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Democrats look for ways to oppose Trump administration's changes

Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday criticized what they called the Trump administration’s “extreme” efforts to reshape the U.S. government, vowing...

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62 Democrats Join 207 Republicans in Vote to Conceal Gaza Death Toll

The House of Representatives has voted to effectively conceal the death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza. On Thursday, lawmakers voted 269-144 on an...

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Alito’s Dissent in Emergency Abortion Case Provides “Building Blocks” for More Extreme Bans

Where abortion is concerned, it appears there is at least one thing on which ideological opposites Justices Samuel Alito and Ketanji Brown Jackson...

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The Supreme Court’s Latest Power Grab: Regulatory Oversight

This week, the Supreme Court truly delivered when it comes to hobbling oversight over securities fraud, pollution, and other regulatory matters. In...

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Yes, you still have to pay your student loans if the Department of Education is eliminated, legal expert says—what borrowers should know

President Donald Trump is taking steps to eliminate the Department of Education. Since Trump returned to office there have been major cuts to the...

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More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence submitted its 6,700-page “torture report” about the CIA to the White House in April 2014. More than...

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Obama Killed a 16-Year-Old American in Yemen. Trump Just Killed His 8-Year-Old Sister.

In 2010, President Obama directed the CIA to assassinate an American citizen in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki, despite the fact that he had never been...

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History’s Lessons on Anti-Immigrant Extremism

Even Donald Trump’s recent assertion that he would use executive action to abolish birthright citizenship has a historical link to the Chinese...

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Every Democrat Other Than Joe Biden Is Unburdened by What Has Been

President Joe Biden has an electability problem. To counter that reality — evident for months but put on the spotlight by a dismal debate...

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Please Skip the Inauguration, Madam Vice President (and Everybody)

These freakish and unqualified cabinet picks, from RFK Jr. to Matt Gaetz to Tulsi Gabbard, show that Trump is clowning you.

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