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DOGE Killed Dozens of Grants That Supported Women Workers

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President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to support women, grow jobs, and revive American manufacturing in his second term. But a recent round of cuts by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) appears to undermine all three of those supposed priorities. On Tuesday, the Department of Labor (DOL) terminated more than two dozen […]

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Trump Administration Erases School Shooting Victims at ATF Headquarters

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Jaime Guttenberg’s family should have been celebrating her college graduation this weekend. Her family has known that would not be happening ever since Feb. 14, 2018, when 14-year-old Jaime was one of the 17 people killed in the horrific mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. But what was always going […]

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Meet the 64-Year-Old Social Worker Who Was Booted From a Republican Town Hall

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Emily Feiner is not a diehard Democrat. The 64-year-old semi-retired social worker, who previously worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs, is not registered with either of the United States’ major political parties. Feiner has voted for Republicans in the past, she says. In the last presidential election, Feiner, who describes herself as a peace […]

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Trump Admits He’s Iffy On The Whole Due Process Thing

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It has long been evident from his actions that President Donald Trump does not respect the constitutional principle of due process. And now, he has admitted it himself. In an interview with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker of NBC News that aired on Sunday morning, Trump made clear that he does not concern himself […]

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Leading Catholics Condemn Trump Meme Depicting Himself as Pope

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The White House has dropped a new trolling tactic—and many Catholics are not laughing. Less than two weeks after the death of Pope Francis, on Friday, the White House reposted on X a seemingly AI-generated meme that Trump shared on Truth Social of himself as the pope. In the eyes of many Catholics, Trump, who […]

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Trump Ramps Up His Unpopular Immigration Crackdown

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President Donald Trump is continuing to prioritize his anti-immigration agenda despite multiple polls in recent days showing that most Americans disapprove of it. On Monday, the White House announced that Trump will sign two executive orders, one directing Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to draw up a list of […]

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Trump’s Poll Numbers Are Historically Awful

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So much for winning. New polls show that President Donald Trump’s approval rating has hit record lows as he nears the 100-day mark of his second term on Tuesday. An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll found that Trump has the lowest 100-day approval rating of any president in the past 80 years, with only 39 percent […]

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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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