Democrats Probe Trump Administration’s Fascist Persecution of Left-Wing Groups
A group of 27 Congressional Democrats is probing the Trump administration over its campaign to suppress and persecute people with left-wing beliefs under National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (N
Texas Tribune4d
East Texas sits on a goldmine of lithium, but questions loom over how the state will regulate mining and production
EnergyX Solvent Extraction Manager Jacob Helper shows off a frack pond filled with water post-lithium extraction while speaking about the company's direct lithium extraction process, on Wednesday