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Tens of thousands of white-collar workers might be spending this holiday season hunting for jobs, thanks to the rise in artificial intelligence. But the massive industry’s impact on Americans can be felt far outside of the workplace. President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to roll out the red carpet for AI corporations has deepened the concern about how this will hurt people around the world. Ac…

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Legal scholars say the suspect’s claim is the result of ‘sloppy’ language in the president’s proclamation. By Carter Walker for Votebeat A man charged with voting twice in the 2020 election has adopted a novel legal argument: that he’s covered by the pardon that President Donald Trump granted to allies who attempted to reverse his 2020 election loss. Federal prosecutors charged Matthew Laiss in S…

Nebraska has been on a roll. After voting big for President Donald Trump in 2024 and Republicans since forever, the state is now reaping what it so eagerly sowed. Its economy is collapsing . It lacks the workers it needs. It is losing its medical facilities . And none of this is surprising given how dependent Nebraska is on federal subsidies, immigrant farm labor, and international trade—all thin…

Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean . By now most readers here, and folks who pay attention to New York City politics, are aware that Rep. Nydia Velázquez has announced that she will be retiring. Maya King, writing for The New…

As we watch President Donald Trump use his second term to grift like never before, it’s tough to remember that when Trump took office in January 2017, his attempts to leverage the presidency to line his pockets were positively quaint compared to now. Back then, he was just finding his feet, figuring out where and who to push and just how much he could get away with. He could never have anticipate…

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Terri McCullough, the first woman to serve in a formal role as chief of staff to a House speaker, worked alongside Pelosi on big policy wins and broke a marble ceiling of her own. By Grace Panetta , for The 19th When Terri McCullough was a young college graduate in Northern California in the early 1990s, she knew she wanted to do good in the world somehow — and that she wanted to work for a woman…

Since stepping back into office, President Donald Trump has somehow been even more ludicrous than the first time around. And if there’s one thing he’s proven to the world, it’s that there’s no low he won’t sink to. And it’s all caught on video! Trump inauguration gives serious WTF vibes YouTube Video When Trump was sworn in , nothing was normal. Here are just a few of the strange things that happ…

From fossil fuel politics to state-level climate action and intelligence monitoring, American influence remains deeply woven into the global climate talks. By Bob Berwyn for Inside Climate News On the penultimate day of COP30, with nearly 200 countries close to finalizing a global roadmap toward a fossil fuel phase out, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres had a simple message for Pr…