Published on http://www.counterpunch.org About half of the U.S. is offended and repulsed by the existence of Donald J. Trump while the remaining half welcome him as a Messiah. Passions and o... Read more
President Trump has issued no new restrictions on Russia this year, in effect allowing Moscow to acquire the money and materials it needs in its conflict with Ukraine. [...]
The White House cited Pentagon concerns that some American arms stockpiles were dwindling too low. Among the affected weapons were air defense systems, bombs, missiles and artillery rounds. [...]
Judge Brian Cogan’s order prevented the Trump administration from ending special immigration protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants. [...]
In a social media post, the president said the United States and Israel were finalizing a proposal to Hamas. The announcement comes ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington next week. [...]
A federal judge found that efforts by Pete Marocco and affiliates of Elon Musk to seize control of the U.S. African Development Foundation earlier this year appeared unlawful. [...]
When interviewing Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, PBS's Amna Nawaz asked for clarification on Trump’s flipflop of whether or not to exempt from arrest undocumented agricultural and [...]
"There is no question or doubt that nobody will starve or go hungry in the United States." Herbert Hoover spoke those words in 1931, days after thousands of poor Americans [...]
“He who saves his country violates no law,” tweeted President Trump in February. He was echoing a line often attributed to Napoleon. His supporters were electrified by Trump’s tacit invocation [...]
Sorry, I’ve been on the road, so not much time for writing. I did want to quickly mention a couple of points about the data on consumption for May which [...]
According to research from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), “The Productivity-Pay Gap”, May 15, 2025, a majority of Americans’ financial affairs have reached a crisis level. Their standard of living [...]