The executive counsel at the fossil fuel behemoth ExxonMobil is leaving his role to join the Trump Justice Department’s newly renamed Energy and Natural Resources Division, a move one watchdog organization said shows that “Big Oil’s capture of the US government is now complete.”

The Pacific Ocean is currently "running a fever," with marine heat waves covering over 30% of the global ocean—a three-fold increase since the 1980s. Thom Hartmann breaks down the alarming science behind these heat domes and their connection to super typhoons, wildfires across Europe and the US, and extreme weather events.

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was admitted to the hospital on June 14th and since then his team has not said anything about why he was admitted and what his current condition is. His absence remains a mystery with the Senate set to return on Monday.

History shows that police states aren't declared: they're assembled piece by piece, until one day ordinary people realize the freedoms they once took for granted have quietly disappeared…

Thom Hartmann covers six urgent stories that define the current political landscape.

President Donald Trump denied disaster aid to four Democratic-led states in a move that is raising new questions about whether he’s injecting political motivations into emergency management decisions.

They don't agree on politics, but they do agree that the American Dream is slipping away, and that could change everything…

Thom Hartmann investigates the mystery surrounding Senator Mitch McConnell’s absence from the Senate and what it means for Kentucky voters.

The Justice Department has sent letters to election officials across the country warning of possible criminal prosecution over voter roll compliance, prompting criticism from some state officials and renewed debate over federal authority in election administration.

The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a legal petition demanding it set limits on toxic Pfas (“forever chemicals”) in food, marking another setback for public health advocates’ push to limit exposures to the dangerous compounds.

Trump's latest Red Scare recycles one of America's oldest political tricks: invent an internal enemy to distract voters from the policies reshaping the country…

In this edition of the Commonwealth Report, Thom Hartmann explores a series of critical stories impacting democracy and the working class.

Thom Hartmann breaks down the latest escalation as Donald Trump declares the ceasefire with Iran is over, bypassing Congress to engage in a conflict that is already impacting the global economy.

During his race for the White House, President Trump pledged to expand Second Amendment rights nationwide. Now his administration is taking major steps to roll back gun restrictions put into place for public safety.

Thom's new book, Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told, is out today, and it plainly lays out why so much has gone wrong in this country since the Reagan Revolution and how the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision came about.