Matt Brown

I completely understand the ennui experienced by the average person in our modern age but it's very funny to be like "This sucks I wish I was a farmer in the 1400s"

White House Confuses Two Black Democrats in Wild Post “Does the intern running the white house page not know Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker are different people,” one X user wrote.

The White House is being called out for confusing two Black lawmakers in its attempt to troll Democrats on its official social media account.

A Confederate statue is restored as part of Trump's efforts to reshape how history is told The Trump administration has restored a memorial to Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington, D.C.

A Confederate statue is restored as part of Trump’s efforts to reshape how history is told.

It’s also another chapter in a more than century old culture war. My latest:
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Democrats needed a new approach on a key House committee. Then came the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has sought to rally his committee as a center of Democratic messaging and response to the Trump administration's agenda.

Locked out of power on Capitol Hill, Democrats have few means to press for policy changes or even information from the Trump administration.

But then the top Oversight Democrat saw a potential blueprint for changing that in the public outcry over the Epstein files:
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Barber: “We're diverse, because when people are sick and die and they don't have health care, they don't die black, they don't die white, they don't die Brown. They die dead.”

Rev. William Barber speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and faith leaders. Barber is urging action on food assistance programs.

More states are moving to redraw US House districts after Trump urged it for partisan gain A battle over congressional redistricting is playing out across the U.S. as states redraw House districts for partisan advantage.

“The U.S. Supreme Court has said there is no federal prohibition on political gerrymandering, in which districts are intentionally drawn to favor one party.” apnews.com/article/redi...

The state of redistricting fights in states across the country:

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from Tennessee jail so he can rejoin family in Maryland to await trial A jail release order from a Tennessee court requires Kilmar Abrego Garcia to travel directly to Maryland, where he'll be in home detention with his brother as his custodian.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges.

Trump administration reviewing all 55M people with US visas for potential deportable violations The Trump administration says it’s reviewing all the more than 55 million people with U.S. visas for potential deportable violations.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Departmentsaid Thursday that it’s reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid U.S. visas for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules.
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Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylum Brazil’s federal police say messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro show he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum.

“The AP reviewed the police evidence, which included messaging app exchanges and voice messages, after police forwarded the documents to Brazil’s Supreme Court. Bolsonaro would face another trial if the attorney-general decides to charge him.”
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s federal police said messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro showed he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum, according to documents seen Wednesday by The Associated Press.

JD Vance and Pete Hegseth visit National Guard troops amid DC protests over Trump's crackdown Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have visited National Guard troops at Union Station amid protests in Washington.

JD Vance and Pete Hegseth visit Union Station, Mayor Bowser and police chief speak out at a back-to-school event, National Guard troops take selfies with locals amid protests and a military vehicle crashes into a local car on Capitol Hill. LOTS happening in the district:
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Immigrants seeking lawful work and citizenship are now subject to 'anti-Americanism' screening Immigrants seeking a legal pathway to live and work in the United States will now be subject to screening for ‘anti-Americanism’ due to a new policy implemented by the U.S.

Immigrants seeking lawful work and citizenship are now subject to ‘anti-Americanism’ screening: “It isn’t specified what constitutes anti-Americanism and it isn’t clear how and when the directive would be applied.”
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If you’re in Washington, DC and are impacted by or responding to the surge of federal agents in the city, I’d love to speak with you. I’m at mebrown@ap.org and mrbrownsir.98 on Signal.

Trump's federal law-enforcement crackdown ripples through DC neighborhoods President Donald Trump's decision to increase federal law enforcement and immigration agents in Washington, D.C., has impacted neighborhoods like Columbia Heights.

Trump’s federal crackdown on DC isn’t just National Guard troop patrolling the Mall. Neighborhoods across the city are being impacted by a surge in federal agents making arrests for petty crimes and immigration detention.

Our report on the reality in many communities 👇🏾
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National Guard troops in LA is latest in long history of deployments during civil rights protests Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a long-standing dynamic in the state and around the countr...

Deploying the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles amid anti-ICE protests is part of a long history of federal troops intervening in civil rights protests.

But under Trump, the troops are arresting the protestors, not protecting civil liberties:
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House Republicans include a 10-year ban on US states regulating AI in 'big, beautiful' bill House Republicans surprised tech industry watchers and outraged many state governments when they added a clause to Republicans’ signature “big, beautiful” tax bill that bans states and localities from...

Tucked in House Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is a provision banning states from regulating AI. Big Tech loves the idea. And it’s gotten state lawmakers pretty mad! Will it make through the Senate?
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Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the i...

New: Rev. Amos Brown, a civil rights movement vet and Kamala Harris’ pastor, was told that books he’d loaned to the Smithsonian are under review. A panel may be doing the same for many items following a Trump order looking to root out “improper ideology” at the institution
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More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalf Four House Democrats are visiting El Salvador in a bid to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man whom the Trump administration deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison.

Four House Democrats traveled to El Salvador to highlight the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. They promise more will come to highlight the “constitutional crisis” they say his deportation represents:
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The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.

ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.

10 years after Freddie Gray's death, calls for police reform and racial equity persist in Baltimore Ten years ago Saturday, Freddie Gray died from spinal injuries sustained during transport in a Baltimore police van and the city was thrust into a national debate over police brutality against Black Americans.

Ten years ago, Freddie Gray died from spinal injuries sustained during transport in a Baltimore police van and the city was thrust into a national debate over police brutality against Black Americans.

Residents say Baltimore’s progress — and lack thereof — is still an unfolding story.

Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea unified Christian doctrine.

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate Jesus’ resurrection on the same day.

The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US

THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.

Why?

Because an algorithm said so. 1/

Journalists in Haiti defy bullets and censorship to cover unprecedented violence | The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jean-Jacques Asperges once relished returning home after a long day working at a radio station in one of the world’s most

Reminder that most journalists aren’t fancy talking heads but people risking their lives to make sure we’re informed about the world. The best even manage to inspire a sense of wonder while they do it
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Takeaways from AP's story on safety concerns about Shell's fleet of oil production ships A huge oil spill in 2011 from the Bonga, a floating oil production vessel off the coast of Nigeria owned by Shell, was one of the worst there in a decade.

A huge oil spill in 2011 from the Bonga, a floating oil production vessel off the coast of Nigeria owned by Shell, was one of the worst there in a decade.

Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority. bit.ly/3XEYO8Z

Cory Booker just gave the longest speech in the history of Congress and concluded by apologizing to everyone who had to stay up all night keeping the chamber open and operating.