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McMahon: University Research Must Be “in Sync” With Trump Goals to Keep Funding
“Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they’re … in sync with the administration,” she said.
Musk Officially Exits Trump Admin, Leaving His Cronies to Continue DOGE Carnage
The billionaire's term as a “special government employee” is set to end, but his outsized influence remains.
Awareness Protests Won’t Threaten the Richest, Most Well-Armed People on Earth
“Making durable changes isn't always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
Trump Invited Traders With Nazi-Linked Tokens to Private Meme Coin Dinner
Invitees held tokens with names like “swasticoin,” a government watchdog found.
As GOP Slashes Medicaid, Trump Boasts He’s “Not Cutting 10 Cents” From Pentagon
Trump also touted his push for an annual $1 trillion military budget during a West Point commencement address.
How Do We Organize Through Exhaustion, Grief and Uncertainty?
Projects that help explain to people what’s happening are what’s going to help them make collective sense of the moment.
GOP Bill’s Militarized Funding Boost Could Instead Keep Millions on Medicaid
The reconciliation bill is a “redistribution of resources from struggling Americans to the Pentagon,” an expert said.
Project Esther Is a McCarthy-Era Blueprint for Crushing the American Left
While the Heritage Foundation document focuses on the Palestine solidarity movement, its ultimate target is far broader.
Trump Budget Is “a Mugging Conducted by the 1 Percent Against the Rest of Us”
Senate Republicans will now have to pass their own version of the budget.
After Federal Rollbacks, Corporate Interests Wage War on State Regulators
Model legislation from right-wing policy incubator ALEC aims to extend deregulation far beyond Washington, DC.