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In a dramatic new move in the escalating war over the Jeffrey Epstein files, the Department of Justice has publicly released the full transcript of its recent prison interview with the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. Hailed by the administration…
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The Four Most Contentious Presidential Elections in U.S. History, Explained
Americans often worry about the stability of the next election. But our constitutional system has already been tested by electoral chaos four separate times in its history, pushing the nation to the very brink. These are not just dusty stories…
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Trump Admin Proposes New “Ideological Litmus Test” to Deny Student Loan Forgiveness
For nearly two decades, the federal government has made a simple bargain with a generation of teachers, nurses, social workers, and other public servants. If you work in a vital, often lower-paying, public service job for ten years and make…
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CBO Confirms Trump’s New Law Will Trigger Sequestration, Leading to Major Cuts in Medicare Funding
For ninety years, Social Security and Medicare have formed the bedrock of economic and health security for America’s seniors. These programs represent a constitutional promise, enacted under Congress’s power to provide for the “general Welfare.” Now, the President’s signature legislative…
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The FBI Raid on John Bolton is a Constitutional Reckoning Years in the Making
At dawn on Friday, FBI agents descended on the Maryland home of a man who once held some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets. The raid on John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor, is a stunning development…
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3 Powers A Presidents Doesn’t Actually Have (But People Think He Does)
The American Presidency is the most powerful office on Earth. A single individual can command armies, negotiate with world leaders, and shape the course of history. But in our modern, often-heated political discourse, the immense power of the office can…
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Justice Jackson Accuses Supreme Court of Rigging Cases for Trump in “Scathing” Dissent
A sitting Supreme Court Justice has, in a formal written opinion, accused her own colleagues of playing a child’s game with the law of the land. In a scathing dissent to an emergency ruling, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson declared that…
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Why a Federal Takeover of Chicago Isn’t Like D.C.
From the Oval Office on Friday, after weeks of exercising direct federal control over Washington, D.C., the President turned his attention to a new target. “Chicago’s a mess,” he declared, before adding ominously, “We’ll straighten that one out probably next.”…
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Russia BOMBS American Factory Days After Peace Summit
Days ago, it was handshakes and talk of a “path to peace” in Alaska. Today, it is fire and smoke rising from the wreckage of an American-owned factory in western Ukraine. In a brazen and violent rebuke to President Trump’s…
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California Legislature Approves New Congressional Map to Counter Texas, Targeting 5 GOP Seats
The first shot was fired in Texas. Now, the counter-attack has been launched in California. In a dramatic escalation of a national political war, the California Legislature on Thursday approved a new congressional map explicitly designed to eliminate up to…