You’ve certainly seen or heard about President Trump’s morning threat to destroy Iran’s civil energy and bridge infrastructure if the country doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday. To [...]
Published in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy After President Trump went all in on crypto when he returned to office, Vivek Ramaswamy, the front-runner in the GOP [...]
Trump: We’re fighting wars […] It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. You [...]
WATCH: Trump and his administration claimed tariffs would usher in a “golden age,” but one year in, prices are skyrocketing Today, the DNC hosted a press call with House Democratic [...]
As Donald Trump pushes his deeply unpopular effort to roll back the constitutional guarantee to birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court today, David Valadao owes Central Valley voters answers. After previously dodging the implications [...]
From the YES campaign:Top Trump Donor and Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Revealed as Funder of False, Racist “NO” Ads Malicious Text, Digital and Mail Campaign Misleads Black and Senior Voters, invoking [...]
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Whether they march to the MAGA drumbeat or roost on the progressive left, populists share a need for scapegoats. To inflame public passions and convert them into votes, each side [...]
March 2026 was a big month for anyone keeping tabs on the increasingly important intersection between the Trump administration and combat sports. On March 11, FBI Director Kash Patel announced [...]
Here’s what state legislative flips mean for the midterms: The DLCC is on offense and already working to deliver resources and infrastructure across the country after launching our most expansive target map to [...]
Americans are paying more at the pump as Trump doubles down on his war of choice with Iran According to AAA, the national average price for a gallon of gasoline [...]
See below for video and a press release from Sen. Mark Warner about his speech on the US Senate floor today about “high energy costs and broader economic impacts following [...]
Dok’s on One-A-Day duty today and has already aced the first requirement: Actually remembering to write a headline. Some days, just getting over lowest bar is a win.As Rebecca reminds [...]
President Donald Trump talks with, from left, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, associate justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, before the State of the Union address [...]
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. The Senate is debating the Safeguard American Voter [...]
Trump Unable to Save Republicans from Self-Imposed Damage in Texas Senate Runoff President Donald Trump crows over the power of his endorsement — dangles it, sword of Damocles-like, over Republican [...]
When the history of the narrow survival of American democracy is written, the renewed independence of the judiciary will be a big part of the story. Trump himself gets a [...]
Democrats have flipped 28 seats since Trump’s election, and Florida’s HD-87 special election is the next race to watch this Tuesday WASHINGTON — Democrats are gearing up to carry our [...]
JD Vance traveled to Michigan today to try to spin his and Donald Trump’s failing economy, while their deeply unpopular war of choice with Iran rages on with no end [...]
New reporting today from the Virginia Independent reveals that Virginia Beach has been hit hard by Congresswoman Jen Kiggans’ policies. The Independent notes: “Kiggans, a Republican representing the congressional district that includes Virginia [...]
SYMONE SANDERS (CO-HOST): So he's claiming that the journalist here in America and western journalists -- really, that includes, I guess, the French media as well, every western democracy -- [...]
President Trump won a key victory on Friday in a case that tested his efforts to stage explicitly political terrorism prosecutions of activists who oppose him. A Texas jury found [...]
As my colleague Bob Kuttner explains, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) have moved through a bipartisan housing bill supported by President Trump that if signed would represent [...]
“The biggest mistake President Trump could make now would be to end the war too soon,” the Wall Street Journal (3/1/26) declared.The United States and Israel are, for the second [...]
Democrats have now flipped 28 seats since Trump’s election, while Republicans have still flipped zero WASHINGTON — State legislative Democrats are on a roll in special elections, clinching upset win [...]
Donald Trump traveled to Ohio and Kentucky today to try to sell his failing agenda that has driven prices up and done nothing to lower health care costs for everyday [...]
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The U.S. Department of Justice and 10 states have agreed to settle the landmark monopolization case against Live Nation-Ticketmaster. The settlement comes in the early stages of trial, before the [...]
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. This weekend, the Trump administration [...]
We live in a time when those who rule over us mix malevolence and absurdity. We have an example of this in this Politico article. White House Chief of Staff [...]
State Democrats flipped another seat in Republican territory – bringing our total to 27 flips this cycle – as GOP leadership faced bruising losses this week WASHINGTON — As primary season [...]
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) forced a vote on a War Powers Resolution to block Donald Trump [...]
See below for reactions from Virginia members of Congress to the Trump administration’s “incompetence” in stranding up to 1 million Americans in the Middle East, with the “Administration’s clumsiness and [...]
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SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Joining us now, he is the host of Life, Liberty, and Levin right here on the Fox News Channel. I call him the great one, Mark Levin. [...]
Another observation on Trump’s attack on Iran. Each of these regime attacks clearly emboldens him. To him, the Venezuelan adventure went great. Where was the blowback — in terms he [...]
AP (2/19/26) reports that members of the “Board of Peace” have “agreed to deploy troops for an international stabilization force”—and who could be against international stabilization?It’s not a failsafe test, [...]
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When Donald Trump came before lawmakers Tuesday night during the first State of the Union to ever occur during a partial government shutdown, the president used the occasion to issue [...]
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Legal War Plans There’s a new Politico piece out today on the prep work that Democratic attorneys general around the nation are doing to create a legal battle plan for [...]
This morning, as long anticipated by oral arguments, the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s bogus use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to justify his crazy quilt [...]
In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling this morning that Donald Trump’s reckless tariffs are illegal, Trump is doubling down on his trade war, announcing at a press conference today [...]
President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy so far has been to speak loudly and carry a big stick. On Friday, the Supreme Court took away his favorite stick.From Cuba, [...]
WASHINGTON — In the debate over rising U.S. housing costs, large institutional investors are frequently cast as the primary culprits. Indeed, President Donald Trump is threatening to derail bipartisan legislation [...]
NICOLLE WALLACE (HOST): This feels like the wrong fight to pick. One, nothing enrages Donald Trump more than being laughed at. Two, nothing projects weakness more than your heavies having [...]
Comedian and “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert called out his network for its compliance with the Trump administration’s ongoing attempt to crack down on dissent. You may have seen [...]
Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260213.mp3Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Mother Jones (2/11/26)This week on CounterSpin: Trump and congressional Republicans are pushing for changes to the electoral process that [...]
World leaders pose during a Board of Peace charter announcement during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.Evan Vucci/AP Get your news [...]