Stephen Prager for Common Dreams President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser boasted on Fox Business Thursday that the government had slashed more than 300,000 “high-paying” jobs from the federal payroll…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the company that owns the AI assistant Claude would be punished unless it drops all ethical guidelines.
The Department of Homeland Security is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas.
“I think the US is only the latest in a very long history of military empires,” he told Common Dreams. “This is a perspective to which New York Times readers…
Critics pointed out that Trump has often endorsed violence against protesters when they opposed him.
Sen. Ron Wyden said the bill “increases military spending by tens of billions of dollars and fails to include guardrails against Donald Trump and Hegseth’s authoritarian abuses."
Journalist Mehdi Hasan said Trump and his allies “plan to overturn the Constitution and democracy. They’re not hiding it. They’re bragging about it.”
“The political rules of the last almost half-century are changing before our eyes,” said Jewish Currents editor Peter Beinart.
“States have a responsibility to ensure the safe passage of the flotilla,” said Amnesty International.
"Amazon would be nothing without its workers," said one worker. "We're the ones who power their profits. We're the ones who put our health and safety on the line every…
The new order, he says, would essentially allow "random fascist vigilantes" to "sign up to be a Brownshirt" for Trump's militarized occupation forces.
One critic said Buttigieg's description of Israel's genocide in Gaza as "complicated" is "disqualifying... both as a politician and a human being."
The bill’s lead sponsors described it as part of an effort to prevent antisemitic hate. But their comments during a press conference on the measure suggest it will also target…
"I saw 32 people per cage—about 6 cages in one tent. People were yelling, 'Help me, help me'," said Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost.
"They are intentionally breaking government—even the parts that help us when we are deep in crisis," said Sen. Chris Murphy.
