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Trump DOJ Takes Milwaukee to Court Over Federal Agent Mask Ban
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Milwaukee over its ordinance barring law enforcement from wearing masks o
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Trump's Jones Act Waiver Lets Chinese Military-Linked Ship Dock in US, Sparking Outrage
A Chinese military-linked ship, Jin Zhou Wan, used Trump's Jones Act waiver to sail from Baltimore to New Orleans, spark
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Flight Attendants Win Landmark Religious Discrimination Case Against Union and Airline
The Ninth Circuit ruled that Alaska Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants violated federal anti-discriminati
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Trump's Pre-Midterm Assault on Election Integrity Sparks Alarm
President Trump is undermining faith in the election system before voting begins, using false claims and threats that mi
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House GOP Pushes Thune to Fast-Track Reconciliation as Senate Pauses
House Republicans are pressing the Senate to act quickly on the reconciliation framework passed Wednesday, but Majority
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Democrats Reject Fears of Socialist Takeover Ahead of Midterms
Democratic leaders push back against warnings that democratic socialist primary victories threaten the party's midterm c
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Trump-Thune Feud Escalates Over Senate Stalled Agenda
Tensions between President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are boiling over as the Senate fails to pass key
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Kagan Rejects Claims Supreme Court Is Trump's 'Rubber Stamp' Despite Conservative Majority
Justice Elena Kagan argued the Supreme Court is not a 'rubber stamp' for President Trump, pointing to decisions that blo
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Rollins Defends US Food Safety Amid Cyclospora, Screwworm Crises
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday declared the U.S. food supply safe amid a record Cyclospora outbreak an
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Massachusetts House Votes to Ease Late-Term Abortion Restrictions
Massachusetts House lawmakers passed a bill easing late-term abortion restrictions, sending it to the Senate. The measur
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Minnesota Senator Tina Smith Backs Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Primary
Sen. Tina Smith endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Senate primary, praising his grassroots appeal. El-Sayed faces mod
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Trump EEOC Drops Subpoena for Penn Jewish Employee List After Year of Legal Battle
The Trump administration withdrew its subpoena demanding a list of Jewish employees from the University of Pennsylvania,