Democrats rage as Johnson restricts their ability to oust him … - “This makes it clear that they have no intention of working together to find common ground,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, said of the rules change in a statement.

Trump blames ‘open borders’ for New Orleans, Las Vegas attacks  —  President-elect Trump blamed the situation at the U.S.-southern border for the recent attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, railing against President Biden for his immigration policies as both cases are being investigated.

Liz Cheney Is Among 20 Chosen to Receive Presidential Citizens Medal  —  Two close advisers to President Biden will also be honored, in addition to career lawmakers who have worked across the aisle and advocates for liberal causes.  —  President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal …

Trump flunks 3 key tests following deadly New Orleans attack  —  Within hours of the New Year's attack in New Orleans, the president-elect simultaneously flunked tests of accuracy, decency and credibility.  —  As the public first started learning the details of the deadly attack in New Orleans …

How Donald Trump single-handedly cured America's economic blues  —  It's generally a rare thing for the person you're interviewing to burst out laughing.  But that's what happened to me, recently, on a call with Ernie Tedeschi, the director of economics at the Yale Budget Lab who in March wrapped …

Sen. Chuck Schumer Endorses Ben Wikler For DNC Chair  —  The top Senate Democrat praised Wikler's record as chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) endorsed Ben Wikler's bid to lead the Democratic National Committee on Thursday morning.

Texas sues to impose bigotry on the rest of the country  —  Donald Trump and JD Vance spent the 2024 election spewing the most rank transphobia, a tactic that should have made them pariahs but instead helped win them the presidency.  Even though they haven't taken office yet …

10 policies Republicans could use to pay for new tax cuts  —  Extending the expiring 2017 tax cuts could add $5 trillion to the national debt; Trump and GOP lawmakers are are considering these policies to offset that cost.  —  Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans …

Musk defends demonetizing critics' content on X  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk defended his move to demonetize his critics' content on the social media platform X and maintained the decision did not violate free speech.  —  “The first amendment is protection for ‘free speech’, not ‘paid speech’ ffs,” Musk wrote on X Wednesday.

The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography  —  Texas asks the justices to abandon longstanding First Amendment protections for sexual speech. … If you've studied First Amendment law, it's impossible not to experience déjà vu while reading the briefs …

Suspects in Vegas explosion, New Orleans attack served at same Army base, sources tell Denver7 Investigates  —  Authorities were investigating the link as a possible connection between the two attacks, those sources said.  —  DENVER — The Colorado Springs resident suspected of detonating …

‘Nobody was tricked into voting for Trump’: Why the disinformation panic is over  —  LONDON — When Donald Trump won in 2016, social media got the blame.  Not this time.  —  Trump's first victory in the U.S. presidential election that year — plus the shock vote in the U.K. to leave the European Union …

Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South  —  Almost two years ago, Louisiana passed a law that started a wave that's since spread across the entire U.S. south, and has changed the way people there can access adult content.  As of today, Florida, Tennessee …

Newborns are being left in dumpsters in Texas, but Republicans don't seem to care  —  Why the GOP is unwilling to prevent infant abandonment  —  Abortion bans don't just kill women.  They kill babies.  This is evident in the data, which shows a dramatic rise in the state's infant mortality after Texas banned abortion.