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How John Fetterman Became “Trump’s Favorite Democrat”

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In early April, Tracy Baton helped organize a “Hands Off!” rally protesting President Donald Trump in downtown Pittsburgh that was attended by more than 6,000 people. But she wasn’t just angry at the president—she was also incensed by her state’s Democratic senator, John Fetterman. So was the crowd. “Fetterman?” one speaker yelled from a stage […]

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Republicans Snuck Two Devastating Health Care Measures Into Trump’s Megabill

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In the early morning hours on Thursday, after an all-night session of tense negotiations, House Republicans narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package. In addition to the largest cuts to Medicaid in US history, the bill contains provisions that have alarmed health care advocates since they first showed up in earlier versions of […]

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House GOPers Just Voted for the Biggest Medicaid Cuts in History—After Promising to Protect It

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House Republicans whose seats are not safe in the 2026 midterm elections voted early on Thursday morning to advance the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, endangering health care for millions of the poorest Americans. Several cast these votes after making promises to protect the Great Society program that provides health care to millions. Democrats […]

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Bishop William Barber: GOP Budget Is a Form of Social and Political Murder

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“The reason I use the word ‘murder’ is because they know that it’s going to cause death,” Barber says.

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She Denied Mel Gibson a Gun—Then Trump’s DOJ Fired Her

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When Liz Oyer was appointed US pardon attorney in 2022 by President Joe Biden, she’d landed her dream job. As a longtime public defender, Oyer was now in a position to advise the president on the backlog of thousands of individuals seeking presidential clemency. But earlier this year, her dream job ended abruptly. In March, […]

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DOJ Charges New Jersey Congresswoman With Assault Following ICE Jail Visit

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The baseless charges “should send a chill down the spine of every American,” said Rep. Greg Casar.

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Republicans Slide “Nonprofit Killer” Law Into Tax Bill

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The “nonprofit killer” is back—this time tucked into congressional Republicans’ aggressive new tax proposal, which they’ve dubbed the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill.” For those who forgot: In November, the House of Representatives passed HR 9495, or the “Stop Terror Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act,” which would give the Secretary of the Treasury […]

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The GOP’s Plan to Defund Planned Parenthood Would Add $300 Million to the Deficit

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The contentious plan to defund Planned Parenthood, included in the Republican-backed reconciliation bill that would slash millions in Medicaid funding, would cost taxpayers $300 million over the next decade, according to a leaked preliminary estimate compiled by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The news comes as House Republicans have doubled down on the proposal […]

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GOP Unveils Sweeping, Brutal Medicaid Cuts

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On Sunday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) released budget reconciliation text that outlined extensive cuts to Medicaid planned by the Republican Party—which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office promptly estimated “would reduce the number of people with health insurance by at least 8.6 million” nationwide. At least $715 billion would be cut […]

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DC’s Sole Congressional Rep Is Too Old to Drive. Can She Defend the City From a Hostile GOP?

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Since she was first elected in 1990 as Washington, DC’s, nonvoting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) has fiercely defended the civil service in Congress. Nearly a quarter of her constituents work for the federal government. So after the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, as Elon Musk’s US DOGE Service targeted agency after agency with […]

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Why Maxwell Frost Wants Democrats to “Get Caught Fighting”

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On a sunny afternoon in early February, two dozen Democratic representatives, clutching smartphones and talking points, converged on the Treasury Department’s public entrance in downtown Washington, DC. For weeks, a strike force from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, loosely vetted and barely old enough to vote, had swarmed federal buildings with a mandate to […]

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Scientists Deem Trump’s Latest Funding Freeze a “Slow-Moving Apocalypse”

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The hits to science, and scientists, keep coming under the Trump administration. This week, the National Science Foundation (NSF), a government agency that funds research across the country, told staffers that “until further notice,” it will stop payments on grants it has already awarded for studies—and stop awarding new ones. That’s according to a scoop […]

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