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Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs constitutional rights

President Donald Trump, in a new interview, was circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution. He also said he does not think military force will be needed to make Canada the “51st state” and played down the possibility he would look to run for a third term in the White House. The comments in a wide-ranging, and at moments combative, interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” came as the Republican president’s efforts to quickly enact his agenda face sharper […]

todayMay 4, 2025 1

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security systems

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The emergency appeal is the first in a string of applications to the high court involving DOGE’s swift-moving work across the federal government. It comes after a judge in Maryland restricted the team’s access to Social Security under federal privacy laws. The agency holds personal records on nearly everyone […]

todayMay 3, 2025

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Wes Moore explains why he will not run for president in 2028

Despite calls for him to seek the presidency in 2028, Maryland Governor Wes Moore says he isn’t running. The rising Democratic star left no ambiguity when asked if he would enter the race, as his party desperately searches for its standard bearer after devastating losses in the 2024 election. “I am not running,” Moore said repeatedly when pressed by “The View” host Joy Behar on Thursday. The 46-year-old first-term governor explained that he is instead focused on reelection in 2026 […]

todayMay 2, 2025 1

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson condemns Trump’s attacks on judges

In a rare rebuke on Thursday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pointedly condemned incessant attacks on federal judges. While she didn’t explicitly name the attackers, a range of attacks have come from President Donald Trump and Republican allies in recent months and over the past year. “The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity,” Jackson said at a conference for judges in Puerto Rico, Politico reports. “The […]

todayMay 2, 2025

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Trump aide Stephen Miller says America is ‘blessed’ Kamala Harris isn’t president, rails against DEI

White House advisor Stephen Miller hit back at Kamala Harris after the former vice president slammed President Donald Trump‘s first 100 days in office during a recent speech in California. Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, reacted to Harris’ scathing remarks about the president on Thursday during a White House press briefing, telling reporters the only thing the American public should hear from the former presidential candidate is an “apology.” “I think it was a great reminder to […]

todayMay 1, 2025 1

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Kamala Harris warns of Trump inciting ‘constitutional crisis’ in first extensive speech since leaving office

Former Vice President Kamala Harris did not hold back in criticizing her former 2024 opponent, President Donald Trump, in her first extensive public remarks since leaving the White House. Harris’ 16-minute speech at Emerge America’s 20th anniversary gala in San Francisco on Wednesday pushed back against Trump, criticizing his first 100 days in office. This has included constitutionally questionable actions like deporting undocumented immigrants (and children who are U.S. citizens) without due process, freezing or slashing federal funds already approved […]

todayMay 1, 2025 1

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Young Black Democratic candidates seek to bring new blood to Congress in era of Trump resistance

As the Democratic Party navigates how to fight back against President Donald Trump and the Republican Party with little meaningful power in Washington, D.C., some young Black Democrats are running for office hoping to shake things up in Congress and bring what they see as much-needed new blood to Capitol Hill. After former Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss in the 2024 election against Trump and the Democrats losing their slim majority in the U.S. Senate, the party of FDR finds […]

todayApril 30, 2025 1

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‘Nothing will stop me’: Defiant Trump says voters ‘signed up’ for tariffs amid rising costs and economic slump

President Donald Trump is defiant as he marks more than 100 days in office amid frustrations over continued high costs and growing concerns about the health of the U.S. economy. During a recent interview with ABC News, President Trump was pressed on Americans feeling “anxiety” over higher costs due to his tariff policies. The businessman and 47th president of the United States disagreed that Americans who supported him in the 2024 election didn’t “sign up” for it. “Well, they did […]

todayApril 30, 2025 1

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Black Americans have suffered the most during Trump’s first 100 days in office, say critics

Amid the controversy, constitutional clashes, and complete bucking of norms that have marked President Donald Trump‘s first 100 days in office, Black Americans are among those most impacted, critics tell theGrio, evidenced by Trump’s dizzying executive orders and actions to upend the federal government’s role in protecting communities of color. On his first day back in the White House on Jan. 20, Trump signed an executive order ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs — which his administration calls “illegal […]

todayApril 29, 2025 2