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Gorsuch Joins the Supremes as Congress Takes a Break
Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the Supreme Court in a pair of swearing-in ceremonies this morning.
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Finding Common Ground on Democracy’s Future
Common Cause national chair Robert Reich and Weekly Standard publisher Bill Kristol are longtime leaders on the left and right, respectively, of American politics. But they found plenty to agree on during a March 14 forum at Common Cause’s Washington D.C. office.
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Nunes Quits House Committee’s Russia Probe
House Intelligence Committee chair Devin Nunes, R-CA, this morning surrendered leadership of the committee’s investigation of Russia’s involvement in last year’s election.
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LA Times Puts Trump Under the Microscope
The Los Angeles Times is publishing an extraordinary series of editorials this week examining the Trump administration and the threats the paper’s editors believe it poses to our democracy.
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Court Blocks Partisan, Racially-tinged Gerrymandering in Greensboro, NC
In a massive win for Greensboro, N.C. and its voters, a federal judge ruled Monday that city council districts drawn by the North Carolina state legislature in 2015 unconstitutionally discriminated against African-Americans and Democratic Party voters.
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New Evidence That Trump’s ‘Blind Trust’ Is A Sham
President Trump’s promise to put his far-flung business empire in a blind trust, the better to ensure that his personal financial interests could never conflict with his obligation to serve the public interest, turns out to have been fake news. Bigly.
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For Jared and Ivanka, White House Jobs Mean Tougher Conflict Restrictions
The president is exempt from federal conflict of interest laws but his daughter and son-in-law must play by the rules.
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Gorsuch Nomination Moves Toward Historic Confrontation
Supreme Court appointments reverberate across the decades. But Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's choice for the Supreme Court, is likely to have a major impact even before he takes the bench.
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Deal With Bahrain Revives Questions About Trump’s Conflicts
President Trump’s promise of an “America First” policy has changed the tune of American politics. But the president’s acts raise questions about whether “America First” means a focus on US interests, or the interests of President Trump himself.
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Another Red Flag on the Internet Privacy Bill
A column in today’s Washington Post by Paul Ohm, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and faculty director of the Georgetown Center on Privacy and Technology raises more red flags on congressional action this week that would permit internet service providers (ISPs) sell information about the browsing habits of their customers.
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Big Money’s Hidden Role in Defeating Trump-Ryan Health Bill
While progressive grassroots activists rallied Democrats and some moderate Republicans to vote no on President Trump’s and Speaker Ryan’s American Health Care Act (AHCA) last week, a shadowy network of political advocacy groups headed by Charles and David Koch likely dealt the bill its death blow.
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Blue Is the New Black
Most Americans are familiar with the grainy images of our nation’s Civil Rights struggles. But behind the pictures of Rosa Parks on the bus and lunch counter sit-ins was something more profound than a seat on a bus or at a restaurant.