Trump threatens 'city will die' if it defies his demand for federal troops

In the early morning hours Tuesday, President Donald Trump launched a new broadside at the city of Chicago, demanding that the mayor of the city and Gov. J.D. Pritzker (D) allow him to send in federal...

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California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Punish Administrators Who Fail to Vet Teachers for Misconduct

The legislation resulted from a KQED-ProPublica investigation that found at least 14 educators were hired by new schools after their former employers determined they had sexually harassed students or ...

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'Indefensible' revelation emerges in Samuel Alito's long-withheld disclosures

A long-delayed financial disclosure from Justice Samuel Alito shows he never sold the oil and gas holdings that watchdogs say disqualify him from a major climate case.The report was posted on Monday b...

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Lonsdale Nonprofit Lobbies on Defense Policy Tied to His Investments

The Cicero Institute, a Joe Lonsdale-founded nonprofit shaping policy on homelessness, lobbies Congress and the Pentagon on defense procurement through an alternate name—aligned with the billionaire's...

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Milquetoast Marshall flees from Kansans and hides from reporters. Somehow, he still wants your vote! • Kansas Reflector

Marshall claims to be on a 120-stop tour of Kansas, but his adventures have been conducted almost entirely in private.

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Trump's fraud crusader caught promising foreign nationals green cards and US 'welfare'

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, who in May vowed to “eliminate waste, fraud and abuse,” was exposed Sunday for having pitched foreign nationals a real estate investment opportunity with the p...

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Disturbing new theory floated as Barron Trump can't shake the Tate brothers

A Democratic analyst floated a disturbing new theory on Sunday about why President Donald Trump's youngest son seemingly can't ignore the legal plight of two MAGA influencers. Andrew and Tristan Tate,...

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GOP in trouble as 'grocery price shock' set to surge already-inflated food costs: report

Republicans face an uphill battle heading into the midterms as a major “grocery price shock” appears poised to surge already-inflated food costs, Axios reported Sunday.“The next grocery price shock co...

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'Ouch!' GOP strategist floored as party's plan to 'goose' voters collapses

A GOP strategist was awed over the weekend after a string of new polls found that the Republican Party's attempts to "goose" voters during the midterms were falling flat. Republicans have been pushing...

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James Talarico is forcing Ken Paxton to air his dirty laundry

It’s no wonder Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton operates best in the shadows.

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Raging Trump roars 'CROOKED' and 'FAKE' in all-caps Truth-Social threat

President Donald Trump suffered a public meltdown Sunday morning over his plummeting poll numbers and the people who report them. Trump took to Truth Social about 8:45 a.m. to threaten political journ...

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'Too much for too long': U.S. Military turns on Pete Hegseth over mounting risk

The U.S. Military has turned on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the mounting war in Iran, according to a new report. Several U.S. military leaders warned Hegseth this month that prolonging Preside...

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Supreme Court justices 'breaking the law' to deliver for donors installing them: expert

The hosts of the Legal AF podcast are sounding the alarm over what they call a corruption crisis at the Supreme Court, arguing the justices have been captured by the billionaires who bankrolled their ...

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MAGA lawmaker caught in audio-recorded admission: 'I have Trump fatigue'

One MAGA lawmaker has a new message for voters "exhausted" by President Donald Trump: Move over. That's according to a new audio recording, unearthed by The Bulwark, in which Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK...

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'The piggy bank is broken': Trump admin spurs 'crisis' with 'raid' on Navy's payroll cash

The Trump administration has sparked a full-blown “financial crisis” within the U.S. Navy after pillaging coffers earmarked for service member payrolls, The Guardian reported after speaking with U.S. ...

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Trump’s new ploy to quell rancher uproar lands with a thud: ‘This does nothing’

President Donald Trump’s new plan to help America’s “wonderful farmers and ranchers” landed with a thud Friday among critics, of which several described it as a misguided attempt to quell rancher upro...

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Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records

The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many r...

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To keep her job, Jeanine Pirro will take down anyone—even kids

Jeanine Pirro is using a special grand jury to harass public schools in Washington, D.C.

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Deported model threatened by Melania's lawyers lobs bombshell claim at Trump-allied ex

A former Brazilian model who says first lady Melania Trump's lawyers threatened her has accused an ally of President Donald Trump in a United Nations passport-selling scheme she claims turned deadly, ...

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What’s next in the legal battles over Trump’s attack on mail voting

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These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.

Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...

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Private Equity Execs Bankroll Super PAC Backing Moulton vs. Markey

Partners at major private equity and venture capital firms wrote the largest checks to Advance Progress, which is working to unseat Sen. Ed Markey in the Sept. 1 primary. The industry accounts for mor...

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James Talarico is forcing Ken Paxton to air his dirty laundry

It’s no wonder Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton operates best in the shadows.

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Damning jury report leaves Ron DeSantis in jeopardy over $10 million charity scheme

A sealed Florida grand jury report reveals how $10 million meant to reimburse taxpayers for a Medicaid overbilling scandal was secretly diverted to defeat a 2024 marijuana legalization measure — and w...

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The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco

ProPublica revealed how a rushed effort to arm Ukraine with artillery shells wasted half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding. Here are the biggest takeaways from that reporting.

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