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“You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don’t…
Justice Department Rolls Back Anti-Discrimination Rules
“The Justice Department on Tuesday moved to end long-standing civil rights policies that prohibit local governments and organizations that receive federal funding from maintaining policies that disproportionately harm people of…
Pentagon Weighed Sending Survivors to El Salvador Prison
“The Pentagon was in a bind. The military had plucked two survivors from the Caribbean Sea in mid-October after striking a boat that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs, and…
Trump-Appointed Judge Spotted at Trump Rally
Appeals Court Judge Emil Bove was spotted in the crowd at the Pennsylvania rally held last night by President Trump. Save to Favorites
Citizenship Ceremonies Stalled for Some
“Several immigrants ready to take their citizenship oaths at Boston’s Faneuil Hall in the last week were told they could not proceed because of their countries of origin,” NBC Boston…
John Roberts’ Dream Is Finally Coming True
David Daley: “In 1982, when the Voting Rights Act was up for reauthorization, the Reagan Justice Department had a goal: preserve the VRA in name only, while rendering it unenforceable…
Judge Orders Epstein Grand Jury Records Unsealed
“A judge on Wednesday granted the Justice Department’s latest request to unseal records of the federal grand jury investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the wake of…
Judge Says Lindsey Halligan Should Resign
“A federal judge in Virginia suggested on Tuesday that Lindsey Halligan should resign as U.S. attorney after a ruling declared her appointment unlawful, making her the third jurist to challenge…
Trump Now Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
President Trump traveled to Pennsylvania last night for what was billed as a speech on affordability. But like most of his speeches, he quickly soon veered into something very different…
Spanberger Endorses Elaine Luria
“Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is endorsing her former House colleague Elaine Luria’s comeback bid in the latest effort by Democrats to clear the primary in a highly targeted purple district,”…
Judge Rules Guard Deployment in Los Angeles Must End
“A federal judge said the Trump administration must end its deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles,” the New York Times reports. “The ruling said that the federal…
Tom Perriello Makes a Comeback
Former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Rep. John McGuire (R-VA). Save to Favorites
AI Models Analyze Trump’s Latest Rant
Colby Hall asked three leading AI models — ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude — to analyze Donald Trump’s latest rant on Truth Social. “Remarkably, despite different architectures, training data, and corporate…
Democratic PAC Backs Centrists in Key Primaries
WelcomePAC, a centrist Democratic group, is today endorsing six candidates in contests it calls “winnable races where the math says centrists can win, but the national party refuses to invest,”…
Democrats Make Fresh Push to Win State Legislatures
“The Democratic Party is planning an unusually aggressive push to win seats in state legislatures next year, targeting more than 650 seats and aiming to make gains in 42 chambers,”…
Americans Overwhelmingly Back Birthright Citizenship
A new PRRI poll shows Americans overwhelmingly “support keeping the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship amid growing public resistance to President Trump’s immigration crackdown.” “Two-thirds of Americans — including majorities…
Musk Admits DOGE Was Only ‘a Little Bit Successful’
Elon Musk said that DOGE, the Trump administration’s cost-cutting department he spearheaded, was “somewhat successful,” Axios reports. “It’s a rare comment from Musk regarding the work DOGE did earlier this…
Small Business Says Inflation Is Biggest Challenge
Forty-five percent of small-business owners in the U.S. said inflation was their biggest challenge, according to a survey by the Chamber of Commerce, Axios reports. Save to Favorites
It’s All Trump’s Economy Now
Paul Krugman: “Trump would be in much better political shape right now if he had basically continued Biden’s policies, with only a few cosmetic changes. When he took office inflation…
The War Over ‘Woke’ Fonts
Secretary of State Marco Rubio waded into the surprisingly fraught politics of typefaces with an order halting the State Department’s official use of Calibri, reversing a 2023 Biden-era directive that…
