Investigative Journalism
It begins with an image straight out of the textbook of fossil power politics: a government plane lands on the Arctic airstrip of Prudhoe Bay. Next to it, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline rises from the ground - a rusting steel artery, a symbol of an ...
It was a Tuesday morning in Minneapolis, gray with rain and heavy with history - and yet a day that stands like a harbinger over a fractured nation. An armored vehicle bearing the ...
It does not begin with a scandal, but with a system. Not with an outrage, but with a decision: Research – yes, but only if it fits the worldview. Migration – ...
It sounds like the next big showdown in Washington - but this time, the loudest opposition comes from within. While Donald Trump celebrates his “Big, Beautiful Bill” full of tax breaks, spending cuts, and a debt ceiling increase as a triumph, ...
Some laws sound dry and technical, almost like trivial bureaucracy. Yet hidden between sober paragraphs lies, at times, an explosive force capable of shaking the foundations of a democracy. One such law is Trump’s latest project,..
West Virginia prosecutors are now charging women for miscarriages - a dystopian reality - It sounds like a scene from a dystopian novel, yet it has become reality: In West Virginia, women now face criminal prosecution for miscarriages, starting as early as the ninth week of pregnancy...
It was a morning of open reckoning when President Donald Trump sharply attacked Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky on his Truth Social platform. The reason was Paul's criticism of Trump's key domestic initiative, the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (BBB), ...
It is a ruling that could easily be overlooked amid the flood of political decisions – and yet it marks a moment of relief for thousands of people, a legal pause in the face of the radical upheaval triggered by the Trump administration’s ...
It is not a new accusation – and yet it sounds sharper, more personal, more unflinching than many before. Michael Wolff, long-time Trump observer and author of several bestselling books about the president, ...
New York City, June 2, 2025 – It was a quiet, poignant moment at the foot of a symbol of hope: More than fifty people gathered yesterday on the steps of the Statue of Liberty, ...
It is no longer only the political fringes where the language of contempt is taking root. When Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) declared the day after a constitutionally confirmed legal principle that he would not change ...
It is a political monument, a monument to overconfidence, baptized with the name of a marketing promise: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Donald Trump announced it as a masterpiece of fiscal policy – but within his own ranks ...
It was a Friday evening when smoke drifted through the streets of San Diego, when screams tore through the air and heavily armed men in tactical gear stormed into an Italian restaurant – just before dinner, just before the breaking of bread...
It was early on a Saturday morning when Ruth Eleonora López was arrested in her home. No summons, no judicial warrant, no timeline – just the vague accusation that she had helped ...
It was a quiet yet significant moment this Monday. The United States Supreme Court chose—with as much deliberation as signal effect—not to intervene. Two central cases concerning gun rights in America were not taken ...
Yet truth is dangerous, and science is a public threat. We must keep it carefully chained and muzzled.” These are the words of Mustapha Mond in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, ...
It was a brief moment of relief, hardly more than a breath in the history of economic rivalry: Just a few weeks ago, the United States and China announced in Geneva ...
From a president, one expects composure, judgment, at least the appearance of moral integrity. But what if, instead, a bouncer takes office - with a criminal record on his back, old acquaintances in shady circles, and a firm determination ...
Benjamin Enrique Berardinelli Manjarrez sitzt in einem Straßencafé in Madrid, wo der Frühling langsam in die Glut des Sommers übergeht. Er ist 33 Jahre alt, Kolumbianer, und erst seit wenigen…
t is a move that echoes dark times: On May 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), led by Kristi Noem, released a list of 500 cities, counties, and states ...
It is a message that makes even the most war-weary news cycle pause: On June 1, 2025, Moscow requested urgent consultations with the United States. The reason? An attack ...
On the evening of May 30, 2025, the city of San Diego, California, witnessed a law enforcement operation that left many residents and guests in utter shock: Around 6 p.m., units from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...
They were once allies: Donald Trump and Leonard Leo, the legal mastermind behind the conservative shift at the Supreme Court. Leo, longtime head of the Federalist Society, had advised Trump in selecting judges and is seen as the architect ...
It sounds like the plot of a cheap science fiction movie that even RTL2 wouldn’t air late at night – Joe Biden, allegedly executed in 2020, replaced by a soulless robotic decoy controlled by dark forces ...
It is a promise that could hardly be greater – and at the same time more dangerous: President Donald Trump wants to solve America’s debt problem. With multibillion-dollar tax cuts, growth-driven optimism, and an aggressive tariff policy. But ...
It begins with a question that few used to ask: "What did you post on your Instagram feed – and who might hold it against you?" In the United States of 2025, it has become ...
A new Republican budget proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives is drawing sharp criticism: Every employee of the immigration agency ICE is to receive a $42,000 bonus – in addition to their regular salary. ...
It is a sentence that cuts deep: “Tranquila, ma. Aquí estoy yo” - “Calm down, Mom. I’m here.” Spoken by a small boy who has to watch as his mother is arrested by ICE agents in San ...
One has to imagine it: The central health report of the US government - the very document that is supposed to provide millions of people with guidance on health issues - is crammed full of fabricated sources, dead links, and digital watermarks ...
It’s only four words, but they reveal everything - “I love Viktor Orbán.” With this sentence, Alice Weidel, chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group, finally dropped the last remnants of her democratic mask at this year’s CPAC 2025 in Budapest. The stage - a right-wing carnival of authoritarian self-adoration...
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