BREAKING: A judge orders the Trump administration to halt construction of $400 million White House ballroom unless Congress approves the plan.

Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House.

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I clicked on the Google doodle for today thinking I would see some fun, St. Patrick's Day content. It was all AI. All of it.

One of my dogs seems to have just realized that the voice she hears me editing all the time is in fact MY voice, but it's not coming from me, it's coming from the computer. Folks, she is not happy.

The Supreme Court seems poised to hand Trump autocratic power by allowing him to fire independent agency officials for any reason

Supreme Court Seems Ready To Blow Up A 90-Year-Old Precedent

Such a decision will “destroy the structure of government” and remove one of the remaining roadblocks to the president’s ability to do whatever he wants.

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Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.

New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul

The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.

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Trump is now seeming to endorse execution for his perceived enemies — retweeting a post that called for the hanging of Democrats who told servicemembers to refuse illegal orders. He also claims the Dems are engaging in 'seditious behavior'.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says it will report on September's job gains and unemployment rate next week. That's the first of many overdue economic reports held up by the government shutdown. n.pr/4pfDNgw

Better late than never: The delayed September jobs report will be out next week

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says it will report on September's job gains and unemployment rate next week. That's the first of many overdue economic reports held up by the government shutdown.

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When politicians say they don't like "political correctness," they are in fact just hoping to redefine what is considered correct under the current state of politics. It's about shifting the window of propriety to their standards.

Senator Johnson just voted to have *you* pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars for a routine collection of records.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Senate Republicans secured a provision in the government funding package that could award Republican senators hundreds of thousands of dollars for having their phone records collected — a routine, normal process — during the Jack Smith investigation. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

We're only in the first period and there have already been three fights.

Breaking News: A former Illinois deputy was convicted in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a woman who had called 911. It was a rare instance of an American law enforcement officer being convicted in an on-duty shooting. nyti.ms/3LANx6c

Breaking on MSNBC: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

ICE agents are seizing more people from jails in the Austin area, sometimes visiting the facilities multiple times per day as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement nationwide.

ICE is removing more people from Austin’s jails. Sometimes coming twice a day.

Data shows a growing number of people in Travis County jails find themselves facing deportation after sometimes routine run-ins with the police.

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JUST IN: Judge Smith says the Trump administration is violating his order prohibiting FEMA from conditioning grants to states on their willingness to assist with immigration enforcement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Groundwork Collaborative's Lindsay Owens says the impact of the cancelled health care subsidies may be even worse in Wisconsin than in other parts of the country. www.wuwm.com/rising-affor...

ACA premiums to spike unless Republicans step in

Groundwork Collaborative's Lindsay Owens says the impact of the cancelled health care subsidies may be even worse in Wisconsin than in other parts of the country.

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I have foolishly been spending time on Twitter again. Why? Because sometimes, I make bad choices. It's just bots, folks. Bots as far as the eye can see.

Is there any reliable app for MCTS? Like, a single one.

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca@tomscocca.bsky.social · 10mo ago

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

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NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka. I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws. Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

Venezuela's Maduro signs decree granting security powers in case of military intervention reut.rs/3KkcUZI

Venezuela's Maduro signs decree granting security powers in case of military intervention

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has signed a decree granting him additional security powers in case of a military incursion into the country, the nation's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, said on Monday.

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Breaking News: President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu backed a plan demanding Hamas disarm and free Israeli hostages or face elimination. Earlier, Hamas said it was not consulted on the proposal or its terms. Follow live updates and see details of the plan.

Live Updates: Trump and Netanyahu Release Cease-Fire Plan for Gaza

Mr. Trump said Israel would have his “full backing” to eliminate the threat of Hamas if the militant group does not agree to its terms. Hamas said it was not consulted on the proposal.

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President Trump was due to meet with congressional leaders today in a last-ditch effort to head off a government shutdown that could disrupt a wide range of services as soon as Wednesday reut.rs/3KpsNOu

Trump, US Congress leaders to meet, try to avert government shutdown

President Donald Trump was due to meet with congressional leaders on Monday in a last-ditch effort to head off a government shutdown that could disrupt a wide range of services as soon as Wednesday.

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Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

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Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

EXCLUSIVE: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will halt abortions in October in response to the GOP budget "defunding" provision It's the first known PP affiliate to drop abortion services in the wake of the law:

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to Halt Abortion Services

Sources say the affiliate isn't scheduling abortion appointments after September 30 in an apparent attempt to avoid Medicaid "defunding."

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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Now that summer is over, Chicago is still on track to have fewer homicides in 2025 than almost any other year since 2001. This is especially impressive considering that the five most violent years of the 21st century have all been in the past decade.

I don't see how this is going to change anything. Pastors, in spite of perceptions of the law, have already been advocating for candidates from the pulpit - both implicitly and explicitly. This has been a complaint among many Christians for years.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 11mo ago

Texas is expected to be where IRS’ new stance on religious leaders endorsing candidates will matter most, one expert said. More than 200 megachurches call Texas home. “Texas will be the epicenter for testing all these ideas out,” the expert said. W/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social & @texastribune.org