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North Carolina Dem Gov Vetos Republicans’ ‘Sham’ Power Grab. But This Isn’t A Victory.

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has just vetoed a sweeping Republican-backed bill — a power grab disguised as a ...

The ‘Christian Nation-ist’ Set To Take Control Of The Federal Government

Russ Vought wants to make America Christian again. And he has put quite a bit of thought into what that might look like.

Hegseth Railed Against ‘Insidious’ Security Measures That Kept Far-Right Extremists Out Of Armed Forces

Trump’s Pentagon pick is an outspoken critic of steps to address the threat posed by far-right militia members and white ...

Inside The Last-Ditch Legislative Effort To Protect Journalists Before Trump Comes To Town

A bipartisan group is quietly making a longshot, eleventh-hour attempt to pass federal protections for journalists and other critics before Trump and his famously thin-skinned coterie take over.

Judge Cancels Trump’s New York Hush Money Sentencing

Donald Trump’s sentencing on 34 felony counts related to his 2016 hush money scheme has been put on indefinite hiatus, a ...

Judge Brings Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Prosecution to An End

A D.C. federal judge dismissed the Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump after Special Counsel Jack Smith said that the Justice Department had concluded that the federal prosecutions of the ...

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