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Inside Trump's Criminal Hush Money Trial
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and attorneys for Donald Trump gave their opening statements on Monday in the former president’s criminal...
How SCOTUS Could Allow Cities To Criminalize Homelessness
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After months of delay, House lawmakers this weekend passed a package of bills to send foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Included in that pac...
Why Tesla is Spiraling Out of Control
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla is laying off 14,000 people, their self-driving cars are hitting a wall—figurative and sometimes literal—and this week, Cybertrucks were rec...
The Challenges Of Jury Selection
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All 12 jurors have been seated in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in Manhattan. While jury selection continues today for a...
An Anticlimactic End to Mayorkas Impeachment
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, the Senate moved to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of t...
Speaker Johnson VS. House Far-Right GOP
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
House Republicans are in chaos again after a second conservative lawmaker voiced support for a push to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. The speaker announce...
Supreme Court Could Help Trump In Jan 6 Obstruction Case
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court hears arguments today in a major case related to the January 6th Insurrection that has the potential to undo some of the charges for...
Middle East Tensions At A High After Iran Attacks Israel
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Description: The Iranian government launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel late Saturday night in what’s believed to be Iran’s first d...
The Real Origins of the Student Debt Crisis
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time, borrowing money for college was an affordable path towards upward mobility. Today, it’s a crisis. With Americans owing a whopping ...
DOJ Closes 'The Gun Show Loophole'
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Justice Department announced Thursday, it finalized rules to close a major loophole in gun purchases. Known as 'the gun show loophole' it allowed ...
House Republicans Deal Speaker Another Blow With FISA Bill
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A group of House Republicans dealt Speaker Mike Johnson another embarrassing blow on Wednesday when they blocked legislation to extend part of the For...
Arizona Abortion Access Now Hinges On A Referendum
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, that an 1864 law banning almost all abortions is enforceable. The only exception is if a pregnant person’...
Will Biden's Student Debt Plan Payoff Come November?
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden on Monday announced another round of student debt relief that could help tens of millions of borrowers. He made the announcement i...
A Total Eclipse Of The...Sun!
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel said on Sunday that it was reducing its military presence in Gaza but rejected any suggestion that it was a sign the war was winding down. Sund...
How is Trump's Phony Media Company "Worth" $7 Billion?
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why on earth is Wall Street valuing Donald Trump’s little social network at $7 billion despite having few users, scant revenue and tremendous losses...
Baltimore Mayor Says Key Bridge Cleanup Is Like "Jenga"
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Thursday, the first time since Israeli strikes killed seven aid workers wit...
Outrage Intensifies After World Central Kitchen Strike
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
José Andrés, the celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, said that Israel “targeted” his aid workers when the country killed seven ...
World Central Kitchen Pauses Work in Gaza After Fatal Israeli Strike
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
World Central Kitchen, an international aid group, said on Tuesday it paused its relief operation in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike killed seven of i...
Florida Voters Will Decide Abortion Access In November
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Florida Supreme Court delivered bittersweet news to abortion rights advocates on Monday. In one ruling, the court gave voters the chance to enshri...
How Biden Can Move Voters on Immigration
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cesar Chavez Day was Sunday, and it’s the day when Americans honor the late Latino civil rights icon and labor activist. Chavez is most known for co...
The Pill That May Save Abortion Rights
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mifepristone revolutionized abortion access in America, so much that, two years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortions in the United States are up.B...
Trans Athletes Fight For Rights
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The federal government announced on Thursday some upcoming changes to the next Census. The form will consolidate two existing questions about race and...
Baltimore Mourns Victims of the Bridge Collapse
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats scored a surprise landslide win on Tuesday when Marilyn Lands prevailed in a special election for an Alabama State House seat previously hel...
Supreme Court Side-Eyes Anti-Abortion Doctors
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed skeptical of a case that challenged expanded access to the abortion medication mifepristone. It was broug...
Trump Trades In Lies, And On Nasdaq Starting Today
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Monday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the month of Ramadan. The United S...
