Trump-appointed judges are blocking investigations to hold officials in contempt In April 2025, Judge James Boasberg found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump's administration in contempt. For a year, he has been attempting to investigate who was at fault for violating his court order to r

Will Trump’s War in Iran Kick Off a High-Seas Toll Binge? With both sides of the conflict talking about charging to use the strait of Hormuz, it’s time to regret not signing the Law of the Sea treaty. ...

Voters in military towns fear Trump is 'bumbling' US into another Iraq: report Voters from military towns are worried that President Donald Trump, despite campaigning on a “peace” platform, is “bumbling” America into another Iraq or Afghanistan war, The New York Times reports.“It’s a waste of resour

The Christophers Puts an Unrepentant Art Monster Through His Paces Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel act out intergenerational warfare in Stephen Soderbergh’s art world drama. ...

Sexual abuse allegations are spurring calls for a broader reckoning in Congress Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members ...

Cynical new slogan now a top MAGA 'rallying cry' In right-wing media, one phrase that MAGA Republicans often use to justify their actions is "your rules." The Bulwark's Andrew Egger examines this phrase in an article published on April 14, arguing that it shows how deeply cynical the MAGA movement i

The Ominous Big Tech Takeover of Our Community College System A sketchy online school funded by Silicon Valley bros portends a bleak future for a critical sector of our education system. ...

Trump is losing his 'game of chicken' with the economy President Donald Trump is risking the economy on a "game of chicken" with Iran that is "about to enter a dangerous new phase," according to a new analysis from CNN, and for the time being, Iran is winning.In fact, according to the Tuesday report

Voters Erupt at GOP Town Hall Over Trump: “Incompetent Psychopath” Republican lawmakers are facing angry constituents at home thanks to the president’s decision to go to war with Iran. ...

Staff Bio: Adam Lynch Mississippian Adam Lynch, prior to joining AlterNet, reported freelance pieces for Jackson Free Press, YES Magazine and the Washington Post. ...

Iran Says JD Vance & Co. Blew Up Ceasefire Talks at Last Minute Iran’s foreign minister says Trump’s team purposefully derailed talks. ...

Staff Bio: Nick Hilden Journalist Nick Hilden has spent nearly 20 years covering politics, culture, and science for the likes of the Washington Post, the Nation, Rolling Stone, Esquire, National Geographic, Scientific American, and more, and oversees the Writers Talking Writers interview series at P

Minnesota Investigates ICE Over Possible Kidnapping of American Federal immigration agents arrested an American with no criminal record—and couldn’t explain why. ...

Federal workers have had it with the Trump administration’s religion President Donald Trump and his administration are making people “uncomfortable” with their overt calls to religiosity, according to a recent report — and federal workers are sick of it.“On Easter Sunday, US Department of Agricultur

JD Vance Is on a Hell of a Losing Streak The vice president just had his worst week in politics: rallying with a losing candidate in Hungary, then overseeing the failed negotiations over the Iran war. What new misery awaits him? ...

'Petty' Trump attacks Republicans in this red state while 'detonating' GOP chances in November Conservative Indianapolis Star opinion editor James Briggs says President Donald Trump should have better things to do than destroy good Republican politicians out of spite — especially with his party goin

States Struggle With Fluoride Crisis Thanks to Trump’s Iran War A fluoride shortage is leaving many U.S. water facilities incapable of meeting recommended fluoride levels in drinking water. ...

Trump is hurting the GOP — and they're powerless to stop him President Donald Trump’s antics are hurting Republicans as they head into the 2026 midterm elections… but they are not sure they can stop him.“The Iran war is a case in point,” reported CNN’s Aaron Blake on Tuesday. “Trump launched it with

Nearly 100 Arrested After Demanding Democrats Block Bombs to Israel The anti-genocide, anti-war protesters were arrested outside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office. ...

Macho men implode in Trump’s MAGA economy President Donald Trump promised when he ran for reelection in 2024 that he would revitalize American jobs, particularly in traditionally masculine industries like manufacturing. Yet according to a recent report by a business journalist, that's not what's hap

Trump Wants You to Cheat on Your Taxes He probably cheats himself and just wants a little company. ...

Anti-corruption Hungary pulls support for 'scandal plagued' CPAC President Donald Trump and CPAC want people to believe they support “America First,” but a recent report reveals that at least the latter received literal funding from the Hungarian government.But those days are apparently over now tha

Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn, and the Art of Self-Reinvention Julia Cooke’s biography of three writers illuminates the profound complexity of women’s lives without apologizing, justifying, or moralizing. ...

