Study Suggests Climate Crisis Is Supercharging ‘Godzilla’ El Niños
“We are seeing a trend of stronger El Niños, and the one we have now is consistent with that trend,” said the lead author. “That is bad news for climate…
‘Menace to the World’: With Iran Talks Stalled, Trump Vows to Declare Strait of Hormuz a US Territory
“He absolutely needs to be impeached, removed, and locked up,” said one progressive critic, calling the president “a completely unhinged lunatic.” Jessica Corbett Common Dreams In yet another remark that…
‘Sadistic and Cruel’: Democratic Lawmakers Rail Against $20 Million for ICE’s Electric Shock Gloves
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams Democrats in both chambers of Congress this week have joined rights advocates in forcefully denouncing plans for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to spend up to…
Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams Previous research has shown that shifting the United States to a Medicare for All system could save roughly 68,000 lives and $650 billion per year, but…
Expert: Trump’s Trying to Exert Control With Claim He Canceled Iran Strikes Over Progress on Deal
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams Trita Parsi, an expert on US-Iranian relations, cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s Saturday claims that he halted planned strikes on Iran due to progress in…
‘We Are Grieving, We Are Furious’: Mainers Protest Fatal ICE Shooting in Biddeford
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams “It is horrific. ICE needs to be disbanded. People who work for ICE are untrained. And we want them out of Biddeford,” one resident said. “Killing…
In Gift to Billionaires, Supreme Court Buys Vance’s Argument Against Post-Watergate Campaign Finance Rule
Editor’s Note: While many are celebrating the Supreme Court’s narrow victory preserving birthright citizenship, it is important not to lose sight of the broader picture. This was only one case,…
‘Dangerous and Shameful’: 42 House Democrats Help GOP Send Trump Spying Bill to Senate
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams Dozens of Democrats in the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives helped the GOP send a key spying bill to the Senate on Wednesday, earning sharp…
‘US Siege Is Warfare’: Cuba Faces Second Nationwide Blackout in Under a Week
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams Some Cubans got power back on Sunday after another nationwide blackout on Saturday—the second in less than a week and the third time the grid…
‘Not Another Penny for Another Endless War,’ Ilhan Omar Says as Trump Seeks $200 Billion
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams As US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed reporting that he’s seeking $200 billion more from Congress to continue waging his unpopular war of choice on…
US Joins ICJ Case to Claim Genocide Allegations Against Israel ‘False’
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams After over two years of arming and otherwise supporting the Israeli government as it lays waste to the Gaza Strip—even after an October ceasefire deal—the…
‘The Military-Industrial Complex Is Winning’: While Bombing Iran, Trump Says Weapons Contractors to Boost Production
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams After meeting with several chief executives at the White House on Friday—while also bombing Iran with Israel and threatening Cuba—US President Donald Trump said that…
‘Good Riddance’: Trump Fires Kristi Noem From DHS, Names ‘MAGA Warrior’ as Replacement
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams Amid mounting calls for the ouster of US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over her department’s deadly immigration operations and detention facilities denounced as concentration…
Trump Calls for GOP to Pass Major Attack on US Voting Rights ‘At the Expense of Everything Else’
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams In a pair of Truth Social posts on Thursday, President Donald Trump urged congressional Republicans to pass the voter suppression bill that is stalled in…
Trump Threatens Full Trade Embargo Over Spain’s Refusal to Be Complicit in Iran Attacks
Ripping the US president’s “flagrant disregard for European sovereignty—and security,” co-general coordinator of Progressive International declared: “Close the bases. All of them.”