President Donald Trump is demanding that the Justice Department transfer $230 million in taxpayer dollars into his own personal bank account. He can do this, because thanks to the Supreme Court’s recent decisions, the executive branch could accurately be described by King Louis XIV—L’état, c’est Trump. When Trump says this is his decision to make, he’s […]
Author and academic Mariana Mazzucato also talks to Mehdi about Donald Trump’s 'destructive' industrial strategy and Keir Starmer’s failure to tackle 'barbaric' UK inequality.
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. More than 2,000 employees could be cut from the Department of Interior during the ongoing federal government shutdown if the Trump administration gets its way. In a court filing on Monday, the administration listed plans that would […]
Peter Rothpletz on the planned assassination of the top House Democrat, Graham Platner's latest crisis, JD Vance's disturbing remarks in Israel, and Cameroon’s presidential election.
On October 18, roughly 2,700 No Kings demonstrations took place around the US. Organizers estimated that 7 million protesters came out to denounce what they described as America’s slide toward authoritarianism under President Donald Trump. One of the largest protests occurred right in the nation’s capital, where National Guard troops are patrolling the streets and […]