Several National Weather Service offices in Texas are considerably understaffed.
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Trump Dodges Questions on Texas Floods, National Weather Service Cuts Read Post »
Portland’s attempts in 2020 to fight back against the deployment of federal agents offers lessons about what to expect.
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LA Protests Seem to Show That Courts Won’t Stand in the Way of Trump’s Agenda Read Post »
“Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.” Donald Trump has made clear what he thinks of journalists and what should happen to us: Thrown in jail and raped, “sued like never before,” investigated for treason, “taken off the air.” Once he reassuringly noted that “I would never kill them, but I do hate […]
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Good Night and Good Luck Read Post »
On July 4, tragedy struck Texas. A flash flood cresting at more than 20 feet killed at least 70 people across six counties in central Texas, according to reports. Most of the damage was concentrated in Kerr County, a region about 125 miles west of Austin. There, the dead include 21 children and 11 who […]
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Tragedy Strikes Texas, and Some Experts Blame Trump Cuts for Devastation Read Post »
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave Thursday, an agency spokesperson confirmed, after they signed a “Stand Up for Science” petition using their official titles and EPA positions. The affected employees received an email, shared […]
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EPA Workers Speak Up for Public Health. Then Trump Officials Sent Them Home. Read Post »
After leaving DC, with his business empire suffering, his relationship with President Donald Trump fractured, and his DOGE efforts deemed broadly unpopular, Elon Musk is not quietly retreating to his Texas compound of pronatalists’ dreams. Instead, he announced on Saturday in a post on X that he will launch a new, third political party called […]
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Elon Musk is Back in Politics With the New America Party Read Post »
UFC President and CEO Dana White has donated at least $1 million to Trump’s campaign coffers.
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Critics Call Trump’s Proposed White House UFC Match Pure “Idiocracy” Read Post »
No matter the strategy, the goal is the same: avoid potential federal audits, funding cuts, and closures.
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Schools Are Going Underground to Avoid Trump’s Immigration Dragnet Read Post »
The massive piece of legislation to which President Donald Trump has just attached his legacy allocates $170 billion for immigration and border enforcement over the next four years—including $45 billion to expand the detention of immigrants to fulfill his campaign promise of mass deportations. It will make ICE the best-funded federal law enforcement agency in […]
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We Asked Trump’s Former Prisons Chief How $45 Billion Will Reshape Immigrant Detention Read Post »
Remember when Congress banned TikTok? A bipartisan majority passed a law last year to ban the massively popular social media platform due to the national security implications of its control by the Chinese government. President Joe Biden signed it into law, and in January the Supreme Court upheld the law. And yet, TikTok is still […]
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Trump Claims the Power to Nullify the Law Read Post »
A handful of states are using DOGE initiatives to push ahead with cuts conservatives have been wanting for decades.
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Red States Follow DOGE’s Lead, Slashing Services to Fund Giveaways to the Rich Read Post »
On the 249 anniversary of the country’s declaration of independence from tyranny, the Trump administration was in court asking a judge to let it send eight men to South Sudan, a war-torn country where they face a significant possibility of torture or death. The government wished to subject these men, and then untold thousands more, […]
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Trump Is Now Free to Send Immigrants to “Third Countries” Read Post »
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