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On Tuesday, in one of the most closely watched Senate primaries of the cycle, Democratic voters nominated Texas state Rep. James Talarico to take on whichever Republican emerges from the toxic GOP runoff between Sen. John Cornyn and crooked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. That choice immediately makes this race real . Texas is our white whale, perpetually teasing us Democrats with potential co…

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffers contradict her testimony. By Joshua Kaplan and Justin Elliott for ProPublica Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem misled Congress on Tuesday about the powers of her controversial top aide Corey …

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Americans seeking help from the government to get out of countries affected by President Donald Trump’s Iran war were told by the Pentagon to just add themselves to a list, a limp recommendation that’s unlikely to reassure those in the potential line of fire. A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran on March 1. On Monday, the State Department advised Americans in 14 Middle Eastern co…

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Some of President Donald Trump's biggest cheerleaders are irate at reports that he will soon endorse Sen. John Cornyn over MAGA acolyte and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas' GOP Senate primary. They say that Cornyn is a wolf in sheep's clothing who won't advance Trump's agenda. Multiple right-wing podcasters and MAGA influencers begged Trump not to bow to the pleas from establishment GO…

Over the last year, we’ve seen the United States Supreme Court go to war with the lower federal courts, stripping them of the ability to grant nationwide injunctions and overturning them routinely on the shadow docket with no explanation. On Monday, the six conservatives on the court dared to ask: What if we could do that to state courts as well? In Malliotakis v. Williams , the conservatives ste…

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. After a rough Senate hearing the day before , House Democrats proved far less interested in indulging her. Ranking Member Jamie Raskin set the tone early, cutting off Noem’s attempts to deflect criticism. “We're fighting for American citizens, Madam Secretary—” Raskin began. “Today yo…

The Department of Justice is a lawless hellscape right now, having descended into nothing but President Donald Trump’s personal law firm and revenge machine. It’s stuffed with baby lawyers with no experience, Trump’s own former criminal defense attorneys , and a rotating cast of line attorneys who face threats of civil and criminal contempt from judges who are sick of the DOJ’s bullshit. Attorney…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison testified before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday, where GOP Reps. James Comer of Kentucky and Nancy Mace of South Carolina failed to cast them as soft on fraud. “Our Medicaid error rate is lower than your state,” Walz shot back early in the hearing, fact-checking Comer’s claim that “everyone” knows Walz has failed to address fraud…

Staring down a brutal GOP primary runoff and a difficult general election for a Senate seat in Texas, President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared ready to cave to pressure from congressional Republicans to finally make an endorsement, which he had refused to do in the initial primary race. For months, Republicans have begged Trump to back Sen. John Cornyn’s reelection bid in the Lone Star State,…