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Thursday on Fox News Channel's "Hannity," Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, called the tale of two "Dan Sullivans" on the Alaska general election ballot for U.S. Senate an effort to deceive. The post ‘Clearly an Effort to Deceive’: Comer Calls Alaska’s ‘Decoy Dan’ Ploy ‘Cheating’ appeared first on Breitbart .
Israel imprisoned Khalida Jarrar, a historic leader of the Palestinian left, five times, almost always without charge or trial. She tells Jacobin about how women prisoners copied a library by hand and how Israeli censors never let in Antonio Gramsci.
Chris Murphy said waiving a human rights condition on aid paved the way for arrests of journalists.
U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman and FBI Anchorage Special Agent in Charge Matthew Schlegel held a press conference Friday about the ballot scheme involving Mary Petola’s campaign. “Anyone who tries to illegally deceive voters and interfere with the election will answer for it,” Heyman said. “We are aware of the recent New York Times reporting ...
Donald Trump attacked the appearance of a Reuters reporter and called him 'disgusting' after the reporter asked a question about the president's cancellation of two upcoming campaign events. A day later, Trump rescheduled the canceled rallies in Kansas and Iowa. Trump lashes out at Reuters reporter who asked why he canceled rally in Kansas Continue reading...
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX adopted President Trump's preferred "super intelligence" term on their third-quarter earnings calls.
The complaint was filed a day after the Trump administration issued a flurry of threats and subpoenas to local officials, claiming it was part of an effort to stop voting by undocumented immigrants.
I was delighted to sign on to this brief in State v. McMenamy (Mo. Ct. App.) just filed by the… The post 10-Year "Harassment"/"Stalking" Sentence for Repeatedly Criticizing Police Detective Violated First Amendment, Amicus Brief Argues appeared first on Reason Magazine.
The post Trump Has Tried to Exert More Control Over Elections. Here Are the Key Findings From Our Reporting. appeared first on ProPublica .
After concentrating on the high price of gas and groceries, Democrats are using health costs to make their case about an “affordability crisis.”
It was an ambitious notion – now Californians will vote on a one-time 5% billionaire tax, and state’s super rich have pulled out all the stops in opposition One year ago, the idea of a billionaire tax in California was still in its infancy. It wasn’t yet one of the most contentious ballot measure fights in state history – pitting Democrats against Democrats, drawing national attention from political heavyweights, and netting hundreds of millions of Silicon Valley dollars to fight it. Back then, it was a bold and desperate answer to Donald Trump’s healthcare cuts. Continue reading...
Every election, there is a crucial sliver of voters who help determine which candidates win. Here are five takeaways from a year of listening to voters who backed Biden in 2020 and then Trump in 2024.
A key Democrat is looking into a massive amount of money that was appropriated to the National Science Foundation (NSF) but reportedly not spent. In a letter first shared with The Hill, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology ranking member Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) accused the foundation of violating “Congress’ power of the purse and…
Rather than building systems around individual platforms and asking operators to navigate between them, we should build around the operator.
For years, Supreme Court aspirants have avoided talking about how they might rule. Trump’s frustrations with his first-term picks could change that.
At the conclusion of a crowded campaign event at K’s Hamburger Shop in Troy, Ohio, on Thursday, I approached the state’s Republican nominee for governor, Vivek Ramaswamy, with a simple question. “Do you think Dr. Acton lied about being raped?” I asked him. It’s not something I ever thought I’d have to ask a politician. […]
President Donald Trump said he would hold rallies in Iowa and Kansas this weekend, extending his time on the campaign trail ahead of next week’s midterm elections.
