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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently asked Congress for a staggering amount of money: $1.5 trillion. That's a more than 40 percent increase from last year's also incomprehensible Pentagon budget and the equivalent of the annual revenues of Amazon, Google's parent company and Apple combined. read more


President Donald Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. read more


ICE paid up to 50% above assessed value on properties that can't hold a single detainee read more


U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks suddenly resigned from his position Thursday following accusations of sexual impropriety. read more


Fox News' Laura Ingraham Shares Post Saying Trump Is On Verge of Making Massive Error' With Potential China Deal read more


Chris Hedges: Trump's catastrophic miscalculation in Iran and refusal to accept the inevitability of defeat is pushing us towards a global depression and ensuring the suffering and immiseration of millions. read more


Bulgaria has won the 70th Eurovision song contest in Vienna, Austria, with singer Dara's party anthem "Bangaranga," beating out 24 other competitors. This was Bulgaria's first-ever victory at Eurovision. Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Iceland boycotted the contest because of Israel's genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza; Israel's singer came in second place. read more


The media landscape is very grim. read more


Elon Musk spent at least $290 million in the 2024 presidential election to help President Donald Trump and other Republicans take office. read more


The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the abortion pill to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed by mail, restoring for now a 2023 federal rule ... read more


Donald Trump didn't invent American decline, but he has accelerated it with a fury and recklessness that will echo across the century. read more


Trump is often not alone during his sleepless nights. read more


Saturday, May 16, 2026

What the "underbabied" panic, the abortion bans, and the mass deportations really have in common. read more


The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election read more


President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Americans' increasingly perilous finances and rising prices aren't on his mind at all ... read more


His remarks come as the court faces intense public scrutiny and historically low approval following a series of high-profile rulings that overturned long-standing precedent. read more


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