Republicans in Texas are poised to become the first in the nation to redraw their maps at the president’s behest.
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“Fight the Trump Takeover” Protests Spread Nationwide Read Post »
Ken Paxton’s path to becoming one of the conservative movement’s most powerful lawyers is littered with the sort of obstacles that might have brought a more reputable politician down. The third-term Texas attorney general is a law enforcement official whose own staff reported him to law enforcement; a former state representative who was later impeached […]
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Ken Paxton Is Beating John Cornyn…In a Race to the Bottom Read Post »
On Monday night, President Donald Trump announced his new pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after firing the previous commissioner and baselessly alleging that recently released poor jobs numbers were “rigged.” Trump’s pick for the post is EJ Antoni, a conservative economist at the Heritage Foundation and a longtime critic of the […]
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Trump Taps Project 2025 Architect Who Wants to Do Away With the Jobs Report to Run BLS Read Post »
A new class-action lawsuit filed by a coalition of immigration advocacy groups alleges that undocumented immigrants have been detained in “crowded, squalid, and punitive conditions” in New York City. The complaint paints a bleak picture of life inside the holding facility, confirming details previously published in articles by Gothamist and the New York Times, which […]
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No Showers, Sleeping on Concrete Floors: The “Squalid” Conditions for Immigrants in NYC Read Post »
Two months after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, in June 2022, Idaho’s trigger ban outlawing most abortions—one of the strictest nationwide—took effect. The fallout soon made headlines. The Biden-era Department of Justice sued, alleging that the Idaho ban violated a federal law that required hospitals to stabilize people who arrived in their emergency […]
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Idaho Lost One in Three OB/GYNs After Its Abortion Ban Read Post »
For years, Republicans have sought to consolidate power at the state and federal level by controlling the redistricting process through which congressional boundaries are drawn. In places such as Wisconsin and Ohio, they have crafted cartoonishly distorted districts that have literally drawn Democrats out of power. But the longstanding battle between Republicans and Democrats over […]
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How Democrats Plan to Battle the GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab Read Post »
“You cannot rely on the government,” Lily Tang Williams told me last year, shortly after Election Day. “You have to rely on your communities. You have to rely on yourself.” The week before, Tang Williams had gone viral when she slammed her Democratic opponent, Maggie Goodlander, for being a multimillionaire who couldn’t understand the working […]
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She Survived the Cultural Revolution. Now She’s Fighting “Communists” in New Hampshire. Read Post »
Texas is on its way to gerrymandering its own gerrymander. On Saturday, Republicans on the state house of representatives’ redistricting committee approved a new plan to add five Republican seats—part of a radical mid-decade scheme to help Republicans keep control of the US House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections. The plan could go […]
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Texas Is Moving Forward With Its Radical Redistricting Plan Read Post »
During the 2025 Grammy Awards—the same night he made outdated quips about Colombian cocaine when speaking about Shakira—host Trevor Noah joked that 13,000 members of the Recording Academy had voted for the night’s winners—before adding, “and 20 million illegal immigrants.” The joke led to massive backlash online and an eyeroll from Doechii on the night. […]
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Anti-Immigrant Language Is Rising—Even on the Left Read Post »
Sen. Ron Johnson is one of the richest members of Congress, with a net worth of tens of millions of dollars.
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Ron Johnson: Stock Trading Ban Would Make It “Unattractive” to Be in Congress Read Post »
Other bills would undermine public defense, eliminate the Innocence Inquiry Commission, and take away clemency.
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NC House GOP Pushes Bill to Bringing Back Electric Chair, Implement Firing Squad Read Post »
This story is published in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. In Minnesota, two tenants, the parents of a young autistic son, were told that they would be evicted. The reason? One neighbor had repeatedly complained about noise stemming from the child’s behavior, though it was nothing constant nor pervasive, according to […]
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Eviction Fears, Disability Discrimination, and Trump’s War on Fair Housing Read Post »
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