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After years of President Donald Trump being the butt of jokes from late-night comedians, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr released an official public notice arguing that late-night comedy shows and daytime talk shows must provide equal time for conservatives. The Trump appointee’s directive , released on Thursday, argues that late-night talk shows have been used for “partisan …

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Republicans are set to lose another House seat in the gerrymandering war that President Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott started . On Wednesday, a New York state Supreme Court judge ruled that the state’s 11th Congressional District illegally disenfranchises Black and Latino voters. The 11th District, centered on Staten Island, is currently held by GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who—if this …

If you’re wondering why your attorney friends are just staring into space and disassociating, wonder no more: A secret memo told the secret immigration police that invading homes without a warrant is totally fine, totally cool—just keep it on the down low. The Associated Press got its hands on an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo that—and this is not hyperbole—absolutely guts Four…

While some states are seeing more enrollees, there has been a drop nationwide. By Nada Hassanein for Stateline Nationwide, the number of people buying health plans on Obamacare insurance marketplaces is down by about 833,000 compared with a year ago, according to federal data released this week. Many states are reporting fewer new enrollees, more people dropping their coverage, and more people ch…

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Wall Street has a term for President Donald Trump’s habit of making loud threats and then backing down: TACO, short for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” And on Wednesday, he did just that. After delivering a wildly incoherent speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump abruptly caved on his Greenland nonsense—along with the tariffs he threatened to impose on Europe for refusing to…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump repeatedly confuses Greenland for Iceland "The president of the United States is extremely mentally ill, and it’s putting all of our lives at risk.” Media lauds Trump’s Davos speech as ‘very strong’ as world cringes We’re not sure what’s more embarrassing: Trump’s speeches or the me…

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States are bracing for what’s projected to be “one of the most extreme” winter storms across nearly half of the United States this weekend. But the potential devastation could be amplified by the lack of federal disaster relief. In North Carolina, the impacts of 2024’s Hurricane Helene can still be felt across the state. Now, freezing rain threatens dayslong power outages and arctic temperatures …

In yet another sign that we are living in an Orwellian hellscape, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday told Americans not to believe their own ears when they heard President Donald Trump confuse Greenland and Iceland multiple times during his rambling speech in Davos, Switzerland. Leavitt made the ridiculous claim in a post on X, in which she angrily responded to NewsNation r…

Back on Jan. 9, Mad King Donald Trump promised credit card interest rates would be slashed by Tuesday, Jan. 20. “Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration,” the addled president wrote on Truth Social. “AF…