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The GOP-controlled Senate delivered a rare public rebuke to President Donald Trump on Thursday, advancing a bipartisan resolution that would block him from using military force in Venezuela without congressional approval. The vote comes less than a week after Trump stunned Congress and the nation by ordering a raid to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. He and his wife, Cilia Flores, are …

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. ICE killed an unarmed citizen. Republicans keep trying to justify it. It’s par for the course for Trump and MAGA, for whom cruelty is the point. In Trump’s America, there’s no money for health care—only war You may die of a preventable illness, but at least Trump might get his “Dream Mili…

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Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, authorities said. The FBI’s Portland office said it was investigating an “agent involved shooting” that happened around 2:15 p.m. “involving Customs and Border Patrol Agents in which 2 individuals were wounded.” The Portland Police Bureau said its officers responded and found a man and woman with apparent g…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz held a press conference Thursday to address the heinous killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. Speaking to the destructive and inhumane nature of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, Walz noted that ICE agents raided Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis shortly after the killing, creating chaos and fear for childre…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy literally flipped the White House’s food guidelines on its head , and the changes come with glaring conflicts of interest. According to The New York Times , five out of the 10 scientific experts tapped to make the latest dietary guidelines—which emphasize meat and dairy consumption—have financial links to “beef, dairy or pork industries, or fo…

In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act as renegade GOP lawmakers joined essentially all Democrats in voting for the measure. Forcing the issue to a vote came about after a handful of Republicans signed on to a so-called “discharge pet…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pulled no punches during a Thursday press conference , condemning the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Minnesota mom Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration Customs and Enforcement agent. Calling the killing “an abomination,” Jeffries made clear who was to blame. “Blood is clearly on the hands of those individuals within the administration who've been pushing an ext…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he would seek a 50% increase for the military budget in 2027, asking for an unheard-of $1.5 trillion to build what he called his "Dream Military." Trump insanely claimed in a Truth Social post that the $500 billion increase he wants Congress to approve would be paid for by his economy-destroying tariffs—which are merely a consumption tax that dispropo…

Republicans are racing to defend the indefensible extrajudicial killing of Minneapolis mother Renee Nicole Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement thugs on Wednesday. Alabama’s embarrassment of a senator, Katie Britt, offered a particularly grotesque response, blaming an amorphous “left” for the killing and claiming that it created “rhetoric that emboldens people to actually push back”—a wild…

Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection, bringing an end to a congressional career that has stretched more than four decades and made him the longest-serving Democrat in the House. Hoyer, 86, told The Washington Post that he made the decision after conversations with his family over the holidays. Before he formally told fellow lawmakers on the H…