Friday, July 17, 2026

Trump calls for ABC News to be fired after embarrassing debate loss and real-time...

Trump was fact-checked in real-time by moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, the former president called for the entire ABC News team to be fired, accusing the network of bias and unfair treatment.

Filing taxes could be free and simple. But H&R Block and Intuit are still...

The makers of TurboTax and other online systems spent millions lobbying last year, much of it directed toward a bill that would permanently bar the government from offering taxpayers prefilled filings.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High-School Detention To A New Level

Is "Operation Border Guardian" intended to create fear among those still in Central America who might consider taking the perilous journey north to the U.S.?

Energy Wars of Attrition

In the end, the oil attrition wars may lead us not into a future of North American triumphalism, nor even to a more modest Saudi version of the same, but into a strange new world in which an unlimited capacity to produce oil meets an increasingly crippled capitalist system without the capacity to absorb it.
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“Not My President”: Tens of Thousands Take to Streets, Block Freeways & Rally Against...

Protests are taking place across the country to show discontent for the recent election of Donald Trump. Here are some of the voices from the protest in New York.

Pope Francis Urges US to End Arms Trade and Open Doors to Immigrants

In the first ever pope address at a joint session of Congress, Pope Francis urged U.S. lawmakers to adopt the "Golden Rule" when dealing with immigration and to put an end to the international arms trade. But does money stand in the way?

We don’t need Washington to fix bloated CEO pay

There are clear channels that people can use to put downward pressure on the pay of those at the top in both the corporate and noncorporate sector that don’t require going through Washington.

Trump’s unprecedented attack on clean air and climate action

But there's good news too: the safeguards Trump wants to shred are on a strong legal footing and the public will have the chance to voice its objections as the Trump administration tries to roll them back.

Is JEB Defecting from the Plutocracy?

Bush is using his Citizens United soundbite as a stalking horse for his plutocrat donors' fondest dream, a new fully plutocratic Constitution.

North Korea Confirms its First Hydrogen Nuclear Bomb Test

North Korean government has stated that the 5.1 magnitude quake event was a successful hydrogen nuclear bomb test.