Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Biden reviews Guantanamo prison; aims to close it before end of presidency

A revival of an Obama-era goal, President Joe Biden announced the launch of a formal review of the U.S. military prison at...

Former California Assemblyman sentenced to federal prison for money laundering

U.S. District Judge James Donato sentenced the former State Assemblyman to one year and one day in prison and ordered him to pay $685,000 in restitution.

‘I don’t trust the people above me’: Riot squad cops open up about disastrous...

Interviews with 19 current and former officers show how failures of leadership and communication put hundreds of Capitol cops at risk and allowed rioters to get dangerously close to members of Congress.

Trump’s failed environmental policies caused 22,000 deaths, new report finds

So how quickly can we expect a new tide of equitable environmental policy in a new administration?

Epigrams on the Trump slump: The nightmare fades

Justice for this disgraced messiah is conviction as pariah.

It’s a myth that presidents welcome movement pressure—and Biden is no different

Rather than directing constituents to take to the streets, it is far more common for elected officials to fear the disruptive possibilities of a mobilized base.

Republicans: “see no evil, hear no evil,” even when it is right in front...

The Republicans in Congress saw exactly what Trump was doing and should have strongly objected to such an action but they saw no evil, heard no evil on his part.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and the future of the Republican Party

With a still small but growing number of progressive voices within the Democratic party, there is for the first time in decades an opportunity to truly move that party to the left and counter the threat represented by radicals like Boebert and Taylor Greene.

Why U.S. labor laws need a major update—the PRO Act is a great start

The PRO Act will help to level the playing field and arrest the decades-long erosion of labor rights that significantly accelerated under the previous, anti-worker presidential administration.

Police and bounty hunters sued after raiding wrong home

“If bail bondsman are allowed to do what our local police department can not do—and that is to enter a house without a warrant…from what I’m being told, it could be any house.”