Politics Features

Donald Trump will soon start his second term as president. Don’t expect a strong opposition party or healthy “resistance” movement this time, at least not in Washington during the “shock and awe” start of his new administration. With 10 days before the president-elect is sworn in, Democrats in Congress are …

The dawn of the second Trump age has been marked by corporate fawning. Tech executives and obsequious media companies are making lavish donations to Trump’s inauguration; concluding horseshit lawsuits with settlements that look suspiciously like protection money; placing MAGA cronies on their corporate boards; or even shelling out tens of …

President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans will soon have control of the government — and they’re coming into power with a list of targets. Among the GOP’s plans for mass deportations, eroding reproductive rights, and taking over Greenland is continuing its crusade against the LGBTQ community, particularly trans Americans As Democrats …

Aaron Thacker is a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He’s served as military police, been posted at a detention facility, and witnessed more of the decades-spanning global War on Terror — both at home and abroad — than most Americans can imagine. Thacker says there are only …

President-elect Donald Trump may only have four years in power ahead of him — assuming American democracy holds — but these four years could prove critical in the fight against climate change. With the U.S. poised to not only withdraw from the climate fight but likely become a detrimental force …

President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, is remembered as a humanitarian and a champion of human rights around the globe. His legacy, though, includes supporting a military regime in El Salvador during the beginning of the Salvadoran Civil War, including the assassination of Saint Óscar Romero. The United States sent …

A MQ-9 Reaper drone keeps watch above the caravan of SUVs as a pair of helicopters — a sleek MH-6 Little Bird and a UH-60 Black Hawk — shadows the line of trucks as it makes its way out of a Mexican town. The sound of the helicopter engines grows …

Shows and content featuring MrBeast, Kelly Clarkson, and Guy Fieri were approved to receive production support from the Department of Defense last year, according to documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The charm offensive comes at a time when military recruitment has hit historic lows, and both defense officials and members …

In May 1974, Gov. Jimmy Carter delivered a blistering Law Day address at the University of Georgia to a distinguished audience of lawyers and public officials, along with members of the press corps. Quietly preparing to run for the presidency two years hence, Carter decided to shake things up, forsaking …

Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar,” Tom Homan, has led a consulting firm that openly brags about helping private companies secure federal contracts. Asked about this work, Homan says he has recused himself “from any involvement, discussion, input, or decision of any future government contracts.” Homan, who previously directed U.S. Immigration …