The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said parts of the bill are a “a backdoor way for privatizing Social Security.”
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Chief Actuary Says GOP Budget Will Accelerate Depletion of Social Security Funds Read Post »
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A wildfire that has closed the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park raged out of control over the weekend and is now the largest currently burning in the country. The Dragon Bravo fire has burned more than […]
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The Massive Grand Canyon Fire Is Burning Out of Control Read Post »
On July 24, US Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Latina Democrat from Houston, traveled to Austin to testify before the Texas House against the mid-decade congressional redistricting plan pushed by Donald Trump that was designed to give Republicans five new seats in the US House. Garcia said Republicans were motivated not just by political expediency, but […]
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The Nation’s Landmark Voting Rights Law Just Turned 60. It May Not Survive Trump. Read Post »
An old-fashioned Western showdown is happening in Texas right now. On one side you have Texas House Democrats who fled the state over the weekend to stop Texas Republicans from carrying out Trump’s orders to redraw the state’s maps. And Texas governor Greg Abbott who is very, very upset about it all. As of this writing, […]
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The Knock-Down, Drag-‘Em-Out Texas Redistricting Showdown Heats Up Read Post »
Energy Transfer is battling a federal pipeline safety agency after being fined $2.5 million for a deadly accident.
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Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Top Fossil Fuel Donor to Trump’s War Chest Read Post »
Rep. James Comer subpoenaed the DOJ and former and current federal officials, including former President Bill Clinton.
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House Committee Subpoenas DOJ’s Epstein Files Read Post »
ICE agents are abducting people at their immigration appointments, spreading terror throughout New York.
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Civil Rights Groups Sue to Stop ICE Abductions in New York Courthouses Read Post »
Since resuming office, President Donald Trump has sought to rewrite American history, rejecting any signs of historical division and exalting some of the nation’s most notorious oppressors. On Monday, the latest chapter of this quest unfolded: The National Park Service (NPS) announced that officials will restore and reinstall a Washington, DC, statue of a Confederate […]
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Trump Will Restore a Confederate Monument in the Nation’s Capital Read Post »
Economist Dean Baker says Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner is a “four alarm fire.”
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Trump Doesn’t Like Jobs Numbers, Fires Head of Labor Stats Read Post »
For the past 30 years, former Graham County, Arizona, sheriff Richard Mack has been railing against federal overreach and warning of encroaching governmental tyranny. As an antidote to this threat to freedom and liberty, Mack, who hasn’t actually been a sheriff since 1997, founded the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association in 2011. Its mission […]
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Far-Right Militias Adored the Constitution. Then Came Trump. Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early July, the Bureau of Land Management quietly announced plans to trade away 2 million acres of public land along Alaska’s Dalton Highway. The immense stretch of boreal forest totters into tundra, an area almost three times the size of Rhode […]
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The Conservative Nature Lovers Trying to Nudge Trump in the Right Direction Read Post »
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