Billionaires Gone Wild  —  Understanding the oligarchs' power grab and the dire threat to American democracy  —  A few stories about centibillionaires — men whose net worth exceeds $100 billion — and their role in our society:  —  · In 2022 Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, purchased Twitter.

Late-night host Stephen Colbert isn't backing down from public dispute with CBS bosses  —  Stephen Colbert isn't backing down in an extraordinary public dispute with his bosses at CBS over what he can air on his late-night talk show.  —  On “The Late Show” Tuesday, Colbert said he was surprised …

STAT+: FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna's flu vaccine  —  WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.  —  The agency told Moderna earlier this month …

Democrats Plan to Counter Trump's Speech to Congress With Rally  —  The House Democratic leader has asked rank-and-file members to sit quietly at the speech or skip it altogether, wary of creating a distraction.  —  Democrats knew in real time last year that they had bungled their response …

Angry Trump Humiliated as Effort to Prosecute Dems Backfires Again  —  Let's start with some good news: Donald Trump's efforts to jail his Democratic enemies have thus far mostly been marked by ham-fisted, buffoonish failure.  The targeting of people like Senator Adam Schiff …

Amid Mass ICE Arrests, Trump Pardon Recipient Juan Orlando Hernández Given Special Treatment  —  After the former Honduran president was pardoned, ICE dropped its detainer on him, and he was whisked away to a luxury hotel in New York City.  —  Copy HTML

Trump's economic adviser says authors of tariff study should be “disciplined”  —  White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said the authors of a New York Fed study that found that Americans pay for tariffs should be disciplined, in an interview with CNBC Wednesday morning.

Manic Trump, 79, Unleashes Deranged Conspiracy Posting Rampage  —  SPIRALING  —  The president seems to be panicking about Republicans' chances in the midterms.  —  President Donald Trump has unleashed a bombardment of debunked election conspiracy theories as he pressures Senate Republicans …

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Judge declares mistrial in Texas ‘antifa’ protest case over attorney's T-shirt  —  Lawyer for defendants accused of terrorism at ICE protest decried by Trump appointee over shirt's potential for ‘bias’  —  A federal judge in Texas declared a mistrial on Tuesday after a defense lawyer wore …

Trump moves closer to a major war with Iran  —  The Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize.  It could begin very soon. … - The sources noted it would likely be a joint U.S.-Israeli campaign that's much broader in scope …

Where Christian nationalism is most dominant in the U.S.  —  Christian nationalism is now deeply entrenched inside today's Republican Party, according to a sweeping 50-state survey. … - The divide reflects a broader clash over whether America's future is pluralistic or rooted in a singular religious-national identity.

Judges decry treatment of nursing and pregnant detainees in ICE custody … That crystallized over the weekend in Massachusetts, when Djeniffer Benvinda Semedo, a Cape Verdean national who is six months pregnant, was rushed to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for emergency care.

Vatican won't participate in Trump's Gaza “Board of Peace” … - The board is set to hold its inaugural meeting Thursday in Washington. … - One such concern, he said, “is that at the international level it should above all be the UN that manages these crisis situations.”

Report: Staff at Dilley raiding cells to confiscate kids' letters and drawings detailing conditions inside  —  Staff at Dilley's South Texas Family Residential Center have begun raiding cells at the immigrant detention facility to confiscate letters from children detailing the conditions inside …

Trump administration releases remaining Gateway funds — and then some … Over the course of three installments the Trump administration paid Gateway a total of $235 million.  That includes the $205 million the federal government was in arrears to Gateway, along with another $30 million stemming …

National Review: “The SAVE Act's Virtuous Goals Are Not Worth the Cost”  —  National Review:  —  Republicans in Congress, supported vocally by the Trump administration, are pushing for passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act.  It now appears to have majority support in the Senate after passing the House.

The ‘Most Massive Attack On Free Speech’ Is Happening Right Now, And The Twitter Files Crew Is Mighty Quiet  —  For the last five years, we had to endure an endless, breathless parade of hyperbole regarding the so-called “censorship industrial complex.”  We were told, repeatedly and at high volume …

JetBlue under fire for pro-Trump message: ‘Last time I choose your airline’  —  A passenger flying from Los Angeles to Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday was shocked to hear a JetBlue employee thanking President Donald Trump during a special President's Day in-flight message on the plane.

Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments  —  The warning on the government website was stark.  Some products and remedies claiming to treat or cure autism are being marketed deceptively and can be harmful.

DOT wants to block transit money to states that aid migrants … The proposal would ensure that “systems that receive Federal funds are not using them to circumvent or break Federal immigration law,” the text reads.  It would cover all federal programs the Federal Transit Administration administers …

Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions  —  Kimberly Prost and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza vow US reprisals will not affect work of international criminal court  —  When the Canadian Kimberly Prost learned Donald Trump's administration …

FBI, St. Paul police probing ICE arrest that resulted in skull fractures  —  Minnesota and federal authorities are investigating the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by immigration officers last month, seeking to identify what caused the eight skull fractures that landed the man in the intensive care unit of a Minneapolis hospital.

The Mom-and-Pop Contractors Helping ICE Rapidly Expand  —  Assault training.  Blast-resistant window film.  Sniper programs.  Iris scanners.  With tens of billions of dollars in new funding, ICE can't seem to spend money fast enough, and first-time contractors from across the country …

Extremist rhetoric is often found in government messaging.  Who's the target?  —  A recent social media post from an account belonging to President Trump prompted enough outcry over its use of a familiar racist trope that the White House deleted it.  The Truth Social post included an image …