On this Veterans Day, while Americans honor those who served our democracy, we're tracking a president who continues to dismantle accountability for those who attacked it. Today's newsletter is dominated by Trump's sweeping use of executive power to shield allies from consequences—issuing pardons

One year ago today, America woke up to the reality of a second Trump term—and this anniversary finds us at a critical inflection point. While the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of Trump's sweeping tariff regime, the former-and-future president is simultaneously strong-arming Senate Republicans to eliminate the

While you were sleeping, the cruelty became the point—again. Donald Trump announced he's holding SNAP benefits hostage until the government shutdown ends, weaponizing food assistance for millions of Americans as a bargaining chip in his latest power play. Let that sink in: families who depend on these

You're waking up to a second Trump administration that isn't fumbling its way through governance—it's executing a playbook written years in advance. Today's newsletter exposes the disturbing reality behind the National Guard deployments we're witnessing: these aren't