The National Emergencies Act, written in the middle of the Cold War, gives whoever is behind the Resolute Desk a candy store of unchecked powers.
Mark Sumner
It's been eight months since an intelligence official came forward with serious allegations against Tulsi Gabbard. That seems like a very long time to sit on something that represents a "grave threat" to the nation.
It's well past time for the Patriot Act and Homeland Security Acts, these gutless acts of panicked pseudo-patriotism, to be revoked, and for all the assaults on freedom that they created to be rolled back.
Video analysis shows that Ross wasn't hit by Renee Good's vehicle. EMTs report that Good was still alive when they reached the scene.
Courts provide extraordinary protection to the police. Courts provide extraordinary protection to agents of the federal government. Is it still possible to prosecute ICE agents for assault and murder?
Neither Walmart nor Costco represents the extreme of what's possible within the system, but their choices do showcase some sharp contrasts within the broad spectrum of American capitalism.
Ford is building its next-generation electric pickup with a gas engine ... and that's a good thing.
Trump's team doesn't need an autopen. They know Trump will reliably plant his pubic signature on anything they put in front of him without bothering to read it. Which is good, because it's increasingly difficult to keep Trump awake, even when people are busy kissing his ass.
New studies show that vaccines have more benefits than we realized, but triumphant anti-vaxers are closing the door on progress.
AI remains a very serious threat. But there's also no doubt that for every genuine AI advance, there's an even greater amount of human-generated hype.
Trump has an answer for the troubled economy: Lie about it. And right now, he's lying his massive, hairy buttocks off.
On top of anything else, it's ridiculous to ponder the legality of the "second strike" when there was never, not for a moment, anything legal about the first strike in this whole Trump-sanctioned snuff film.
There is no circumstance under which Hegseth’s order is legal, and no world where it is remotely moral.
He's not just a technofascist seeking to build an AI-fueled authoritarian surveillance state. He's also an absolutely bonkers pseudo-religious nutcase who views everyone who stands in his way as an agent of ... Satan. And that includes the Pope.
We’re not just courting disaster, we’re begging for it.
The House votes to release the Epstein files, but Trump hasn't slowed down in his support to sex traffickers or his disdain for women.
Worse than photos of Trump cavorting with topless underage girls? Trump already bragged about doing exactly that with the Miss Teen USA contestants.
Republicans may scream “Marxist,” pundits may faint at the thought of actually doing something new, but the truth is that progressive ideas are extremely popular with Americans, and not just in blue cities.
Trump says he wants to restart U.S. tests because other nations are testing. They're not.
SpaceX is way behind schedule in delivering a lunar lander, and their $1.15B NASA contract may be at risk.