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Jack Smith’s latest court filing is a flashing red siren

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s unsealed motion this week provides the most comprehensive account yet of Trump’s efforts to cling to…

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‘A scab’: UAW President says Trump ‘doesn’t give a damn about working class people’

In between appearing alongside Senator Bernie Sanders in Michigan for Kamala Harris campaign events, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain…

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Jessica Valenti: ‘The end game is full abortion bans, no exceptions’

If you decode the deliberately misleading language being peddled by Donald Trump and JD Vance, you’ll find a rebranded federal…

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‘Did Reaganism contain seeds of Trumpism?’: Max Boot investigates in new book

Back in 2013, historian Max Boot set out to write the definitive book on former president Ronald Reagan. After more…

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‘We are at an inflection point’: U.S. Trade Rep. on new Biden Admin tariffs on Chinese EVs

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai talks about the highwire balancing act between trade policy that helps consumers and hurts workers.…

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‘Trickle down just doesn’t work’: The truth about tariffs and when they’re actually useful

There’s been a lot of talk about tariffs lately, but some of it can be misleading. “Our trade policy is…

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‘It’s not good for public safety’: Project 2025’s extreme death penalty plan 

Both Project 2025 and Donald Trump’s Agenda 47 call for a major expansion of the use of the death penalty,…

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Historian Timothy Snyder: ‘Freedom is positive’ and ‘being joyous is the first step’

Seven years ago, Timothy Snyder wrote the best-selling book “On Tyranny.” His new book “On Freedom” is a rumination of…

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‘This is not trivial stuff’: Project 2025’s plan to ally the U.S. with authoritarians worldwide

Project 2025 intends to use U.S. foreign assistance programs to push conservative culture wars worldwide, conditioning aid on restricting abortion…