Category: News
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Trump Threatens to Withhold Endorsements Over Public Broadcasting Funds
In a late-night social media post, President Donald Trump issued a direct and unambiguous ultimatum to members of his own party: fall in line and defund public broadcasting, or forfeit his crucial endorsement. The post, targeting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which provides funding for PBS and NPR, frames the issue as a matter…
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Five Items To Buy Now Before Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect on August 1st
A date is looming on the calendar – August 1st. On that day, a sweeping new set of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump is set to take effect, and economists across the board agree it will change the price of many goods you buy every day. This isn’t a distant economic policy; it’s a…
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Trump Announces 50% Tariff on Copper, Citing National Security Concerns
President Trump has announced a dramatic new front in his economic war: a 50% tariff on all imported copper, set to take effect on August 1st. In a social media post, the President justified the move by releasing a “robust NATIONAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT,” arguing that copper is essential for everything from ammunition and aircraft to…
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Federal Agents Descend on Puerto Rican Museum, Forcing Community to Cancel Events
A tense scene unfolded this week in a Chicago parking lot, but this was no ordinary dispute. On one side stood the staff of the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in the historic Humboldt Park neighborhood. On the other: more than a dozen federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security in…
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Six Secret Service Agents Suspended Over 2024 Trump Assassination Attempt
One year after one of the most catastrophic security failures in modern American history, the U.S. Secret Service is revealing the internal consequences for the agents on the ground during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Six agents have been suspended without pay. But the disciplinary action – which includes no terminations – is raising…
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What the Mamdani Endorsement Reveals About the Democratic Party’s Future
In a notable consolidation of the Democratic Party in New York City, Representative Adriano Espaillat, a powerful establishment leader who backed former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the primary, has now endorsed the party’s nominee for mayor: self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. On its face, this is a show of party unity ahead of a contentious…
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The White House Just Took Its Most Aggressive Stance Yet Against Jerome Powell
The White House has escalated its long-running war against the Federal Reserve, moving from public insults to direct accusations of illegal conduct. In a letter posted to social media, the President’s own budget director, Russell Vought, accused Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of breaking the law and lying to Congress about a planned renovation of…
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Nationwide, Using Class Action Strategy
The Supreme Court made a move, intending to unleash one of President Trump’s most controversial policies. But just as the administration prepared to act, a federal judge in New Hampshire has made a cunning counter-move. sing a different but powerful legal tool, U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante has once again frozen the administration’s plan to…
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SCOTUS Blocks Florida From Enforcing Immigration Law
Florida, with the full backing of the Trump administration, went to the Supreme Court with an urgent plea. They asked for the green light to enforce their own aggressive immigration law, a bold effort by a state to take control of who enters its borders. In a brief, unsigned order late Wednesday, the high court…
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A Law at War With Itself: Title IX and the Constitutional Battle Over Transgender Athletes
For over fifty years, a single, 37-word sentence in American law has been one of the most powerful engines for equality in our nation’s history. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a cornerstone of civil rights, yet its simple language is now at the center of a fierce and profound constitutional battle.…