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Thursday, July 23, 2026 · Morning Edition

Opposition continues to grow among autoworkers to the death threat issued by a high-ranking United Auto Workers official against Will Lehman, the Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate for UAW president .

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 · Evening Edition

The Trump administration launched major combat operations against Iran on February 28, announcing massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes without congressional approval .

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 · Morning Edition

Germany’s armed forces have expanded their homeland security division to well over 10,000 soldiers, a buildup the World Socialist Web Site reports serves simultaneous preparation for a comprehensive NATO war against…

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · Morning Edition

The administration is restarting its disastrous assault on Iran, White House reporting confirms , while the GOP got some breathing room ahead of the midterms before Trump reignited the conflict and CENTCOM slashes its…

Saturday, July 18, 2026 · Morning Edition

Canadian wildfires burn out of control, driving a climate advocate to demand “Nuremberg trials for big oil” and declare that “climate change isn’t a tragedy, it’s a crime.

Friday, July 17, 2026 · Evening Edition

An ICE detention center employee shot a woman Thursday night after a protest outside an ICE facility in Aurora, Colorado, according to an Aurora Police Department statement .

Friday, July 17, 2026 · Morning Edition

Donald Trump delivered a speech on election security Thursday night that television networks refused to air , recycling debunked 2020 conspiracy theories.

Thursday, July 16, 2026 · Evening Edition

President Donald Trump's longtime teleprompter operator, Gabriel Perez, has placed nearly $100,000 in bets on the prediction market Kalshi tied to the content of Trump's upcoming speeches — accused of insider trading…

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 · Evening Edition

FCC cronies ask why the president should have all the fun of extorting money from people with business before the government , while Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) pockets tens of thousands from the pork industry she moves…

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 · Morning Edition

ICE agents murdered Joan Sebastián Guerrero , a 26-year-old Colombian husband and father legally working in Biddeford, Maine , as his three-year-old daughter watched — the second fatal shooting of the wrong person in…

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 · Evening Edition

ICE agents gunned down Joan Sebastián Guerrero , a 26-year-old Colombian immigrant legally working in Biddeford, Maine, as his three-year-old daughter watched; the killer had been on the job just a few short months .

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 · Evening Edition

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have converted the presidency into a family hedge fund, sinking money into military startups that have since raked in at least $3.2 billion in direct government business , per a…