Texas Gives No Clarity On Exceptions to Anti-Abortion Law
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More than 130 people are dead after a terrorist attack Friday night at a concert in Moscow. An offshoot of the Islamic State known as ISIS-K claimed r...
Why Hip Hop Never Had a #MeToo Movement
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Background:Los Angeles Times: Behind the calamitous fall of hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' CombsLA Times: Russell Simmons and Brett Ratner face new allega...
Third Parties Could Threaten Biden’s Reelection
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday for “smothering” the smartphone industry....
The Courts Temporarily Stop Texas From Arresting and Deporting Migrants
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Texas’ draconian immigration law SB4 is back on hold after a ruling late Tuesday night by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. SB4 would allow state ...
Netanyahu Insists on Rafah Offensive Despite Biden's Warning
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday reiterated his plans to do exactly what President Joe Biden keeps advising him not to do: launch ...
Ohio Could Be Make Or Break For Senate Dems
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ohio is one of five states holding primary elections on Tuesday. A few big races there will make it a key state to watch in November. Democrat Sherrod...
The Damages Done To Georgia's Case Against Trump
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Georgia racketeering case against Donald Trump can proceed with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in charge. However, on Friday, Fulton ...
How Israel Became a Rogue Ally
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he’s invading the Palestinian city of Rafah despite strong opposition from the Biden ...
Sen. Chuck Schumer Slams Netanyahu As "Obstacle To Peace"
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called for new Israeli elections to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Schumer, the highest-rank...
The Fight For Reparations Gains Real Momentum
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Americans have considered the idea of reparations for more than a century, but there’s real momentum around the movement to make it happen right now...
Explaining The Timer on TikTok's Fate
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The House is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill that could force the Chinese owners of TikTok to sell the social media platform or face a ban on U.S...
Biden's Budget Takes Aim At The Wealthy, Corporations
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden on Monday unveiled his $7.3 trillion budget proposal for the next fiscal year. He calls for new spending to lower the cost of healthca...
Ramadan Begins With No Ceasefire In Sight
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ramadan began Sunday night, and it was also the unofficial deadline by which the Biden administration hoped to have negotiated a temporary ceasefire b...
Are Primaries What's Wrong with American Politics?
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Primaries elections are good, right? It’s how we hold the party accountable and raise up progressives! It turns out there’s more to the story.This...
Biden Got Feisty In His State Of The Union
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden delivered his State of the Union Thursday night. He traded verbal blows with his conservative opponents inside the room, and also offe...
Progressives Explain What They Want Out Of Biden's Big Speech
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden delivers his third State of the Union address Thursday night ahead of this November’s election. Part of the challenge for Biden is t...
Donald Trump Closer To Clinching Nomination After Super Tuesday
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Super Tuesday was mostly a blowout on the Republican side for former President Donald Trump. Nikki Haley did manage to eke out a win in Vermont, but t...
Trump Back On The Ballot In Colorado
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump can stay on Colorado’s primary ballot. This reverses a decision by...
Why Oregon's Going From Drug Decriminalization To Recriminalization
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oregon’s legislature has reintroduced criminal penalties for hard drug possession, effectively reversing course three years after voters passed the ...
How Wall Street Ruined Your (and the MLB's) Wardrobe
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I see London, I see France, I see Shohei Ohtani’s underpants. This week, the MLB kicked off Spring Training with brand new see-through uniforms — ...
Over 100 Palestinians Killed While Collecting Aid
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More than 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured Thursday near Gaza City as people gathered around trucks to receive much needed food ...
Mitch McConnell Is Stepping Down
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Wednesday that he plans to step down as the Republican Senate leader in November. He has been the lon...
Another Shutdown Looms Thanks To Far-Right Conservatives
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yet another government shutdown looms and lawmakers have until Friday night to avert it. Here's what's holding them up this time: House Republicans ha...
Could Facebook Abandon Florida and Texas?
