Saturday, May 10, 2025
■ The Week in Review
The second Trump administration "has thrown agencies into chaos, disrupting critical services provided across our nation," the coalition behind the lawsuit said, welcoming the temporary restraining order.
By Jessica Corbett • May 10, 2025
"What we are seeing now is a slow, brutal process of mass starvation and death by the denial of basic necessities," the senator said, calling for an end to U.S. complicity in the humanitarian disaster.
By Jessica Corbett • May 8, 2025
"We can agree or disagree on Fetterman's politics," wrote one journalist, "but I don't see how anyone can look at what's happening on a human level... and not think that the best thing for him would be to resign."
By Eloise Goldsmith • May 8, 2025
The judge questioned administration attorneys in a hearing on whether the White House has "constructive custody" of nearly 140 Venezuelan men it sent to El Salvador.
By Julia Conley • May 8, 2025
"We are the guardrails now," said the advocacy group Free Speech for People. "Trump can't hide from this movement, and neither can our lawmakers."
By Jake Johnson • May 8, 2025
"The glaring conflict of interest inherent in this pressure to preference a Musk-owned company is disgusting," said Public Citizen co-president Lisa Gilbert.
By Jake Johnson • May 8, 2025
"Donald Trump's tariffs mean you could suffer higher prices and lose your job AT THE SAME TIME," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
By Jessica Corbett • May 7, 2025
"Poor people will pay more for healthcare so rich people can get tax cuts. Sometimes the stakes are pretty simple."
By Jake Johnson • May 7, 2025
"Their playbook is clearly to break Social Security so they can justify further cuts and privatization," one labor leader warned.
By Jessica Corbett • May 6, 2025
"Sunlight remains the best disinfectant for falsehoods," said one open government advocate.
By Julia Conley • May 6, 2025
"Donald Trump wants to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to throw himself a big fancy parade with tanks in the streets," said one organizer. "This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook."
By Jake Johnson • May 6, 2025
One critic said the Salvadoran president "wants to silence" the acclaimed digital news site El Faro "because they're shattering the myths of the Bukele administration."
By Brett Wilkins • May 5, 2025
