Lawmakers Pave the Way to Billions in Handouts for Weapons Makers That the Pentagon Itself Opposed
The pilot program, added to the military budget behind closed doors, upends an 80-year precedent against covering contractors’ interest payments.
The pilot program, added to the military budget behind closed doors, upends an 80-year precedent against covering contractors’ interest payments.
Chilling Dissent
Despite saying that antifa is the biggest U.S. domestic threat, the FBI couldn’t explain how the movement is a “terror organization” — or an organization at all.
Midterms 2026
Growing dissatisfaction with the Israel lobby may pave a lane for Nida Allam, who launched her congressional campaign in North Carolina Thursday with the backing of Justice Democrats.
MS-13 gang members told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed right-wing candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.”
Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
The War on Immigrants
ICE’s operation against Minnesota’s Somali community is seen not as an immigration raid but as a racist intimidation campaign.
The War on Immigrants
Heavily armed tactical teams fired crowd suppression munitions at the Arizona lawmaker and protesters, claiming she was leading “a mob.”
Midterms 2026
Justice Democrats endorsed Melat Kiros in Denver as the progressive group looks to recover from crushing losses to AIPAC-backed candidates last cycle.
Voices
Everyday Americans in Appalachia and the Southeast show that resisting ICE is becoming the rule, rather than the exception.
License to Kill
The war powers legislation would prohibit Trump from launching “hostilities within or against Venezuela” without congressional approval.
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