Grijalva Signs Discharge Petition to Force Epstein Files Vote Right After Being Sworn In
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Key FactsAdelita Grijalva Sworn In After Prolonged Standoff
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- Adelita Grijalva was sworn into Congress more than seven weeks after her special election victory, concluding a prolonged dispute.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson had delayed her swearing-in during the record-long government shutdown.
- Her induction reduces the Republican majority in the House to 219-214, making it vulnerable to defections.
- Grijalva immediately signed a bipartisan petition to compel the release of Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein.
This is an abuse of power. One individual should not be able to unilaterally obstruct the swearing in of a duly elected member of Congress for political reasons.— Adelita Grijalva, during her speech after being sworn in in Congress, addressing the delay of her swearing in.
Ocasio-Cortez Notes Schumer's Role in Democratic Failure That Got 'Nothing' in Shutdown Fight
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Venezuela Mobilizes Military in Response to Approaching US Aircraft Carrier: The US now has about 15,000 troops in the area where tensions have escalated since ...
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House Progressives Denounce 'Morally Bankrupt' Bill to End Shutdown Without Healthcare Guarantee
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Key FactsGovernment Reopens After Historic Shutdown Ends
6 hours ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- President Trump signed a funding bill late Wednesday, officially ending the 43-day federal government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.
- The deal provides funding for critical agencies through fiscal year 2026 and reverses mass layoffs of federal workers caused by the shutdown.
- The House approved the package 222 to 209, despite Democratic opposition focused on expiring Obamacare subsidies and health care concerns.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson intends to revisit controversial provisions in the bill while Congress faces upcoming deadlines for other major legislation.
Obamacare was a disaster.— President Trump, while discussing healthcare.
Series of Reports Ignored by Media Show Jeffrey Epstein's Extensive Work With Israeli Intelligence
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Puerto Ricans Continue Protests Against US Militarism and War Threats: “We are against any type of military intervention in the country of Venezuela ...
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'Not Just NYC': Poll Shows Mamdani Economic Policies Popular Across US: "His campaign paired moral conviction with concrete plans to lower costs and expand ...
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Report Exposes Torture Endured by Migrants Trump Sent to El Salvador Prison: "The US government has not been linked to acts of systematic torture on this ...
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Following ‘Lobbying Blitz,’ Senators Sneak Provision Killing Food Safety Rules Into Shutdown Bill
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Amnesty Blasts Israeli Death Penalty Bill as 'Institutionalized Discrimination Against Palestinians'
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OpinionThe Corporate Centrists Cannot Hold: 'Big Tent' Democrats Cave Once More: The perils of unprincipled, performative so-called "resistance."
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Ethics Officials Ousted Amid Probe of Trump Ally's Access to Mortgage Files: The fired members of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's internal watchdog were ...
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Raskin Sounds Alarm Over 'Million-Dollar Jackpot Provision' Snuck Into Senate Shutdown Bill
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OpinionA Win for Mamdani Is a Win for Renters Everywhere: Mamdani is the antidote to the corporate landlord dominance we see in cities across the US ...
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'State-Backed Terrorism': Israeli Settler Attacks on West Bank Palestinians Hit Record High
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After More Than 2 Weeks in ICE Detention, UK Commentator Sami Hamdi Released: The Trump administration’s agreement acknowledged that he is not “a danger to the ...
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Economists Call BS on 'Crazy' Trump Tariff Dividend Promise: "If the goal is relief for Americans, just get rid of the tariffs," explained one economist.
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'Absolutely Pathetic': Senate Democrats Denounced for Caving to GOP in Shutdown Fight
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'Not a Pretty Picture,' Expert Says of Trump Economy as Job Growth Grinds to a Halt
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Global Energy Report Offers Choice for Humanity: Renewable Transition or 'Dystopian Future' Pushed by Trump
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Cautious Celebration as Supreme Court Allows Marriage Equality to Remain Law of the Land
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Key FactsSupreme Court Denies Appeal Against Marriage Equality
2 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- The Supreme Court declined to overturn the landmark 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S.
- Kim Davis, a former Kentucky clerk, refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples citing religious objections.
- She was jailed for six days and the state later amended the law to issue licenses without the clerk’s name.
- Despite concerns after the Roe v. Wade reversal, the Court showed no intention to revisit the Obergefell ruling.
Watchdog Files Bar Complaint Against Trump Prosecutor on Comey, James Cases: Along with "vindictively" harming the defendants, the group leader said ...
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GOP's Redistricting Power Grab One Step Closer to Spectacularly Backfiring: The GOP "should evaluate whether Trump’s push to ignite a redistricting arms race ...
