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Donald Trump owes his continued freedom — and very likely his second term as president — to the fact that he was allowed to exploit the fundamental American right and hard-won tradition of due process, which is designed to protect an individual from arbitrary, weaponized prosecution and state terror. But …

The family residential section of U.S. Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, is usually a very pleasant place, with military families from the Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps enjoying the sunny respite of a golden duty station like Key West. At least it was until the Department of Homeland …

In the recent Time magazine cover story on the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term, a presidential aide explained the president’s revenge strategy: “Look, either we come after you, we shut you down, or you’re going to help me out.” There’s a famous scene in Goodfellas that explains …

“Vladimir, STOP!” These were the feeble words of a cowardly blowhard, whose failure to bring the Russo-Ukrainian War into line with his imagined reality has begun to leave an impression on the one thing that matters most to President Donald Trump: his own ego. Trump has never understood the war …

Rosa DeLauro represents Connecticut’s 3rd District in the House of Representatives. She is the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, as well as on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Last December, I wrote about the dangers of Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, …

AmeriCorps programs play an essential role in disaster recovery across the country. They helped communities hit by hurricanes Helene and Milton last fall, as well as after the Los Angeles wildfires in January, supporting shelter operations, managing call centers, volunteers and donations, mucking and gutting out buildings that were destroyed, …

Lives ruined. G.I. Bill mortgages heading into default, mass firings of veterans across the government, and 80,000 job cuts coming to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, all in the name of supposed cost savings sought by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. But a new U.S. Treasury Department report …

Cameron Allen is close to the Democratic Party’s ideal voter. A millennial lawyer from Kentucky, Allen was part of the wave of energized younger Democrats who sent Andy Beshear to the governor’s office in 2018 and mobilized behind Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. Allen detests Donald Trump and opposes the Republican …

As if firing tens of thousands of veterans from federal service, gutting Veterans Affairs benefits, and slashing Medicare and Social Security weren’t enough, Donald Trump is now moving to deport veterans — many of whom have risked their lives for a country that’s now kicking them to the curb like …

This article is being published in partnership with The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. Last week, Abundance co-author Ezra Klein went viral on social media. In a widely shared video clip from Jon Stewart’s podcast, Klein described the maddeningly …