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An American flag flies near shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles on Sept. 26. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images The Republican-led Senate on Tuesday delivered a rare bipartisan rebuke of President Trump in a vote to terminate the emergency powers he has used to set tariffs on Brazil, part of a larger push to rein in the administration’s efforts to install trade barriers. By a vote of 52 to 48, the Senate approved a measure that would roll back the 50% tariffs on Brazil imposed by President Trump in July. Five Republicans joined…

Activism / October 28, 2025 Kristi Noem visited the Twin Cities and decried out-of-control crime. Is a federal occupation next? Ad Policy Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference at a federal office building on October 20, 2025, in Bradenton, Florida.(Octavio Jones / Getty Images) Fort Snelling, Minnesota—On Friday, beneath blue skies and orange leaves, a group of protesters gathered outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Building and held a moment of silence for those who have been killed, detained, or disappeared by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Chants of “Say his name!” followed, as the protesters…

A federal worker moves through the food distribution line at an event giving food to federal workers affected by the shutdown in Hyattesville, Md., on Oct. 21, 2025. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU The federal government shutdown continues without an end in sight. In just a few days, tens of millions of people are at risk of losing federal food and nutrition benefits as a result. This includes the nearly 42 million people who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, previously known as food stamps. The Trump administration has warned that the debit-like EBT…

Politics / StudentNation / October 28, 2025 While half of the proposals on this year’s ballot deal with housing, elected officials and organizers in New York City are divided on their effectiveness. Ad Policy New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is pictured during press conference and launching of the Affordable Housing Budget Campaign with NYC Council Progressive Caucus in March 2024.(Luiz C. Ribeiro / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more StudentNation, check out our archive or learn more about the…

Earlier this year, the Trump administration shut down USAID and slashed spending on international aid and development. Development advocates worried — and continue to worry — that this will hurt the economies of developing nations and have deadly consequences for some of the poorest people on Earth. That story generated tons of headlines earlier this year. But Dean Yang, an economist at the University of Michigan, argues “the anti-immigration actions of the Trump administration are likely to have an even bigger negative effect on the economic development of the world’s poor countries” — and that story has gotten much less…

October 27, 2025 Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability. Ad Policy Donald Trump, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks during a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz as the Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator in the Oval Office at the White House on April 18, 2025, in Washington, DC.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) Late on Friday, October 10, as public health workers logged off for a long weekend and others suited up to confront…

Californians vote on whether to draw new congressional districts next month. Their decision might come down to how they feel about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s confrontation with President Trump. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Across this state, we’re seeing lots of political ads ahead of next week’s election. Californians are being asked to approve new congressional maps, and the result could determine who wins control of the House in next year’s midterm elections. Now, that vote could hinge on how Californians view Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom versus how they view President Trump. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Marisa Lagos reports.MARISA LAGOS,…

Politics / October 27, 2025 Canada’s shameful refusal to acknowledge its support of the far right yesterday and today. Ad Policy Anti-Immigrant protesters engage in angry exchanges with counterprotesters at a Canada First rally in Toronto, Ontario, on September 13, 2025.(Michelle Mengsu / Getty Images) Graham Platner’s problem is that he lives just a tad too far south. If the Democratic Senate candidate from Maine wanted to make all the hubbub about his Nazi tattoo go away, all he’d have to do is move to Canada. The furor over Platner’s Totenkopf, or Death’s Head, tattoo stands in striking contrast to…

A 2017 photo of the statue commemorating Confederate general Albert Pike in Washington, D.C. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP A statue of the Confederate general Albert Pike that was pulled down and set ablaze in Washington, D.C. in June 2020 during the Black Lives Matter movement has been renovated and reinstalled in Judiciary Square. The reinstallation on Saturday was a follow-through of an earlier National Park Service announcement that the federal government intended to restore the statue, which it says had been damaged in “riots.” The monument to Pike was first erected in 1901, but has long…

Politics / October 27, 2025 Vote for Zohran, not the moron. Ad Policy Andrew Cuomo greets Zohran Mamdani before a mayoral debate at Rockefeller Center, on October 16, 2025 in New York City. (Angelina Katsanis / Pool/ Getty Images) Andrew Cuomo started his political life exploiting bigotry. He is now ending it the same sordid way. In 1977, Cuomo’s father, Mario, was running for mayor of New York against Ed Koch, who was widely and correctly rumored to be a closeted gay man. Andrew Cuomo was reportedly the mastermind behind nasty anonymous posters plastered throughout the city that urged the…