“Turns out, an illegal Muslim ban by another name is still an illegal Muslim ban.”
Human rights and immigration advocates cheered early Thursday as President Donald Trump's travel ban saw a second decisive legal defeat in a Maryland court. The Maryland federal judge's decision forbade the order's central provision—a ban on immigration from six Muslim-majority countries—from going into effect, echoing the decision from a
‘The arsonist is now in charge of the fire department, and he seems happy to let the climate crisis burn out of control.’
(ANALYSIS) --- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt made heads turn on CNBC Thursday morning when he argued against decades of scientific consensus and said that carbon dioxide emissions aren't a primary driver of global warming. In doing so, Pruitt directly opposed his own statements to the U.S. Senate. (This wouldn't be the
While condemning Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for conducting government business via a private email server, Vice President Mike Pence was using a private account for state business.
(REPORT) --- Records obtained by the Indianapolis Star show that Vice President Mike Pence was hypocritically using a private email address to conduct state business at the same time that he joined the chorus of Republicans condemning Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for operating similarly by using a private email address and
229 Republicans voted down measure that would have forced the IRS to publish President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
(REPORT) --- In a vote Monday night almost exclusively along party lines, a measure to force the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reveal President Donald Trump's tax returns was blocked by the U.S. House. In all, 229 Republicans voted to help Trump keep his tax returns secret. (Roll call here.) "This is despicable," tweeted Rep. Barbara Lee
The proposed law ‘could bring about a Soviet-style purge of liberal-leaning college staff in Iowa.’
(REPORT) --- As Republican-dominated state governments push frightening right-wing legislation nationwide, a GOP senator in Iowa joined the fray on Monday with a bill that would force universities to exclusively hire Republican professors and temporarily bar Democrats until "partisan balanced" is reached. The bill, Senate File 288, "could bring
“Sean Spicer gave alternative facts,” Kellyanne Conway said, in response to outrage over White House press secretary’s false claims about inauguration crowd size.
(REPORT) --- After President Donald Trump spent his first full day in the White House attacking the press, deploying White House press secretary Sean Spicer to falsely claim the media underreported the size of his inauguration crowds, top Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway doubled-down on those statements on Meet the Press early Sunday. Conway
State lawmaker proposes legislation that would ban classes and extracurricular activities that “promote” social justice or solidarity.
(REPORT) --- Arizona state representative Bob Thorpe, a Republican, has just proposed a bill that would ban any school courses or extracurricular activities that "promote" any kind of "social justice" or "solidarity" based on race, class, gender, politics, or religion. The legislation, House Bill 2120, also appears to connect classes on social