President Trump has activated 800 National Guard members to address what he calls a crime emergency in Washington, D.C. Some residents are reacting. (AP Video: River Zhang) BY MATT BROWN Updated 8:30 AM PDT, August 12, 2025 (APNews.com) ▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration WASHINGTON (AP) —… Continue reading
JOIN RAW STORY FOR JUST $1 ‘Despicable’: Ex-Trump lawyer reveals underage rape claims made against president in 2016 Travis Gettys August 13, 2025 (RawStory.com) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters, as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C. U.S.,… Continue reading
In 1966, Police Shot a Young Puerto Rican Man. What Followed Created a Blueprint for a New Kind of Solidarity By Felipe Hinojosa August 13, 2025 (ZocaloPublicSquare.org) Chicago hit a boiling point on Sunday evening, June 12, 1966, just one day after the city’s first Puerto Rican Day parade. Police shot a… Continue reading
Energized by Zohran Mamdani’s primary triumph, 1,200 DSA members came to Chicago to chart the group’s future. BY EMMA JANSSEN AUGUST 14, 2025 (Prospect.org) ZACH CADDY The Democratic Socialists of America meeting in Chicago this month https://trinitymedia.ai/player/trinity-player.php?pageURL=https%3A%2F%2Fprospect.org%2Fpolitics%2F2025-08-14-dsa-convenes-argues-and-celebrates%2F%3Futm_source%3DActiveCampaign%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_content%3DDSA%2520Convenes%252C%2520Argues%252C%2520and%2520Celebrates%26utm_campaign%3DDaily%2520Prospect%252008-14-2025&GDPR=%24%24GDPR_MACRO%24%24&GDPR_CONSENT=%24%24GDPR_CONSENT_MACRO%24%24&contentHash=9da0e5f6989f0f025ac9bfe511454f5c4e731de923bcf942c199bcce5ddf1811&unitId=2900001720&userId=a143de11-b5db-4fd1-bdec-b0e6b692767c&isLegacyBrowser=false&isPartitioningSupport=1&version=20250806_0a5cc818db4a5e97910f842e941d2c543416f1d1&useBunnyCDN=0&themeId=140&isMobile=0&unitType=tts-player CHICAGO – It’s been a tumultuous decade for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA),… Continue reading
Police officers set up a roadside checkpoint on 14th Street Northwest on August 13, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Demonstrators yelled at federal agents to “get off our streets” as they set up a police checkpoint on a popular street in the nation’s capital. JAKE JOHNSON Aug… Continue reading
Donald Trump’s authoritarian house of cards is propped up by the cowardice and compliance of others in positions of power: business leaders, universities, law firms, media, and more. His authority collapses without their support. But right now, too many powerful institutions are bending and bowing. We need to show our… Continue reading
Published: August 14, 2025 (TheOnion.com) President Donald Trump has claimed that crime is “out of control” in the nation’s capital and beyond. The Onion assesses the veracity of the president’s claims. Claim: D.C. has endured a record amount of robberies. Partially true: Some places in Georgetown sell a cup of coffee for… Continue reading
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at Google San Francisco office in San Francisco, California, on August 7, 2025. (Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) “Who else sends ICE at the same time while having a conversation like this? Someone who is weak. Someone who’s broken. Someone whose weakness is masquerading as… Continue reading
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) holds a news conference criticizing President Donald Trump’s trade policy at the US Capitol on July 31, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “Voters have made their feelings clear,” said the leader of Justice Democrats. “The majority do not see themselves in… Continue reading
