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A Trump Inauguration Event Is Charging $100K for Donors to “Pray” With Him
Trump's inauguration committee is on pace to raise more funds than any other president's committee in history.
Johnson’s Dim Speakership Chances Could Imperil Trump’s Certification on Jan. 6
Mike Johnson can only afford two defections from GOP lawmakers this week to ensure he retains the speakership.
Jimmy Carter, Who Urged “Peace Not Apartheid” in Palestine, Dead at 100
"It’s a terrible human rights persecution that far transcends what any outsider would imagine,” said Carter in 2007.
Elon Musk Op-Ed in German Newspaper Prompts Editor to Resign in Protest
The party that Musk is backing is vehemently anti-immigration, and regularly downplays the atrocities of Nazism.
At Least 37 US Lawmakers Traded Up to $113 Million in Arms Stocks This Year
Eight of these lawmakers even simultaneously held positions on the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees.
From Big Pharma to Wall Street, Corporate Giants Bankroll Trump’s Inauguration
Uber, Amazon and Ford are reportedly among the companies that have pledged to give $1 million to the 2025 inauguration.
What Hurricane Helene Relief Taught Me About Preparing for Trump’s Second Term
We can mobilize mutual aid to feed and shelter people all the time, not just after major environmental disasters.
Trump’s Debt Ceiling Power Play Is a Prelude to the Congressional Chaos to Come
Ahead of the House speaker election, Mike Johnson is stuck between Trump and the hard right of the House.
Critics Slam Gerontocracy After Missing Congressmember Found at Senior Facility
GOP Rep. Kay Granger, who has not cast a vote in Congress since July, was revealed to be struggling with dementia.
Trump Demands Control of Panama Canal, Transfer of Greenland to US
“We are not for sale and will never be for sale,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said.