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Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."

BREAKING: We're asking the Supreme Court to reject the Trump administration's attempt to revive its discriminatory passport policy.

Lower courts were right when they stopped the the State Department from denying transgender, non-binary, and intersex people accurate identification.

The federal government is shut down. Here's what that means across the country The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.

The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.

I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.

They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

He's totally going to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell by the way.

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

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That’s because he considers his birthday as the most important day in American history. Military parade this year, UFC fight and more next year, his face on US currency. Expect more Trump birthday stuff, including a push to make it a national holiday.

FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to 'illegal immigrants' This is false. Democrats say they are pushing for the inclusion of key health care provisions in the next congressional spending package.

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Here’s a closer look at the facts:

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After 45 years of supplying free cattle feed from distillery leftovers, Jack Daniel’s is cutting the program and livestock farmers in TN fear for their livelihoods. JD is partnering with an energy company instead who will pay for the runoff. Who can afford generosity anymore?

ICEBlock developer says Android wouldn't be anonymous. But, with stateless relays—like Signal—push tokens don’t need to be stored in a traceable db. Tokens can be proxied, avoiding persistent IDs. Harder to build, but Android can keep anonymity while still supporting push and it can be sideloaded.

Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

Trump Busts In On Hegseth To Warn SNL In Brutal Cold Open: ‘Daddy’s Watching!’ SNL opened its 51 season with a cold open in which their President Donald Trump cuts in on Pete Hegseth to warn the show that "Daddy's watching!"

"From now on, our fighting men—and I guess women—are going to adhere to the highest male standard, which has been set by our president, Donald J. Trump: Six-foot-six, buck seventy-five!! A-cups, perky!! With a dump truck in the back you wouldn't even believe!
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Let’s talk about the people in Mike Johnson's district who'll have to pay $16,000 more a year for health care if he gets his way.

Just so the richest people on earth can get tax breaks.

A GOP push to restrict voting by overseas U.S. citizens continues before 2026 midterms Republican officials are pushing for more voting restrictions on U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the country, after unsuccessfully challenging their ballots in 2024.

Some Republican officials are pushing to block voting by citizens who've never lived in the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the effort.

Jasmine Crockett: "Stop believing the lies they are putting out there. The only person that is harming you right now is the old white nepo baby that is sitting in the White House that is causing all the destruction, pain, and problems you are enduring"

WATCH: Gov. Bill Lee’s private school voucher scam is welfare for the wealthy.

Lee tells WKRN his only *wish* is to give more of our public dollars to private schools. www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...

My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

Californians are already getting notices that their health care premiums will skyrocket in 2026 if the ACA tax credits aren’t extended. Millions of Americans will see a 114% AVERAGE annual increase. That’s ridiculous and unsustainable.

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

Trump is now 40 minutes late and counting. Naval cadets still standing around in total and increasingly uncomfortable silence.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth considered sending an elite U.S. Army strike force to Portland, Ore., to quell protests that President Donald Trump has characterized as ‘lawless mayhem,’ according to images of messages provided to the Minnesota Star Tribune.”

So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down.

The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.

And they get another vacation

Iran executes 6 death-row inmates it alleges carried out attacks on behalf of Israel Iran says it has executed six death-row inmates it alleges carried out attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel.

BREAKING: Iran executed six death-row inmates it alleges carried out attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel.

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

In the first quarter of 2025, farm bankruptcies increased by 95%

Remember: the policies leading to bankruptcy are purposeful. Our food supply is in danger…there is no better way to bring a country to its knees than having control of its food supply.