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Democrats struggle to check Trump moves on plane, meme coin
WASHINGTON — Democrats find themselves in familiar powerless territory when it comes to trying to stop President Donald Trump from what they see as potential violations of a constitutional clause meant to prevent ...Read more
Supreme Court says Trump may end legal parole given to 532,000 migrants from four countries
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump may seek to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants who recently entered the United States under a two-year grant of parole, the Supreme Court decided Friday.
Over two dissents, ...Read more
What the end of humanitarian parole program means for half a million migrants
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to end a key humanitarian parole program, known as CHNV, that allowed hundreds of thousands of people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to ...Read more
Robin Webb, last Eastern Kentucky Democrat in state Senate, switches parties
State Sen. Robin Webb will no longer be the Democrat from Grayson.
But she’s not leaving the Senate, or Grayson. She’s switching her party registration, leaving her six Democratic colleagues and becoming the 32nd ...Read more
NYC Campaign Finance Board withholds $1.3 million in matching funds from Cuomo, awards Adrienne Adams $2 million
NEW YORK — New York City’s Campaign Finance Board dealt a blow to mayoral frontrunner Andrew Cuomo on Friday, withholding $1.3 million in matching funds from him — but gave a big lifeline to his opponent Adrienne ...Read more
There's an open US House seat in coastal Georgia. Who wants it?
SAVANNAH, Ga. ― Dust rarely gathers on open U.S. House seats.
The incumbent announces he or she won’t seek reelection, and would-be successors rush to launch campaigns to raise money and establish themselves as early ...Read more
Trump administration puts Minnesota counties on immigration 'sanctuary' watch list
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has put 20 Minnesota counties, the state’s two largest cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the state government on notice that they’re in defiance of federal immigration law.
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Tariff ruling threatens a $2 trillion fiscal hole in Trump plan
The court ruling that blocked much of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs threatens to blow what some economists estimate as a $2 trillion hole into the U.S. fiscal outlook over the coming decade, should the ...Read more
Patricia Lopez: The Justice Department shouldn't abandon police oversight
Nearly five years to the week since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, a consent decree that was supposed to usher in significant law enforcement reforms in the city is no more, dissolved by court ...Read more
Noah Feldman: Harvard's commencement showcased a united university
A year can make a transformational difference in the life of an institution. That’s what has happened at Harvard, where students and faculty gave President Alan Garber a standing ovation at commencement Thursday — just...Read more
Abe Lincoln and the Penny
The penny, which costs more to make than it's worth, will be going away. That's a shocking reversal of government policy. Usually, the government doesn't stop producing anything that's overpriced or just plain worthless....Read more
Duke University, Davidson College face 'woke' tax in proposed 'big beautiful bill'
Two schools in North Carolina — Duke University and Davidson College — may end up caught in the crossfire of President Donald Trump’s attempts to rein in “woke, elite” institutions.
House Republicans have ...Read more
Editorial: For Trump's Justice Department, Idaho church good, Texas mosque bad
The Department of Justice under the Trump administration is going after a tiny Idaho town you’ve probably never heard of.
The Justice Department filed a religious liberty lawsuit against the town of Troy in Latah County...Read more
Editorial: Venezuela Chevron oil deal is dead, for now. We can thank Rubio, Miami Republicans
When Chevron’s oil license in Venezuela expired Tuesday, Miami Republicans in Congress and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, another Miamian, notched a big foreign policy win — and offered a bit of much-needed good news ...Read more
Editorial: Seattle's air report is a warning of things to come
Seattle’s reputation for being clean and green took a little bit of a hit in the latest American Lung Association “State of the Air” report, looking at three years of data.
The city was ranked ninth on the list of ...Read more
Commentary: Once, international students feared Beijing's wrath. Now Trump is the threat
American universities have long feared that the Chinese government will restrict its country’s students from attending institutions that cross Beijing’s sensitive political lines.
Universities still fear that ...Read more
Once, international students feared Beijing's wrath. Now Trump is the threat
American universities have long feared that the Chinese government will restrict its country’s students from attending institutions that cross Beijing’s sensitive political lines.
Universities still fear that ...Read more
Editorial: Money talks with Florida's new attorney general
Tallahassee’s dealership-driven car sales legislation made Tesla a winner in 2023 by allowing it to bypass dealerships and sell cars directly to Floridians, even while banning the practice for others.
Florida Attorney ...Read more
Editorial: Office for sale -- Trump's cryptocurrency self-dealings corrupt Washington
President Donald Trump has been forthright and transparent in his desire to enrich himself with his cryptocurrency memecoin profiting off of his high public office. Trump is beyond shame, but this corrupt debasement of the...Read more
Office for sale -- Trump's cryptocurrency self-dealings corrupt Washington
President Donald Trump has been forthright and transparent in his desire to enrich himself with his cryptocurrency memecoin profiting off of his high public office. Trump is beyond shame, but this corrupt debasement of the...Read more
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