Funeral prices rose 310% since 1986 as inflation rose 193%
The share of families going into debt for funerals rose from 14% in 2024 to 37% in 2025, according to Debt.com research the report cites.
Google will cut off Search for schools that turn off its AI tools
Gemini, Gemini in Classroom and Search will be off by default for K-12 student accounts next year, and schools can enable each one separately.
EEOC reportedly plans to narrow pregnant workers rules after midterms
The New York Times, citing seven people familiar, says the changes could end explicit fertility treatment coverage and widen religious exemptions.
Experts warn Minnesota crackdown mirrors early stages of US civil war scenarios
Legal scholars and political scientists say the Trump administration’s escalating ICE operation, National Guard brinkmanship, and Insurrection Act threats in Minnesota closely resemble conditions identified in civil war simulations, raising alarms about constitutional collapse and violent state federal conflict.
How Unions Police Contracts to Protect Workers
Without enforcement, collective bargaining agreements aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.
Top Armed Services Democrat backs impeaching Trump and Hegseth
Rep. Adam Smith, who would likely chair the committee if Democrats win the House, reversed the position he gave TIME in May.
How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement
Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.
ICE lists 36 detainee deaths in fiscal 2026, most since 2018
The agency's own page shows 29 deaths by mid-April and seven more through Aug. 23; DHS has said the size of the detained population explains the rise.
Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds
The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%
The real Dem bombshell – the new coalition’s breakthrough fusion of agendas and values
“The times, they are a-changin’ and progressive Dems, new and old, lead the redemption of America.”








