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A Holocaust Survivor on Why Standing up to Authoritarianism Matters

By some estimates, the thousands of No Kings rallies across the country last weekend may have amounted to one of…

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Michigan GOPers Target Jocelyn Benson, Sow Denialism for 2026

It started in November, with a request from a GOP state lawmaker to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), seeking…

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June 14, 2025

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Anti-Voting Decree, Says it Would Likely Disenfranchise Voters

President Donald Trump speaking in Swannanoa, N.C., in January 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) A federal judge halted provisions in President Donald…

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Seizure of California National Guard

Members of the National Guard stand outside the Wilshire Federal building on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent) A…

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June 12, 2025

Judge Slams Trump Admin in California National Guard Case

Protesters clasp hands in front of a line of California National Guard, Monday, June 9, 2025, at a Federal Building…

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June 12, 2025

‘Fuel on the fire’: Trump’s National Guard Memo Goes Far Beyond California

In federalizing the California National Guard over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), Trump is asserting broad powers that…

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June 11, 2025

How Trump Upended Biden’s Successful Push For Federal Agencies to Register Voters

In March, 2021, then-President Joe Biden became the first president to make it clear: Federal agencies should be registering voters. …

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June 11, 2025

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Rep. McIver Over ICE Confrontation

Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., holds a press conference near Delancey Hall ICE detention prison, in Newark, N.J., on May 9.Angelina Katsanis…

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