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Woman Who Hates Endangered Species Act Will Be in Charge of Wildlife Policy
Susan Combs has opposed animals considered for endangered designation on economic grounds.
![Michael Cohen, personal lawyer for Donald Trump, walks through the lobby at Trump Tower, January 12, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/04/GettyImages-944230928-400x300.jpg)
When Your Lawyer Needs a Lawyer: Trump, Cohen and the FBI Raid
Cohen and Trump are facing real legal peril. If this keeps up, we'll have to change “MAGA” to “My Attorney Got Arrested.”
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Ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship Will Try for a Senate Seat in Coal Country
Blankenship has spent the last nine months in jail.
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Donald Trump’s Latest Conflict of Interest Is on Full Display
A new report suggests that President Trump may have threatened Panama in order to help his hotel business there.
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Bankruptcy Won’t Keep Remington From Producing Guns
The venerable arms manufacturer is not going out of business.
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On Embracing Intersectionality and Decolonization to Foment Personal and Societal Change
How to flip the script on identity politics.
![Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach and US Vice President Mike Pence, attend the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on July 19, 2017, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/04/2018_0404_Kris_Kobach-400x300.jpg)
Crosscheck Is Ineffective and Insecure, but States Aren’t Withdrawing
They've put voters' personal data at risk.
![A counterprotester holds a sign during the alt-right's "No to Marxism" rally in Berkeley, California, on August 27, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/04/36047194873_2de28b026a_k-400x300.jpg)
The Fall of the “Alt-Right” Came From Anti-Fascism
Entire communities took up the anti-fascist fight.
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Florida May Soon Become Ground Zero for Midterm Spending
Elections in the state could be decided by 1 or 2 percentage points.
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Judge Rules That Trump Accuser, Summer Zervos, Can Sue the President
The ruling is a win not only for Zervos, but possibly for Trump's other accusers.