Senate Republicans are ready to replace Alito — before the midterms: report Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, 76, has given no public indication he plans to retire — but if he does, Senate Republicans stand ready to fast-track President Donald Trump’s nominee through committee and lock in a confir

Bombs and Porn Are Bad Reasons to Build More Data Centers Is this big AI push supposed to help the U.S. kill more Iranian kids? To help school shooters kill kids at home? Or just to fill the internet with rubbish? We need better answers to this question. ...

Critics sound alarm as Trump official calls separation of church and state 'a lie' Religion News reports the leader of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission said out loud that church and state separation is a falsehood at the group’s final meeting — which immediately drew fire from a

Trump DOJ Dumps January 6 Sedition Convictions The White House is turning the lies that sparked the insurrection into government policy. ...

Ted Cruz Refuses to Take the Pope’s Side Against Trump Watch the Republican senator flail after being asked whether he’s Team Trump or Team Pope. ...

Conservative accuses Trump of 'Mind-boggling' vendetta against NFL President Donald Trump is pursuing an antitrust case against the National Football League (NFL) — but an editor from a magazine one might expect to support him instead implied this is about a vendetta.The Justice Department is invest

“What Does Teleport Mean?”: Trump Responds to FEMA Official’s Story Senior FEMA official Gregg Phillips has claimed he teleported to a Waffle House. ...

GOP consultant predicts Epstein's depravity will collapse after midterms President Donald Trump may act like he is answerable to no one, but an ex-Republican consultant warns that he and the rest of the “Epstein class” are nearing the end of their heyday.“Everyone knows how much the Trump family car

Toddler Forced Back Into ICE Detention After Nearly Dying A new report reveals just how horrific life is at the Dilley Detention Center. ...

Byron Donalds - Was the US Navy created to take on pirates, as Byron Donalds said? It was a big reason. http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/apr/14/byron-donalds/iran-blockade-trump-strait-hormuz-barbary/

Aging anti-Trump resistance a problem for democracy: columnist A “substantial anti-Trump youth movement” is missing, argues New York Times columnist Thomas B. Edsall.“We have a president who has directly attacked the finances and the intellectual freedom of colleges and universities, is building the

Pope Leo Issues Dire Warning on Democracy After Trump Attack The Pope is sending an urgent message about the fragility of democracy. ...

Justice Department fires 4 prosecutors accused of bias against anti-abortion activists ...

MN Prosecutor Investigates ICE Arrest of US Citizen as Possible Kidnapping ... https://truthout.org/articles/mn-prosecutor-investigates-ice-arrest-of-us-citizen-as-possible-kidnapping/

Confederate groups furious as Virginia kills their tax breaks On Tuesday —161 years after the conclusion of the American Civil War — the state of Virginia ended long-standing tax exemptions for a range of organizations linked to the Confederacy. Signed by Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger and passed

You Won’t Believe Why Trump Thinks Diet Soda Is Good for Him Dr. Oz revealed the idiotic reason on Don Jr.’s podcast. ...

Ex-CIA: Trump losing his 'ability to lead' U.S. President Donald Trump is having a major feud with Robert Francis Prevost, AKA Pope Leo XIV, over the war in Iran — which the Pope opposes. Trump has been hurling insults at Leo, and Elbridge Colby (a Defense Department official in the Trump Administra

The Chappell Roan Harassment Campaign Is Plain Old Misogyny The music artist faces online backlash not for any wrongdoing but because she's a woman. ...

Swalwell and Gonzales Officially Resign Before Being Forced Out The Democratic and Republican representatives have each resigned amid sexual assault allegations against them. ...

Trump Says Jesus Photo Shows Him as Red Cross Doctor — a Group Bombed in His War ... https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-jesus-photo-shows-him-as-red-cross-doctor-a-group-bombed-in-his-war/

Hedge fund billionaire predicts 'no way' to avoid Trump's recession President Donald Trump is doing a “very poor job” of handling the Iran war he started, one of the world’s most influential hedge fund managers claimed in a Tuesday interview — and it will quite likely cause a global recession.Trump

Trump age A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� Republican touts 'amazing' Iran war, despite dead troops and global ...

Trump Shocked as Italy’s Far-Right Leader Scorns Him—and Israel President Trump is fuming over losing one of his biggest allies in Europe. ...

Fox News host: 'Gosh, everything is so expensive' While it is well known that Fox News hosts typically avoid saying anything that could reflect poorly on President Donald Trump or the Republican Party, sometimes they just can’t help themselves. Appearing on Fox and Friends Tuesday morning, host Ains

GOP lawmaker can’t stop spouting racist BS about Mamdani GOP Rep. Randy Fine of Florida spewed some racist sentiments about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Newsmax Monday. “Do you still believe that he should be deported because I know you've ...

Trump’s Acting A.G. Says He Won’t Release Even One More Epstein File Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is behaving like he has no authority to release anything else. ...

Trump DOJ forgets he was president in 2020 ...