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Farmers, equipment operators, Right to Repair, laws
Environment US Politics

State Laws Aim to Protect Environment, Consumers as Trump Wages War on Climate

Brad Reed 01/06/26

“The gridlock and partisanship we see in Washington, DC, can be dispiriting. But history shows that states can build momentum that eventually leads to change at the federal level.”

Constitution Redacted
Cartoon

We the Redacted

Jon Richards 01/06/26
Protestors, Times Square, invasion, Venezuela, kidnapping, Nicolás Maduro
International US Politics

Trump’s Plan for Venezuela: A Hope, a Prayer, and Golf

Lucian K. Truscott IV 01/05/26
Donald Trump, announces, Washington, DC, will host, 2027 NFL Draft
US Politics

Isn’t Trump’s Obvious Mental Illness a National Emergency?

Russ Baker 01/05/26
Marco Rubio, listens, Donald Trump, White House, dinner
International US Politics

Rubio Makes Some Great Points About the Corrupt President

Klaus Marre 01/05/26

Deep Dives

Trump Tower, Epstein

Stumper: Why Was Jeffrey Epstein Obsessed With Donald Trump Back in 2011?

Russ Baker
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, filibuster scene, Jimmy Stewart

Shutdown Post-Mortem: Straightening Out the Democrats’ Circular Firing Squad

Jonathan D. Simon
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, David Boies, Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein: Dirty Secrets Emerge From a Painful Book — and the Powerful Squirm

Russ Baker
Peter Thiel, Antichrist, The Devil, Greta Thunberg

The Church of Silicon: Peter Thiel’s Gospel of Unfettered Power

Russ Baker

Environment

Farmers, equipment operators, Right to Repair, laws
Environment

State Laws Aim to Protect Environment, Consumers as Trump Wages War on Climate

Brad Reed

“The gridlock and partisanship we see in Washington, DC, can be dispiriting. But history shows that states can build momentum that eventually leads to change at the federal level.”

Amazon rainforest, lungs of the world
Environment

This Year in Conservation Science: Whales, Birds, and Killer Roads

John R. Platt 12/31/25
Climate Change, Camp 2007, Protest
Environment

Our Best Climate & Environment Stories of 2025

Whowhatwhy Editors 12/24/25

Culture

Gollum statue, 2012 Comic-Con.
Culture

Ring In the New? A Hard Question for You and Me — and Our Species

Jonathan D. Simon
Christma, snow
Culture

Happy Holidays From WhoWhatWhy

WhoWhatWhy Staff
Donald Trump, addresses the nation, Christmas, New Year, 2025
Journalism & Media

Prime-Time Trump: Just Lyin’ and Yellin’ in the Rain

Jonathan D. Simon
Friction, match, spark
Culture

The Great Un-Humaning: What We Lose When Everything’s Easy

Jill Filipovic

Opinion

Zohran Mamdani, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, AOC, rally, Manhattan, New York
Opinion

In Spite of Scrutiny and Sabotage, Zohran Mamdani Must Succeed

Klaus Marre 01/01/26

Mamdani’s success or failure in New York City may determine the next president of the United States.

No Kings Day, 1776
Opinion US Politics

A Terrible Year That Could Have Been Worse Draws to a Close

Klaus Marre 12/31/25
Donald Trump, announces, run for Presidency, 2016
Opinion US Politics

The GOP Is a Party Without a Post-Trump Plan

Klaus Marre 12/28/25

Economy

Donald Trump, addresses the nation, Christmas, New Year, 2025
Economy

In Biden Redux, Trump Tries to Convince Americans Their Struggles Aren’t Real

Klaus Marre
Donald Trump, Yokosuka Naval Base
Economy

In Prime Time Trainwreck, Trump Promises Americans the Moon

Klaus Marre
VP JD Vance, podium, speaking
Economy

JD Vance Test Drives the Lies That Republicans Hope Will Win the Midterms

Klaus Marre
Donald Trump, delivering remarks, McDonald's Impact Summit
Economy

Trump’s A+++++ Economy Is a Tough Sell

Klaus Marre

International

Protestors, Times Square, invasion, Venezuela, kidnapping, Nicolás Maduro
International

Trump’s Plan for Venezuela: A Hope, a Prayer, and Golf

Lucian K. Truscott IV 01/05/26

What’s the good of power if you don’t misuse it?

Marco Rubio, listens, Donald Trump, White House, dinner
International US Politics

Rubio Makes Some Great Points About the Corrupt President

Klaus Marre 01/05/26
Mette Frederiksen, Folkemødet
International

Denmark Tells Trump to Keep His Greedy Mitts Off Greenland

Klaus Marre 01/04/26

Health & Medicine

Donald Trump, announcing, $12 billion, aid, farmers
Environment

How Trump’s Big Ag Bailout Is Alienating His MAHA Base

Ayurella Horn-Muller
The Xylom, RFK Jr,_Climate Change Art
Environment

On a Sweltering Planet, ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Puts Kids’ Health at Risk

Lisa Patel, Grace Wickerson
Rick Scott, 2021 Student Action Summit
Health & Medicine

Trump’s Secret Super-Duper Health Care Plan Takes Shape

Klaus Marre
Russell Vought, Adolf Eichmann, accountants
Health & Medicine

The Death of Public Health: The Senseless Wholesale Axing of Vital CDC Offices

Angela Rasmussen

Justice

national guard in California
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Trump Waves the White Flag on National Guard Deployments

Klaus Marre 01/01/26

Donald Trump on Wednesday conceded defeat over his right to dispatch the National Guard to governors who don’t want the troops in their cities.

Supreme Court, Fisheye lens
Courts US Politics

Is SCOTUS Signalling? The Implications of Its Trump v. Illinois Realignment

Jonathan D. Simon 12/24/25
Best Friends Forever, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein

Trump Will Never Shake Epstein Suspicion Like This

Klaus Marre 12/22/25
Lisa Phillips, speaks, news conference, Epstein survivors
Epstein US Politics

DOJ Ignores Epstein Transparency Law

Klaus Marre 12/19/25
front porch, home, burned, Marshall Fire
Courts Environment

Exxon’s Next Supreme Court Play

Emily Sanders 12/16/25

Podcast

Death row, Angola Prison

What ‘Law and Order’ Really Costs Democracy

Jeff Schechtman
Jeff Schechtman, Podcast, Best-of, WhoWhatWhy, 2025

WhoWhatWhy’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2025 — Part 2

Jeff Schechtman
Jeff Schechtman, Podcast, Best-of, WhoWhatWhy, 2025

WhoWhatWhy’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2025 — Part 1

Jeff Schechtman
Gun violence

It’s Not Always About Guns or Monsters

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Constitution Redacted

We the Redacted

Jon Richards
JD Vance, couch, power-hungry, opportunist

Trump and Then What? JD Vance Is No One’s Idea of a President

DonkeyHotey
Manners, Trumpism

Misfortunes of the Gestapo

Ted Rall

Editors' Picks

science, nature, oceans. biodiversity, Antarctica, food chain, plankton blooms, earthquakes

Deep-Sea Earthquakes Fuel Huge Plankton Blooms in Antarctica: Study

Whowhatwhy Editors
astronomy, phenomena, Earth, wolf supermoon, world gallery

Wolf Supermoon 2026 Across the World — In Pictures

Whowhatwhy Editors
Outrage machine, GOP, Subsidy Scam

Saturday Hashtag: #FabricatedGOPOutrage

Sean Ogden
technology, innovation, World Economic Forum, frontier news, 2025 highlights

From Quantum Security to Climate Change: Frontier Tech Stories That Defined 2025

Whowhatwhy Editors
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