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments on a case that could upend the online world. At issue are laws championed and passed by Republicans i...
Why Michigan’s Muslim and Arab Voters Are Uncommitted to Biden
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Donald Trump cleaned up in the South Carolina Republican primary last Saturday, winning 60 percent of the votes to Nikki Haley’s 40...
How We Got Here: How Christian Nationalists Took Over the GOP
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Republicans are coming after IVF? And no-fault divorce? This week, a Supreme Court ruling in Alabama and a new report from POLITICO unmasked an ascend...
Russia Withholds Alexei Navalny's Body From His Family
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The mother of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that authorities are “blackmailing” her over his remains to get her to agree ...
Fertility Treatments Threatened In Post-Roe Alabama
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The University of Alabama health system became the first organization in the state to pause IVF treatments following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling ...
How The Ed Department Fumbled The FAFSA Revamp
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. vetoed a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and stood alone on the 15-member U.N. Security Council in its vote. To u...
Mapping Out A New Wisconsin And Beyond
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Tony Evers signed new legislative maps into law on Monday, and broke a Republican gerrymander that has shaped the st...
How We Got Here: How Lead Poisoning Rewired America
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do the 1970s crime wave, the endangerment of the California condor, and Gen Xers demanding to speak to the manager have in common? There’s a co...
Trump’s Week of Legal Woes
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fulton County DA Fani Willis and special counsel Nathan Wade both took the stand on Thursday about their prior romantic relationship. The hearing will...
How Dems Can Play To Win
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A mass shooting at Wednesday’s Super Bowl parade for the Kansas City Chiefs left one person dead and 21 more injured. Authorities said they had thre...
Republicans Impeach Homeland Secretary Mayorkas
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
House Republicans impeached Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday in a 214-213 vote. Meanwhile in New York, Democrat Tom Suozzi...
Pennsylvania’s House Special
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives hinges on a special election taking place today in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Democrats current...
Replacing The Con In Congress
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday is Election Day for the race to replace George Santos in New York’s third congressional district. The candidates running for the seat includ...
How We Got Here: How Sports Betting Took Over America
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Week 2 of What a Day’s new series “How We Got Here,” in which Hysteria’s Erin Ryan and Offline’s Max Fisher pose a question about the...
The Question Of Trump's Eligibility
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a case considering whether or not Donald Trump can be removed from the ballot in Colorado becaus...
The Case for Amendment 4
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments about Amendment 4 — a constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to abortion up ...
Citizen Trump
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump's immunity claim and ruled that he can be put on trial over his efforts to overturn the 2020 ...
Brittney Gilliam's Family Reaches A Settlement
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brittney Gilliam agreed to a $1.9 million settlement more than three years after police officers in Aurora, Colorado held her, her sister, her two nie...
Trump’s Trials And Errors
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis admitted to having a personal relationship with Nathan Wade, the prosecutor she hired to handle the electi...
How We Got Here: Why it Feels Like the Southern Border is Always in Crisis
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to What a Day’s How We Got Here, a new weekend series where Hysteria’s Erin Ryan and Offline’s Max Fisher pose a question about the week...
TikTok's Timeout
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden issued an executive order imposing sanctions and visa bans on Israeli settlers who were accused of attacking Palestinians and Isra...
Kickin' Off The Party In South Carolina
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first official Democratic primary of 2024 taking place this Saturday in South Carolina. President Joe Biden has seen a decline in support among Bl...
Big Tech CEOs Testify Before Congress
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite reported headway in the negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday rejected Hamas’ two primary demands for an extend...
The Deal with the Border Deal
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A bipartisan immigration deal in Congress could be announced as soon as this week. The agreement would give the executive branch the legal authority t...
Israel Ordered To Prevent Acts Of Genocide
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The UN’s International Court of Justice ruled last Friday ordering Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for a ce...
CIA Chief Heads Abroad to Broker Gaza Deal
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden will send CIA Director William Burns to help negotiate a new deal between Israel and Hamas to release hostages. Meanwhile, protest...
