Trump is already shopping for a midterms scapegoat
Losing an election is not a small thing when the person in charge is Donald Trump.
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Trump is already shopping for a midterms scapegoat
Losing an election is not a small thing when the person in charge is Donald Trump.
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Venezuela lets U.S. manage 65 billion barrels of oil
Venezuela has agreed to let the United States take control of 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves.
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A life plan can fit in a folder. A birth certificate. A marriage paper.
Read the full story →AOC’s DSA return lands right before 2028 chatter
The facts we do have are narrow. Ocasio-Cortez rejoined the Democratic Socialists of America after her membership lapsed in 2019.
Read the full story →63% of Americans worry socialism or communism is growing
A lot of American voters heard the word socialism or communism and felt their stomach tighten.
Read the full story →Mark Gordon wants an inquiry into DOJ monitors calling it “aggressive”
That sequence matters, even if the underlying facts are still disputed.
Read the full story →Trump hush money move blocked in federal court
A federal judge denied President Donald Trump’s request to move his New York state criminal hush money case to federal court.
Read the full story →A Honduran man in Los Angeles faces felony voter registration charges
A voter registration arrest in Los Angeles is the kind of case that can turn a normal election year into a tense one fast.
Read the full story →Dana Nessel says Democrats could push Jewish voters out
Antisemitism is already the kind of label that sticks.
Read the full story →A judge blocked a mail-in voting rule tied to Trump
Mail-in ballots are still supposed to be possible in the U.S., even after a federal judge stepped in to stop the government from rolling out a rule aimed at.
Read the full story →Venezuela lets U.S. manage 65 billion barrels of oil
Venezuela has agreed to let the United States take control of 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves.
Read the full story →Measles hit a 35-year high, and vaccination can’t wait
What makes this moment more uncomfortable is that the issue is not new. Measles is a preventable disease.
Read the full story →Todd Blanche may push voter-roll fights to the Supreme Court
Access to state voter rolls is the kind of thing most people do not think about day to day. Yet it touches a nerve that never stays quiet for long.
Read the full story →James Talarico says faith has a place in Texas politics, and Republicans hate it
Talarico is not running as a Democrat who hides his values. He is running as a Democrat who names them.
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