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Fleeing Texas Was the Only Way Democrats Could Block Trump’s Plan to Rig the Midterms

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On Sunday evening, Texas House Democrats made the fateful decision to flee the state to block Republicans from quickly passing a new Trump-ordered redistricting plan that could give Republicans up to five new seats in the US House, rigging the midterms before a single vote has been cast. It’s a risky and expensive strategy for […]

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This $50 Billion Band-Aid Won’t Save Rural Health Care

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In January 2021, 70-mile-per-hour winds ripped through the High Plains, from Eastern Colorado to Western Kansas, and enveloped a portion of Interstate 70 in a deluge of dust and debris that suddenly blinded drivers. The result was predictable: multiple pileups of cars and semi-trucks, with more than two dozen people injured amid tons of crushed […]

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Congressional Dems Sue After Being Turned Away from ICE Facilities

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Over and over again, Democratic members of Congress have attempted to enter Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities to investigate the conditions inside—and again and again they have been turned away, even though federal law guarantees them access to ICE detention facilities in order to conduct oversight. The Trump administration’s decision to keep lawmakers out created […]

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Trump Team’s Plans to Exploit Public Lands Follow the Blueprint of Reagan’s Interior Secretary

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This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Since his January inauguration, Donald Trump has unleashed a bonfire of deregulatory concessions and promises to privatize natural resources for critical minerals mining, energy development, logging, and suburban sprawl. Federal lands, natural resources, and the […]

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Science Moms’ Bipartisan Mission: Educate Other Mothers About Climate Change

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This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The devastating flood that swept through Camp Mystic in Texas this month is every parent’s worst nightmare. Hours or days of fear and uncertainty, feeling powerless to help, and, for the families of the 27 campers and […]

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How a Rich Dad’s Obsession With the Estate Tax Nearly Tore His Family Apart

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Amid the rancor and rhetoric of the fight over the “big, beautiful bill,” we heard many a story about Americans likely to suffer as a result of it—families who might lose access to elder care and food stamps and homes and health insurance and other important things. Largely missing were insiders’ views of the kinds […]

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As Palantir Cashes In on Trump 2.0, Peter Thiel Is Bankrolling Republicans Again

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In 2023, Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech titan and investor, issued a proclamation: He would not make political donations in 2024 to any candidate, including Donald Trump, whom he had backed in 2016. Now, after sitting out the 2024 election cycle, Thiel is back in the game. He has quietly donated more than $850,000 this […]

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Did Christian Nationalist Leaders Prompt Mike Johnson’s Epstein Flip-Flop?

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On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, in a departure from his previous calls for transparency, announced that he would not ask for a vote on whether the files pertaining to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein should be released. Only a week before, on the right-wing podcast “The Benny Show,” he had said, “It’s a very […]

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Six Months in, Trump Has Made American Life Immeasurably Worse

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Sunday marked six months of President Donald Trump’s return to office. To celebrate, he and top Republicans kicked the hagiography into full gear. “Today is Six Month Anniversary of my Second Term. Importantly, it’s being hailed as one of the most consequential periods of any President,” Trump claimed in a Truth Social rant. House Speaker […]

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Thanks to Congress, Puerto Ricans Will Struggle Even More to Feed Their Families

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The island imports more than 80 percent of its food, and residents already face rising prices and supply chain issues.

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Trump Reaches a Breaking Point Over Epstein Files

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President Donald Trump seems unfamiliar with the Streisand effect, the phenomenon of inadvertently drawing more attention to an issue by trying to make it go away. The president on Wednesday unleashed another rant on Truth Social, claiming, without evidence, that Democrats are behind the uproar over the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Referring […]

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Republicans Decry Canada Wildfire Smoke After Passing “the Most Anti-Environment Bill”

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A group of Republican lawmakers has complained that smoke from Canadian wildfires is ruining summer for Americans, just days after voting for a major bill that will cause more of the planet-heating pollution that is worsening wildfires. In a letter sent to Canada’s ambassador to the US, […]

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