Tag: politics
Jury awards more than $2 million to protester shot in face with nonlethal projectile
LOS ANGELES – A jury has awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester who was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition...
Do liberals need to choose between defending democracy and the Fed?
Donald Trump has declared war on the Federal Reserve’s independence.On Monday, the president ordered the removal of Lisa Cook from the central bank’s Board...
RFK Jr. praises Texas for implementing his health vision
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Georgia’s Fulton County fined $10,000 a day for not appointing Republican election board nominees
ATLANTA – The government of Georgia’s most populous county must pay $10,000 a day until it appoints two Republican nominees to its election board...
The Magic Phrase Behind Donald Trump’s Power Grab
Hi, I’m Tim Marchman, WIRED’s director of politics, science, and security, and I’m filling in for Jake this week.On August 7, the White House...
Former GOP Rep. Mayra Flores switches districts to challenge Rep. Vicente Gonzalez for third time
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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers
“I’ve spent most of my career researching right-wing media and sounding the alarms about the collapse of our old information environment,” Ellie Langford, the...
Texas AG Ken Paxton asks federal court to end Harris County’s misdemeanor bail reform | Houston Public Media
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday asked a federal court to vacate the ODonnell Consent Decree, a first-of-its-kind bail reform...
Trump’s push to oust Fed’s Lisa Cook unites anti-DEI effort, bid to control independent institutions
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's vow to fire Lisa Cook, an economist who is the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve's...
Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter
Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday...