5+ hour, 55+ min ago  (533+ words) Despite the supposed cease-fire, clearly yes. A blockade is an act of war, and both America and Iran have imposed them on the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump is currently in China, where he is apparently attempting to get Chinese…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago  (1680+ words) This article was produced by Capital & Main, an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. It is co-published here with permission. On April 21, nearly two months into the Iran war, the Pentagon unveiled a $1. 5 trillion…...

14+ hour, 7+ min ago  (368+ words) There is a political cost to living inside a bubble, which is only intensified by surrounding oneself with bubbleheads. It's increasingly clear that Donald Trump has done both. "Truly, I think we're in the golden age right now," Trump told…...

11+ hour, 15+ min ago  (628+ words) But amid the good clean family fun, even distracted viewers were sure to spot the extended product placement cutaways, like the conspicuous shot of the family Toyota or the extended advertisement for Royal Caribbean Cruises" Icon of the Seas (which…...

18+ hour, 8+ min ago  (870+ words) The arrangement is giving corporate interests significant power to shape how lawmakers think about issues, especially those in which they have little or no expertise, these critics say. The benefits go well beyond those that the NCSL Foundation says on…...

20+ hour, 36+ min ago  (474+ words) But that shouldn't be the case this year. It may be the most important race on the ballot, in fact. "With climate disaster, the competition is not to lower rates, the competition is to actually cancel coverage on as many…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1153+ words) It just shouldn't be this hard," Abdul El-Sayed, the insurgent candidate for Michigan's open Senate seat, says to a packed Mumford High School auditorium in Detroit's northwestern corner. Shouldn't be this hard to afford a second bag of groceries," to…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (511+ words) In the second Trump administration, Democrats have been backing away from climate change messaging. Joe Biden apparently got no credit for the Inflation Reduction Act, his marquee climate policy bill, and Trump has since unceremoniously disposed of it. When it…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (917+ words) With both iron fist of police brutality and blunt leveraging of federal agencies and the Supreme Court, Trump has assured that for the foreseeable future, white folks will maintain a disproportionate share of front-row seats to orchestrate the future of…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (215+ words) This story first appeared in our free Today On TAP newsletter, a weekday email featuring commentary on the daily news from Robert Kuttner and Harold Meyerson. But one thing should be clear: In a nation beset with an irrepressible conflict,…...