In announcing his signature of the bill, Trump omitted his own connections to the alleged child sex trafficker.
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In a bombshell decision on Tuesday, a federal court in Texas blocked a new congressional map that was created after President Donald Trump demanded that the state redraw district lines to hand Republicans five new seats. “Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map,” wrote Jeffrey Brown, a Trump-appointed district court judge. His […]
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Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump’s Texas Gerrymander Read Post »
This story, a partnership between Grist, Inside Climate News, and Chicago-area public radio station WBEZ, is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Lead pipes are ubiquitous. At this point, no state has gotten rid of all of its toxic lead service lines, which pipe drinking water to homes and businesses. But some cities like Chicago, New York […]
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Federal Cash for Lead Pipe Replacement Isn’t Making It to Illinois Communities Read Post »
On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives will finally vote on the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act. If passed, the bill would force the Department of Justice to release all unclassified records related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking of minors, including flight logs, names of people and entities with ties to Epstein, sealed settlements, and […]
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How Many Republicans Will Defy Trump and Vote to Release the Epstein Files? Read Post »
Twenty-two Democratic senators joined almost all Republicans in voting against removing new THC restrictions.
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Hemp Farmers Say Provision in Bill Ending Shutdown Will Decimate Their Industry Read Post »
More Epstein files could, in theory, be coming soon. That’s because, at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson will finally swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who has promised to provide the final congressional signature on a discharge petition to force a vote on a bipartisan bill to release government files […]
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Mike Johnson Will Finally Swear In His Worst Nightmare Read Post »
On Monday night, the Senate passed a bill that marks the first step towards potentially reopening the government after the 42-day shutdown. For Democrats, the bill comes with a major cost: It does nothing to address the rapidly-approaching expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies which, according to health policy think tank KFF, will more […]
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Distraught, Betrayed, and Mad as Hell: Your Takes on the Shutdown Read Post »
On Tuesday, California voters passed Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional redistricting proposal in response to Texas Republicans’ gerrymandered map, by a sweeping 28-point margin. As I reported in October, high-profile Democratic politicians—including former President Barack Obama—were front and center in an advertising blitz to pass the measure, which would tilt five seats in the […]
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Racial Justice Campaigners Were Prop 50’s Army in the Field Read Post »
The Trump administration is thinking about your family. This may come as a surprise, given that dozens of states and a coalition of nonprofits, local governments, and religious groups had to sue to compel the Department of Agriculture to release funding Congress set aside to keep food assistance (SNAP benefits) flowing to America’s poorest during a crisis, like the ongoing shutdown. (The […]
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If the Trump Administration Wants More Babies, It Shouldn’t Let Poor Families Go Hungry Read Post »
The decision could shape whether the use of emergency powers to bypass Congress becomes a tool of routine governance.
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Supreme Court Tariffs Case Will Test Limits of Presidential Emergency Powers Read Post »
Reports say Trump identified airstrike targets in Venezuela despite no congressional authorization.
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Lawmakers Warn Trump Lacks Authority for Military Strikes Inside Venezuela Read Post »
Progressives have long warned that Republicans would scrap the filibuster if it interfered with their agenda.
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Trump Urges Senate GOP to Use “Nuclear Option” on Filibuster to End Shutdown Read Post »
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