The end of Temporary Protected Status and Trump’s budget cuts make a bad situation worse.
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FEMA’s Summer Snowpocalypse
The Trump administration’s partisan warfare leaves the emergency management agency skidding into bureaucratic snowbanks and confronting angry Democratic lawmakers.
Posted inTAP
Will Cornyn Cave and Vote to Confirm Blanche as AG?
The Texas senator has every reason to vote no, including Trump’s career-ending support for Ken Paxton in the Texas primary.
Posted inPolitics
Jackson Earns Senate Nomination Sweep
The North Woods logger and former state senator out-organized everyone to take Graham Platner’s place on the ballot.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Top Defense Official Could Reap Windfall From DOD Settlement
Stephen Feinberg founded private equity giant Cerberus. A Cerberus-owned firm is poised to settle one of the largest government lawsuits ever—against the very agency Feinberg now helps lead.
Posted inPolitics
As the CBC Condemns Will Lawrence, Local Black Leaders Back Him Up
On a podcast, Lawrence said Black establishment leaders’ support for the status quo ‘is a big problem.’ Black voters and leaders in Michigan agreed with him.
Posted inPolitics
Clayton’s Trump Loyalty Becomes a Problem for Warrantless Spying
Critics say Jay Clayton, fast-tracked to be confirmed as director of national intelligence, is poised to run point on election interference for President Trump.
Posted inPolitics
Rising Momentum for Another Progressive Champion
A sleeper race in Arizona could see community organizer Kai Newkirk upset Rep. Greg Stanton in a House race in the Phoenix area.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Plan to Corrupt American Science
OMB’s Russell Vought would bring all federal research grants under direct political control, to align with ‘the president’s agenda.’