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8min ago

The conspiratorial left needed proof Trump is a monster. They settled on Sascha Riley.

An Iraq War veteran โ€œunlockedโ€ new memories of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein and the right-wing elite. A network of conspiracists took control of his fantastical story.

1h ago

โ€˜The nuclear button for the Vaticanโ€™: Pope Leo steps into the political fray

The pope has long spoken about injustice in moral terms. This week, Trumpโ€™s threats to end โ€œcivilizationโ€ in Iran prompted him to cross into explicitly political territory โ€” a move Vatican historians call extraordinarily rare.

6h ago

Appeals court rebuffs Anthropic in latest round of its AI battle with the Trump administration

The setback in Washington came afterย Anthropic already had prevailedย in separate case focused on the same issues in San Francisco federal court.

10h ago

โ€˜Iโ€™m not gonna call him TACOโ€™: Democrats choose their words carefully on Trumpโ€™s Iran ceasefire

Democrats are hesitant to make โ€œTrump Always Chickens Outโ€ jokes, given that the alternative to him making a deal could have been war crimes and genocide.

12h ago

What we know about the U.S.-Iran ceasefire โ€” and what could unravel it

Trump announced the two-week pause just before the deadline he set to wipe out the entire Iranian civilization. But very little seems to have been settled.

12h ago

The Supreme Courtโ€™s conversion therapy ruling opens the floodgates for new horrors

As a survivor of conversion therapy, author Garrard Conley fears for those who just lost protection against the outdated practice.

13h ago

Wednesdayโ€™s Mini-Report, 4.8.26

Todayโ€™s edition of quick hits.

13h ago

DOJ investigating Biden-era prosecutions of anti-abortion protesters, draft report shows

The report, reviewed by MS NOW, seeks to justify the presidentโ€™s pardons of two dozen abortion opponents the DOJ alleges were โ€œtargetedโ€ for their religious views.

13h ago

In fight over voter data, Arizona officials denounce Republicanโ€™s call for DOJ probe

Arizona Democrats questioned whether the Republican state Senate president gave sensitive voter data to the administration, so he has sicced the feds on them.

14h ago

Former Sen. Jon Tester: On Georgia win, GOP should consider this before celebrating

The Montana Democrat told MS NOWโ€™s Stephanie Ruhle he would be โ€œvery worriedโ€ if he were โ€œon the Republican side of the aisle.โ€

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