As Trump wages war on US cities, GOP-led states have swiftly passed an array of laws threatening their autonomy.
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Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments Read Post »
As the federal government enters the ninth day of a shutdown sparked by Congress’ failure to pass a continuing resolution which would fund the government for around two more months—with hundreds of thousands of workers going unpaid, federal loans to small businesses on hold, and the future of SNAP benefits at risk for coming months […]
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Brace For the Single Largest Spike in Health Insurance Premiums—Ever Read Post »
As the federal government enters the ninth day of a shutdown sparked by Congress’ failure to pass a continuing resolution which would fund the government for around two more months—with hundreds of thousands of workers going unpaid, federal loans to small businesses on hold, and the future of SNAP benefits at risk for coming months […]
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Brace for the Single Largest Spike in Health Insurance Premiums—Ever Read Post »
Republicans’ budget bill will stick Americans with thousands more in insurance costs while giving tax cuts to the rich.
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Sanders: Health Insurance Premiums Will Double for Millions Due to GOP Cuts Read Post »
On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump did something he has done many times before: He called for his perceived political enemies to be jailed. Taking to Truth Social, Trump declared that the mayor of Chicago, Democrat Brandon Johnson, “should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” “Governor Pritzker also!” Trump added. Trump’s post […]
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As Troops Invade Chicago, Trump Threatens to Jail the Mayor and Governor Read Post »
As Democrats and Republicans trade accusations over which party is responsible for the government shutdown, new polling suggests that President Donald Trump’s efforts to falsely claim—in social media posts, on television, on government agencies’ websites, and in internal directives to federal employees—that Democrats shut down the government because they want to provide “free health care […]
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Americans Aren’t Buying Trump’s Shutdown Blame Game Read Post »
If you’ve ever lived west of the Mississippi, you’ve probably mailed a tax return to the IRS service center in Ogden, Utah. Inside a sprawling campus near the city’s historic downtown, workers process millions of tax returns a year, plus nonprofit paperwork and enforcement actions. Before President Donald Trump took office in January, the IRS […]
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GOP officials have long sought to erode Democratic-led cities’ autonomy on abortion access, LGBTQ rights, and more.
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State GOP Officials Seize Trump’s “War on Crime” to Disempower Blue Cities Read Post »
Former Ohio state Sen. Kevin Coughlin—a self-described “husband, father, [and] small business owner”—is running to be the Republican nominee for Ohio’s 13th Congressional seat in the 2026 midterms. He promises to “put Ohio workers and their families first,” according to his campaign website. “Never politicians, lobbyists, or special interests.” What Coughlin doesn’t say is that […]
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Meet the Ohio Lobbyist Running Against Lobbyists Read Post »
The resolution was introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace, who has repeatedly attacked Omar for her faith and Somalian origin.
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GOP Censure of Ilhan Omar Fails by One Vote After Democrats Maneuver Against It Read Post »
Since the murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk last week in Utah, the state’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox, has won plaudits for his general moderation. In his press conferences and TV appearances, he was perhaps the lone member of his party to remind Americans that the person most responsible for killing Kirk was the young […]
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For the past several years, Matthew Boedy, an English professor at the University of North Georgia, has been working on a book about the Christian nationalist aims of the conservative powerhouse group Turning Point USA and its late founder, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. In his forthcoming book, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan […]
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His Book on Charlie Kirk Was About to Come Out. Then His Subject Was Murdered. Read Post »
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