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In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show.
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates...
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A new attempt to politicize NIH grants is the latest chapter in a theme that has defined the second Trump administration: expanding executive branch power and marginalizing Congress.
Congress Declares Its Opposition to Vought’s Latest Scheme
But Will Lawmakers Finally Act to Rein Vought In? Top appropriators in...
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The pool is a system that news outlets have been using for decades to help split the cost of having cameras follow the president's moves on a daily basis.
News Organizations Band Together in White House Boycott
The news outlets that make up the TV pool that covers the...
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It's a sign the admin is promoting its immigration crackdown to mobilize right-wing evangelical and Catholic voters in the midterms. More from Sarah here: talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/homan-s...
Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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@sarahposner.bsky.social has a new piece out on TPM today about border czar Tom Homan's speech before an evangelical crowd in Georgia last week that was heavy on profanity & an overall celebration of Trump's anti-immigrant brutality:
Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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Josh Marshall: The U.S. doesn't really have a policy. It has the mindset and top fears, on any given day, of Donald Trump.
Things Fall Apart (in the Middle East): The Donald Trump Story
One of the key arguments for a great power — other than...
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Homan's speech before the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition signals that the admin is promoting its immigration crackdown to mobilize right-wing evangelical and Catholic voters in the midterms.
Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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Two ICE incidents over the weekend are reminiscent of the peak violence during mass deportation operations back in the winter PLUS a major court ruling should temper some of the worst elements of the administration's brutal third-country deportation policy.
ICE Involved in Two Violent Incidents Over the Weekend
Trump’s Mass Deportation Op Grinds On We start today with two incidents...
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The OMB director is, yet again, attempting to again assert control over grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health.
Russ Vought’s Latest Scheme to Tighten His Grip on Federal Grants
Russ Vought Wants to Veto NIH Funding The White House’s attempts to...
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How GOP Infighting Put the Spotlight on a Far-Right Secret Society of Influential Christian Men
How GOP Infighting Put the Spotlight on a Far-Right Secret Society of Influential Christian Men
It usually doesn’t take a lot, but Erick Erickson managed to do it this week: cause the far-right to melt down online. He published an article on his Substack…
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I asked Greg Bovino about the killing of Alex Pretti yesterday. He blamed a "light touch" towards "anarchists and rioters" in Minneapolis that allowed "lawlessness" to "fester" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...
In New York, Greg Bovino Says DHS’ ‘Light Touch’ Allowed Minneapolis ‘Lawlessness’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Greg Bovino knows Minneapolis is a problem. The...
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Asked by TPM about the killing of Alex Pretti, Greg Bovino blamed DHS for taking a "light touch" towards Minneapolis.
In New York, Greg Bovino Says DHS’ ‘Light Touch’ Allowed Minneapolis ‘Lawlessness’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Greg Bovino knows Minneapolis is a problem. The...
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Better late than never. This week’s Reporters’ Roundtable is now up on your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. Great group of smart and experienced journalists break down the week’s news. Animals may be involved. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/diWzyhGd1RA
Josh Marshall: "I think we should put the Florida race in the not-impossible category — the kind of contest that becomes possible in a real tsunami scenario."
Notes on the Florida Senate Race
I want to flag this poll for you. It’s a poll of...
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TPM's de facto sports correspondent @kateriga.bsky.social joined @theixsports.bsky.social to talk about how the right's WNBA fixation fits into their Christian nationalist worldview and focus on traditional gender roles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UU7...
Why is the American Right sooooo focused on the WNBA?
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Why is the American right obsessed with the WNBA? This week on the pod @classicjpow.bsky.social and @howardmegdal.bsky.social are joined by @kateriga.bsky.social to discuss why the American right has latched on to women's sports before the 2026 midterms. www.theixsports.com/features/ix-...
Why is the American right obsessed with the WNBA? | The IX Basketball
This week our hosts are joined by Kate Riga from Talking Points Memo to discuss how the right has latched on to the WNBA as a wedge issue.
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STARTING NOW: Hunter and Joe talk Don Jr.'s suspect wedding funding, Mitch McConnell coming back to the Senate, what's going on with Major League Baseball, and more.
TPM Live: Talking Don Jr.’s Corrupt Wedding, McConnell’s Return and Sports Stuff
Another weird week in American politics is coming to a close, and...
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The Florida GOP didn't respond to a request for comment about Rawson’s involvement with the League of the South, attendance at Unite the Right, white supremacist donors, or the post he appears to have made on X advocating lynchings. Nor did the national GOP.
Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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Join us at 1 pm ET for a chat about Don Jr.'s lavish Bahamas wedding funded by a Russian oligarch; Mitch McConnell's, uh, not-so-triumphant return; what's going on with Major League Baseball; and more.
TPM Live: Talking Don Jr.’s Corrupt Wedding, McConnell’s Return and Sports Stuff
Another weird week in American politics is coming to a close, and...
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Dispensing with the need for an emergency hearing, U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper quickly moved to prevent President Trump from demolishing the Kennedy Center—but left unresolved for now this week’s closure of the building and its ultimate fate. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Kennedy Center Saved From Demolition—For Now
JFK Memorial Remains Closed Dispensing with the need for an emergency hearing,...
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Saying the quiet part out loud, President Trump’s admits he's trying to "Willie Horton" former Gov. Roy Cooper in the NC-Senate race; and to do so, he features a violent crime that white nationalists are obsessed with ... talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s ‘Willie Horton’ Moment Featured a Story White Nationalists Are Obsessed With
President Donald Trump painted a terrifying picture during his rally in North...
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EXCLUSIVE: Census Bureau ordered staff to halt all external events related to the 2030 Census amid the agency’s release of a controversial, unprecedented rule proposal aimed at excluding immigrants from the count, according to a copy of an email obtained by TPM. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule
Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external...
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Judge Cooper sidestepped at least for the moment a confrontation with Trump and his hand-picked board over whether they are in flagrant and repeated direct violation of his court orders.
Kennedy Center Saved From Demolition—For Now
JFK Memorial Remains Closed Dispensing with the need for an emergency hearing,...
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Census Bureau tells staff not to talk publicly about its new rule, which would dramatically shift how the survey is conducted and redistribute political power from blue states to red ones.
Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule
Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external...
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University of Florida’s College Republicans chapter was disbanded after members were discovered doing Nazi salutes. The group has come back to life, and, as one of its first acts, hosted Marshall Rawson, the Florida legislature candidate who TPM revealed was at Charlottesville.
We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville
This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...
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When @hunterw.bsky.social told me he was writing about how Trump was using the "Willie Horton" strategy in North Carolina, I thought he was making an analogy. But, no, Trump basically says at a rally: I'm going to do some Willie Horton now. And then does.
Trump’s ‘Willie Horton’ Moment Featured a Story White Nationalists Are Obsessed With
President Donald Trump painted a terrifying picture during his rally in North...
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Greg Bovino is at the New York Young Republican Club in Manhattan tonight. He describes one of the city operations last year as “the most violent law enforcement mission in American history”
An email sent to Census Bureau staff halted all external events related to the 2030 Census after the Bureau published a controversial new rule.
Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule
Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external...
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