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Trump Plot Amid Shutdown Will “Throw Gasoline” on Extinction Crisis, Critics Say
Court filings show the administration is pushing to eliminate jobs at several wildlife and conservation departments.
Trump Is Using the Government Shutdown to Wreck Public Health
The Trump administration is keeping the money flowing to ICE and the military while canning workers at health agencies.
Johnson Continues Block on Swearing-In Grijalva, Making Undue Demands of Her
Speaker Johnson's ongoing refusal to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva prevents her from serving her constituents.
Democratic Party Leadership Still Refuses to Address the Root of Inequality
Three decades ago, it cleared a path that led toward the likes of the DOGE wrecking crew.
Rutgers University Senate Passes Academic Freedom Resolution After Prof Flees US
The move follows death threats against Mark Bray, who is among 22 Rutgers professors on Turning Point USA’s “watchlist.”
Rubio Reportedly Gave Up MS-13 Informants in Deal With Bukele to Jail Deportees
The informants reportedly provided information on alleged ties between the gang and Bukele’s government.
Activists Can’t Give In to Bad-Faith Smears on Pro-Palestine Speech and Slogans
When movements let their messages be watered down, they risk the erosion of their ideas in popular consciousness.
Trump Wrongly Claims He Can Invoke Insurrection Act to Shut Down Courts
The president hinted that he may invoke the Insurrection Act to send the US military into San Francisco.
22 States Are in Recession or Heading Toward One. The Shutdown Could Worsen It.
Moody’s Analytics looked at data predating the shutdown when the country's economic situation was already dismal.
I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.
RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.