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Kamala Harris calls Texas Rep. Nicole Collier during Capitol confinement: ‘We are all there with you’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris personally reached out to Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier as she continued to be confined inside the state Capitol after refusing a demand from the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives to sign a permission slip that would require 24-hour supervision by law enforcement. “You really are inspiring so many people. And I just want you to know that you are among those who history will reveal to have been heroes of this moment,” […]

todayAugust 20, 2025 2

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First domino in national redistricting fight likely to fall with Texas GOP poised for vote on maps

The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP. The vote follows prodding by President Donald Trump, eager to stave off a midterm defeat that would deprive his party of control of the House of Representatives, and weeks of delays after dozens of Texas Democratic state lawmakers fled the state in protest. Some Democrats returned […]

todayAugust 20, 2025 3

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Trump weaponization czar urged New York Attorney General James to resign over mortgage probe

President Donald Trump’s political weaponization czar sent a letter urging New York Attorney General Letitia James to resign from office “as an act of good faith” four days after starting his mortgage fraud investigation of her. Then he showed up outside her house. Ed Martin, the director of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group, told James’ lawyer on Aug. 12 the Democrat would best serve the “good of the state and nation” by resigning and ending his probe into alleged paperwork discrepancies on her […]

todayAugust 20, 2025 2

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President Trump complains Smithsonian museums discuss ‘how bad Slavery was’

In his latest targeting of the Smithsonian, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the nation’s museums are too “woke” and complained that they discuss “how bad Slavery was.” “The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of “WOKE.” The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. The president claimed that the museums—all a […]

todayAugust 19, 2025 5

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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier sues over ‘illegal confinement’ by Republicans inside state capitol

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is fighting back in court after not being allowed to leave the state Capitol because she refused to sign a “permission slip” that would have required her to be under 24-hour supervision by a law enforcement officer. Collier on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the state House of Representatives after House Speaker Dustin Burrows required Democrats to sign a waiver that would compel them to be under the supervision of the state Department of Public […]

todayAugust 19, 2025 8

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Rep. Nicole Collier refused GOP ‘permission slip’ rule, was locked in the Texas chamber — and slept in her bonnet overnight to protest

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is being hailed by Democrats after refusing to agree to a demand by Republican leadership in the state House of Representatives to be under law enforcement supervision to leave the Capitol chamber. Collier, who was among 50 Texas Democrats who fled the state in protest of what they called a racially gerrymandered congressional map, declined to sign a permission slip requiring a Department of Public Safety escort to ensure she didn’t again flee and delay […]

todayAugust 19, 2025 6

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Baltimore mayor shares racist voicemail from man who called him n-word amid Trump’s crime takeover

As Black mayors push back against right-wing claims about crime in their cities following President Donald Trump‘s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., neighboring Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has become a target. Mayor Scott shared a racist voicemail he received from an anonymous man to underscore longstanding bigoted attitudes about majority Black communities. “I really think it’s timely for folks to hear the kind of hatred and vitriol…that still exists in the world today,” Mayor Scott said in a video posted […]

todayAugust 19, 2025 3

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Jasmine Crockett says she’s not paid enough to buy new home in redrawn Texas district

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett has much to think about as Texas Republicans prepare to approve a new congressional map that would significantly impact her district. During a recent interview with CBS News, Crockett shared she is considering running in a different district next year after Texas Republicans redrew a map that puts her residence outside her 30th Congressional District. Crockett will have to decide whether to run for office in the neighboring 33rd Congressional District or potentially find a new […]

todayAugust 19, 2025 1

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Trump claims DC is now ‘safe’ and more people are dining out since his crackdown. The numbers tell a different story

President Donald Trump on Monday declared Washington, D.C., safe again, a week after he announced a federal crackdown amid claims about crime in the nation’s capital. “It’s safe,” Trump said inside the Oval Office during a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. As evidence of his claims, the president told reporters he received several calls from others, including Democrats, who shared that they were dining out in D.C. after previously avoiding doing so due to crime in the […]

todayAugust 18, 2025 2