After it was reported that Trump intends to support a nationalabortionban, the Republican primary frontrunner floated the idea of a 15-week ban during a Fox News interview at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday. When discussing support for in vitro fertilization (which GOP lawmakers claimed to support, then blocked …
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When Indiana’s Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita launched Eyes on Education — an official state website that he says seeks to expose “socialist indoctrination” of students and “trans-sanity” in schools — educators targeted by the site were caught completely off guard. Paul White is the superintendent of New Prairie United …
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President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, securing billions in funding for the Internal Revenue Service to bolster its ability to go after corporations and the super-wealthy. Republicans haven’t been happy — likely because they’re well aware of how the one-percenters they cater …
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The Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a massive victory on Wednesday by agreeing to rule on whether he is immune from prosecution for acts committed while he was president. The court will hear arguments on April 22 and won’t hand down a decision until June —which means it’s unlikely a …
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Hopes for a Gaza ceasefire dwindled Thursday in the aftermath of a brutal attack in Gaza City in which Israeli soldiers shot into a crowd of civilians, killing dozens. Health authorities in Gaza reported that Israeli soldiers shot at a busy crowd that had gathered to grab food off an …
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This article is being published in partnership with the watchdog group Documented. An organized and well-funded network of right-wing groups is spending countless millions attacking a bipartisan election reform that could threaten the MAGA political project. Ranked-choice voting — which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, rather …
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Republicans are trying to spin the Biden impeachment inquiry forward after an hours-long deposition with his son Hunter Biden on Wednesday. It’s proving difficult, as the closed-door hearing doesn’t seem to have yielded many revelatory details. Some Republicans are even conceding that Biden performed well under questioning. “I think when …
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Both Donald Trump and President Joe Biden addressed migration across the southern border during dual visits to Texas on Thursday. Trump spoke in Eagle Pass, a border town in the Rio Grande Valley that has become a flashpoint recently due to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s dispatch of the Texas National …
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Mitch McConnell is stepping down from his post leading Republicans in the Senate. The Kentucky Republican announced on Wednesday that he’ll leave his leadership role in November. He will serve out the remainder of his term, which ends in 2027. “One of life’s most under-appreciated talents is to know when …
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Hunter Biden skewered Republican efforts to impeach his father Wednesday ahead of his closed door testimony before Congress, calling the inquiry a “destructive political charade” and the supposed evidence a “house of cards of lies.” During opening remarks before the House Judiciary and Oversight & Accountability Committees, the junior Biden …
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