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A long-serving Massachusetts sheriff, attending a law enforcement conference in Florida, has been arrested by the FBI. The charge is not for a minor infraction, but for federal extortion – a profound and alleged betrayal of the public trust. The…
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DNI Gabbard Revokes Security Clearances for 37 Former and Current Intelligence Officials
A security clearance is the essential key that grants access to America’s most sensitive secrets. In a dramatic and sweeping move on Tuesday, the nation’s top intelligence official, at the direction of President Trump, revoked that key for 37 current…
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Melania Trump Takes Larger Role on World Stage with Personal Letter to Putin on Ukraine War
The First Lady’s Soft Power: An Unwritten Role in Constitutional Diplomacy As presidents and prime ministers debate the hard edges of a peace deal for Ukraine – territory, treaties, and security guarantees – a second, quieter track of diplomacy has…
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Top 10 Highest Popular Vote Totals in U.S. Presidential History
What the All-Time Popular Vote List Reveals About the Modern Electorate While the Electoral College is the constitutional mechanism that decides our presidents, the national popular vote remains the rawest measure of a candidate’s connection with the American people. It…
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Texas Democrat Sleeps in House Chamber to Protest GOP’s Law Enforcement Escort Rule
In the dead of night, in the ornate chamber of the Texas House of Representatives, three lawmakers slept on chairs pushed together. They were not homeless, and they were not squatting. They were elected officials engaged in a profound act…
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Sanctuary Cities Push Back After DOJ Threatens to Cut Funding
Invoking the spirit of the American Revolution just across the street from Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall, Mayor Michelle Wu has issued a fiery and defiant rebuke to the U.S. Attorney General. Her press conference on Tuesday was a direct response…
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Trump, Citing Putin, Vows To Change Voting Laws Ahead Of Midterms
In a constitutionally alarming development, the President of the United States, fresh from a summit with the autocratic leader of Russia, is now citing that leader’s “advice” as the basis for a new campaign to overhaul the American election system.…
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Fighting Fire with Fire: Newsom’s Push to Redraw California Maps Faces Bipartisan Opposition at Home
“Donald Trump, you have poked the bear and we will punch back,” California Governor Gavin Newsom recently declared. The “punch” he is proposing is a plan to dismantle his own state’s celebrated, voter-approved independent redistricting commission in order to draw…
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Texas Democrats End Walkout, Face Police Surveillance as Redistricting Vote Looms
The dramatic, month-long exile is over. The Texas Democrats who fled the state to block a Republican power play have returned to Austin, but not to a hero’s welcome from their colleagues. Instead, they were met by state police and…
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The Death of States’ Rights? A President’s “Novel Take” on the Constitution
In a social media post on Monday, the President of the United States made one of the most explicit and constitutionally radical claims of his time in office. Announcing a new push against mail-in ballots and voting machines, he declared…