Investigative Journalism
It was a blow against any form of independent oversight: The White House has dismissed all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, the long-standing federal commission that for ...
In a hall of glass and gold, under chandeliers that seemed more like symbols than sources of light, Donald Trump Jr. stood on the stage of the “Future Investment Initiative” forum in Riyadh ...
It was a sentence as simple as it was humbling. “Yes, Ma’am,” said Gregory Bovino, the burly head of the U.S. Border Patrol in El Centro, California, every time Judge Sara Ellis made a new demand. “Yes, Ma’am” ...
It was a quiet but remarkable admission. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in San Francisco, has overturned its own decision in the case State of Oregon, City of Portland v. Donald ...
It was one of those scenes that make history - not because of its grandeur, but because of its tone. On the flight deck of the U.S.S. George Washington, before thousands of soldiers, ...
Chicago - In a country that loves to celebrate its soldiers as heroes, dissent is an act of courage. Two former members of the Illinois National Guard have now crossed that line ...
He is not a lawmaker, not a minister, not a televangelist - and yet Scott Presler channels more energy through the American right than many Republican power brokers in Washington. While Donald Trump fills the stage, ...
America’s skies are thinning. Planes take off later, some not at all. And down below, in the glow of radar screens, sit men and women who have not been paid for weeks ...
Once upon a time, there was a court that watched over laws. Today, it seems to be managing résumés. On Monday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court of the United States ...
There are people the course of history could do without - and sometimes such a person dances on the edge of an abyss. Donald Trump, 79, created such a scene in Malaysia: a president who ...
The narrative is simple: more personnel, tougher crackdowns, more safety. The reality behind it is more complicated - and more dangerous. Our analysis of internal ICE figures, agency responses to inquiries, and publicly available datasets ...
In the narrow streets of Myeongdong, where tourists and street vendors compete for the same space, Lin Yung-pin leads a group from Taiwan through the maze of lights, scents, and voices ...
A report on the radicalization of youth between algorithms and fear. The Concert. July 2025. Under the Croatian summer sky, music thunders over a crowd that stretches to the horizon ...
What began as an architectural whim has long since become a political scandal with explosive potential. Behind the demolition of the historic East Wing of the White House lies no harmless renovation, but a massive construct of ...
In Washington, it has long been the norm for Republican majorities to bend to the will of the president. But in Indiana and Kansas, two states in the heart of the Midwest, Donald Trump ...
It was as if the nation had held its breath for a moment - and then set in motion what many had thought impossible. In all 50 states, from ...
The footage from Portland shows a country in a state of emergency. In front of the ICE building runs a blue line - it separates the agency’s property from public space. A boundary that no ...
Between two songs, a voice suddenly appears. It sounds factual, almost friendly, but the message hits: “In too many cities, dangerous illegals walk free. Join ICE - with ...
You pass through a gate that is little more than a wall, and the world changes. On one side, the city - dusty, loud, marked by trade and daily life; ...
Sometimes it takes no scream, only a sentence. In San Francisco, on the façade of the legendary bookstore City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, four large banners have been hanging since this week - white fabric, ...
The Dark Enlightenment has long been undermining American democracy. It began slowly, quietly, without much attention, not with uniforms or marching bands. It began with a blog. With a man who calls himself ...
Washington is once again on the brink of an earthquake - this time not in the White House, but in the gray corridors of the agency that Donald Trump has turned more than any other into his personal instrument ...
With every new court document, the Department of Homeland Security loses more and more moral footing. Yesterday afternoon brought the next document from a government that seeks to turn wrongdoing into righteousness ...
Few scenes capture the moral imbalance of this administration as clearly as the headlines of this week: The Pentagon accepts a private "donation" of 130 million dollars to pay ...
On a mild autumn afternoon, the smell of tear gas still hangs in the air. Between the Victorian houses of Lakeview, where children usually zip by on scooters and gardeners rake leaves, ...
The news came quietly, almost bureaucratically - a Pentagon statement in a neutral tone: The United States is sending the USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest warship in the world, to the waters off ...
It begins with a sentence that sounds like it comes from a foreign civilization: "Russia destroys strategically important kindergarten in Kharkiv." The text - an alleged satire by the German magazine Der Postillon ...
Steve Bannon has once again ignited a fire that was long considered extinguished. In an interview, he said with the composure of a man who loves chaos: “Trump is gonna get a third term ...
For months, Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin had been a performance of bluster and hesitation, of loud announcements and quiet retreats. But on this Wednesday, the posturing ended. The President ...
There are stories that describe the soul of a nation more precisely than any textbook. This one begins in a small wooden house in Nashwauk, Minnesota, between pines, frost, and Fox News. Danielle Christine ...
Washington has seen a lot under Trump: burning documents, falling stars, the invention of stolen elections, bizarre things. Why? "The president wants to dance." But what unfolded today on the grounds of ...
It was a ruling that struck Sacramento like a thunderclap - and was celebrated in Washington as a return to old power dynamics. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Two men, a knock on the door, one sentence: "Your name came up." That is how Trump’s America shows its redefinition of terrorism - and how easily someone today can come into the sight of the state ...
It is a sentence that echoes through Washington: "That is a lie. And I cannot put my name on such a document." With these words, former government attorney Erez Reuveni said ...
Audio recordings in our possession (see further down in the article) from an educators conference in Montana reveal how teachers spoke behind closed doors about handling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs - and drew ...
A confidential FBI intelligence report prepared in early October reveals how Donald Trump is redefining the concept of domestic security - as a weapon against his own population. Protest is terrorism ...
They are sentences (the recordings are included further down in the article) that sound like a confession in real time. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., once a celebrated environmental lawyer, today a mouthpiece ...
What yesterday still sounded like a diplomatic revival of the Cold War turns out today to be what it was from the very beginning: another bluff from the White House ...
It is a decision meant to sound like determination but in truth exposes the complete distance from reality. On October 20, 2025, the energy ministers of the European Union agreed to gradually ...
It is a pattern you only notice when you pause. When you stop scrolling through the endless stream of images, headlines, quotes, and faces and start to look at it like a choreography ...
It is a book that sounds like a last word from beyond the grave – unvarnished, harrowing, almost too direct to still pass as literature. Nobody’s Girl, the posthumously released autobiography of Virginia ...
There are moments when one wonders whether Donald Trump still knows what he is doing – or whether he has long since become his own contradiction. While his administration calls on farmers, ...
A few moments ago, the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in the case Trump v. State of Oregon, Case No. 25-17108, that Donald Trump may formally assume command of the Oregon National ...
A European warning signal came in the form of a sentence, as cool as it was controlled: "Sometimes we simply no longer tell certain things." No affront, no scandal - just a sober admission ...
There are days when history doesn’t begin with a bang but with a step – more precisely, with thirteen small ones. On Sunday, Donald Trump boarded Air Force One in ...
Japan’s political scene stands at a turning point – and at the same time before a mirror in which familiar contours from Washington, Rome, and Budapest are reflected. A governing party loses its majority, a long-standing coalition ...
Behind the doors of the White House, far from cameras and calculated gestures, a scene reportedly unfolded on Friday that left even long-time observers of American foreign policy speechless ...
A dead fisherman, a raging president, and a continent watching as the old order of the West begins to crumble. In the Caribbean, where America has projected its power ...
Joshua Haymes’ words recall the darkness of past centuries. In his latest podcast, the Christian nationalist commentator said that Christians should defend the institution of slavery because the Bible “makes it clear ...
Maria worked for 13 dollars an hour. She cleaned schools in Florida, receiving a check every two weeks for 900 dollars - enough to survive with her eleven-year-old son ...