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Rockiness of Trump’s Transition Lowers Americans’ Confidence in Him to Govern

Trump's approval rating for a presidential transition period is among the lowest since the early 1990s.

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Georgia Election Workers and Giuliani Reach New Settlement

Georgia Election Workers and Giuliani Reach New Settlement

“The past four years have been a living nightmare,” Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman said in a joint statement.

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Majority of Americans Oppose Trump’s Expansionist Aims for Greenland, Panama

Majority of Americans Oppose Trump’s Expansionist Aims for Greenland, Panama

Leaders from Panama and Greenland have rebuked Trump's imperialist demands for control of their territory.

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DeSantis Pick to Replace Rubio in Senate Is an Election-Denying Trump Loyalist

DeSantis Pick to Replace Rubio in Senate Is an Election-Denying Trump Loyalist

As state attorney general, Moody sought to restrict people's voting rights and tried to block a statewide referendum.

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Hundreds of Washington Post Workers Demand Bezos Reexamine Paper’s Direction

Hundreds of Washington Post Workers Demand Bezos Reexamine Paper’s Direction

“We are deeply alarmed” by decisions that “have led readers to question the integrity” of the paper, the letter states.

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Pam Bondi, Trump’s Pick for AG, Refuses to Acknowledge Results of 2020 Election

Pam Bondi, Trump’s Pick for AG, Refuses to Acknowledge Results of 2020 Election

Bondi’s refusal to acknowledge the legitimate results of the 2020 election demonstrates her deep loyalty to Trump.

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World’s 3 Richest Men — Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg — Will Attend Trump Inauguration

World’s 3 Richest Men — Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg — Will Attend Trump Inauguration

All three have acted in ways beneficial to Trump — and are likely to financially benefit from Trump's presidency.

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Trump Threatens Comcast After Seth Meyers Makes Jokes About Him

Trump Threatens Comcast After Seth Meyers Makes Jokes About Him

The president-elect claims to support free speech but frequently refers to the media as “enemies” of the U.S.

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Trump Pick Pete Hegseth Won’t Say If He’d Refuse Order to Shoot Protesters

Trump Pick Pete Hegseth Won’t Say If He’d Refuse Order to Shoot Protesters

Trump has stated multiple times his intention to use the military to crush demonstrations he opposes.

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Wisconsin GOP Leader Says Court Ruling Could Lead to 14-Week Abortion Ban

Wisconsin GOP Leader Says Court Ruling Could Lead to 14-Week Abortion Ban

Nearly two-thirds of Wisconsinites support abortion rights in most or all cases, recent polling shows.

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Idaho Republicans Demand Supreme Court Overturn 2015 Marriage Equality Decision

Idaho Republicans Demand Supreme Court Overturn 2015 Marriage Equality Decision

The resolution falsely alleges that same-sex marriages violate residents' religious rights.

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2024 Was the World’s Hottest Year, Exceeding Paris Climate Agreement Threshold

2024 Was the World’s Hottest Year, Exceeding Paris Climate Agreement Threshold

“The trajectory is just incredible,” the director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday.

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Trump Sentenced by NY Court After SCOTUS Denies Effort to Block Court Hearing

Trump Sentenced by NY Court After SCOTUS Denies Effort to Block Court Hearing

Trump is the first ex-president, and president-elect, in U.S. history to have been convicted of a felony.

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Texas Republicans Introduce 3 Bills Restricting Abortion Medication

Texas Republicans Introduce 3 Bills Restricting Abortion Medication

At least three people have died in Texas due to the state's restrictive post-Roe abortion laws.

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Alito Had Call With Trump on Same Day President-Elect Submitted Brief to SCOTUS

Alito Had Call With Trump on Same Day President-Elect Submitted Brief to SCOTUS

Critics questioned the sitting justice's claims of ignorance regarding the case's likely submission to the court.

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A Democrat Won a NC Supreme Court Race. GOP Justices Blocked Her Certification.

A Democrat Won a NC Supreme Court Race. GOP Justices Blocked Her Certification.

Democratic Justice Allison Riggs won her race against GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes.

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Trump Demands Supreme Court Block New York Judge’s Hush Money Sentencing Date

Trump Demands Supreme Court Block New York Judge’s Hush Money Sentencing Date

Trump's legal team claims that the sentencing would be a “burden” on him as he prepares to become president.

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15 of the Most Destructive 20 Wildfires in CA Have Occurred in the Past Decade

15 of the Most Destructive 20 Wildfires in CA Have Occurred in the Past Decade

The wildfires in southern California, which have so far resulted in thousands of acres burning in and near Los Angeles, will likely go down as...

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House Passes Laken Riley Act — Critics Say It Dismantles Constitutional Rights

House Passes Laken Riley Act — Critics Say It Dismantles Constitutional Rights

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act, a bill that erodes constitutional protections for immigrants living in the...

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Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Paper Censors Criticism of Owner Bezos

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Paper Censors Criticism of Owner Bezos

A longtime cartoonist for The Washington Post has resigned in protest after the paper refused to publish her cartoon depicting multiple...

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Doctors Against Genocide Hold Global Sick-Out to Highlight Atrocities in Gaza

Doctors Against Genocide Hold Global Sick-Out to Highlight Atrocities in Gaza

Doctors and health care providers across the globe are engaging in a day of action, calling in sick and taking part in other demonstrations against...

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Joe Biden Blasts Efforts to “Erase the History” of January 6 Capitol Attack

Joe Biden Blasts Efforts to “Erase the History” of January 6 Capitol Attack

Outgoing President Joe Biden marked the fourth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol building by a mob of loyalists to Donald Trump by...

