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U.S. agents suspected Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders. Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.
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“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a…
https://www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-ms13-gang-vulcan-corruption-investigation?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=6-13
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We heard directly from more than 150 researchers, scientists and investigators about their terminated NIH grants and the science that’s being lost. Full story ⤵️
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Voice of America’s Farsi-language broadcast, dismantled under Trump and DOGE, was abruptly reactivated today, recalling dozens of staff from paid leave as tensions between Israel and Iran escalated.
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4 months ago
A federal judge reversed President Trump’s firings of the three Democratic members of the five-member Consumer Product Safety Commission, which monitors the safety of products like toys, cribs and electronics.
https://trib.al/MlgVmOK
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Judge Reinstates Product Safety Regulators Fired by Trump
It’s the latest setback for President Trump in his effort to purge perceived political opponents from independent agencies.
https://trib.al/MlgVmOK
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US marines detain civilian in first known instance since Trump deployed troops to LA
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US marines detain civilian in first known instance since Trump deployed troops to LA
The civilian who was detained identified himself as Marcos Leao, an army veteran, and said he was treated ‘very fairly’ US marines deployed to Los Angeles on Friday temporarily detained a civilian, the US military confirmed, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by Donald Trump. Marines took charge of the Wilshire federal building earlier on Friday in a rare domestic use of US troops after days of protests over immigration raids. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/marines-los-angeles-protests-trump?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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6 months ago
Breaking News: Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas announced voter fraud charges against a half-dozen people, elevating his “election integrity” allegations against mostly Latino Democrats to a criminal level.
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Texas Attorney General Announces Vote Fraud and ‘Harvesting’ Charges
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/texas-vote-fraud.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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6 months ago
Breaking News: Three ex-officers from Memphis were acquitted of all state charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man whose brutal beating in 2023 stunned the nation.
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3 Former Officers Acquitted of All State Charges in Tyre Nichols’s Death
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/tyre-nichols-state-trial-officers-acquitted.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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6 months ago
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-rates-dallas-houston?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=5-7
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6 months ago
NEW: Trump lawyers have repeatedly said that the administration is complying with a federal court order stopping it from cutting transgender research funding. New whistleblower records contradict those claims. By
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Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=5-7
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6 months ago
US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink. Wow the corruption. An internal State Department memo lays it bare:“As the government of Lesotho negotiates a trade deal with the United States, it hopes that licensing Starlink demonstrates goodwill and intent to welcome U.S. businesses.”
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6 months ago
Breaking News: President Trump withdrew his original choice for surgeon general, a former Fox News contributor, and said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, instead.
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Trump Withdraws Surgeon General Nomination and Announces New Choice
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/casey-means-surgeon-general.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Employment rights bill ‘improves Labour’s favourability among voters’
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Employment rights bill ‘improves Labour’s favourability among voters’
Polling for TUC suggests measures could lure voters back from Reform, Greens or independents, but finds low awareness Labour’s employment rights bill could substantially increase the party’s plunging popularity with Reform and former Conservative voters, but few are aware of the changes, new data by a pollster has suggested. Among the most popular policies is on workers’ prevention from harassment, which has an extremely high favourability rating – despite significant criticism from Nigel Farage, Reform UK politicians and the Conservatives, who have sought to portray it as a “banter ban”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr/28/uk-employment-rights-bill-favourability-polling?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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NPR
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The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.
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As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers
The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5375917/as-a-diversity-grant-dies-young-scientists-fear-it-will-haunt-their-careers
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6 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5378684/doge-energy-department-nuclear-secrets-access
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6 months ago
On Inauguration Day, Musk and his companies were facing at least 65 actual or potential actions from 11 different federal agencies. Today, many of those threats have been neutralized. By exercising his influence over the government, Musk is set to avoid more than $2 billion in financial liabilities.
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6 months ago
If you’re wondering what Elon Musk has been up to it’s not about saving Americans money. It’s about saving himself money. Musk has used his position leading DOGE to illegally evade oversight, derail investigations, and make litigation disappear whenever he chooses, on his terms and at his command.
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6 months ago
The FBI's arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan is meant to scare officials and others from "standing up to the Trump regime," says Democrat State Rep. Ryan Clancy. From
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Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI 'stood up' for her community, state lawmaker says
The FBI's arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan is meant to scare officials and others from "standing up to the Trump regime," says Democrat State Rep. Ryan Clancy.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5377356/hannah-dugan-judge-fbi-arrested
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6 months ago
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order aimed at identifying sanctuary cities, part of a broader effort to target jurisdictions that limit cooperation with ICE.