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‘A Significant Rupture’: Trump's Boat Bombing Spree Leads UK to Curb Intel-Sharing With US
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Watchdog Warns of Increased AI Propaganda, Deepfakes, and Harassment by OpenAI's 'Dangerous' Sora 2
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'Next Step Is Primaries': Calls for Schumer Ouster After Leading Shutdown Surrender
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OpinionWinter in Gaza: The most urgent task, to end genocide, requires truthful coverage about Israel’s war crimes.
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Report Highlights ‘Pattern of Dishonesty' on 2020 Election From Trump’s Far-Right Judicial Picks
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Kansas Editor Hopes $3 Million Payout for Police Raids Stops Future Attacks on Press
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Trump to Dine With Wall Street CEOs While Throttling Food Aid for Millions: Billionaire JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will reportedly attend the White House ...
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Paid articlePaywall Jeffries Draws Progressive Ire for Backing Schumer as 'Effective' Leader: "When guys like Jeffries and Schumer say 'effective' they're talking ...
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Foreign Policy Experts Warn US-Saudi Security Pact Would Be 'Risky' to Middle East Stability and Human Rights
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GOP NYC Councilwoman Openly Dares Mamdani to Arrest Netanyahu With New Year's Invite
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Supreme Court Will Decide If Mail-In Ballots Must Arrive by Election Day: The court is expected to hear arguments early next year and issue a ruling months ...
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Key FactsSupreme Court Reviews Mail-In Ballot Deadline Dispute
2 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Mississippi's appeal of a law permitting mail-in ballots received up to five days after Election Day.
- A lower appellate court ruled the law invalid due to federal election deadlines requiring ballots to be received by Election Day.
- The case is anticipated to conclude by June 2025 and may influence voting regulations across multiple states.
- Republican opponents argue that counting late ballots undermines voter confidence and election integrity.
Allowing states to count large numbers of mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day undermines trust and confidence in our elections.— Joe Gruters, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, expressed concern about Mississippi's law.
'Reign of Terror' in Chicago as Locals Suffer Under 'Secret Police' Sent by Trump
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Key FactsMasked ICE Officers: Protection Amid Rising Tensions
2 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- ICE officers started wearing masks during raids under President Trump to conceal their identities from threats and harassment.
- The masks have become a symbol of the intensified mass-deportation campaign and have drawn criticism for evoking secret police imagery.
- Though optional, many agents consider face coverings essential for safeguarding themselves and their families from assaults and doxxing.
- Legislators and the public demand clearer identification of officers, but removing masks entirely appears unlikely in the current climate.
People tend to be worse when they can be or think they are anonymous.— An ICE official described the effects of masking on police work.
Trump Threatens to Sue BBC Over Jan. 6 Video Clip in Latest Attack on Press: In a letter to the British public broadcaster, Trump cited a memo from a ...
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Trump Pardons His Co-Conspirators in 2020 Coup Attempt: One policy expert warned the move was likely meant to signal to Republican election officials that if ...
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Key FactsTrump’s Pardons Fail to Halt State Election Cases
2 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- President Trump issued pardons for Rudy Giuliani and several associates involved in attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
- These pardons apply solely to federal offenses, providing no relief against ongoing state-level prosecutions.
- State charges related to the ‘fake electors’ scheme remain active in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada.
- Several state cases face procedural hurdles, including changes in prosecution and pending appeals, but continue to move forward.
These great Americans were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election.— Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, explaining the pardons.
OpinionDemocrats Can Win Back Trump Voters—If They Don't Blow It: The message from the 2025 election is clear: Some Trump voters will back Democrats if the candidates ...
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Endorsing Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, Sanders Expands Push for 'Fighters' for Working Class in Senate
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OpinionTrump’s Nuclear Testing Threat: Playing with More Than Dynamite: We have to hope that there is sufficient wisdom and leverage hidden in the cracks of the Trump ...
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One Month Into Ceasefire, Israel Continues 'Silent Genocide' in Gaza: A report by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor detailed "a clear policy by the Israeli ...
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Angus King Denounced for Claiming 'Standing Up to Trump Didn’t Work' After Shutdown Cave
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OpinionResisting and Healing From Violence on Veterans Day and Beyond: In a country that engaged in so many disastrous wars in this century, the veterans I’ve been ...
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OpinionWho's City? Our City!: Zohran Mamdani’s people-first plan challenges state militarization and corporate power in New York City
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Trump Healthcare Payment Proposal Sparks Fresh Medicare for All Demands to Fix ‘Broken’ Healthcare System
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Hegseth Says 6 More Men Killed in Latest Boat Bombings: At least 76 people have been killed in 19 US attacks on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea and ...
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UN Climate Chief: Refusal to Halt Planetary Destruction Will 'Never, Ever Be Forgiven'
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OpinionClimate Adaptation Failure Is the Next Debt Crisis for the Global South: This is the new face of global inequality: Countries that contributed least to the ...
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OpinionThe Corporate 'Moderates' Had Their Chance—They Blew It: The moderate establishment looks at this moment and offers more of what created it ...
