Trump Is Prosecuting a Congressional Democrat for Doing Her Job. The Media’s Response: No Big Deal.

Natasha Lennard

You’d never know reading the New York Times that charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver are nothing but an authoritarian attack.
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The Questionable Case of Kristi Noem’s $50 Million Luxury Jet

Nick Turse

Coast Guard search and rescue planes need fixing, but DHS argues Noem suddenly requires a fancy new jet for safety reasons.
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How Trump’s Embrace of Afrikaner “Refugees” Became a Joke in South Africa

Sisonke Msimang

Untangling the “white genocide” narrative from propaganda to punchline, as South Africa’s president meets with Trump in the White House.
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Nonprofit Killer Provision Quietly Disappears From Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”

Noah Hurowitz

Trump tried to sneak the controversial measure in, but after far-right Republicans tanked the larger bill, the nonprofit provision disappeared.
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ICE Agents Are Camped Outside Immigration Courts to Make Arrests 

Akela Lacy, Jose Olivares, Noah Hurowitz

The tactical shift accelerates the erosion of limits on ICE — and appears to be aimed at speeding up the pace of deportations.
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Senate Dems Hand Trump a Win by Backing Stablecoin Bill

Matt Sledge

Democrats helped the GENIUS Act evade filibuster risk, paving the way for crypto legislation that stands to enrich Trump.
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Why Does GOP Budget Bill Focus on Punishing People Who Leak Tax Returns?

Shawn Musgrave

Targeting tax leakers seems like an odd fit for a budget bill, but on page 1,081 of the Republican draft is a provision doing just that.
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Pro-Trump 2020 “Stop the Count” Activist Lands Top Job at the Interior Department

Jimmy Tobias, Chris D’Angelo

Interior Department appointee Daniel Gustafson is a longtime Trump loyalist who participated in a protest to “stop the count” of Michigan ballots in 2020.
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What is “Efilism,” the Obscure Anti-Natalist Ideology of the Palm Springs Bomber?

Matt Sledge

Palm Springs bomber Guy Bartkus was an adherent of an anti-natalist ideology sometimes known as “efilism.” But was he really “anti pro-life”?
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