Fauci contempt vote reflects the enduring politics of COVID
For many Americans, the sight of Dr. Anthony Fauci testifying before Congress and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. debating lockdown policies feels like a jarring trip back to 2020. Six years…
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ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– as it happened
The American Civil Liberties Union has swiftly condemned President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship, arguing that the new executive orders are legally baseless and destined for defeat…
A ‘clown show’ of carpetbaggers and characters has upended a Republican primary in Trump’s backyard
Southwest Florida has always been a destination for those looking to start over, but the current scramble for an open House seat in the 19th District has turned into something…
Trump unbound: the making of an imperial presidency | Politics Weekly America
The landscape of American governance has shifted dramatically as Donald Trump enters a second term that looks fundamentally different from his first. Where there were once internal frictions and principled…
Squad-backed ‘Tennessee Three’ lawmaker wins House primary in newly redrawn district
Justin Pearson, the firebrand state representative known as one of the Tennessee Three, has secured the Democratic nomination for Tennessee’s newly redrawn 9th Congressional District. In a competitive primary held…
Midterm alarm bells: Democrats face steep favorability deficit despite election gains
A new national poll is the latest to indicate that Democrats are facing major problems with their party’s image as they try to win back congressional majorities from the Republicans…
Democrat whose parents fled Iran moves to oust Hegseth
A Democratic congresswoman whose parents fled the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decades ago announced Monday she would file articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for alleged…
American journalist kidnapped in Iraq is set free, must leave country ‘immediately,’ her employer says
Shelly Kittleson, the American journalist who was kidnapped last week in Iraq, has been released, according to Al-Monitor, the Middle East publication where she works as a freelance contributor. Viral surveillance…
House GOP urges Trump to choke off Iran ally’s oil profits as Middle East turmoil spikes US gas prices
A group of House Republicans is urging the Trump administration to choke off Russia’s profits from one of its largest energy companies as global oil prices spike. It comes as…
From Biden’s ‘war’ on gas prices to ‘small price to pay,’ GOP shifts tone as Iran conflict hits pumps
Republicans sharply criticized former President Joe Biden over rising prices at the gas pump, but a spike in energy prices amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran threatens to scramble the…