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Donald Trump reacted to a terrible jobs report by firing the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts in question the non-political work of the agency going forward.
As it turns out, the (mediocre) jobs reports that Donald Trump and his allies were celebrating in May and June were way off. On Friday, more accurate figures painted a gloomy picture.
The journalist who first published Epstein’s black book reveals a network of corruption and systemic coverup reaching the highest levels of power.
In Appalachian Tennessee, mines shut down and couldn’t pay their debts. Now a new one is opening under the guise of an “energy emergency.”
The executive order with which Donald Trump tries to justify punitive tariffs imposed on Brazil shows some striking similarities to the tactics the president is employing in the US.
Now that he has claimed full credit for the economy after it grew 3 percent in the second quarter, Donald Trump and his allies will no longer be able to blame Joe Biden when things go south.
The Revelator’s continuing newcomer’s guide to protesting looks at the foundational movements that shape our current and future efforts.
Trump has learned that his fellow Republicans are eager to accept and excuse his most vile conduct directed at the most vulnerable members of our society.
It’s said that the cover-up is worse than the crime. That is not true in Jeffrey Epstein’s case. However, Donald Trump’s apparent unwillingness to let the full truth be revealed could change history.
Do we dare bring yet more words to this gunfight?
In the context of Donald Trump not being worried about being implicated in the Epstein files, what he said today would be bizarre. In any other context, it makes a whole lot of sense.
How the aristocrat’s blueprint for populist conservatism became today’s reality.
Nearly all farm animals in the US are confined in industrial operations that lack adequate space, ventilation, or cooling systems.
A mineral-rich island in the Pacific races to become the world’s 194th nation — and to free itself from generations of foreign control.
How the Epstein scandal could dethrone Trump.
New drones equipped with AI may be able to stop the Russian invasion. The downside is letting machines decide when and where to kill a human enemy.
Anybody who makes the ridiculous claim that is a “hoax” to tell the American people that Russia tried to help Donald Trump in 2016 — which is beyond dispute — should never be taken seriously again.
Four of the top 20 costliest weather disasters have occurred in the last year.
Millions of us taking small actions is empowering and effective.
Being part of a group is great, but connecting to individuals and creating a community is what really makes a difference.
Donald Trump has tried everything to distract his base from Jeffrey Epstein. Will the prospect of Barack Obama in prison or an order to get an NFL team to revert to its racist name do the trick?
Is Donald Trump positioning his attorney general as the scapegoat for the Epstein coverup?
In an effort to distract MAGA Nation from Jeffrey Epstein, Tulsi Gabbard presents the flimsiest of straw men, and allows us the opportunity to once again debunk the president’s ludicrous claim that Russia did not help him win in 2016.
Town halls — real town halls — offer a traditional alternative and antidote to our over-scripted and online politics.
What if everything we believe about changing political minds is wrong? The real work of transformation happens elsewhere.
Hoping to get a grip on a situation that is spiraling out of control for them, both Donald Trump and House GOP leaders are trying to pacify an irate MAGA base with token measures that will do nothing to shed light on the Epstein scandal.
If AI gets it, isn’t it about time we get it too?
Aggressive habitat fragmentation will follow the Trump administration’s and Sen. Mike Lee’s frenzied and persistent attempts to sell millions of acres of public land.
Donald Trump was probably right when he said that he could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and not lose voters. But could he be part of the Epstein coverup without losing any? We’re about to find out.
Earlier this month, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) voted for severe cuts to Medicaid. Now, he is introducing legislation that would roll them back. It’s all part of a pattern.
Ukraine has been enrolling criminal offenders, many of them women, in its military for over a year.
At least 130 people died in the flash floods. The disaster has the fingerprints of climate change all over it.
While Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill and in the media seem willing to comply with his wishes to bury the Jeffrey Epstein story, so far, his base is far less accommodating and demands answers the administration appears to be unwilling to provide.
Convenient for the oil companies if global warming is just part of God’s great plan.
If Democrats can make Donald Trump’s voters believe that their hero is covering up child trafficking and Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, then they can drive a wedge between the president and his most loyal supporters.
Donald Trump said on Sunday that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell “should quit.” But his underlings are working on a plan that they think will allow the president to force Powell out of office before his term expires next year.
Republicans across the country are trying to get those pesky (Democratic) voters out of politics as much as they can get away with.
Trump’s words seem designed to encourage his supporters and MAGA acolytes to denigrate the rest of his fellow Americans as miscreants and traitors.
Donald Trump spent his Saturday morning fantasizing about stripping entertainer Rosie O’Donnell of her citizenship, which is an authority he does not have.
What will they do when they find out? Turns out “socialized medicine” was keeping them alive — until the GOP cut it.
A federal judge ruled on Friday night that the Trump administration has to stop its practice of indiscriminately rounding up Hispanic people in Los Angeles.
A good activist will still make mistakes. How you handle those mistakes is what matters.
A regime that once ruled through fear now faces its own collapse. Shay Khatiri explains why this moment changes everything — and what happens next.