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Greene Intends to Wreck the House in an Election Year If She Doesn’t Get Her Way
Marjorie Taylor Greene has House Speaker Mike Johnson in her crosshairs. Will he be saved by Democrats?

UK Conservatives Are Channeling Trump in a Desperate Bid to Retain Power
Conservatives in the UK are attacking asylum seekers, fearmongering about “Islamists” and rallying against trans rights.

Human Rights Defenders Call This Detention Camp “Israel’s Guantánamo Bay”
A whistleblowing doctor describes likely war crimes being committed at the Israel Defense Forces' Sde Teiman base.

Biden Has Had the Power to Stop Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza Since Day 1
Netanyahu’s decision to allow aid through the Erez crossing under US pressure shows how much more Biden could be doing.

New Rule Will Lower Child Care Co-Pays, Improve Payments to Day Care Providers
The White House says families are expected to save about $200 a month on average. The new rule is effective April 30.

University of Texas at Austin Fires 60 Staff Focused on Diversity and Inclusion
The layoffs were prompted by a diversity, equity, and inclusion ban that went into effect in January.

New Bill Could Pave the Way Toward Banning Student Debt Cancellation
“Forty-five million student debtors need to see this and get very, very loud,” the Debt Collective said.

Georgia Judge Rejects Trump’s Request to Drop Charges on First Amendment Grounds
The Georgia election case has been held up by complications related to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

LGBTQ Advocates to SCOTUS: Don’t Let Cities Criminalize Houseless People
Groups warn the Supreme Court that LGBTQ youth make up 65 percent of the chronically houseless youth population.

Biden Approved Bomb Sale to Israeli Military on Same Day It Killed Aid Workers
The sale approval came just after Israeli forces finished their total destruction of Al-Shifa Hospital.