The world’s most vocal racist will be the Republican Party’s biggest donor again. But don’t mention it. | Press Watch

Our top news organizations are covering up Elon Musk’s white supremacist propaganda

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The IRS slashed its staff. One result? More taxes going uncollected

The IRS slashed its auditing staff last year — but the move may have backfired as tax collections from enforcement efforts plummeted, an Inspector General report shows.

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Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela

The company plans to invest more than $7 billion over the next five years, with the goal of more than doubling its current production to about 600,000 barrels a day.

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House Democrats block constitutional amendment to lock Supreme Court at 9 justices

The Republican-led resolution, which requires two-thirds support in the House and the Senate, is a response to increasing openness among Democrats to expand the court.

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Deathly design gaffe spotted as Trump coin goes on sale to deluge of derision

The U.S. Mint began selling its new $1 coin stamped with President Donald Trump's face on Wednesday, and the internet instantly ridiculed the launch.The coin, gold-colored but struck from base metal, ...

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JD Vance Allies Leave the Administration in Droves

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll isn't the first official to be squeezed out or exit with little explanation. It's not hard to figure out what they all have in common.

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Trump homeland security chief says ICE agents could be sent to polling places

Markwayne Mullin says officers could be deployed ‘if there is a threat to that polling place or we’re serving a warrant’

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Trump approves disaster relief funds for 7 red states, after denying aid to blue states

Ahead of the midterm elections, the president isn’t even being subtle about his scandalous politicization of disaster aid.

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What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals

Vance is posing as a chivalrous defender of his wife. What he’s hiding is the craven compromises he’s made with the racist and white nationalist elements within the MAGA coalition.

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Handful of House Democrats split on GOP resolution condemning socialism

Eight Democrats voted with all House Republicans to adopt the measure, which also calls for a voter ID crackdown.

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Abolish ICE? Perish the Thought, Says Press

A spate of recent articles argue that abolishing ICE would be bad for immigrants, and that even debating the idea hurts Democrats.

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Bovino was under internal investigation by Border Patrol when he retired, newly released records show

Former Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino retired while under internal investigation for his conduct during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis and Chicago, records show.

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Smell of death hangs over rescue efforts in Nepal as deaths pass 1,000

“I have posted so much that my fingers started shaking and trembling,” nurse Kalpana Shrestha said of her search for her 10 missing family members.

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Opinion | The House just got back into town — and wants to leave again ASAP

Beyond keeping the federal government open past the midterms, there’s not much reason for GOP lawmakers to want to stick around Washington.

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‘Sit with the women’: Finding hidden history on Route 66

Route 66 traverses land where people lived and worked before the birth of America. When researchers looked for their stories, they made an unexpected discovery.

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Women who remember life before Roe are turning away from Susan Collins

Many women in their 60s who backed the Republican incumbent for years now point to her role in confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court as the moment when she lost their trust.

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Here's why we've been seeing so much food-borne illness

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Will Trump's Venezuela oil deal lower U.S. gas prices? Here's what experts say.

The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.

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Center for Food Safety | Press Releases | | Trump Administration Sued for Approving 'Forever Chemical' Pesticide Trifludimoxazi

<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Center for Food Safety, Center for Biological Diversity, and Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network North...

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Iran, US trade strikes in first fighting in a month

Iranian forces fired missiles at American positions in Jordan following U.S. strikes on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Trump calls on the FCC to punish Kristen Welker — for accurate commentary - Poynter

He once again called on federal regulators to punish journalism he dislikes, despite the FCC having no authority to do so

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It’s the Corruption, Stupid

Toward a Unified Theory of Political Division and Healing in America

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Plan to cut number of polling sites in a major Texas county

Plans in one of Texas’ largest counties to use dozens fewer polling location than previous years is drawing protests from Democrats who say the reductions could create confusion in the November midter...

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