Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Tag: Trump administration

Trump’s boat strike campaign reaches 57 attacks as legal questions mount

The Trump administration’s latest strike killed two people and left one survivor missing, intensifying scrutiny of a military campaign that has offered no public evidence for its drug-trafficking claims while experts describe the attacks as extrajudicial killings.

Judge orders release of family after prolonged detention and reported neglect...

Federal ruling finds continued detention risks constitutional violation after nearly a year of confinement, medical emergencies, and allegations of worsening conditions at Texas center.

Millions lose food aid as Trump’s budget law reshapes SNAP

A new analysis finds 2.5 million fewer people received food assistance within months of enactment, with millions more expected to lose benefits as states adjust to new funding requirements.

Oil executives reap record stock windfalls as Trump’s Iran war drives...

Record energy sector stock sales follow conflict-driven oil price spike as consumers face billions in additional fuel costs.

Trump budget expands domestic surveillance powers alongside record $1.5 trillion military...

New budget documents reveal expanded FBI authority to monitor domestic extremism while the White House seeks historic increases in Pentagon spending and significant cuts to social programs.

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ grants fossil fuel exemption affecting endangered species protections...

A rarely convened federal panel voted unanimously to allow oil and gas operations to bypass key wildlife safeguards, drawing legal challenges and warnings about the use of national security claims to weaken environmental law.

Minnesota sues Trump administration after federal agents withhold evidence in fatal...

State officials say federal authorities blocked access to key evidence following deaths tied to Operation Metro Surge.

Trump’s terrifying talent for multitrashing

Trump and his cohort are busy destroying things on multiple fronts, like a bull in a shopping mall full of fragile wares.

ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks...

Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.

Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to...

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

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Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...

A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.

Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...

What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?

Now you see them… now you don’t

Women leaders and Trump 2.0.

Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?

The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.

Del Monte Bankruptcy to destroy 420,000 Peach Trees in California

A steady decline in demand for canned products as consumers shift toward fresh produce and several other factors led to this collapse.