In the latest round of primary elections, voters in four states chose candidates for the November general elections, and something something national consequences, something something Donald Trump’s continued clammy grip [...]
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice released an opinion on Tuesday that, in the likely event it is embraced by a Republican-controlled federal judiciary, would make it significantly harder for [...]
According to new data released today by The National Federation of Independent Business, small businesses throughout America continue to suffer under Donald Trump and his cost-spiking Republicans. With everything — [...]
This week marks 100 plus days of Donald Trump’s war of choice in the Middle East. As a result, everything is more expensive, including the price of gas, which is [...]
On ABC and CNN this morning, Sen. Mark Warner had some interesting things to say. See below for video and highlights.On Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence (Bill Pulte): [...]
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Saturday denied assertions of voter fraud in the state’s primary elections, dismissing unfounded accusations by President Donald Trump of “big cheating.” Bonta said in [...]
With more than a dozen Republican senators publicly criticizing President Trump’s slush fund while Trump himself equivocated about whether he would kill it, the reconciliation bill was going to be [...]
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to [...]
Republicans will never turn on Trump. He’s gobbled up too much power in the architecture of the Republican Party. Even as his national approval numbers have continued to tumble, Trump [...]
Reporting has made clear since the early days of President Donald Trump’s second presidential term that his immigration policies, as well as his trade wars and combative rhetoric against America's [...]
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. We end today’s show with President Trump’s escalating [...]
State Democrats are taking action to lower costs for everyday Americans, from tackling housing costs to making child care more affordable and lowering energy prices WASHINGTON — As Republicans’ ambivalence around [...]
President Donald Trump on Saturday excoriated artists who dropped out of the White House-backed “Great American State Fair” this summer and said he is considering replacing them with the “number [...]
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. Mass protests in Bolivia have [...]
Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! Yes, the redistricting battle rages on across the South, but, FINALLY, some positive news on this front. In South Carolina, the GOP-controlled Senate [...]
The United States indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro in federal court last week, one of its most aggressive actions against the island since the end of the Cold War.The [...]
It was seven days ago when the Trump administration unveiled its unprecedented $1.776 billion compensation fund, which was quickly and widely panned by members of both parties as a “slush [...]
As Donald Trump considers next steps in his war with Iran, his Fox News Cabinet is advising him to escalate. Influential pundits on the MAGA propaganda channel are telling the [...]
Did you miss this? The Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais just shook up our future elections and civil rights protections nationwide. Let’s break it down: Trump’s extreme Supreme Court [...]
Republicans abruptly sent Congress home early for the Memorial Day weekend yesterday amid chaos within their own ranks as Donald Trump pushes for taxpayers to fund his $1 billion White [...]
Senate Republicans didn’t have enough votes Thursday to pass their own filibuster-proof reconciliation bill to fund Donald Trump’s mass deportations, so instead they set the bill aside for the time [...]
President Donald Trump’s Iran war is a global strategic debacle and a domestic economic disaster that has taken his public support to new depths. With the president’s job approval hitting [...]
Trump racked up back-to-back wins in his successful campaigns to oust two non-MAGA Republican incumbents, Sen. Bill Cassidy in Louisiana and Rep. Tom Massie in Kentucky, both of whom lost [...]
Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260515.mp3Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).FIFA, the governing body of association football, concocted a “FIFA Peace Prize”—described as recognizing “individuals for exceptional contributions to peace [...]
JD Vance traveled to Missouri today on his desperate road show to sell his and Donald Trump’s failed economic agenda that has devastated Americans and small businesses. Despite Vance’s weak [...]
To absolutely no one’s surprise, the race to the far-right in AZ-01 is getting messier by the minute. Jay “In Lockstep with Trump” Feely and backbencher state lawmaker Joey Chaplik [...]
Trump balloon over London, July 2018. Screenshot, The Telegraph on YouTubeHigh fossil fuel prices caused by Donald Trump’s stupid war on Iran pushed inflation in April to the highest level [...]
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WASHINGTON (May 8, 2026) — The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) today challenged the Trump administration’s Section 301 investigation into alleged “structural excess capacity” in 16 economies, arguing the probe misuses trade law, rests [...]
While President Donald Trump watched LIV golfers at his golf course outside Washington on Saturday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House envoy Steve Witkoff met with Qatar’s prime [...]
Supporters of President Donald Trump have long alleged, without evidence, widespread voter fraud. Two days after the 2020 presidential election, people vehemently argued the results outside the central counting board [...]
See below for a press release from Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner on Trump’s billion-dollar ballroom lunacy (and “Republicans…now trying to get $1 billion in taxpayer funding for President [...]
Here are some posts from Wednesday!Pssst I heard you like to How ‘bout these tabs?How ‘bout this quote-unquote ceasefire?How ‘bout this fucker?How ‘bout this fucker?How ‘bout this fucker?And finally! This [...]
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Several major companies have signed on to sponsor President Donald Trump’s plans to celebrate the United States’ founding, which will officially kick off with a Christian nationalist prayer event on [...]
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WASHINGTON — Following the Callais decision that empowers state Republicans to racially gerrymander maps with no guardrails, the stakes of building Democratic power in state legislatures have never been higher. Given state legislatures [...]
Millones de estadounidenses que luchan para llegar a fin de mes están abandonando su cobertura de seguro médico después de que los republicanos en el Congreso y Donald Trump se negaran a [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House took a crucial step Wednesday toward funding the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration warned that money to pay Transportation Security Administration and other [...]
President Donald Trump prepares to board Air Force One on his way to Mar-a-Lago for a luncheon with holders of his $TRUMP meme coin. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Get your news [...]
The Ballroom to Save America As reporters on Saturday night were waiting for President Donald Trump to give a press conference from the briefing room following the White House Correspondents’ [...]
In the ongoing struggle over the independence of the Fed, Trump finally blinked first. His toady prosecutor, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, abruptly announced this morning [...]
The Washington Post (4/8/26) asserts that “the Islamic Republic stands to lose more from the war resuming than Washington does”—though Trump’s plummeting approval ratings might suggest otherwise.In the wake of [...]
President Trump is inflicting tariffs on America in a vain attempt to revive traditional manufacturing. Private investment is gushing instead into data centers, where the AI economy is being hatched. [...]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada’s requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern [...]
Eric Trump speaks as World Liberty Financial Co-founder Zach Witkoff and Founder of TRON Justin Sun look on during Token 2049, a Crypto event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on [...]
This might not be the most important headline to break news today, but longtime readers of Where Things Stand may know that this author enjoys reveling in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ [...]
On Thursday and Friday, there seemed to be progress toward a war-ending deal. President Trump went along with an Iranian demand that Israel must cease bombing Lebanon as a precondition [...]
The Hollywood Reporter (2/27/26) reported Paramount‘s disclosure that funding for its WBD takeover “may include other strategic and financial partners” who go unnamed. The Reporter noted that “previous bids included [...]