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FBI Put Trump Adviser Under Surveillance Over Possible Russia Ties
Bombs dropped on and missiles fired into Syria, plus rising tensions over North Korea’s possible development of nuclear weapons, are shifting public attention from the continuing investigations of possible ties between the Russian government and the Trump for President campaign. But the investigations continue
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A New Strategy on Transparency for Trump
As progressive activists across the country, including many recruited by Common Cause, gear up for “Tax Day” marches on Saturday to pressure President Trump to release his federal income tax returns, a University of Chicago law professor is pushing a new strategy to force the president’s hand.
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Last Week Tonight Tackles Redistricting
John Oliver and the team from Last Week Tonight did a hilarious, informative, and occasionally crude piece on gerrymandering on Sunday.
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Governator Talks Gerrymandering Solutions
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger discussed how we can end gerrymandering on The Messy Truth with Van Jones last week.
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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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Encontrar un terreno común sobre el futuro de la democracia
El presidente nacional de Common Cause, Robert Reich, y el editor de Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol, son líderes de larga data de izquierda y derecha, respectivamente, de la política estadounidense. Pero encontraron muchos puntos en los que estar de acuerdo durante un foro celebrado el 14 de marzo en la oficina de Common Cause en Washington DC.
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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.