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DOJ Reverses Grant Cancellations For Crime Victim Support

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The Department of Justice has restored two previously canceled grants supporting victims of violent crimes, including domestic violence, following a Mother Jones report on Thursday that highlighted the critical roles the programs played for survivors. The DOJ informed the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) and the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) […]

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Pam Bondi Cuts “Wasteful” Funds to Support Victims of Violent Crime

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On Tuesday night, Claire Ponder Selib, executive director of the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA), received an email from the Office of Justice Programs at the Department of Justice (DOJ) that left her devastated. The message informed her that a federal grant that supported a pilot program to train victim advocates who staff domestic violence […]

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Abortions Are Rising—Even After Dobbs. A New Book Explains Why.

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New data released this week reaffirmed a seemingly paradoxical reality of the post-Roe v. Wade era: Abortion rates have continued to rise despite the increasing restrictions nationwide.  The latest data, compiled by the abortion rights research and policy organization the Guttmacher Institute, shows that throughout 2024, clinicians provided more than one million abortions in states […]

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Trump Keeps Falsely Claiming Ukraine Started the War With Russia

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On Sunday night, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired an interview featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who once again deplored the fact that US officials have been promoting Russian disinformation about the war between the two countries. By Monday morning, President Donald Trump proved his point once more. Through a translator, Zelenskyy told 60 Minutes Correspondent Scott […]

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When It Comes to Tariffs Trump Officials Can’t Get Their Message Straight

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The Trump administration’s only consistency with its tariff policy has been its inconsistency. On April 2—a day President Donald Trump dubbed “Liberation Day”—the president announced a baseline 10 percent tariff, but rates much higher than that on countries all over the world. The methodology used to calculate the seemingly haphazard rates was generally considered by […]

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Bernie Sanders Spoke at Coachella and the Crowd Went Wild

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On Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made a surprise pit stop while on the road for his “fighting oligarchy” tour with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) across the West. He appeared at the Coachella annual music festival. Sanders took the stage to introduce the singer Clairo, whom he praised for standing up for reproductive rights and […]

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Inside Trump’s Federal “Probie” Purge

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On Wednesday, S.W., an award-winning probationary worker at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), spent the day crying in bed.  S.W., who is being identified by her initials due to fear of retaliation for speaking out, is one of more than 24,000 federal probationary employees, those who have been in their jobs for […]

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Don’t Believe RFK Jr.’s Flip-Flop on the Measles Vaccine

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is trying to have it both ways when it comes to the measles vaccine. In his first sit-down interview in his role as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—which was taped Tuesday and aired on CBS News Wednesday morning—Kennedy claimed to endorse the vaccine after a record […]

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