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4h ago

James Talarico: โ€˜We have a moral imperativeโ€™ to flip Texas in light of Trump backlash

Talarico discussed the backlash heโ€™s seen against the White Houseโ€™s immigration strategy when he appeared on the show.

8h ago

White House moves to sideline key RFK Jr. aide as part of HHS shake-up

Stefanie Spear, principal deputy chief of staff at HHS, is being forced into a more diminished role as the White House moves to overhaul department leadership ahead of the midterms.

10h ago

Mike Johnsonโ€™s and Byron Donaldsโ€™ celebration of Frederick Douglass history rings hollow

The House speaker and Florida lawmaker spoke at an event dedicating the Capitolโ€™s press gallery to the 19th-century abolitionist. Hereโ€™s why they had no business being involved.

11h ago

Jesse Jackson was an unapologetically Black American hero

He helped insert Black men into the national discourse and did so with an uncompromising demand that would make us permanently relevant.

12h ago

Tuesdayโ€™s Mini-Report, 2.17.26

Todayโ€™s edition of quick hits.

13h ago

โ€˜We are not going to go quietlyโ€™: Singing Resistance takes on Trumpโ€™s immigration crackdown

Symone Sanders Townsend explained how music has played a vital role in some of Americaโ€™s biggest resistance campaigns.

13h ago

Trump DOJ goes into its Don Lemon case without a key tool

A motion from Don Lemon and Georgia Fort in Minnesota is the latest legal action questioning the โ€œpresumption of regularityโ€ historically granted to the government.

13h ago

Police arrest 18-year-old with a loaded shotgun outside Capitol

The person ran toward the Capitol wearing a tactical vest before officers confronted him and he surrendered, Capitol Police said.

13h ago

Gisรจle Pelicot recounts ‘descent into hell’ in new memoir

In “A Hymn to Life,” Pelicot writes of how she approached the historic 2024 trial against her husband, who had her drugged and raped by dozens of men for years.

14h ago

Pentagon pumps brakes on AI company thatโ€™s worried tech might spy on Americans

The Pentagon wants Anthropic to worry less about how its tools are used, the Epstein files roil the gaming industry and Ireland launches a probe of X in this weekโ€™s Tuesday Tech Drop.

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