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Minhaj headlines the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, while Bee hosts the Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

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Follow along as Truthdig covers Monday’s demonstration in Washington, D.C.

By Robert Parry / Consortiumnews Trump had a chance for a transformational presidency, but his decisions in his first 100 days in office have put him on an almost irreversible path to failure.

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Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer remarks on what the newspaper conspicuously leaves out of its commentary on the former president’s speaking fees.

By Steven Harper / Moyers and Company The president promised to be a transformational leader. It wasn’t an idle threat.

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org After more than 100 days into his presidency, it seems fair to ask.

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment The U.S. president is in the position of trying to separate and make peace among two American allies, one of them a major military power and NATO member, the other a rag tag band of leftist Kurds.

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network The population of inland American cities will alter drastically if predictions of dramatic sea level rises by 2100 are correct, a new report suggests.

Heading the mindless generals, economists, bankers and politicians is the King of the Idiots, who victimizes the mass of Americans between tweets.

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Organizers believe this year’s turnout, reflecting concerns about and defiance of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, will be the biggest in over a decade.

Barrett Brown, pictured here in 2007, gave interviews to Vice and other outlets and was about to do an interview for PBS when he was re-arrested last week. (Karen Lancaster) Journalist Barrett Brown is once again in police custody after being arrested last Thursday. Alex Emmons of The Intercept—a publication for which Brown, a prominent figure in the fight for press freedom, recently wrote dispatches from prison—reported that Brown had been taken into custody again one day prior to a scheduled interview with PBS. Читать дальше...