My Son Is In Prison. This Common 4-Word Reaction From People Is Gut-Wrenchingly Insensitive.
They had come to arrest my 25-year-old son, Louie. It turns out to be both time-consuming and expensive to have an incarcerated son. I am in contact with many mothers of incarcerated sons through three Facebook groups, and I currently volunteer to lead support groups for mothers. With about 1 million mothers of incarcerated sons in this country, we need and deserve better care. Claire Greenberg is a pseudonym for the author, a psychotherapist and mother of an incarcerated son.
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March 29, 2025 13:03 UTC
HuffPost Back In White House Press Pool After Being Booted
After booting a HuffPost reporter out of the pool of journalists who follow the president last month, the White House reversed course on Friday. HuffPost White House reporter S.V. The White House press pool is responsible for tracking the president throughout the day and sending updates to the broader group of reporters who cover the president. Americans deserve fair and honest reporting on their president,” HuffPost editor-in-chief Whitney Snyder said at the time. “The White House must stop this cowardly behavior and restore HuffPost’s place in the press pool immediately.”Associated Press journalists testified in court on Friday as part of the storied news organization’s effort to overturn a White House ban on being able to cover events on its grounds.
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March 28, 2025 19:35 UTC
Trump Signs Order To Restore Racist Monuments, Remove 'Anti-America' Ideology
Big money interests are running the government — and influencing the news you read. While other outlets are retreating behind paywalls and bending the knee to political pressure, HuffPost is proud to be unbought and unfiltered. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again. We won't back down from our mission of providing free, fair news during this critical moment. For the first time, we're offering an ad-free experience to qualifying contributors who support our fearless journalism.
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March 28, 2025 13:11 UTC
'MAGA Junkie' Trump Voter Has Big Regrets After Losing Government Job In DOGE Purge
LOADING ERROR LOADINGA self-described “MAGA junkie” who voted for President Donald Trump last year told CNN she now regrets her decision after losing her job at the Treasury Department as part of the DOGE purge orchestrated by Elon Musk. “I cried,” Jennifer Piggott told the network. “It’s a really scary thing, and I was embarrassed.”She said targeting working-class Americans for layoffs “just doesn’t make sense” to her. “I expected more from President Donald Trump,” she told CNN. Like Piggott, she voted for Trump.
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March 28, 2025 13:11 UTC
I Spent My 20s Backpacking Around The World Instead Of Settling Down. This Is What Most People Don't Get.
I’m an adventure guide for an all-women’s travel company, which means I get to lead groups of incredible women on hiking, backpacking, surfing, rappelling, snorkeling and cultural trips around the world. I asked them, “How can I get your job?”Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementAnd that’s where my ride began — working part-time as an adventure guide at my university while earning my bachelor’s in psychology and communication. At 19, I traveled abroad for the first time, getting paid to guide the Landmannalaugar Trail, a 35-mile trek through Iceland’s backcountry. I watch the sunset from the top of one of America’s best mountains — all while getting paid — and I can’t help but feel sorry for the merry-go-round people. Katie Klos is an adventure guide and writer who leads trips around the world for the company Explorer Chick.
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March 28, 2025 12:00 UTC
Trump Turns Up The Heat On Greenland
In an interview with Vince Coglianese, Trump said a U.S. delegation was traveling to the territory this week “to let them know that we need Greenland for international safety and security.”Advertisement“We need it, we have to have it,” Trump said. Asked if he thinks the Greenlandic public would be on board with his plans, Trump said he wasn’t sure. This is not stopping Trump, who separately told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday that the U.S. “will go as far as we have to go” to get control of Greenland. “The tightened rhetoric is in every way far-fetched.”AdvertisementDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday called on the people of Greenland to stand firm. Support HuffPost Already contributed?
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March 27, 2025 18:05 UTC
Europe Lashes Out Over Trump's New Auto Tariffs With 'Cost Growth' Warning
AdvertisementThe head of Germany’s auto industry association, VDA, said the tariffs would weigh on car makers and every company in the deeply interwoven global supply chain “with negative consequences above all for consumers, including in North America.”“The consequences will cost growth and prosperity on all sides,” Hildegard Müller said in a statement. The U.S. is the biggest export destination for the European auto industry and in 2023, European automakers exported 56 billion euros worth of vehicles and parts to the U.S.. Europe’s auto industry supports 13.8 million jobs, or 6.1% of total EU employment. Any trouble in the auto industry would weigh on the European economy that did not grow at all in the last quarter of 2024 and just 0.9% for the entire year. Support HuffPost Already contributed? AdvertisementGerman auto association head Müller called for immediate negotiations between the EU and U.S. on a bilateral agreement that would offer “a forum to discuss the various tariff and non-tariff barriers for automobile products and could lead to a more balanced approach.”
