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Banners of various G20 leaders are displayed along a Johannesburg freeway, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Themba Hadebe/AP hide caption toggle caption Themba Hadebe/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The world’s biggest economy will be conspicuously absent from a meeting of the globe’s 20 richest nations this weekend, as the U.S. boycotts the G20 Leaders’ Summit hosted by South Africa. The Trump administration is snubbing the event over false race-based claims and what it considers the summit’s DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion — agenda. Since returning to office Trump has accused the South African government of confiscating…

Politics / November 21, 2025 Trump’s defeat over the Epstein files was a rare instance of Congress defying his authoritarianism. But the resistance is still feeble. Ad Policy President Donald Trump speaks during an official dinner with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2025.(Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) Whenever Donald Trump faces a loss of power, he unleashes threats of violence against his foes. (When he actually does lose power, those threats turn very real, as…

This combination of pictures created on Nov. 19, 2025, shows President Trump on Oct. 24, 2025,(L) and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in New York City, on Nov. 12, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images President Trump will meet with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday afternoon in the Oval Office, marking the first time the two will be face-to-face. While previous incoming New York City mayors have met with sitting presidents, Mamdani and Trump have already clashed prior to this meeting. Trump…

Economy / November 21, 2025 A weeklong debauch brought together tech insiders and the leaders of a brutal monarchy to keep stoking the AI bubble. Ad Policy President Trump speaks at a November 18 dinner in honor of Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) Oligarchy, AI, Saudi money, and social media content makers—the dominant forces in the US economy—came together in gaudy fashion this week. Saudi leaders and financiers took center stage at a lavish White House party and a star-studded US-Saudi business summit that ended with President Donald Trump designating Saudi Arabia as…

Florida developer Russell Galbutt believes the election of a Democratic Socialist as mayor, Zohran Mamdani, in New York City is an opportunity to lure wealthy residents and their businesses to Miami Beach. Steven Meiner/Facebook hide caption toggle caption Steven Meiner/Facebook MIAMI — People in New York’s Times Square recently may have noticed, among the many electronic billboards, images of a beach, blue water and a caption, “Miami Beach is open for business.” The ads are being paid for by a Florida developer who believes the election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City is an opportunity…

Politics / November 20, 2025 Mamdani’s election represents a profound and seismic development in the country’s political landscape—one set in motion by Jackson over 40 years ago. Ad Policy (Stephani Spindel / VIEWpress via Getty Images; Diana Walker / Getty Images) Three recent events have converged to illuminate the road map for Democrats, progressives, and anyone committed to building a multiracial democracy: the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York, the hospitalization of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the release of journalist Abby Phillip’s book on Jackson’s transformative political journey. Most significantly, Mamdani’s election represents a profound and…

Health insurance costs for those on ACA plans are skyrocketing in 2026, unless Congress steps in. The increases are breaking family’s budget and forcing them to make tough choices. Clockwise from left: Chris O’Donnell, Robert Bixon and his wife, Genna Boatright, Ezra McKay and Kristine Weidner. Chris O’Donnell, Bixon family, Genna Boatright, Ezra McKay and Kristine Weidner hide caption toggle caption Chris O’Donnell, Bixon family, Genna Boatright, Ezra McKay and Kristine Weidner The government shutdown has ended without resolving a fight over health insurance. Congress failed to extend enhanced tax credits that have helped millions of Americans on Affordable Care…

Activism / November 20, 2025 How Chicago residents and protesters banded together against the Trump administration’s immigration shock troops. Ad Policy Protesters face off against border agents outside the ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois.(Joe Raedle / Getty Images) Early Friday mornings in September, before most people have had breakfast, protesters outside of the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, were dodging projectiles from federal agents. By 7 am, Border Patrol agents would be tossing protesters to the ground, and blanketing the area, including homes and businesses, in tear gas. On Saturday afternoons, more protesters would show up—and the feds…

President Trump steps out to welcome the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman prior to a state dinner at the White House on Tuesday. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday President Trump does not actually want to see members of Congress executed despite his social media post earlier in the day, calling a video by some members “seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH!” Trump made a pair of posts on his site, Truth Social, in response to a video posted by Reps. Jason…

Environment / November 20, 2025 A fact all but ignored at COP30. Ad Policy A nun poses for a picture with a banner of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Para State, Brazil, on November 19, 2025. (Pablo Porciuncula / Getty Images) The COP30 summit continues on, shy one president. World leaders and diplomats, relieved by the Trump administration’s absence, have taken the opportunity to chastise Trump’s denial of the climate crisis and welcome more supportive state and local officials who are taking up the helm of US representation. Their relief is mistaken. President Trump need not attend…