Politics

Donald Trump has made a lot of unconventional appointments since winning a second term in the White House. Just last night, in fact, he tapped the former Real World cast member Sean Duffy to head up the nation’s space program, in addition to his current role as transportation secretary. The …

Lee Zeldin, the Trump-appointed head of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Thursday attempted to walk a fine line between placating conspiracy theorists and dispelling misinformation. Unfortunately, he seems to have left many people confused as to the agency’s actual policies and actions. “Americans have questions about geoengineering and contrails,” Zeldin …

FEMA’s response to the deadly flooding in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend has been less than ideal, according to multiple reports. Sources inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency have told CNN that the agency’s handling of the recovery effort was hampered by spending roadblocks implemented by Homeland Security …

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who has vehemently described the New York City subway as a hellscape, has been named to oversee NASA — putting him in charge of rocket ships that are far more dangerous than public transit. After Donald Trumppulled the nomination of tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman for the …

Last week, President Donald Trump signed what is likely the most regressive U.S. tax-and-spending bill in U.S. history, giving the top one percent of families more than $1 trillion in tax cuts while slashing Medicaid health coverage and food assistance for the poor. It is also one of the worst …

Donald Trump hasn’t been happy with Vladimir Putin lately, and he took out his frustrations with Russia’s president this week by announcing that the United States would resume sending military aid to Ukraine. When he was asked on Tuesday who ordered the aid to be paused in the first place, …

President Donald Trump’s administration has backed off its plan to fire 83,000 employees at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA will still get rid of about 30,000 employees, a figure that includes the thousands it has already let go. After arguing for months that the proposed cuts …

For years now, virtually every national tragedy — natural or manmade — is accompanied by a barrage of right-wing conspiracy theories. The deadly and devastating floods that ravaged central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend are no different. The flash floods that killed over 100 people, including at least …

Over the Fourth of July weekend, President Donald Trump signed the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” into law. You’ve probably heard that it contains deep cuts to Medicaid spending and other social safety net programs, and that millions of people are expected to lose their health insurance. It’s no secret that …

The days of verified Twitter users changing their names in order to impersonate celebrities, companies, and lawmakers — previously at the risk of a permanent ban — are a quaint stunt compared to what is possible now that the tools of unregulated artificial intelligence is in the hands of the …