Trump Assigns His Former Defense Attorney to the ‘Find Charges to Bring Against Leticia James’ Beat

Former Trump defense attorney Lindsey Halligan was reportedly sworn in as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of ...

Poor, Conservative School Districts Are Getting Hit Hard By the GOP’s Funding Freeze

Also frozen: free after-school care the district provides for about 250 children throughout the school year — the only ...

House Passes Funding Plan With No Concessions to Dems, Leaving Senate in Deadlock

The impasse the Senate is left with is similar to what happened last March: Senate Republicans, who are in control of the ...
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The Age of Monsters

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Nancy Mace Can Thank John Roberts for Keeping Her Congressional Seat Safe

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State Lawmakers Are Getting Arrested at Detention Centers and Yelling at Masked ICE Agents. Good.

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Trump Poised to Fire US Attorney for Not Indicting Letitia James

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‘Not Life or Death for Us’: DC Officials Push for Budget Fix in CR or Out of It

“That language needs to be adopted by Congress,” he said of the forward-looking guarantee, “but the CR is not life or death for us.” He pointed to the CR’s inclusion of that language as evidence that ...

Republicans Could Stop Trump’s Tariffs, But Keep Voting to Make Themselves Powerless

If Congress wanted to push back against President Donald Trump’s tariffs, it could have done so at any time by voting to end ...
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Republicans Kill Attempt to Subpoena FCC Chair After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension

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