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3+ min ago   (148+ words) After a night of violent confrontations between aggressive ICE agents and protesters in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Donald Trump menaced the state of Minnesota with a threat to invoke the Insurrection Act that could be a prelude to martial law. Taking to…...

43+ min ago   (277+ words) Matthew Chapman attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in election and policy coverage. President Donald Trump proclaimed victory in a court order on Thursday morning…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (102+ words) Jonathan Chait at The Atlantic Sara Peque'o at USA Today Leo Lewis at the Financial Times Faezeh Alavi at The Jerusalem Post Speed Read Brazil, Egypt, Russia, Iran and Somalia are among the nations on the list Speed Read Two…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1104+ words) Trump Threatens to Use the Insurrection Act to End Protests Posted by qcp at 11:30 AM | 19 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | This has been the plan all along. - Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN - Implement the Insurrection…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (194+ words) Two Republicans senators flipped their vote back amid GOP pressure Senate Republicans used an "unusual procedure to block the measure," stripping its "privileged" status, The Wall Street Journal said. The "deployment of the rare procedural tool" averted an "embarrassing defeat…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (371+ words) Solidarity Federation has published a report on a network of transphobic associations active in workplaces under the banner SEEN (Sex, Equality, and Equity Network). Based on publicly-available information, the report reveals how these groups hide transphobia "behind a mask of…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (679+ words) In a recent post to social media, Vice President JD Vance declared that "the gaslighting is off the charts" following the murder of Renee Nicole Good. He is right " but only because he and others in the Trump administration are…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (173+ words) Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) faced backlash after she used a Biden-era grant to bolster her reputation during a run for governor in South Carolina. "MACE WIN: We helped support a $5 million Airport Terminal Program investment for the Hilton Head Island…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1264+ words) "We are seeing years of progress unravel, and more children suffer and die preventable deaths because of these cuts." President Donald Trump's shuttering of USAID last year will have a long-term negative impact on children throughout the world, according to…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (359+ words) US marines boarded foreign-flagged crude carrier Veronica in a pre-dawn operation backing Trump's sanctions push The US military has seized another oil tanker at sea in support of Donald Trump's sanctions against Venezuela, military officials announced on Thursday. Veronica, a…...