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Sanders, 80+ Dems Demand Starbucks 'Stop Union Busting and Reach a Contract' With Workers
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GOP Accused of Trying to Slip Backdoor Abortion Ban Into Government Funding Bill: "Trump said he’d leave abortion care up to the states. Well ...
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OpinionTrump's $2,000 Tariff Dividend Payments Would Explode the Deficit by Nearly $4 Trillion Over a Decade
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OpinionDefending Democracy Starts With Your Phone Plan: Why I Cut Ties With T-Mobile: The most effective way to resist the authoritarian takeover of our democracy is to ...
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OpinionThe Planet Wreckers Are Holding the World Back; We Must Call Them Out at COP30: Leaders have a choice: continue shielding fossil fuel interests ...
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OpinionBehind AI Hype, Climate Consequences: AI’s massive energy use is giving fossil fuels a lifeline when they should be rapidly phased out in response to the climate ...
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Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028
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OpinionWhy Climate Action Must Start on Our Plates: Rebalancing industrial animal farming cuts emissions, limits disease risk, protects biodiversity ...
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OpinionWhile Trump Posts Marble Bathrooms, Americans Go Hungry: Trump plasters his social media with a floor-to-ceiling marble bathroom remodel while families across ...
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OpinionCOP30: 'A Real Opening for Quicker Progress': Why it's not all bad news for Bill McKibben regarding the climate crisis. Five questions to one of the leading ...
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OpinionA Victorious Hamburg Climate Resolution Is a Model of Hope-Fueled People Power: While the current German government is rolling back or even boycotting climate ...
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OpinionCOP30: Climate Course Correction or Another Collision Course?: With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year ever on record, the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement ...
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OpinionWhy Aren't American Farmers Protesting in the Streets?: Perhaps farmers in the United States should look south, to Mexico specifically, for guidance on what they ...
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Trump Admin Threatens to Penalize States That Don't 'Undo' Full SNAP Payments: "This president will stop at nothing to take food out of the mouths of hungry ...
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Paid articlePaywall OpinionBlessed Are the Peacemakers. And, No, None of Them Are Trump: People are tired of funding wars instead of aid and basic services that could help millions at home ...
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Appealing SNAP Ruling, Trump Is Determined to Make Sure Poor Americans Don’t Get Food Assistance
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'I’m Scared For My Parents': Oregon Teen Pleads With City Council to Rein In ICE: “As a 16-year-old, I shouldn’t be scared," said the boy at a meeting in a ...
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Opinion'Earth's Greatest Enemy' Shows Us We Have No Choice: A new documentary details how the US military is destroying all forms of life—from oceans, plants ...
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Trump-GOP Stonewalling Shows They Are 'Absolutely Committed to Raising Your Costs,' Says Murphy
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OpinionMandani's Win Proves That Hope Is Power: Perhaps the most important takeaway from Mr. Mamdani’s campaign is this: Hope grounded in possibility is the fuel for ...
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Cornell Becomes Latest University to Submit to Trump's 'Extortion' Over Student Protests
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'Mega-Layoffs' Under Trump as Corporations Have Cut 1 Million Jobs This Year—Most Since 2003
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Army of 5,000+ Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Has 'Stranglehold on Climate Action' at COP30: Report
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Progressives Tell Dems Thinking of Capitulating to GOP on Shutdown: 'You Cave, You Lose'
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'Long-Overdue': Pelosi to Retire After Four Decades in Congress: Pelosi's progressive challenger called it the start of a "generational shift" in the ...
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Key FactsNancy Pelosi’s Powerful Political Legacy Concludes
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- Nancy Pelosi entered Congress in 1987 and ultimately became the first woman to serve as House Speaker.
- She was instrumental in passing major legislation like the Affordable Care Act and regaining House control in 2006.
- Pelosi’s leadership was marked by tactical skill amid growing political polarization and partisan challenges.
- Her legacy includes landmark laws and mentoring the rise of over 100 women elected to the House under her tenure.
I couldn’t give them that satisfaction.— Nancy Pelosi, explaining why she did not relinquish her congressional seat after her husband was attacked.
OpinionThe Hemispheric Presidency: Emergency Powers and the New US Doctrine in Latin America
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As Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck, Tesla Shareholders Approve Musk's $1 Trillion Package
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Senate GOP Kills Bill That Would Block Trump Boat Bombings and War on Venezuela: "Shame on the Republicans who continue to shirk their duty and deny their ...
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Protesters at 100+ Campuses Tell Trump 'Hands Off Higher Ed!': "We're not only out to defeat Trump, but to also win a vision for affordability, security ...
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Footage Shows Father's Seizure as He Held Toddler During Wife's ‘Harrowing’ ICE Arrest
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Gaza Group Asks for Help Recovering Over 10,000 Palestinians Buried Under Rubble: UN experts estimate it will take seven years for 100 trucks to remove all ...
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