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The White House threatens sanctuary cities in another EO, but courts are skeptical
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order aimed at identifying sanctuary cities, part of a broader effort to target jurisdictions that limit cooperation with ICE.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5379614/white-house-threatens-sanctuary-cities-again
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The New York Times
6 months ago
The Trump administration cut about $1 billion in aid to anti-hunger groups, according to Feeding America. It's put more pressure on organizations that distribute food to hold up their corner of the U.S. safety net, dipping into reserves and scrounging for donations to replace the food they had lost.
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After Trump Aid Cuts, Food Banks Scrounge and Scrimp
In one of the country’s poorest areas, the quantity and quality of government deliveries have dropped, forcing one charity to make do with thin soup and dried cranberries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/food-banks-trump-cuts-aid.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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6 months ago
US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days
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US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days
Official claimed Jose Hermosillo, who was visiting Arizona, was ‘without the proper immigration documents’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/us-citizen-jose-hermosillo-border-patrol?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1745250952
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Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old American citizen born in the U.S., was jailed in Florida under a controversial state immigration law, even though he had a valid U.S. birth certificate and Social Security card. A judge confirmed both documents were real, but said she
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Crosswalks across Silicon Valley were hacked this weekend. Pressing the button now triggers a message impersonating Elon Musk—mocking him in the process. Videos have been circulating online all weekend. 😂
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6 months ago
A Gaza paramedic for the Palestine Red Crescent Society who has been missing since Israeli forces ambushed a group of ambulances and other aid vehicles in late March is in Israeli custody, the Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday.
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Gaza Medic Missing Since Israeli Attack Is in Israeli Custody, Palestinian Group Says
Asaad al-Nasasra has not been heard from since the March 23 ambush by Israeli forces, which left 15 aid workers dead and drew international condemnation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-aid-worker-captured.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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ProPublica
6 months ago
NEW: Of the 7,837 disputed procedures in the lawsuit, involving 1,680 patients, Blue Cross paid this breast cancer center about 9 cents on the dollar, paying $43M on invoices totaling $500M. Some 60% of the claims weren’t reimbursed at all.
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
https://propub.li/4i6Brwh
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Los Angeles Times
6 months ago
Trump's order to expand U.S. timber production includes all of California's national forests
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Trump's order to expand U.S. timber production includes all of California's national forests
A federal order to increase U.S. timber production by 25% will touch all 18 of California's national forests, officials said.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-04-12/trumps-timber-production-california-national-forests
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Los Angeles Times
6 months ago
IRS plan to give data to ICE could wallop California, where many immigrants pay taxes
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IRS plan to give data to ICE could wallop California, where many immigrants pay taxes
A Trump administration plan to begin targeting undocumented immigrants using IRS data has sparked fear, anger and economic concern in California, where undocumented taxpayers contribute billions in local and state taxes.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-04-12/irs-plan-to-give-data-to-ice-could-wallop-california-where-many-immigrants-pay-taxes
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The Guardian
6 months ago
Trump says five more law firms agree to pro bono work to avoid punitive executive orders
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Trump says five more law firms agree to pro bono work to avoid punitive executive orders
Cadwalader and Latham & Watkins among major firms to provide $600m in pro bono work to Trump-backed causes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/trump-law-firms-pro-bono-deal?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1744461259
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The New York Times
6 months ago
A federal judge ruled on Friday that one member of Elon Musk’s government efficiency program could have access to sensitive payment and data systems at the Treasury Department, as long as that person goes through appropriate training and files disclosures.
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Judge Says One DOGE Member Can Access Sensitive Treasury Dept. Data
Nineteen state attorneys general had sued to block Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing Treasury systems that include Americans’ bank account and Social Security information.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/nyregion/doge-treasury-lawsuit.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.
The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting
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Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial
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Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial
Man who says he had previously left and re-entered the country multiple times alleges border officials called him ‘retarded’ and boasted ‘Trump is back in town’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/australian-with-us-working-visa-detained-insulted-deported?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1744375222
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6 months ago
Sixteen attorneys general and a Democratic governor sued the Trump administration on Thursday to restore access to over $1 billion in federal pandemic relief aid for schools that was recently halted, saying that the pullback could cause acute harm to students.
