Investigative Journalism
In an unremarkable neighborhood just beyond the U.S.-Mexican border, a deadly business is thriving. Here, in one of the countless cartel safe houses, the next shipment of fentanyl for American streets is being prepared...
America votes - and yet it is not just about the candidates. It is about the condition of a nation that, since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, has turned into a mixture ...
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 ...
It sounds like a macabre joke, but it is political bitter seriousness: In Oklahoma a bill is on the table that forces every public university to redesignate a campus area as "Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza" ...
On Wednesday, Union Station in Washington D.C. offered the grotesque image of an orchestrated spectacle that could hardly be surpassed in its absurdity. Vice President J. D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...
It is a disturbing turn for one of the world’s most beloved characters: Elmo, the red, fluffy Muppet from “Sesame Street,” has become the target of hackers ...
At the Minnesota Capitol on Friday, a quiet, solemn atmosphere prevailed as President Joe Biden arrived in person to pay his final respects to the late Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark ...
New York, June 26, 2025 – It was a political earthquake that shook not only the streets of New York but threw the entire Democratic Party into turmoil: Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-declared democratic ...
Wayne, Michigan - It could have been another bloodbath, one of those headlines America has read far too often. But on Sunday morning, a potential mass shooting was stopped at the last second: outside CrossPointe ...
Zapopan / Washington / Mexico City - About the moment when Valeria Márquez, 23 years old, was shot dead during a TikTok livestream in her beauty salon in Zapopan. We had reported on this case several times. About her last words ...
It was Donald Trump’s grand promise – a “big beautiful bill” meant to overhaul America’s economy, reward his voters, and leave opponents speechless. But as soon as the House approved their draft, the Republican-controlled Senate ...
It was the uniform that became their undoing. No alarm, no warning, no broken lock – just the shimmering blue of a fake police cruiser pulling up in the night like so many before it...
There are Sundays when not only the world but its reflections begin to tremble. June 15, 2025 was one such day – and the American press took notice. From Los Angeles to Fairbanks ...
Culpeper, Virginia – It was the end of a peaceful day of protest that had brought thousands of people to the streets across the country: At a "No Kings" demonstration in the quiet town of Culpeper, the day ...
It will be early on June 20, International Refugee Day. Long before California’s light rises over the federal courthouses in San Diego, priests, deacons, and faith leaders will gather – silent, praying, present. Their mission is neither legal ...
It is an image more familiar from dictatorships than from what claims to be the world’s oldest democracy: 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines marching through ...
Dearborn, Michigan – a city where nearly every second person has Arab roots. As recently as November 2024, it was seen as a symbol of cautious rapprochement: Donald Trump, campaigning in a local café, ...
On Monday evening, Dallas became the next stage in the growing resistance against the deportation offensive of U.S. President Donald Trump. Dozens of demonstrators gathered on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, holding up signs and waving flags ...
t was a Sunday that felt like a turning point in American history. Thousands of people poured into the streets of Los Angeles, blocked freeways, and set self-driving vehicles on fire. These were images that recalled the summer of 2020 - George Floyd, tear gas, rebellion...
It is a step that goes far beyond political symbolism - and reaches deep into the constitutional entrails of the United States: On June 7, 2025, Donald Trump ordered ...
It is just a country road that separates Ferriday from Vidalia – but crossing it means traveling through decades of American history. On one side: Ferriday High School, a campus ...
Sometimes, numbers tell more than any political statement ever could. One of them: 32 out of 100 points – that was the score awarded to the “Trump National Golf Club Bedminster” in May 2025 by the Somerset County Department of Health...
Washington, early summer 2025. The sun had just risen over the Capitol when a moment of collective relief unfolded in the House chamber. After a night of intense debate, whispered strategy, tactical maneuvering, and a final showdown, ...
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,..
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 ...
By a man who set out to make America great again – and burned billions along the way. It was one of those scenes that have become routine in Trump’s second term: a warehouse ...
He came to Washington wielding a chainsaw – both metaphorically and politically. Elon Musk, multi-entrepreneur, billionaire, and self-declared government reformer, entered the political stage with the swagger of a man who believes everything can be solved ...
It was a statement with political explosiveness – and it was made not in Beijing, but in Washington: On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States would begin revoking the visas of Chinese ...
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on Thursday that a multibillion-dollar oil railroad project in the state of Utah may proceed - despite massive environmental concerns, despite open climate consequences, despite everything ...
It was a ruling spoken softly – yet its impact echoes loudly: On May 29, 2025, U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Trump administration from banning Harvard University from ...
Washington, May 29, 2025 – A federal court in New York delivered a serious legal setback to President Donald Trump on Wednesday: His attempt to impose sweeping tariffs on global imports by invoking the 1977 emergency powers law ...
It was a sentence straight out of a reality show – staged, over-the-top, yet shockingly real in its cynicism: “Your parents are going to be free and clean – I hope by tomorrow.” Spoken by Donald ...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches fighting against a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they consider sacred. The justices upheld lower court decisions that allow ...
A conversation with Jonathan Turner, former refugee aid worker in South Africa and USAID employee. Vermont/Washington – When the White House announced its new executive order on February 15, 2025, granting preferential entry to white South Africans, ...
It is a strike with surgical precision – and with an ideological scalpel. What President Donald Trump is doing to the Digital Equity Act is not an ordinary budget cut...
Republican Representative Glenn Gruenhagen of Minnesota is once again making headlines – not for legislation or meaningful contributions to education policy, but for a rhetorical smokescreen straight from the toolbox of the Christian right. ...
Our Encounter with the Protesters of Fargo. It was a clear, windy afternoon over the I-94, where the bridge stretches like a silent ribbon connecting two sides of a fractured city...
It begins with a number that is more than just a statistic: 150,000 people in Minnesota are at risk of losing their health insurance. What is dryly referred to as “budget consolidation” in the corridors of Washington means, in the lives ...
How Michigan’s Chicken Wars Aim to Tame Egg Prices. It is a fateful battle of feathers and fried eggs, an epic struggle between the dreams of fresh breakfast eggs and the steel walls of municipal bureaucracy...
How Trump and Musk Abandoned Kentucky to the Tornado. It was as if the sky itself was passing judgment. The tornado tore through Kentucky, ripping apart houses, ...
How Oklahoma Is Selling Conspiracy Theories About the 2020 Election as Knowledge to Students. The state of Oklahoma, once known for its solid educational standards, has taken a new path - one paved with misinformation...
It began as a picture. A harmless photo of seashells, randomly arranged on a beach. But in a world that loves madness, it became a call, a scandal, a threat...
It is a strike that brings the heartbeat of an entire state to a halt. On Friday morning, New Jersey woke to chaos, reflected in empty train platforms, long lines at bus stops, and desperate calls to ride-sharing services. Around 350,000 commuters ...
How Trump's ICE Agents Destroyed the Last Trust. It happened at the Sinclair gas station, at the intersection of Ventura Road and Wooley Boulevard in Oxnard, California - a place where people stop for a moment before moving on...
"From a nation slowly forgetting itself". Once upon a time, in the heart of the United States, six Republican men, dressed in pressed jackets and wearing antiquated smiles, ...
A Fight Against the Politics of Oppression. For centuries, the Osage Nation has fought for its sovereignty, its land, and its economic independence. However, with the recent decision by the Trump administration and the Department ...
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