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"Gravedigger of American Democracy": McConnell gave us the do-nothing Congress

McConnell reshaped the Senate forever, taking the wind out of two Presidents' sails with a playbook for obstruction

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"I will not be silenced": U.S. Attorney launches inquiry into Democratic rep. over Musk criticism

Ed Martin, Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney for DC, warned Rep. Robert Garcia to leave Musk and DOGE alone

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Musk calls Mogensen the r-word after falsely claiming Biden abandoned ISS astronauts

The billionaire got into it with a Danish astronaut after they questioned his tale about astronauts stuck in space

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"Can't spell history without a T": Hundreds protest Trump's trans erasure at Stonewall

The Stonewall National Monument’s National Parks site was edited to read “LGB” on Thursday, sparking outrage

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Out with the old: Maxwell Frost, Gen Z Democrat, on why America needs a real "opposition party"

Out with the old: Maxwell Frost, Gen Z Democrat, on why America needs a real

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., told Salon that Democrats need to change how they approach being in the minority

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Issa Rae, Low Cut Connie cancel Kennedy Center shows amid Trump takeover

Issa Rae, Low Cut Connie cancel Kennedy Center shows amid Trump takeover

The president's purge at the historic D.C. arts and culture organization is scaring away A-listers

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Battle Royale or "very elegant" gaslighting? McMahon ripped by Dems in confirmation hearing

Battle Royale or

The ex-WWE exec faced a grilling on a lawsuit alleging the organization overlooked rampant child sexual abuse

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DOJ officials resign after Trump admin demands they kill NYC Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case

DOJ officials resign after Trump admin demands they kill NYC Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case

A conservative-aligned DOJ official quit before ending the five-count corruption case against NYC mayor Eric Adams

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"He let the Republican Party go to hell": Trump blasts McConnell after vote against RFK Jr.

The president said that the GOP would be in tatters if it was left to the Kentucky senator

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"Prices could go up": Trump approves country-by-country reciprocal tariff scheme

Trump says his trading plan will lower costs over time, after a potential short-term shock

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Pink pony up: Chappell Roan fires back at exec who laughed off call for artist healthcare

Pink pony up: Chappell Roan fires back at exec who laughed off call for artist healthcare

The "Pink Pony Club" singer is calling an op-ed writer's bluff after he accused her of faux-activism

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"Stay the f**k out of trans kids' business": Hayes pushes back against Maher's anti-trans rhetoric

The MSNBC host stunned the HBO comedian with some confrontational advice: leave families with trans kids alone

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‘‘Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act’’: Dems float legislation to make Musk liable for DOGE's actions

‘‘Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act’’: Dems float legislation to make Musk liable for DOGE's actions

New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury wants the world's richest man to be "on the hook" for DOGE's legal damages

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DOGE's access to Treasury data blocked by federal judge

DOGE's access to Treasury data blocked by federal judge

The temporary restraining order came after more than a dozen states filed suit over Elon Musk's vast access

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Democrats decry "authoritarian regime" after security bars them from entering Education Department

Democrats decry

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., shared videos of Homeland Security agents blocking members of Congress from entering

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Musk staffer takes top role at Treasury Department with control over federal payment system

Musk staffer takes top role at Treasury Department with control over federal payment system

Tom Krause, a former executive involved in Elon Musk's DOGE, is the new financial assistant secretary at the Treasury

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"I say bring him back": JD Vance says avowed "racist" should get a second chance at DOGE

The vice president offered his support to Marko Elez, a self-described "racist" who objects to interracial marriage

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Trump FCC threatens radio station for reporting on ICE raid, expanding assault on press freedom

Trump FCC threatens radio station for reporting on ICE raid, expanding assault on press freedom

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Project 2025 contributor, told Fox News that the outlet's reporting was "concerning"

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"Dystopian and authoritarian": Project 2025 architect Russ Vought confirmed as head of OMB

Vought, who embraces a "unitary executive" theory of Trump's power, will lead the Office of Management and Budget

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"DOGE has no authority": Attorneys general plan to sue to block Musk's data access

Representatives of more than a dozen states said they hope to DOGE's "unacceptable" federal rampage

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"This is evil": USAID will reportedly be gutted by Trump administration

Federal workers groups say moves to "systematically dismantle" the organization without Congress are illegal

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Hail to the Chiefs? Trump’s history with the defending Super Bowl champions

Hail to the Chiefs? Trump’s history with the defending Super Bowl champions

Trump will be the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl, but he's interacted with the champs before

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Elon's army is falling apart: DOGE staffer resigns after racist posts uncovered

Elon's army is falling apart: DOGE staffer resigns after racist posts uncovered

25-year-old Marko Elez had unprecedented access to Treasury computer systems. Then, his racist tweets re-emerged.

