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Illinois and Chicago sue the Trump administration over National Guard deployment The parties are asking a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending to Illinois any guard members from other states, including Texas.

The parties are asking a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending to Illinois any guard members from other states, including Texas.

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

"U.S. citizens, immigrants with legal status and children have been among those detained in increasingly brazen and aggressive encounters..."

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After the Portland ruling, Illinois is now taking action. The state filed a lawsuit today seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago.

Trump once suggested that injecting bleach could help cure COVID.

RFK has a long, long history of peddling medical misinformation to enrich himself.

Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.

The right is honoring Charlie Kirk’s legacy of “free speech” by firing everyone exercising free speech…

Don’t let this make you quieter.

Get louder.

Psaki: "Colbert and Kimmel clearly both got under Trump's skin. They both made fun of him all the time. ... That is supposed to be what being an American is all about. You're supposed to be able to make fun of the President."

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Republicans often claim "guns aren't the problem, it's mental illness."

Yes, mental health is a major problem in America — which is why we should fund programs to address it.

But all countries deal with mental illness.

Yet they don't suffer from the scourge of gun violence like the U.S.

The former head of the FBI’s Salt Lake City field office, a legendary agent named Mehtab Syed (pictured), was sacked by Kash Patel. Patel’s deputy director is a podcaster with zero FBI experience. If the FBI manhunt in Utah seems like amateur hour it’s because it is.

Thousands of undocumented immigrant workers helped rebuild New York City in the wake of 9/11.

24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues.

A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

Watch | Charlie Kirk Moment of Silence on House Floor Turns Into Shouting Match House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk on the House floor, just ahead of the news that Kirk had died.

House Speaker Mike Johnson held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk on the House floor, just ahead of the news that Kirk had died. It quickly turned into a shouting match about whether the observance was too little or too much.

He joked multiple times about Paul Pelosi getting smashed in the skull with a hammer.

From the Oval Office

While many simply expressed their grief for Charlie Kirk and his family following the fatal killing of the conservative activist Wednesday, many politicians on both sides of the aisle also condemned the killing.

But some public figures used the moment to make incendiary claims.

What studies reveal about gun ownership in the US | CNN As the nation continues to endure devastating mass shootings and increasing homicide rates, guns remain a fixture of American culture. Here’s what polls and surveys conducted in recent years tell us a...

Just a reminder that there are nearly 400 million guns in the U.S.--that's more firearms than Americans.

There is no place for violence in our democracy — against anyone.

Right wingers are really not prepared for an era where their own normalization of gun culture and gun violence might be used against them and not just the people they hate

And so it begins.

This is not about law and order—if it was, Trump would coordinate with the city and police on public safety.

Instead, he's planning to invade, intimidate and stage chaos all so he can swoop in and play the hero.

Nothing about this is normal. NOTHING.

Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.

Same…

At a time when inequalities of income and wealth in America are wider than they have been in more than 80 years, Trump's big ugly bill is utterly shameful.

It’s now up to us to make sure Republicans pay the price at the ballot box.

Devastating… The House voted 218–214 to pass Trump’s domestic-policy bill.

Republicans in Congress had a choice:

Vote to protect the people they serve or vote to please Donald Trump.

When millions lose their health care, SNAP benefits, local hospitals and nursing homes—this moment will be remembered.

And the American people will know who to blame.

No one voted to kick 17 MILLION people off their health care.

No one voted to RAISE the cost of groceries.

No one voted to give handouts to BILLIONAIRES.

Donald Trump and Republicans just sold out working people.

This is a gut punch — but we will NOT stop fighting back.

With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

House Republicans pass Trump's mega bill, sending the package to his desk to be signed The Republican leaders overcame objections from within their own party, marking a victory in their quest to fulfill President Trump's campaign promises.

The bill passed today, 218 to 214, after Republican leaders in the House of Representatives convinced holdouts in their own party to get in line behind the controversial legislation.

Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.

This is Washington at its worst.

We need to ban Congressional stock trading.