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Climate Lawyer Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: ‘It’s Really Just a Carbon Tax’

David Bookbinder used to be the lawyer representing Boulder, Colorado, in its climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy. He’s no longer actively involved in the case. Which apparently freed him up to say what the lawsuit is actually trying to accomplish. “Essentially, the tort...

What SCOTUS’ Emergency SNAP Ruling Means for Millions of Americans and Separation of Powers

The Supreme Court’s latest move wasn’t a full-blown constitutional landmark – it was a short emergency order on a Friday afternoon and then extended on Tuesday. But for roughly 42 million Americans who rely on food assistance, and for anyone who cares about the Separation of Powers , it...

How Trump’s $2000 Promise To American Taxpayers Works In Practice

President Trump announced on his social media platform that Americans can expect checks for $2,000, funded by “massive Tariff Income pouring into our Country from foreign countries.” The money would go to “low and middle income USA Citizens” – direct payments from trade policy revenue....

Supreme Court Blocks Order Requiring Full SNAP Funding During Government Shutdown

A federal judge gave the Trump administration 24 hours to send $4 billion to 42 million hungry Americans. The administration’s response wasn’t to comply – it was to race to the Supreme Court for permission to ignore him. By 9:30 PM Friday, the Supreme Court granted that permission. The...

Democrats Offer Compromise to End Shutdown. Republicans Call It ‘Political Terrorism.’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer walked onto the floor Friday morning with what he called “a very simple compromise.” The government would reopen at current spending levels. Three bipartisan appropriations bills would pass. And expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies – the ones keeping...

Supreme Court Protects Gay Marriage

The Supreme Court issued one of its shortest decisions Monday morning. No explanation. No noted dissents. Just a single sentence declining to hear an appeal that asked them to overturn the constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Kim Davis – the Kentucky county clerk who went to jail in 2015...

Reagan Judge Throws Away Lifetime Appointment to Speak Freely About Trump Administration

Mark Wolf spent 40 years on the federal bench. He had a lifetime appointment – the kind of job security that exists nowhere else in American life. He could have served until he died, drawing his salary, wielding his power, secure in the knowledge that no president could touch him. Sunday, he...

Eight Democrats Just Ended the Shutdown

Eight Democratic and Independent senators walked onto the floor Sunday evening and voted to end the longest government shutdown in American history. They knew what was coming – fury from their base, accusations of betrayal, charges that they’d surrendered without getting anything in return....

Bernie Sanders Crashes Schumer’s Victory Lap, Exposing a Deep Fracture in the Democratic Party

It was meant to be a routine victory lap for the Senate Minority Leader, a moment to celebrate a surprisingly good election night for his party amidst a grueling government shutdown. But the carefully orchestrated press conference was suddenly upended by an uninvited guest with a very different...

It’s the Economy, Stupid: How Trump’s Forgotten Promise Cost the GOP on Election Night

The results of Tuesday’s off-year elections have sent a shockwave through the Republican Party. Losses in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, coupled with a stunning socialist victory in the New York City mayoral contest, have forced a painful internal reckoning. While party leaders...

Republicans Worry Trump Has Lost Focus on Cost-of-Living Issues After Tuesday’s Election Losses

President Trump solved wars in the Middle East, cleaned up Washington’s streets, and is fighting tariff battles at the Supreme Court. But White House allies and Republican strategists say he’s made a critical mistake: he stopped talking about the issues that got him elected. “People don’t...

Nancy Pelosi’s Stock Trades: 16,930% Return Under Scrutiny Following Retirement Announcement

After a nearly four-decade career in Congress, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this week that she will not seek re-election. Her departure marks the end of an era for one of the most powerful and effective Democratic leaders in American history. But as her long tenure comes to a close,...

After Years of Addiction and Crime, Darryl Strawberry Just Got a “Get Out of Jail Free” Card from His Old ‘Apprentice’ Boss

He was one of the most electrifying and feared baseball players of his generation, a New York legend whose fall from grace was as spectacular and public as his rise. Darryl Strawberry’s story became a dark American tragedy of immense talent destroyed by cocaine addiction, tax evasion, and prison...

Texas Drag Ban Is Back. A Federal Court Just Handed Down a Confusing and Dangerous New Ruling

A federal court has just revived a controversial Texas law, plunging performers, business owners, and families into a state of profound legal chaos. The decision, a complex legal maneuver, has not settled the debate. It has thrown gasoline on a fiery national conflict over the First Amendment,...

Dick Cheney Called Trump “The Greatest Threat to the Republic.”

Dick Cheney died Tuesday at 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiovascular disease that plagued him throughout his adult life. The former vice president who served alongside George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 was the most powerful second-in-command in American history – the architect of the...

New York City Mayoral Race Sees Record Turnout as Polls Close on Mamdani-Cuomo Showdown

Polls closed in New York City Tuesday night in a mayoral race that drew more than 2 million voters – the first time turnout has exceeded that threshold since 1969. The contest pits Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist who won the Democratic primary, against Andrew Cuomo, the former...

Zohran Mamdani Wins New York City Mayor’s Race, Becoming First Muslim to Hold Office

The old guard has fallen. The political machine that defined New York politics for a generation has been decisively broken. In a stunning and historic election with the highest voter turnout in decades, the “capital of capitalism” has been handed over to a new, radical, and profoundly different...

The SCOTUS Tariff Case That Could Redefine Presidential Power

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sat in the middle rows of the Supreme Court chamber Wednesday, flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The three men responsible for negotiating Trump’s trade deals watched as the justices spent two and a half hours...

NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Names All-Female Transition Team Including Former FTC Chair Lina Khan

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan will co-chair his all-female mayoral transition team, sending a clear signal about the direction his administration will take when he’s sworn in January 1. Khan, who aggressively...

Trump Renews War on NYC Congestion Fee, Threatens to “Terminate” $17 Billion Hudson Tunnel Project

The battle for the future of New York City’s traffic is heading for another major collision between state and federal power. President Trump has just renewed his promise to kill the city’s controversial congestion pricing plan, ordering his Transportation Secretary to once again find a way to...