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Judge halts Trump admin's "Fork in the Road" federal worker buyout deadline

Judge halts Trump admin's

District Court Judge George O’Toole Jr. stayed a Thursday night deadline for federal workers to take a buyout

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"There is no common ground with fascists": Progressives rip Klobuchar's call for bipartisanship

The Minnesota senator called for compromise. Progressives called for her head

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"How much would it take to beat y'all?": ESPN's Smith considers 2028 run to save "pathetic" Dems

Make America First (Take) Again?

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"I'm not surprised by the hate": Transgender Army pilot falsely tied to plane crash speaks out

Black Hawk pilot Jo Ellis was tied to a deadly plane crash by far-right social media accounts earlier this week

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Trump's immigration plans will hurt for farm workers and consumers alike, mass deportation or not

Trump's immigration plans will hurt for farm workers and consumers alike, mass deportation or not

Trump's deportation scheme is expected to expand a legal class of exploitable agriculture workers or balloon costs

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"Dangerous rollback": Trump Department of Education reverses Biden-era Title IX rules

The changes will make reporting complaints harder and eliminate protections for LGBTQ students

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"I wouldn't trust that newspaper": Author accuses Los Angeles Times of "distorting" RFK Jr. critique

Eric Reinhart said the Los Angeles Times changed his piece to make it look like he backs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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"Infamous and disgraceful": Pritzker says pardoned Jan. 6 rioters can't get state jobs in Illinois

Pritzker said in an order that "no one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve" in state government

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Musk pushes out top Treasury official over effort to access US government payment system: report

Musk pushes out top Treasury official over effort to access US government payment system: report

Musk reportedly sought to access the system responsible for paying Social Security benefits and federal contracts

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CBS News' parent may settle "frivolous" lawsuit Trump filed over "60 Minutes" Harris interview

CBS News' parent may settle

The lawsuit alleges that CBS unfairly edited a "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris to hurt the Trump campaign

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"The data has been there a long time": Lawmakers grill RFK Jr. on vaccine misinformation

Senators pressed Kennedy on race science, misinformation, and his refusal to say the Covid vaccine was safe

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Lara Trump was the RNC chair with zero prior experience. She says hiring should be based on "merit"

Lara Trump was the RNC chair with zero prior experience. She says hiring should be based on

The former RNC chairwoman "earned" the backing of her father-in-law to grab the position

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"Not normal": Air traffic controllers were stretched thin during D.C. crash, per report

An air traffic controller was manning multiple positions at the time of the crash, per an FAA report

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Trump's hand-picked FCC head Carr launches investigations into NPR and PBS

Trump's hand-picked FCC head Carr launches investigations into NPR and PBS

FCC head and Project 2025 contributor Brendan Carr says the broadcasters' stations could be breaking ad laws

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"Only a monster would say this": Experts, legislators slam Trump blaming plane crash on DEI

The president caused an immediate backlash when he suggested a deadly plane crash could have been caused by DEI

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"It's OK to be proud to be German": Musk speaks at far-right AfD campaign event

Days after throwing what experts called a Nazi salute, Musk addressed the far-right party conference

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"It's a massacre": Trump fires inspectors general in illegal overnight purge

A top GOP Senator confirmed the firings were done outside proper legal avenues and vowed to "defend" purged workers

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Kristi Noem confirmed as homeland security secretary

Noem will lead agency tasked with mass deportations, a key goal of Trump's second-term

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"I’m going to hit him back": Ontario Premier Ford lays out plan to fight Trump in trade war

The Ontario premier says he's ready for a street fight if Trump makes good on threats of a trade war with Canada

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"FEMA is not good": Trump looking into ending federal disaster aid agency

Trump suggested some states were more deserving of aid than others, and that the feds could step out of relief role

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"You can't have 'em forever": Trump cuts Fauci's security detail loose

The president, who fomented conspiracy theories and threats against the former top doc, axed his security this week

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Trump WH Press Secretary took hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions

Karoline Leavitt hid hundreds of thousands in campaign debt from illegal donations, according to a new report

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Executive orders show Trump is already running Project 2025 playbook despite denials

Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 during campaign but implemented many of its proposals in first week

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Republican introduces measure to allow Trump a third term — but not Obama

Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles carefully crafted the proposal to exclude past presidents

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Trump pardons anti-abortion protesters convicted of blockading clinic entrances

Trump pardoned Lauren Handy, who was found with fetuses in her home, for blockade that injured nurse

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"A new low": WSJ editorial board slams Trump for leaving ex-staffers open to assassination

Mike Pompeo and John Bolton lost security protections days into Trump's term amid Iran death threats

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Hegseth paid $50k to sexual assault accuser as part of confidentiality agreement

Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense nominee seems poised for confirmation on Friday

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