• “Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
    by Sharon Lerner on June 17, 2026

    Frank Ssekamwa says the United States presented his country with an impossible choice. If it accepted the terms of a new health agreement, Uganda would have to give the U.S. access to the data of millions of his fellow citizens — a decision he worries would make their personal information more vulnerable to breaches and possible exploitation. But if it…

  • The Latest Tax Code Cheat: Audit Immunity, Conflicts of Interest, and Crypto Grift
    by Rina on June 16, 2026

    By Patrick Woodall, Managing Director, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and John Foti, Deputy Executive Director and Legislative Director, Americans for Tax Fairness  President Trump is attempting to give himself a get out of tax jail free card: the Trump Justice Department recently settled an IRS case brought by Trump that gives him, his businesses, and his family (and…

  • Streeting Calls on Starmer to Resign After Makerfield Byelection
    by Novara Media on June 16, 2026

    Health Secretary Wes Streeting has called on Keir Starmer to resign after the Makerfield by-election, with Andy Burnham ahead in the polls for the seat. Plus: Trump claims the US-Iran peace deal will leave the Strait of Hormuz open and “toll-free”, and FIFA tells Iranian monarchists to hide their colours at the World Cup. With Aaron Bastani & Michael Walker.…

  • Billionaire Wealth Surges Past $9 Trillion for First Time
    by andrea on June 16, 2026

    America’s Oligarchs Are $2.2 Trillion Richer Since June 2025, $864 Billion Went To Musk Alone, Making Him First Trillionaire Nearly a year after President Trump and Congressional Republicans passed their $5 trillion tax cut package, billionaires’ wealth is soaring even as many working families find it harder than ever to keep up with rising costs. As of June 16, 2026,…

  • Marshall and Kahlenberg in The New York Times: These are the Voters Who Can Keep Democrats From Going Off the Rails
    by Max Sherrill on June 16, 2026

    Posing questions about the changing racial and ideological shifts within the Democratic coalition to Richard Kahlenberg, director of the American Identity Project at the Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist Democratic think tank, is like throwing meat to a hungry lion. Kahlenberg immediately replied by email citing four major issues on which “Black voters have indeed become a moderating force…

  • Tactical voting by Greens and Lib Dems could be key to Labour victory in Makerfield
    by Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent on June 16, 2026

    Left-leaning voters more willing to back Andy Burnham than Restore supporters are to vote ReformTactical voting could be fundamental to a Labour victory in Makerfield, with Green and Liberal Democrat supporters willing to back Andy Burnham to stop Reform UK from winning.Conversely, Reform’s main competitor for votes on the right is Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party. Polling experts have said…

  • Birthright Citizenship, the Common Law, and the 39th Congress
    by Keith E. Whittington on June 16, 2026

    Ben Keener and I have posted a new paper on the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This one provides an extended analysis of the English common law origins of the native birth rule and of the debates in the 39th Congress over the meaning of the Citizenship Clause that they adopted as part of the…

  • Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.
    by Alex Cuadros on June 16, 2026

    It was before dawn on a Friday in January when a Gulfstream G600 with the burnt-orange Texas Longhorns logo on its tail landed at Dulles airport outside Washington, D.C. Its owner, a little-known oil billionaire named Jeffery Hildebrand, had been summoned to the White House. By mid-afternoon he was in the East Room, just three seats from President Donald Trump,…

  • Trump Makes Unsupported Claims About Drug Flows
    by D'Angelo Gore on June 15, 2026

    President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that his administration has “cut” by 97% “the flow” of illegal drugs entering the U.S. “by water, by ocean and sea.” But available federal data do not support that claim. There is no comprehensive data on the total amount of drugs trafficked to the U.S., including how much authorities don’t capture. Without that information,…

  • Did Optics Prevent Invoking of Insurrection Act and Suspension of Habeas Corpus?
    by Brad Reed on June 15, 2026

    A Monday report in The New York Times revealed what it described as the “alarm” felt by some White House lawyers at proposals made earlier this year by Vice President JD Vance and Trump adviser Stephen Miller as the administration was forced to contend with widespread anger over its anti-immigration agenda. Among other things, the Times reported that Vance pushed…

  • Behold the U.S.’s 250th birthday, brought to you by corporate behemoths, via Trump
    by Mark Gruenberg on June 15, 2026

    WASHINGTON—Behold the United States’ 250th birthday celebration, brought to you by a cavalcade of corporate behemoths, via Donald Trump. And much of it will be paid for by you and me. At least $103 million in taxpayer dollars were funneled to favorite Trump companies via no-bid contracts from the Trump-established celebration committee, Freedom 250. It has also collected tens of…

  • Iran Deal Should be Embraced, Not Sabotaged
    by [email protected] on June 15, 2026

    Congress Must Not Let Opposition to Trump Become Opposition to Peace Washington, D.C. — On Sunday, President Donald Trump and Iranian officials announced that they have reached an initial peace deal. Demand Progress has been highly critical of President Trump’s decision to launch the war and has led multiple efforts to support war powers resolutions … Continued The post Iran…