Friday, March 20, 2026

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Trump order targets state AI laws as critics cite Big Tech...

A new executive order directs the Justice Department to sue states over “onerous and excessive” AI regulations and threatens funding cuts, drawing backlash from lawmakers, watchdogs, and governors who say it rewards major tech donors at the expense of public protections.

Trump escalates assault on dissent with Antifa terrorist designation

Legal experts warn there is no framework for designating domestic groups as terrorist organizations as the Trump administration ties the move to Charlie Kirk’s killing and anti-ICE protests.

‘Democracy is on life support’: Trump signs executive order to defund...

Move echoes far-right playbook to dismantle public broadcasting, threatens local news access for millions, and ignites legal and political firestorm over press freedom in the U.S.

Trump executive order targets state climate laws, shields fossil fuel industry...

New order directs Justice Department to block enforcement of state climate laws, raising legal questions and stoking fears of fossil fuel immunity.

Trump-appointed judge rules White House cannot exclude AP over refusal to...

In a First Amendment victory, federal court blocks administration from retaliating against AP for rejecting Trump’s geographic renaming order.

President Biden signs executive order that mandates required background checks for...

"We cannot accept these facts as the enduring reality of life in America. Instead, we must together insist that we have had enough.”

Biden signs new executive order aimed at food and farming sector

President Biden signed an executive order that will protect American farmers under the Packers and Stockyards Act against abuses suffered at meat...

“No, he doesn’t,” say experts as Trump claims he has the...

“This is just about him trying to set up a situation to sow seeds of confusion and fear so that if he loses in November, he can try to delegitimize a completely valid election.”

Trump ends administration’s policy of separation of children from migrant families...

Trump's "sudden surrender" is being equated to condemnation from human rights groups calling the Trump administration's policy "egregious practices."

Your ‘law and order’ candidate…

... And your unlawful, disorderly president.

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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...

The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
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Speeding up the ‘kill chain’: Pentagon bombs thousands of targets in Iran using Palantir...

The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon.

Searching for solace in a nuclearized world

The nightmare of Fukushima 15 years later.

DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure

On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.

Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to Iran war

Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.