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The Wheels Come Off Trump’s Attempt To Pass A ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill
The true extent of the confusion between the Trump White House and Republicans in Congress on Trump’s fiscal agenda came ...
Inside One Venezuelan’s Last-Minute Escape From a Flight to CECOT
Matos sat for a credible fear interview in support of a last-ditch attempt to save his asylum claim. That was denied, opening ...
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
For more than two months, the Trump administration has been subject to a federal court order stopping it from cutting funding related to gender identity and the provision of gender-affirming care in ...
Republicans Persist In Newest Voter Suppression Fad Despite Evidence That It Hurts Their Constituents Too
Cut to 2024 when Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, a Republican, discovered a glitch in the voter database — nearly ...
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Another Judge Finds Trump Did Not Validly Invoke Alien Enemies Act Against Alleged Gang
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3 Prosecutors Resign Over DOJ’s Highly Irregular Move In Police Brutality Case In LA
Three career prosecutors resigned from the Justice Department over a highly unusual post-verdict plea agreement struck by the ...
A Judge Finally Rules Trump Can’t Apply Alien Enemies Act To Alleged Gang Members In The First Place
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Republicans Dodge Even Basic Questions On Medicaid Cut Plans: ‘Decisions Haven’t Been Made’
House Republicans’ work of making sweeping cuts to Medicaid — the social safety net program that provides health care ...
Trump Allies Sue John Roberts To Give White House Control Of Court System
Close allies of President Trump are asking a judge to give the White House control over much of the federal court system. In ...
Trump Allies Prep Plan To Make DOGE Seem Like A Good, Normal, Law-Abiding Operation
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) gestures as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) looks on while departing the U.S. Capitol ...
Trump Got Tired Of Waiting On GOP Lawmakers To Decide Whether To Relinquish Their Authority
A few weeks after Signalgate (the first), National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is out, shuffled over to UN Ambassador. Good ...