July 17, 2025
Five years ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.
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Five years ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.
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After years of covering Donald J.
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Without any explanation, the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court yesterday granted a stay on a lower court’s order that the Trump administration could not gut the Department of Education while the issue is in the courts.
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Trump appointees insist they have a “mandate” to drive undocumented immigrants out of the U.S.
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This weekend saw the development of an extraordinary rift in MAGA world.
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On July 5, the day after the Texas floods hit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) received 3,027 calls from survivors and answered 3,018 of them, about 99.7%, according to Maxine Joselow of the New York Times. But that day, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not renew the contracts for four call center companies that answered those calls. The staff at the centers were fired. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or about 35.8%. On Monday, July 7, FEMA received 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, around 15.9%.
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A picture tonight as we celebrate a family wedding this weekend.
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