Two journalists trace how excess caution led the DOJ to refuse to prosecute Trump allies’ 2020 election interference.
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How Biden’s Justice Department Failed to Investigate Trump’s First Term Crimes Read Post »
“There is no excuse that justifies” not utilizing “every resource available” to fund SNAP, one critic said.
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Trump Will Fund Only Half of SNAP Benefits, Leaving Millions Short on Food Read Post »
One Tuesday night in April, Mikaela Levons, head of development at Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a criminal and racial justice nonprofit, had just wrapped up a phone call and was preparing to cook dinner for her kids when an email landed in her inbox. It came from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) at the […]
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How Trump’s DOJ Wiped Out a Pioneering Anti-Violence Nonprofit Read Post »
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on almost every nation on earth, in ever-changing amounts, whenever he feels like it. Legally, this is a case about any number of complicated questions and legal doctrines, including the president’s ability to declare emergencies under the International […]
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The Tariffs Case Is About Power and Loyalty on the Right 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 »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last June, record flooding swept through the rural town of Rock Valley, Iowa. As the wall of water began to overtake Chelsie Ver Mulm’s 10-acre plot of land, she rushed into action, rapidly evacuating her family’s gaggle of cows, sheep, […]
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For at Least One Small Iowa Rancher, This Shutdown May Prove the Final Straw Read Post »
They are anticipating that vast structural changes will ultimately keep them in power, regardless of how they legislate.
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Amid Government Shutdown, Republicans Are Showing Us What Autocracy Looks Like 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 »
In 2025, the share of total US assets owned by the wealthiest 0.1 percent reached its highest level on record.
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US’s 10 Richest People Have Gained Nearly $700B in Wealth Since Trump Reelection Read Post »
Trump has baselessly asserted that other countries are testing weapons — a claim contradicted by monitoring groups.
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Trump’s Push to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing Rests on Falsehoods Read Post »
The move is a “perverted interpretation of a rule that stops grocers from price gouging SNAP recipients,” said a critic.
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USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can’t Give Discounts to SNAP Recipients Read Post »
In a wide-ranging Sunday night interview on CBS News’s “60 Minutes,” President Donald Trump put his desire for unchecked power on full display. He bragged to correspondent Norah O’Donnell that, thanks to the Insurrection Act of 1792, he can invade your city whenever he wants. He said immigration raids—including acts of police violence such as […]
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Trump Brags He Could Invade Your City Whenever He Wants Read Post »
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