Trump Critic Louise Lucas Indicted as DOJ Ignores Election-Year Guidelines
“I spent my life fighting back, and I'm not stopping now,” said Virginia State Sen. Louise Lucas.
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Trump’s Justice Department Ditches Civil Rights and School Desegregation Cases
“Walking away from them doesn’t mean the discrimination has been addressed,” points out a former agency official.
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It’s No Surprise Election Officials Are Receiving Menacing Packages in Trump 2.0
This election season, malign actors are looking for any and every way to gum up the works.
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New Documentary Examines Whether AIPAC Should Register as a Foreign Agent
Night Flower looks at AIPAC’s history and its role in shaping US policy toward Israel.
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Reports: US and Israel Set to Restart Major Operations in Iran After Midterms
A majority of voters in the US say that Trump’s decision to launch a war against Iran was a mistake.
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Prosecutors Filed Over 900 Cases of “Pregnancy-Related Crimes” Since Dobbs
Most of the charges being brought stem from laws that were never meant to apply to pregnancy.
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Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Cost-Cutting Measures
The rates of primary ballots rejected for arriving late this year doubled or tripled in some areas compared to 2022.
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Nursing Home Residents Have a Right to Vote — Despite What Trump CMS Agency Says
The Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 requires facilities to support their residents in exercising their rights.
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Trump’s Anti-DEI Agenda Threatens to Slash Land Mine Disposal Efforts Globally
The Trump administration’s expansion of its global gag rule threatens to derail NGOs’ crucial land mine removal work.
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Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Halt Care for Incarcerated Trans People
The decision is a rare win for transgender rights at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.
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Albania Protests Escalate Over Corruption, Planned Kushner/Trump Luxury Resort
Student-led anti-corruption and cost-of-living protests call for the prime minister’s resignation, among other demands.
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens Broadcasters Over Poll Coverage
A Democratic strategist points out that “it’s not illegal to tell the American people that Trump is a failed president.”
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Dispatch From Paris: Student-Led Protests Spread, Despite Brutal Policing
Weeks of student-led demonstrations have spread nationwide, with arrests, reports of police brutality, and restrictions.
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Acton Says Ramaswamy Exploited Her Estranged Mother for Political Gain
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton accused her mother's then-husband of sexual assault when she was a child.
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New Ad Calls Out GOP for “Creepy Fetish of Monitoring Children’s Bathrooms”
The Progress Action Fund, a left-wing PAC, is running ads to “disrupt the right-wing media bubble.”
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Poll: 7 in 10 Americans Doubt Trump Will Accept Midterm Results
The president has said that he will only accept the results of the midterms if he deems them to be “honest.”
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Nurses Just Helped Win US’s First Countywide 12-Week Paid Parental Leave Policy
Advocates hope the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, victory will open the door for other localities to follow suit.
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Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Greg Abbott Ordered a Pause
A new report identified 35 permitting actions taken by regulators in Texas in the weeks after the governor’s moratorium.
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As More Unions Oppose ICE and Israel, the Right Is Cracking Down
The right is trying to gain access to labor unions’ minutes, membership lists, and Zoom chats.
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Lawyers Accuse Trump of Building a “Deportation Assembly Line” for Children
A new lawsuit argues that Trump administration policies are robbing migrant children of due process.
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Anti-Trans Ads May Be Backfiring on Republicans
Elon Musk’s America PAC has committed $100 million to a midterm push heavy on anti-transgender ads.
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Trump Admin Backed Alberta’s Separatists. Canadian Voters Rejected Secession.
Separatist leaders sought advice on their “Let Alberta Decide” campaign from Republican operatives.
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Mahmoud Khalil Files Appeal to SCOTUS to Block Trump Admin From Detaining Him
The pro-Palestine activist says the Trump administration is infringing upon his free speech rights.
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Mississippi Attorney General Declares Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old “Justified”
The shooting is part of a pattern of racist police violence against Black residents of Senatobia, Mississippi.
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Hobby Lobby’s Billionaire Founders Are Building a White Evangelical America
Michael Blanding’s new book documents how the billionaires behind the craft store are funding evangelical propaganda.
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Nobel Peace Laureate Navi Pillay Calls US’s ICC Sanctions “Totally Unacceptable”
Pillay led the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
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Senate Democrats Demand Trump Administration Reveal Full Costs of Iran War
“Americans deserve to know how much of their money is being burned on Trump's war,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.
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Nearly 300 Planned Data Center Projects Threaten Texas’s Air Quality Progress
Particulate matter, what some call the deadliest form of air pollution, could increase to levels not seen since 2006.
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Anthropic Proposes AI Bill With 50-Death Threshold Before Models Can Be Halted
The company has reportedly been working with lawmakers on a lax regulatory model since the start of summer.
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In Virginia, Racism and Redlining Are Fueling a Flock Camera Backlash
Police in Hampton Roads saturated Black and low-income neighborhoods with Flock-style cameras, a study found.
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Trump Officials Look to Delay Pursuing Defaulted Borrowers Until Midterms Pass
Many Trump voters who have defaulted on student loan payments may soon have wages garnished and benefits seized.
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SCOTUS Is Undermining the Rules That Have Kept US Elections Peaceful for Decades
The Roberts Court has dismantled guardrails preventing a president from turning state agencies against political rivals.
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Police Violence Increases as 800k Protesters Take to the Streets in France
French leaders condemned the uprising, while the left highlighted escalating police brutality against young protesters.
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Palestinian Youth Helped Save WaPo Journalist Attacked by Israeli Settlers
Jasper Nathaniel recounts how the youth beat settlers back with stones, allowing him and others to rescue Heidi Levine.
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Election Officials Fear Trump Has Compromised Cybersecurity Agency
Critics say the administration has undermined an agency key to protecting election infrastructure ahead of the midterms.
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Man Dies in ICE Custody at Texas Jail Operated by GEO Group
The daughter of Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias said staff at the facility wouldn’t “give him his medications.”
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