60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history
Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...
Government Can Be Downsized Without Destroying the Constitution
Even a somewhat informed observer might wonder why President Donald Trump and the Republicans, who control all three branches ...
House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling
WASHINGTON — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald ...
House GOP approves bill to expand Congress’s power to undo Biden-era rules
The House on Wednesday voted to dramatically expand Congress’s ability to roll back regulations passed by the prior ...
Evening Report — House, Senate GOP duel over budget path
The race is on between Republican leaders in the House and Senate to see who can be first to create a budget with the ...
There are two checks on a president’s power. One is missing.
There are supposed to be two checks on Trump’s power, of course: the courts and Congress. But Congress, particularly in the ...
The Rise of America’s Broligarchy and What to Do About It
Campaign finance rules and checks on presidential power are collapsing just as leading tech giants have gained power.
Biden is least popular living president, Gallup survey finds
Barack Obama is the most well-liked, while Donald Trump's favorability has improved since his first term, according to a new ...
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DOJ can't send Congress the Trump classified documents report, judge says
In her ruling, Cannon said there had not been such a request, and suggested that the members of Congress could ... that the department can’t prosecute a sitting president. Garland and Smith ...
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Billionaires, tech titans, presidents: A guide to who stood where at Trump’s inauguration
Here’s who was up on the dais and who they sat next to. 1. Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok was seated next to Tulsi Gabbard, whom Trump has nominated to be the director of national intelligence ...
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Williams: Henry L. Marsh III left an indelible mark on politics and civil rights
Henry L. Marsh III — a graduate of Maggie L. Walker High, Virginia Union University and Howard University Law School — left a ...
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President doesn’t know the meaning of merit
Late last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive ... Rarely did Trump attempt to show that he wasn’t guilty of these charged transgressions. He claimed, instead, that laws don ...