November 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM EST
Looming Medicaid Cuts Could End in Disaster. The Trump Administration Just Paused Them for Six Months.

Looming Medicaid Cuts Could End in Disaster. The Trump Administration Just Paused Them for Six Months. States will not be forced to implement new Medicaid work requirements until mid-2027, the administration announced Friday. The new rules, which were set to kick in on January 1st, mandate that many Medicaid recipients fill out burdensome new paperwork about their employment, while "medically frail" Medicaid patients prove yearly they are unable to work full-time, even if they have already been diagnosed with a debilitating condition and were previously enrolled in the federally-funded health insurance for low-income people.

November 14, 2026 at 1:33 PM EST
Privacy Advocates Push Dems To Do Something About Warrantless Surveillance

Privacy Advocates Push Dems To Do Something About Warrantless Surveillance A growing coalition of political and civil society groups is pushing the new Democratic-majority Congress to curb the executive branch's warrantless surveillance powers once they take over in January. Trump officials and even some Democrats, meanwhile, are encouraging Republicans to renew those powers during the lame duck session, making it more difficult for a bluer Congress to add guardrails to those powers next year.

November 14, 2026 at 8:38 AM EST
The Post-Election Vibe Shift Is Real

The Post-Election Vibe Shift Is Real If you've forgotten what the world felt like after the 2024 election, I don't blame you. That was like a decade ago, and a lot has happened since. But here's what I remember most clearly: a succession of billionaires, corporations, celebrities, and institutions slowly (or quite rapidly) bending the knee. Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan we needed to celebrate "masculine energy." The NFL took the words "End Racism" out of the end zone. Corporations backed away from their commitments to diversity with the urgency and alacrity with which you always wished teens in a horror movie would back away from the door. The story was that the Great American Middle had spoken, we were in the midst of a historic realignment, and we all had to figure out what a Nelk Boy was or get left behind. A Republican finally won the popular vote""must be a vibe shift!

November 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM EST
The Death of the Cybertruck Is Actually Great News for the Electric Vehicle Market

The Death of the Cybertruck Is Actually Great News for the Electric Vehicle Market This story was originally published byWIREDandis reproduced here as part of theClimate Deskcollaboration.

November 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST
We Get It. You Don't Trust Us.

We Get It. You Don't Trust Us. Every week, a group of men in their late 60s meets at the Corner Cafe in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. One important reason for these meetups is to discuss what's going on in their community.

November 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM EST
Welcome to the Stephen Miller-Jim Jordan Administration

Welcome to the Stephen Miller-Jim Jordan Administration David Corn and Garrison Hayes break down a wild week after the midterms, with reporter Abby Vesoulis on Pete Hegseth's future. The blue tsunami has turned into a news tsunami. More than a week after the election, the results are still shaking up American politics, and both parties are bracing for the next two years. Republicans are doing it by doubling down on Trumpism, despite voters' complete repudiation of Trump and his demagogic politics of hate, division, and bigotry.

November 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM EST
Van Hollen Pledges to "Shake Things Up" in Majority Leader Announcement

Van Hollen Pledges to "Shake Things Up" in Majority Leader Announcement After a week of speculation about his intentions, Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen announced on Thursday that he plans to challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for the position of Senate Majority Leader in the 120th Congress.

November 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM EST
Industry Groups Touted Gas as a "Constitutional Right." These Voters Weren't Having It.

Industry Groups Touted Gas as a "Constitutional Right." These Voters Weren't Having It. When Coloradans voted last week to reject an amendment that would have enshrined a right to natural gas in their state constitution, they also rebuffed a legal maneuver by a dark money group to keep Colorado reliant on deceptively dirty natural gas.

November 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM EST
Seven Ways Democrats Can Help Ordinary Americans and Stand Up to the Oligarchs

Seven Ways Democrats Can Help Ordinary Americans and Stand Up to the Oligarchs The historic repudiation of President Donald Trump's agenda on Election Day had lots of ingredients. Voters were outraged over data centers, ICE cruelty, DOGE's trashing of the federal workforce, the gutting of science funding and environmental protections and more, but blatant corruption and high prices seemed to be the top concerns.

November 13, 2026 at 6:27 AM EST
The Florida Teacher Who Turned "MAGA Meg's" District Blue

The Florida Teacher Who Turned "MAGA Meg's" District Blue One of the many Democrats who flipped state House seats during the historic midterms was a public school teacher in Florida's Palm Beach County. Elizabeth Holmes hadn't even considered politics before 2026, and within months, she unseated Meg Weinberger, a Donald Trump-endorsed Republican known as "MAGA Meg" who had won the seat in 2024. Earlier this year, Weinberger sponsored legislation to rename the Palm Beach airport after the president, a project that cost $5.5 million. Holmes' win there highlights how the MAGA movement is losing some of its power""even in the county Trump calls home.

November 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM EST
John Fetterman's First Primary Challenger Is a Progressive Born in Gaza

John Fetterman's First Primary Challenger Is a Progressive Born in Gaza It took just days after Democrats' resounding victory in the midterm elections for a challenger to Donald Trump's "favorite Democrat"""Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman""to emerge. Ahmed Moor, a Philadelphia foreign policy analyst and writer, is the first candidate to announce his entry into what will likely be a crowded primary field. The 42-year-old Moor was born in Gaza, and has lost family in Israel's genocide""most recently a 19-year-old cousin killed by an Israeli sniper in Rafah.

November 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM EST
Delia Ramirez Wants Democrats to Meet the Moment

Delia Ramirez Wants Democrats to Meet the Moment Appearing on CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday, President Donald Trump acknowledged that his immigration crackdown had been "too tough" and could have hurt Republicans in a midterm election that gave Democrats control of both chambers of Congress. The president said he'd "love to do something on immigration." When asked what a deal with the Democratic majority could look like, he revealed the self-interest behind his softer rhetoric.