• The Laken Riley Act, passed by Congress, mandates federal detention of undocumented immigrants accused of even minor crimes. • Critics, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, argue the bill ...

• Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivered a sermon at the National Prayer Service urging President Trump to govern with mercy, particularly toward LGBTQ people and immigrants. • Budde ...

Most state anti-cruelty laws also exempt farmed animals or allow standard practices that are patently cruel. No federal law in the United States explicitly regulates the treatment of animals on farms, ...

That must change.” It’s hard to imagine Sanders and Musk actually agreeing on much, but the message from Sanders got me wondering about another area of wild government overspending: fossil fuel ...

Native-led renewable energy organizations and projects are blossoming across the United States with the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) serving as the game changing catalyst. The IRA provides ...

About 44 percent of Trump’s election was funded by just 10 megadonors.

President Donald Trump’s inaugural address has drawn sharp criticism for failing to address the pressing concerns of working families in the United States. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued a ...

Donald Trump ordered a “temporary withdrawal” of any new federal leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf for new offshore wind projects. Among his many actions on Monday in his first day as U.S.

• Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a proclamation officially enshrining abortion as a constitutional right after 76 percent of voters approved the amendment in the 2024 election. • The “Reproductive ...

Meanwhile the planet’s biggest overarching threat—climate change—is expected to worsen under Trump, who ordered the U.S. to leave the Paris Climate Agreement on his first day back in office.

Civil rights groups argue that the executive order is a direct challenge to the Constitution’s 14th Amendment and over a century of legal precedent. The 1898 Supreme Court decision in United States v.

Progressive organizations view the lawsuits as part of a broader resistance to Trump’s policies. Public Citizen described DOGE as emblematic of Trump’s governance style: opaque, centralized, and ...