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Note from our Editor-in-Chief:This week, we are launching our ‘Start The Steal’ series, at the critical three-month stretch left in the 2026 midterm elections. The president of the United States and his allies are conducting a…
ZeteoWith just days left before the Democratic primary election in the closely watched Michigan Senate race, Senate hopeful Rep. Haley Stevens released…
In Denmark, China now polls higher than the United States of America. Denmark used to be one of our strongest allies.
We'll have about 40 different parties running, from Palestinian-oriented parties to extreme right-wing, even fascist, on-the-verge-of-fascism…
Robin D. G. Kelley, Substack Most academics in the U.S., as well as activists resisting the genocide in Gaza, are familiar with the case of…
The crisis has also prompted neighboring countries to tighten border controls. President Trump says the U.S. could face a similar situation under…
Ocasio-Cortez also accused some Democrats of later distancing themselves as Biden’s political standing declined. Her comments come as the party…
As the 2026 elections approach, transgender people across the country are watching one fight in particular: a wave of anti-trans ballot measures…
For nearly a century, Missouri was considered a bellwether — a leader or indicator of the political trends of the nation. If you wanted to take the…
Hawley was at an event in St. Louis, Missouri, celebrating the inclusion of expanded funds for victims of nuclear radiation in President Donald…
Kit Klarenberg· The Grayzzone Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone show both a current and former MI5 director secretly lobbied for the British…
Good things are happening! States defend voting rights, Illinois treats its gambling problem, care workers get payback, and in one state…
Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone show both a current and former MI5 director secretly lobbied for the British government’s move to label the…
The answers to these questions and many more can be found in LeverMind, our weekly news quiz testing your knowledge of the developments that really…
Multibillionaire Elon Musk has authorized his super political action committee (PAC) to spend millions of dollars in this year’s midterm races…
Next week’s Michigan primary between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens is a referendum on AIPAC’s influence within the Democratic Party.
By Ashish Malhotra This article was originally published by Truthout India’s Gen Z-led movement confronted Modi, but some see it as a missed…
By Lauren Rankin This article was originally published by Truthout Kansas’s safe haven status is now threatened again by abortion opponents who have…
Blanche, currently acting attorney general, is “refusing to make a clear commitment that American tax dollars aren’t going to go to the rioters of…
Britain’s longest-serving female MP, Diane Abbott, has been readmitted to the Labour party, a year after she was suspended amid a purge of leftwing…
On this day in 1975, labor leader Jimmy Hoffa was reported missing. Believed murdered by the mob, his remains have never been found. Donald Trump…
On Tuesday, Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., will face off in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary. The race is the next biggest…
Last week, only four House Republicans voted with 210 Democrats to pass a war powers resolution to end the U.S. war with Iran.That means 208 House…
Outsiders and challengers have pulled off unlikely victories against incumbents and establishment-backed candidates all across the country. And now…
WASHINGTON — For the second time in as many weeks, a War Powers Resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s war with Iran failed to pass…
LISTEN NOW: Reed Galen grew up inside the Republican Party establishment, but in 2016, he left the party and later co-founded The Lincoln Project…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) is so unpopular that he would lose his hypothetical re-election by nearly 20 points to a generic “someone else”…
The Metropolitan police have arrested people at a Palestine Action protest who did not break the law by showing or stating support for the…
A new Israeli security doctrine recasts settler violence, long regarded by the establishment as destabilizing, as a guarantor of Israel’s security…
In his national address on July 19, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega stated that when the country’s next elections take place in 2027, none who…
Good evening, and welcome to this week’s ‘Ragebait.’Justin Baragona here, bringing you the latest media dispatches from the right-wing industrial…
We speak to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, about Israel’s continued impunity from…
The article below is part of Drop Site’s ongoing collaboration with Barn Raiser Media to put a focus on rural politics with a newsletter running…
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On this day in 2024, Nicolás Maduro was declared winner of the Venezuelan presidential election, securing a third term amid claims of fraud. He is…
Former President Juan Orlando Hernández, the convicted drug trafficker pardoned by President Donald Trump last December, flew triumphantly home to…
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On July 9, the European Parliament passed a resolution that condemned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for supporting a violent Sudanese paramilitary…
A prominent Colombian activist left the United States after he was arrested by immigration agents and detained for over a month in an ICE jail…
On ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ on Monday, Mehdi debated Steve Hilton, the Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for California governor who is trailing by…
In a memo obtained by The New York Times in June, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed for Coral’s deportation and accused the activist of…
On this day in 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was officially adopted, guaranteeing citizenship to almost all people born on U.S…
Funeral services for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly on July 11 at the age of 71, will take place on Tuesday in Washington and Wednesday in…
A federal appellate panel on Saturday rejected the Trump administration’s request to lift a lower court’s injunction blocking the U.S. Postal…
The networks of two major players who helped capture the U.S. Supreme Court — anti-abortion lawyer Leonard Leo and oil billionaire Charles Koch …
More than two dozen states have filed a joint lawsuit seeking to prevent the Trump administration from limiting disaster relief funds from the…
If you’re transgender, you can die for our country — but you cannot receive life-saving health care, access it for your transgender family members…