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Attorneys General Sue Over Access to $1 Billion in Federal School Aid
The Trump administration abruptly cut states’ access to Covid pandemic funding for school programs, saying they’d had enough time to spend it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/nyregion/letitita-james-lawsuit-trump-pandemic-funding.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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The Social Security Administration said that people seeking retirement or survivor benefits could continue to file applications over the phone, reversing a much criticized change that was expected to force tens of thousands of Americans to visit offices in person each week.
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Social Security Rolls Back Restrictions on Filing for Benefits by Phone
The agency’s plan to curtail phone services, which was expected to send tens of thousands to its offices each week, had been widely criticized.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/business/social-security-phone-benefits.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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6 months ago
Supreme Court required Trump’s administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador!
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6 months ago
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole. Why? Because an algorithm said so. 1/
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SCOOP from my colleague
@fastlerner.bsky.social
: Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
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Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis
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House passes bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections — NBC News
Four Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, which the Senate will need to pass before it heads to Trump's desk for his signature.
https://apple.news/AtaPzmS_aQ3Kkb6JlsWQ__A
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Trump administration officials met with senior Hamas officials in Qatar three times, according to four people familiar with the discussions, breaking with a policy against contacting a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization.
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How Hamas and the U.S. Tried to Strike a Hostage Deal
Officials met Hamas three times, breaking with a policy against contacting a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. But Israeli opposition and shifting positions doomed the effort.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/world/middleeast/trump-israel-hamas-hostages.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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6 months ago
NEW: A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
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An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm…
https://propub.li/4j71lS5
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6 months ago
Breaking News: U.S. stock markets faded in early trading, with the S&P 500 falling over 2% a day after President Trump prompted a rally by pausing some tariffs. Follow live updates.
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Trump Tariffs Live Updates: U.S. Market Rally Fades as China Trade Tensions Intensify
Stocks slipped in early trading, as investors assessed the economic impact of trade negotiations. The European Union paused its retaliatory tariffs and said it wanted to give talks with President Trum...
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/10/business/trump-tariffs-stocks
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Los Angeles Times
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On Monday morning, two individuals arrived at Lillian Street Elementary School's main office and identified themselves as "representatives of a federal agency," Los Angeles Unified said in a message.
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Federal officials arrived, denied entry at L.A. schools amid immigration enforcement fears
On Monday morning, two individuals arrived at Lillian Street Elementary School's main office and identified themselves as 'representatives of a federal agency,' Los Angeles Unified said in a message.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-09/federal-agents-arrived-denied-entry-at-los-angeles-schools-officials-say
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Elizabeth Warren
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While Donald Trump throws our economy into chaos, Republicans in Congress just advanced Trump's plan to cut health care for millions of people to pay for tax handouts for billionaires and giant corporations. We're going to fight it with everything we've got.
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6 months ago
The House narrowly adopted a Republican budget blueprint on Thursday. All Democrats present voted against the plan, which they said would pave the way for cuts to Medicaid and other vital safety net programs that would harm Americans, all to pay for large tax cuts for the wealthiest.
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The government knows an enormous amount about you in the data systems DOGE has sought to access. Just for starters:
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Trump limits tariffs on most nations for 90 days, raises taxes on Chinese imports
Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed off his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-stock-market-china-recession-deals-e8e54a68397e6829e1d27552a1d7bfb9
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The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status. (via
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'Federal government will be damaged': Former IRS official on plan to share immigrant data with ICE
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without l...
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/04/09/irs-immigrant-data-ice
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Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson has delayed a House vote on the GOP’s budget after failing to sway Republican holdouts who wanted deeper spending cuts.
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Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk
After more than an hour of labored negotiations with conservative holdouts, House G.O.P. leaders yanked their blueprint for the president’s tax and spending package, lacking the votes to pass it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/house-budget-vote-republicans.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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6 months ago
In a related move, the Justice Department barred its lawyers from attending American Bar Association events, intensifying the Trump administration’s ongoing conflict with the legal profession over the issue of client representation.
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The House passed legislation to prohibit federal district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, marking a significant step in an escalating Republican campaign targeting judges who have blocked some of Trump’s executive orders.
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7 months ago
Musk’s offer of free Starlink for the White House puzzled some former officials. But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year. By
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Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?
The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across…
https://propub.li/3Eb5BAG
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