How NYC’s Mayor Fails Migrants
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivered his third State of the City address on Wednesday. Since just last spring, 170,000 migrants have arrived in Ne...
Nikki Haley Gets Trumped In New Hampshire
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Donald Trump won New Hampshire’s Republican primary on Tuesday and defeated former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley. Meanwhile, Presiden...
Supreme Court Rules Against Texas' Border Razor Wire
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Biden administration has the authority to remove parts of a barbed wire barrier erected by Texas officials ...
DeSantis Discontinued
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis officially exited from the 2024 presidential race and endorsed former President Donald Trump. He made the announcement i...
Fani Willis Fights Back Against Misconduct Claims
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis faces misconduct allegations after a co-defendant in Georgia’s election interference case against Trump ...
Gaza Gets Crucial Medicine Delivery
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on Wednesday to get medicine delivered to hostages held in Gaza. In exchange, humanitarian aid and medication wi...
The Push For More Ukraine Aid
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden invited Congressional leaders to the White House Wednesday for their first face-to-face talks in months about critical aid to Ukraine,...
Iowa's Participation Awards Go To...
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Iowa caucuses are officially over. Donald Trump won as expected with just over 50 percent of the vote, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came in sec...
Caucusing Up A Storm
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Iowa caucuses are here. Former President Donald Trump is in the lead, according to the most recent Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa poll...
Explaining Iowa's Raucous Caucus
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Iowa Caucuses are back! Trump is the clear favorite, but there’s a tense battle for second place that is all going to play out on Monday. We div...
Israel Goes On Trial For Genocide
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel is accused of committing genocide in Gaza in a case before the International Court of Justice on Thursday. South Africa filed the claim, and it...
Trump's Unappealing Appeal
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump was back in court on Tuesday for the federal case against him for trying to overturn the 2020 election. This time, however, Trump tried t...
Florida Man Gets Fired
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Chair of Florida’s Republican Party of Florida, Christian Ziegler, was removed from his position on Monday after a closed-door meeting of party ...
Boeing Troubles Take Off
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the inspection of 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines plane mid-fligh...
NYC Sues Over Migrant Buses
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
ISIS claimed responsibility for the bombings in Iran that killed at least 84 people and injured 284 others on Wednesday. Plus, the United States launc...
Abortion Rights And Texas Wrongs
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An appeals court ruled on Tuesday that doctors in Texas are not required to perform emergency abortion care as a necessary, stabilizing treatment to p...
Trump's Maine Squeeze
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed the decision by Maine’s Secretary of State that bars him from the ballot due to his role in the Ja...
And WAD's Person Of The Year Is...
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration is pressuring Israel to scale back its war by the end of the year. And earlier this week, President Joe Biden warned that Isr...
The Difference Between Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it will hear a case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the commonly used abort...
Optimism? In This Economy?!
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A group of ten current and formerly incarcerated people in Alabama filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday to allege inhumane conditions in the state’s p...
The Golden Globe Standard
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The UN Climate Change Conference – known as COP28 – hit a major roadblock on Monday. There’s disagreement between countries because a potential ...
All's Well That Ends Sickle Cell
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted the abortion procedure for Kate Cox, a 31-year-old pregnant woman who was granted the country’s first cou...
Texas Grants Nation's First Court-Sanctioned Abortion
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Texas judge ruled Thursday that a woman can terminate her pregnancy because of a lethal abnormality in the fetus. It’s the first attempt in the co...
Biden Delivers Billions More Student Debt Relief
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Senate Republicans blocked meaningful gun control once again Wednesday by stopping a Democratic measure that would have banned assault-style weapons. ...
Tommy Tubervillainy
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama finally backed down on Tuesday after single-handedly blocking nearly every single military promotion for almos...
SCOTUS Decides Fate Of Landmark Opioid Settlement
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration is sounding the alarm to Congress about the need to pass a funding bill to support Ukraine in their war with Russia. White Ho...