Trump Unravels in All-Day Media Meltdown

The president spent Monday ranting about two networks and their stars.

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How Canada used the Indian Act to target Indigenous leaders

Section 141 of the act was used to surveil and intimidate Indigenous leaders and weaken Indigenous political organizing.

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US attempts to control Ukraine’s attacks on Russia reflect a fundamental strategic disconnect

Ukraine needs to disrupt Russia’s economy. The US has a different set of objectives.

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Eviction of 87-Year-Old Sparks Protest Encampment Over Spain’s Housing Crisis

“We want to change the whole model of housing in Spain,” says Sabina Carrau of the Madrid Tenants’ Union.

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The Real Reason Why Trump Invited China’s President Xi To Washington

Ben Norton Geopolitical Economy Trump’s summit with President Xi Jinping led to few results, but symbolized how the US lost its trade war. Now top US corporations want to get into the Chinese marke…

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Trump’s Dismantling of Student Loan Aid Is Crashing Down on Debtors This Week

Organizers are calling to stop the collections, the wage garnishments, and the credit score reductions.

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Judge Finds Trump Admin in Contempt of Court Again for Wrongful Deportation

Three Different Court Orders Violated The Trump administration was found in contempt...

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US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies

This has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell....

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Public transport drivers strike in Manila over soaring fuel prices

Public transport drivers in Manila begin a three-day strike over soaring fuel prices.

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Sweden faces political deadlock as center-left bloc fails to form government

Swedish Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson has abandoned efforts to form a four-party government. Deep divisions within the election-winning bloc have left Sweden in political deadlock...

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Vulnerable GOPer Breaks With Trump’s Retribution Crusade Against Blue States

‘I Will Challenge Anybody Who Gets in My Way’ My colleagues and...

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Hegseth begs for mail-in votes while Trump trashes mail-in voting

It’s too bad the president has already managed to put quite a dent in confidence in voting by mail.

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SCOTUS Greenlights Use of Federal Citizenship Tool to Vet Voters

The ruling was a rare victory for Trump in his effort to impose more federal control over the country’s electoral system.

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Are there toxic chemicals in your grocery store receipt?

For most people, handling receipts is a low-risk activity, but if you’re concerned, there are some straightforward precautions you can take.

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Schumer, Dems at odds as leader aims to kill Ohio Republican’s data center bill

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is aiming to kill a bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Jon Husted (Ohio) to protect taxpayers from additional costs posed by AI-driven data centers, but…

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AI Agents Are About to Flood the Workforce. No One’s Ready for It

Your next coworker might well be an AI agent—and will require a whole new model of workplace interactions.

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Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI’s risks harder to manage

An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.

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From lab to life: Why translating AI advances to the real world is a major challenge

All the training data in the world can’t account for every possibility when AI systems interact with people and the environment.

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Climate disasters are getting worse – risks escalate when authoritarian regimes keep neighbours in the dark

With extreme weather and glacier melt predicted to increase, neighbouring nations will need to act together to prevent deaths.

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Why fuel prices may go higher still

Seven months into the US conflict with Iran, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted the safety measures that exist to keep a lid on petroleum prices.

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In-laws arrested on suspicion of murder after New York Times engineer shot dead in California

Police arrest couple in their 70s after Jonathan McKinsey, 40, found dead in park in Bay Area city of Dublin

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Trump, 80, Melts Down at Bill Maher, 70, in 8 A.M. Ragepost

The president started ranting on Truth Social before many people had even had their breakfast.

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Trump team wants to control the news—and track your every move

The White House now wants to embed itself in your phone with its official app.

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Nvidia’s Answer to Rogue Agents Is an Open-Source AI Security System

In the wake of a series of high-profile AI safety incidents, Nvidia is introducing a new software tool that helps keep agents from escaping containment.

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Without water, forests lose their ability to absorb CO₂

To survive dry spells, trees stop the water-rich process of photosynthesis. When nature’s natural carbon capture machine grinds to a halt entire forests end up producing more CO₂ than they absorb.

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We can finally measure the damage each new coal, gas or oil project will do to people and nature

For decades, we couldn’t trace the link between new fossil fuel projects and their damage to people and planet. But now we can.

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Illinois passed the nation’s first climate migration law. The effort has languished since.

More than a year after the law was signed, the state has made little progress and appears poised to miss a December deadline for a required report.

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Climate Crisis Made Rare East Coast Nor’easter Up to 50 Times More Likely

Massive rainfall, heavy flooding, high wind speeds, and tall ocean waves were all reported due to the storm.

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Overshoot of Paris Agreement and the Looming Super El Niño Drive Urgent Calls for Global Climate Action at UNGA 81

Climate Summit as part of the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the General Assembly (UNGA 81)

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'Consumers Will Pay the Price': Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting

Statement by Dr. Dave Cooke, Union of Concerned Scientists

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