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The Costs of Restricting Abortion? More Than $130 Billion Per Year.

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When the US Supreme Court decided to overrule Roe v. Wade three years ago, the ruling had sweeping consequences for public health, making pregnancy much riskier, leading to the preventable deaths of pregnant women, and causing a spike in infant mortality. Now, research suggests the country has also suffered hundreds of billions of dollars in […]

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Mahmoud Khalil, Finally Free, Speaks Out

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On Sunday, Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student jailed by immigration authorities for more than three months for his role in protests against the war in Gaza, gave his most extensive public comments to date about his detention and the Trump administration’s case against him. After a federal judge ordered his release on […]

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Democrats in Congress Decry Trump’s Iran Strikes as Unconstitutional

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On Saturday night, President Donald Trump announced to the world that the US carried out what he called “massive precision strikes” on three nuclear facilities in Iran. The announcement put an end to over a week of speculation about whether Trump would join Israel’s offensive; just Wednesday, Trump told reporters, “Nobody knows what I’m going […]

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Trump and the GOP’s Ghoulish Response to the Assassinations in Minnesota

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President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday that he does not plan to call Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) in the wake of this weekend’s horrific political violence, in which a man assassinated a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and wounded another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife. “I think the governor […]

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“A Direct Attack on Women”: Lawmakers Demand Labor Secretary Preserve the Women’s Bureau

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Democratic lawmakers are demanding Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer preserve the Women’s Bureau following recent reporting from Mother Jones that the Trump administration is seeking to eliminate the 105-year-old, congressionally mandated office charged with supporting women in the workforce. On Monday afternoon, 34 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus sent Chavez-DeRemer a letter demanding the labor […]

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Rand Paul Says He’s “Not a Big Fan” of Donald Trump’s Military Parade

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Many Republicans quietly but noticeably skipped Trump’s military-slash-birthday parade on Saturday. According to a survey Politico did earlier this week of 50 congressional Republicans, only seven said they planned to stay in Washington, DC, for the weekend to attend the festivities. One Republican—Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)—was more direct about his opposition to the event. “I […]

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Minnesota Shooter’s List Reportedly Included Abortion Providers and Advocates

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The Minnesota shooter who killed a state lawmaker and her husband and wounded another legislator and his wife reportedly had a list containing dozens of other names, including abortion providers and advocates. Multiple news outlets, including CNN, ABC, and the Minnesota Star Tribune, have reported that the alleged shooter—57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, who remains at […]

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LA’s ICE Raids Are Impacting Domestic Violence Shelters

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On Monday, as ICE swept Los Angeles with raids in President Donald Trump’s escalating drive for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, a client of the Survivor Justice Center had an appointment for a court hearing.  The purpose was to secure a permanent, five-year restraining order against her abuser, who had already violated a temporary restraining […]

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Rep. Sarah McBride on GOP Attacks: “They’re Employing the Strategies of Reality TV.”

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My red carpet interview with Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) at the Saturday premiere of a new documentary on her history-making election as the first openly transgender member of Congress was interrupted by an adoring passerby. “Sarah, I love you!” the man shouted. “I’m a donor and I don’t even live in the district!” (“Thank you […]

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Trump Makes It Clear: His Military Response in Los Angeles Is Just the Start

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President Donald Trump’s war on dissent is ramping up. As protests continue to unfold in Los Angeles over workplace raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the president on Tuesday threatened any protesters planning to attend Saturday’s military parade in Washington, DC with “very big force.” (Saturday is also Trump’s 79th birthday.) “We’re celebrating […]

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“No,” Trump Says, He Does Not Want to Repair Relationship with Musk

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Trump has made it official: He and Elon Musk are (probably) never getting back together. In an interview with NBC News on Saturday, the president was uncharacteristically restrained when asked if he had any desire to repair the relationship with the ex-DOGE head following Musk’s meltdown on X this week. Asked if he wanted to […]

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The ICE Policy That Set Off Chaos in LA

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The chaos that unfolded in Los Angeles over the weekend was sparked by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids at workplaces, a controversial policy that seems designed to appease the Trump administration’s desire to increase the number of deportations at all costs. The policy to raid workplaces, reportedly pushed by White House Deputy Chief […]

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