Category: News
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How Pam Bondi’s Epstein Promises Imploded and Turned MAGA Against Its Own
For months, the promise of a bombshell revelation captivated a nation. A secret “client list” and thousands of incriminating videos related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein were supposedly on the verge of release, with the Attorney General herself suggesting they were in her possession. But this week, the story didn’t end with a bang;…
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A Nation at War with Itself: The Two Americas on Display This July 4th
This Fourth of July, the familiar sounds of fireworks and patriotic music are being met with a competing noise: the sound of protest. As millions of Americans gather for parades and barbecues, thousands more are taking to the streets, arguing there is little to celebrate. On the nation’s 250th birthday weekend, the country is not…
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Did the Social Security Administration Just Become a Propaganda Arm for the White House?
Millions of Americans opened their inboxes this week to find a surprising message not about their benefits, but about politics. The Social Security Administration – one of the government’s most trusted and historically apolitical agencies – sent a mass email celebrating a new law passed by Congress. The email, sent to beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries alike,…
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From Gun Silencers to a Space Shuttle: A Look at 7 Lesser-Known Provisions in the Final Trump Bill
As the President signs his so-called “big, beautiful bill” into law this Fourth of July, the national conversation will rightly focus on its massive, agenda-setting provisions. But to truly understand the nature of this legislation and the government that created it, we must look beyond the headlines and into the fine print. The true character…
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Winners, Losers And Secret Expiration Dates of The Big Beautiful Bill
It’s done. After months of chaotic debate, backroom deals, and razor-thin votes, the largest overhaul of American domestic policy in years has passed both houses of Congress and is headed to the President’s desk. The headlines promised historic tax cuts and a booming economy. But now that the dust has settled and the final, sprawling…
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Why Idaho Traded a Death Sentence for a Guilty Plea
A Guilty Plea, a Life Spared, and the Reality of American Justice The case that horrified and captivated the nation has reached its legal conclusion. Bryan Kohberger, the former criminology Ph.D. student, has pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students. In doing so, he has accepted four consecutive life sentences without…
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Why A 35-Year-Old Death Penalty Case Qualifies For Retrial Now
The Constitution’s guarantee of a fair trial has no expiration date. For more than three decades, a man has sat on Alabama’s death row for the murder of a county sheriff. This week, a federal court declared that his trial was fundamentally unfair—not because of new evidence of innocence, but because of a practice that…
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Senate Passed The Bill That Will Change Your Paycheck and Your Healthcare
It happened in the quiet, pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning, after a grueling all-night session of deal-making and debate. By the slimmest possible margin, the U.S. Senate passed a massive piece of legislation that will touch nearly every aspect of American life. For some, the bill’s passage represents a historic victory and a promise of…
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The Cruel Theater of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Deep in the Florida Everglades, on an isolated airstrip surrounded by miles of marshland teeming with wildlife, a new and formidable structure has risen with astonishing speed. It is a sprawling complex of temporary buildings and chain-link fences topped with barbed wire, capable of housing up to 5,000 people. The Trump administration and its allies…
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Trump and CBS Settle Lawsuit Over Kamala Harris Interview, Raising First Amendment Concerns
A major American news network has agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars and, more significantly, to change its internal rules to settle a lawsuit with a sitting President. This wasn’t a standard defamation case over a factual error. It was a high-stakes constitutional battle over a single, controversially edited television interview. The fight…