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COVID Rates Are Up in What Experts Are Calling a “Silent Surge” Across the US

COVID Rates Are Up in What Experts Are Calling a “Silent Surge” Across the US

Rates of coronavirus across the U.S. are increasing at higher levels than usual, an unexpected surge that is leading some health experts to state...

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Trump Blames Biden Immigration Policy for NOLA Attack Committed by US Citizen

Trump Blames Biden Immigration Policy for NOLA Attack Committed by US Citizen

After a deadly vehicle-ramming attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the New Year holiday, president-elect Donald Trump has falsely insinuated...

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Biden Awards Cheney With Presidential Citizens Medal Despite Human Rights Record

Biden Awards Cheney With Presidential Citizens Medal Despite Human Rights Record

President Joe Biden is honoring former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) with one of the nation’s highest honors, the Presidential Citizens Medal....

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A Trump Inauguration Event Is Charging $100K for Donors to “Pray” With Him

A Trump Inauguration Event Is Charging $100K for Donors to “Pray” With Him

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly planning an interfaith prayer session the day before he assumes office that requires...

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Johnson’s Dim Speakership Chances Could Imperil Trump’s Certification on Jan. 6

Johnson’s Dim Speakership Chances Could Imperil Trump’s Certification on Jan. 6

Disagreements within the Republican conference in the House of Representatives over who should be the next Speaker of the House could potentially...

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Elon Musk Op-Ed in German Newspaper Prompts Editor to Resign in Protest

Elon Musk Op-Ed in German Newspaper Prompts Editor to Resign in Protest

An editor for a prominent newspaper in Germany has resigned in protest after the paper published an op-ed in which billionaire Elon Musk endorsed a...

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Biden Commutes 37 Death Penalty Sentences — Critics Call for More

President Joe Biden has granted commutations to most of the people currently facing a federal death penalty sentence, granting the largest number...

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Oklahoma’s Education Head Seeks to Impose Rule Targeting Undocumented Students

Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters has proposed several rules for public schools that would promote a nationalist...

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Republicans Consider Making Elon Musk Speaker of the House

Several Republican lawmakers in Congress are calling on billionaire Elon Musk, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to co-lead a purported...

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President Elon? GOP Follows Billionaire Musk’s Call to Block Debt Ceiling Bill

At the behest of billionaire Elon Musk and president-elect Donald Trump, Republicans scrapped a bipartisan agreement to keep the government funded...

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Trump Sues Iowa Newspaper Over Poll Published Days Before 2024 Election

President-elect Donald Trump is suing a well-respected pollster and the newspaper that has published her polls, alleging that a survey she...

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Trump’s DOGE Team Is Asking Potential Appointees If They Can Abolish the FDIC

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is looking at ways to either reform, reorganize or completely eliminate the Federal Deposit...

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Trump Now Says He Can’t Promise He’ll Be Able to Lower Grocery Prices

President-elect Donald Trump is backtracking on a major campaign promise, stating in a recent interview that he cannot guarantee that he will be...

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Manchin, Sinema Block Renomination of Key NLRB Board Member, a Win for Trump

Two outgoing independent senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, voted on Wednesday to block the renomination of...

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Report: Climate Crisis Accounts for a Third of Weather-Related Insurance Claims

Insure Our Future, a coalition of environmental, consumer protection and other grassroots groups, issued its annual scorecard report this week,...

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77 Past Nobel Prize Winners Tell Senators to Reject RFK Jr. HHS Nomination

Dozens of Nobel Prize laureates have penned an open letter to the U.S. Senate, urging lawmakers in that congressional body to reject...

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Trump Says He’ll Issue an Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump expressed a desire to end birthright citizenship — a right conferred to every individual born in...

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Elon Musk Spent Over a Quarter of a Billion Dollars to Help Elect Trump

New Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings from Elon Musk show that he spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars of his own money in order...

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AOC Becomes First Bluesky User to Reach 1 Million Followers

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive representing parts of the Queens and Bronx boroughs of New York City, became the first user...

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Right-Wing Justices Had to Help Anti-Trans Lawyer During SCOTUS Hearing

A majority of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appear supportive of keeping intact a Tennessee law that forbids gender-affirming treatment...

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GOP Gerrymandering in NC “Tipped the Scales” of Congress, Outgoing Lawmaker Says

Outgoing North Carolina Rep. Wiley Nickel (D) penned an op-ed this week blaming Republican gerrymandering in the state for the lopsided outcome of...

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California Lawmakers Begin Legislative Special Session to “Trump-Proof” State

The California state legislature began a special session this week, called for by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, to address ways the government can...

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Lawmakers Urge Biden to Take More Action on Cannabis Before Leaving Office

More than a dozen lawmakers have sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to take additional steps on cannabis decriminalization before his...

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Trump Border Czar Vows to Slash Funding for States That Oppose Mass Deportation

Tom Homan, president-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar,” announced this past weekend that any state or municipality that takes action...

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Georgia Maternal Mortality Board Dissolved Over Report on Abortion Ban Deaths

A commission of health experts in Georgia was disbanded earlier this month following national reporting on its findings that two state residents...

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AOC Lampoons Greene’s Plan to Lead “Government Efficiency” Subcommittee

Within the next congressional term, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has said that she will lead a House subcommittee on “government...

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Trump Claims He’s for “Free and Open” Press. His Past Actions Say Otherwise.

In an interview with Fox News Digital on Monday, president-elect Donald Trump dubiously claimed that he supports a free and open press and...

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GOP House Rep Aims to Ban Incoming Trans Lawmaker From Using Women’s Restrooms

On Monday, a Republican House member introduced a transphobic bill that appeared to be targeted at an incoming lawmaker, Rep.-elect Sarah McBride...

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