Monday, November 9, 2026

Trump administration defies one in three court orders, undermining rule of law

New analysis finds the Trump White House routinely ignores federal court rulings, triggering growing concern over constitutional crises and erosion of judicial power.

The End of the US Boom

With a sharp slowdown and a relatively weak jobs report, the boom in the U.S. economy has come to an end. Why is it that so many professional economists and economic reporters mistook the strength of the U.S. economy?
An ICE civil detention center in Karnes County, Texas. Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

House Democrats demand ICE cancel $16.7 million contract for electric shock gloves

Fifty House Democrats and sixteen senators say the devices leave no visible mark, and point to a Kentucky man who died after being shocked with similar gloves by corrections officers.

Worried sick about prescription costs

Drug corporations are bleeding Americans dry, and the proposed health care repeal will make things worse.

The big threat of fences across the West

The American West contains 620,000 miles of fencing, threatening the migration of pronghorn, mule deer and other species.

Trump’s plan to dismantle national monuments comes with steep cultural and ecological costs

The Trump administration will review the status of The Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, one of the country’s most significant cultural sites.

Democrats: Don’t go high or low. Go big and bold

Of course Democrats have to fight him. But they also have to lift America beyond him.

‘To protect our democracy,’ Tuesday night rallies planned in all 50 states to demand...

"It's on us, the people, to protect our democracy. Congress will only act if we the people demand it."

More billionaire presidential candidates: A bitter pill

The rich determine which bitter pill to shove down the throats of the 99 percent.