The U.S. Coast Guard recently announced changes to its policies concerning hate and harassment, relaxing its prohibitions against racist and antisemitic symbols. The changes have sparked outrage and condemnation, leading the Coast Guard to scramble to adjust or clarify its policies in the face of public opposition. Coast Guard weakens policies on display of hate […]
Written By Lexx Thornton President Donald Trump ignited a firestorm of controversy and drew immediate condemnation from Democratic leaders on Thursday after he reposted a message on his social media platform that explicitly called for the execution of Democratic lawmakers. The post, which President Trump amplified, urged him to “hang them” in reference to a
By Ben Kamisar The Democratic National Committee took out a $15 million loan in October, an unusually large amount of debt for this point in the political calendar, as the party looks to rebuild its brand and infrastructure under new leadership. New fundraising reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show the national party committee took out
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A Democratic congresswoman has been federally charged with stealing millions of dollars of federal disaster funds during the COVID-19 pandemic and using the money to fund her political campaign and line her own pockets. Now, the Florida Democrat is facing possible jail time, as well as expulsion from the House of Representatives, over the scheme
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President Donald Trump seems determined to fulfill a campaign promise to dismantle the Department of Education, which has operated for decades but drawn scrutiny from right-wing critics in recent years. Now, Trump is reassigning a number of major programs and offices from the department to other federal agencies, despite concerns that the moves may be
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — Seizing on allegations of federal law enforcement officials’ committing constitutional violations as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, Democrats have launched a new effort to allow civil rights claims against rogue agents. Lawmakers reintroduced legislation Tuesday that would ensure federal officials, including immigration agents and other law enforcement officers, can be sued individually for constitutional
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By Blaise Gainey, Andrew Schneider Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has quickly appealed to the Supreme Court a ruling that the redistricting passed by lawmakers at the urging of President Trump was based on racial gerrymandering. “Any claim that these maps are discriminatory is absurd and unsupported by the testimony offered during ten days of hearings,”
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By Bridget Bowman Chi Ossé, a member of the New York City Council, has filed paperwork to launch a primary challenge against House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. The campaign filing, first reported by Axios and filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission, notes Ossé is running as a Democrat in New York’s Brooklyn-based 8th District, which Jeffries has
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Two of the most high-profile figures in the MAGA movement, President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, have been publicly feuding. With the political breakup between the two splitting the MAGA base, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett — who has clashed with both GOP figures — has chimed in, offering advice for Greene and
By Luke Garrett Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., once one of President Trump’s strongest supporters in Congress, called his foreign policies “not America first positions” and said his recent attacks against her can “put my life in danger.” Greene and Trump have traded barbs in last few days over the future of the Make America
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