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March 27, 2025 15:57 UTC
In Upset, Democrats Flip GOP-Held State Senate Seat In Pennsylvania
Big money interests are running the government — and influencing the news you read. While other outlets are retreating behind paywalls and bending the knee to political pressure, HuffPost is proud to be unbought and unfiltered. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again. We won't back down from our mission of providing free, fair news during this critical moment. For the first time, we're offering an ad-free experience to qualifying contributors who support our fearless journalism.
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March 26, 2025 22:16 UTC
War Plans Leak Reveals The Shocking Incompetence Of The Trump Administration
The messages, which The Atlantic first reported on Monday, discussed plans for strikes in Yemen, along with other sensitive national security matters. Here are some of the biggest takeaways from this national security failure:Using Signal To Discuss National Security IssuesThe Trump administration’s decision to use a third-party messaging app like Signal flies in the face of basic operational security measures. Repeated Denials That These Texts Weren’t ‘War Plans’ Fall FlatAfter Goldberg published his initial story saying Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz, accidentally added him to the Signal group, Trump’s team pushed back on the claim that they ever discussed war plans. “The Atlantic released the so-called ‘war plans’ and those ‘plans’ include: No names. And no classified information.”Advertisement“Those are some really shitty war plans,” Hegseth added.
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March 26, 2025 22:08 UTC
Trump Cuts Lawyer Funding For Unaccompanied Migrant Kids
Now, the legal representation funding is apparently being slashed altogether. The Office of Refugee Resettlement is housed within the Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for overseeing the care of unaccompanied migrant children, including in contracted shelters. By Monday, over 100 organizations involved in Acacia’s Unaccompanied Children Program signed onto a statement opposing the cut. AdvertisementThe cuts are just one of several steps the Trump administration has taken targeting undocumented youth. Advertisement“I’ve seen how, without a legal advocate representing their interests, unaccompanied children can really get lost,” Nick Cuneo, a doctor who has worked with unaccompanied children, said on the Amica call.
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March 26, 2025 12:44 UTC
Trump Signs Executive Order To Overhaul Federal Elections, Voter Registration
Big money interests are running the government — and influencing the news you read. While other outlets are retreating behind paywalls and bending the knee to political pressure, HuffPost is proud to be unbought and unfiltered. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again. We won't back down from our mission of providing free, fair news during this critical moment. For the first time, we're offering an ad-free experience to qualifying contributors who support our fearless journalism.
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March 26, 2025 10:41 UTC
Social Media Roasts The 'F' Out Of Trump Over New Fighter Jet Name
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March 25, 2025 23:28 UTC
Putin Had A 'Beautiful' Portrait Made Of Trump And Gave It To Him
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March 25, 2025 19:15 UTC
GOP Squabbling Shows Passing Trump’s Agenda Is Harder Than Doing Executive Orders
and his top deputies criticized Senate Republicans for not adopting the budget resolution that the House approved last month. In response, a Senate Republican aide noted the House has spent more time on recess than the Senate. The aide also pointedly noted the Senate has only taken one recess so far this year, while the House has taken three. AdvertisementJohnson has set a goal of passing a budget resolution unlocking a filibuster-free path for Trump’s agenda in both houses of Congress by April 7, ahead of a scheduled two-week Easter break. Senate Republicans would prefer to prioritize permanency for the already enacted tax cuts, which will expire at the end of the year if Congress doesn’t act.
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March 25, 2025 14:28 UTC
My Best Friend And I Stopped Talking For 5 Years. Then I Learned The Surprising Truth About Why She Cut Me Off.
Courtesy of Cara Danielle BrownSo when she texted me out of the blue — “would love to catch up soon” — I wasn’t sure how to feel. I wanted to talk to her, but I wasn’t sure I could forgive. I wasn’t sure she could either. I could tell she was uncomfortable, but she owned her part, too, stating she’d lost herself during wedding planning and felt she’d been selfish. I wasn’t sure.
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March 25, 2025 12:00 UTC