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Why MAGA hates science so much

Kirk Swearingen

Billionaires hate the rest of us — and Trump's loyalists would rather suffer, even die, than face the truth

Two ICE agents film the press using smartphones in the hallway outside the immigration court  in New York USA on July 11, 2025. (MADISON SWART/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Pressure grows to unmask ICE

Russell Payne

Democrats in California, New York and other states are trying to prevent ICE agents from concealing their identity

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) watch as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announces the passing of H.R. 1, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act on July 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Joyce Boghosian/The White House via Getty Images)

"Big, beautiful bill" deepens wealth gap

Beverly Moran - The Conversation

A law scholar explains how it reduces poor families’ ability to afford food and health care

Stephen Colbert takes part in a conversation with Paul Giamatti during the 2024 North To Shore Festival at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on July 26, 2024 in Newark, New Jersey. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Colbert fired over politics, critics say

Blaise Malley

"The Late Show" staff and others believe Colbert was ousted over his repeated criticism of President Donald Trump

Lena Dunham in "Too Much" (Netflix)

You can stop blaming Lena Dunham now

Andi Zeisler

Expecting the "Girls" and "Too Much" creator to be the voice of a generation was always our mistake

President Donald Trump signs an executive order for pardons on January 6 offenders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "desperate move" on Epstein

Blaise Malley

Trump called for the release of grand jury transcripts knowing they would reveal little that is new, critics charge

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent at New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court on July 17, 2025. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's ICE may draw the wrong recruits

Geoffrey Grammer

In years past, agents were largely motivated by allegiance to the Constitution. Not anymore

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at a press conference on July 15, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

GOP's foreign aid vote will cost lives

Heather Digby Parton

Their decision to claw back $9 billion in funding will be catastrophic

People holds signs calling for the release of Justice Department files regarding late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Desperate Trump fires top Epstein expert

Amanda Marcotte

The move shows he has no idea how to bring MAGA to heel

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on July 13, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is causing emotional turbulence

Chauncey DeVega

For your safety — and that of your fellow Americans — pay attention to what's happening

A grocery store with sign in the window accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer cards and food stamps in St. Paul, Minnessotta. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The "big beautiful" spike in poverty

Tatyana Tandanpolie

In the coming years, Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will deprive millions of people of public assistance

Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2024, after a Hong Kong court jailed 45 pro-democracy campaigners. (BASTIEN INZAURRALDE/AFP via Getty Images)

Pelosi dismisses Epstein controversy

Cheyenne McNeill

As MAGA tears itself apart, Pelosi said lawmakers have more important issues to worry about

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

Colbert's "Late Show" to end

Alex Galbraith

After a decade behind the desk, Stephen Colbert's late-night show will come to a close next May

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. could push vax makers to flee US

Patricia Callahan - ProPublica

Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic

Nick Fuentes, the leader of a Christian based extremist white nationalist group speaks to his followers, 'the Groypers.' in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2020 (Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Fuentes calls MAGA a "scam"

Cheyenne McNeill

Like other MAGA supporters, Fuentes isn’t taking Trump’s caginess around the Epstein case lightly

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) special agent preparing to arrest alleged immigration violators (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Trump admin hands Medicaid data to ICE

Garrett Owen

The Trump administration gave 79 million personal Medicaid records to ICE

Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Ontario (Photo by Robert Okine/Getty Images)

Is it "illicit affair" summer?

Alex Galbraith

Tech CEOs caught stepping out on kiss cams and rumors of Buckingham Nicks have us wondering: Is infidelity in?

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during the news conference on President Bidens budget in the Capitol on Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Wyden pushes DOJ on Epstein finances

Blaise Malley

The Oregon Democrat says banks flagged over $1.5 billion in suspicious Epstein transactions

Beds are seen inside a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images)

Alligator Alcatraz in terrible state

Cheyenne McNeill

Guards and detainees describe a bleak situation inside the Florida detention center

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Americans believe Trump is hurting them

Garrett Owen

Two new polls found that Americans believe Trump's policies have been detrimental to their lives

Hanh Nguyen on the Maginot cryochamber set of FX's "Alien: Earth" (FX)

I visited the Alien TV set and survived

Hanh Nguyen

FX's "Alien: Earth" vision of the future embraces Ridley Scott's original movie, Xenomorphs and all

People participate in a rally to call on Congress to protect funding for US public broadcasters outside the NPR headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Republicans defund public media

Blaise Malley

All but two Senate Republicans voted to strip previously approved funding from PBS and NPR

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks during a news conference to announce outside the USDA Whitten Building on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. ((Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Senator blames citizens for ICE arrests

Garrett Owen

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said people should not be in the vicinity of immigrants if they wish to avoid arrest

Filmmaker Ken Burns speaks during a press conference ahead of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of The Battle of Lexington in front of the Minuteman Statue. (Photo by Joanne Rathe Strohmeyer/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Ken Burns meets America's latest crisis

Melanie McFarland

America's storyteller wants to put the 'us' back in the U.S. PBS is the key to that mission

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