The Republican-controlled Texas state Senate passed the party’s new congressional maps late Friday, completing a legislative odyssey that included significant Democratic delays and sparked a nationwide scramble over redistricting in the process. Continue reading Texas Senate passes new Republican-drawn congressional map
A video circulating online shows two brothers who were protesting the war in Gaza being forcibly pulled inside the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the U.N. in New York City before being led away in handcuffs by police earlier this week Continue reading Video shows protesters forcibly pulled inside Egyptian Mission building in New York City
As Washington, D.C., enters a third week of federal occupation ordered by Donald Trump, Democratic Party leaders have been absent from demonstrations against the president’s latest power grab. Residents of the nation’s capital have seen armed federal agents deployed to the streets of their city to purportedly combat a nonexistent crime problem. National Guard troops have been deployed to locations like subway stations, clearly in … Continue reading Trump has taken over DC. Do Democrats give a damn?
The FBI searched the home of former Trump official John Bolton as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information, according to officials. President Trump said he had no knowledge of the search. NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell reports. Continue reading FBI searches home of former Trump official John Bolton
After saying just last week that the National Guard troops deployed to Washington would not be carrying guns, the Pentagon on Friday admitted what we all knew was coming—of course they will be carrying guns. It was always inevitable that President Donald Trump would seek to ratchet up the pressure on the residents of the nation’s capital, who he loathes for being insufficiently white, insufficiently … Continue reading If DC didn’t look like a military occupation yet, it will now
President Donald Trump’s Oval Office press conference on Friday was once again derailed by a question about his child sex-trafficking former pal, Jeffrey Epstein. “I couldn’t care less,” Trump said when asked about the peculiar release of Epstein-related documents by his Justice Department before reverting to one of his tired tropes. “It’s a Democrat hoax. It’s just a hoax. The whole Epstein thing is a Democrat … Continue reading Trump speaks candidly about longtime friendship with Epstein—just kidding
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said parents in Washington, D.C. should not expect to see ICE officers visiting schools when kids go back to school in the nation’s capital on Monday. Continue reading ICE director says agents won’t be at D.C. schools on the first day — but may be going forward
California voters overwhelmingly support redrawing the state’s congressional map to fight back against the GOP’s redistricting move in Texas, a new poll released Friday found. And it’s a good sign for Democrats’ chances at staving off Republicans’ attempts to rig the 2026 midterms. The UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll conducted for the Los Angeles Times found that 48% of registered voters said they … Continue reading California voters are all about sticking it to Republicans
Newly released audio and transcripts show Ghislaine Maxwell telling the Department of Justice that she never saw any client list of Jeffrey Epstein and that she was not aware of any blackmail around it. Continue reading Maxwell told DOJ Epstein had no ‘black book’ client list
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