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From illegal war on Iran to an inhumane fuel blockade of Cuba, from AI weapons to crypto corruption, this is a time of staggering chaos, cruelty, and violence.  Unlike other publications that parrot the views of authoritarians, billionaires, and corporations, The Nation publishes stories that hold the powerful to account and center the communities too […]

President Trump speaks. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. On March 1, the day after U.S. forces bombed Iran and began a war that’s now more than nine weeks long, President Trump posted 30 times on Truth […]

Reporting Highlights Taken for Granted: The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. Deregulating by Email: The administration set up an email address through the Environmental Protection Agency where companies simply had to send an email to make their request. Silenced Science: […]

The bulk of the president’s social media posts don’t make news. But taken together they show what’s on his mind as he leads the nation through war and domestic turmoil.

Tennessee is the first state to draw a new U.S. House map after the Supreme Court’s move last week to weaken the Voting Rights Act’s protections against racial discrimination in redistricting.

Over protests in the capitol, Tennessee lawmakers joined the rush of southern Republicans to redraw congressional voting maps now that protections for minority voting power have been weakened.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Jonathan Bachman/AP hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Bachman/AP It’s been a whirlwind week when it comes to mifepristone, one of the medications used for abortion and the management of miscarriages. A federal appeals court ruling on May 1 immediately rolled back telemedicine access to mifepristone […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand near a gate at Delaney Hall, an immigrant detention center in Newark, N.J., in May 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images The internal Department of Homeland Security office that oversees detention facilities and conditions is winding down its […]

State troopers remove people from the Tennessee House gallery on Thursday during a special session of the state legislature to redraw congressional voting maps. George Walker IV/AP hide caption toggle caption George Walker IV/AP Tennessee Republicans have passed a new congressional map that would crack Memphis’ Shelby County into three different districts, in an effort […]

The Department of Justice has released millions of documents and images from criminal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein since December, but his purported suicide note was sealed in an unrelated court case until this week. Jon Elswick/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Elswick/AP A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in prison has been publicly […]