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Sen. Bernie Sanders to host Denver rally against Trump, Musk with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DENVER — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will make an appearance on March 21 in Denver’s Civic Center Park, alongside liberal firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, for the latest stop on Sanders’ national “Fighting Oligarchy” tour.
The democratic socialist senator, who has been in Congress for nearly 35 years, ...Read more

Trump declares Biden pardons of Jan. 6 panel to be invalid
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump claimed without evidence early Monday that pardons granted by then-President Joe Biden to lawmakers on the disbanded select House committee that investigated the 2021 Capitol riot were invalid because he used an automatic pen.
“The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of ...Read more

Schiff dismisses Trump assertion that Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee are 'void'
Sen. Adam B. Schiff on Monday rebuffed as a baseless threat a weekend broadside from President Donald Trump in which Trump alleged that Schiff and others could still face investigation for actions covered by a slate of late pardons issued by President Joe Biden.
"Your threats will not intimidate us," the California Democrat wrote on X. "Or ...Read more

New lovers Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump spend quiet nights together as romance heats up
Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., isn’t living with Tiger Woods, but she’s become a regular evening visitor to his sprawling Florida estate since they began dating around Thanksgiving, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
“She comes to his place on Jupiter Island. They’re not living together. She comes over maybe a few...Read more

Trump says Biden's pardons of Jan. 6 committee members are invalid because he used autopen
President Donald Trump Monday claimed that pardons dished out by former President Joe Biden to members of the congressional committee that investigated Jan. 6 are invalid because they were signed using an autopen.
Trump warned members of the panel that they could face a criminal probe because he claimed Biden used an autopen, which is defined ...Read more

Conor McGregor visits White House for St. Patrick's Day meeting with Trump
Ex-UFC fighter Conor McGregor visited the White House on Monday for a meeting with President Donald Trump.
The St. Patrick’s Day gathering came less than a week after Trump met with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin. McGregor used his time in the White House press room to rail against Ireland’s welcoming immigration policies.
“It’s ...Read more

Washington Post’s turnaround on its opinion pages is returning journalism to its partisan roots − but without the principles
Jeff Bezos, the world’s third-richest person and owner of The Washington Post, announced in February 2025 significant changes to the editorial pages of his Pulitzer-Prize winning newspaper.
The editorial section, also called the opinion section, is where editors and contributors with a deep and broad understanding of the latest news...Read more

Former Rep. Nita Lowey, first woman to lead House Appropriations, dies
WASHINGTON — Nita M. Lowey, a veteran legislator from New York who served 16 terms until her retirement at the end of the 116th Congress, died on Saturday. The cause was breast cancer, her family announced. She was 87.
Lowey, a Democrat, represented well-heeled Rockland and Westchester counties during her tenure in the House starting after ...Read more

Republicans praise Donald Trump, Elon Musk at convention: 'Make California great again'
California Republicans were triumphant, still riding high from the results of the 2024 presidential election, at their spring organizing convention this weekend in Sacramento.
Although Democrat Kamala Harris won California with 58% of the vote, GOP delegates and officials saw statewide swings toward President Donald Trump as a sign of Democrats...Read more

Trump expels hundreds under Enemies Act as court rebukes law
The Trump administration said it arrested and expelled hundreds of alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador for imprisonment, even as a federal judge ordered a halt to some deportations.
“This weekend, at the President’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security successfully arrested nearly 300 Tren De Aragua...Read more

GOP Minnesota Senators introduce bill that defines 'Trump derangement syndrome' as mental illness
Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute.
Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael; Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa; Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls; Justin D. Eichorn, R-Grand ...Read more

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says 'disastrous' impact coming to Port of Baltimore, farmers, state economy from Trump tariffs
Gov. Wes Moore has been leveraging his opportunities on national news to draw attention to what he called the “disastrous” impact to Maryland’s economy in the first two months of the Trump administration.
Moore was asked Sunday morning on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” about President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods from Canada ...Read more

Trump deports hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Did he defy a court order?
One day after a judge blocked the federal government from using wartime powers to quickly expel accused Venezuelan gang members from the country, the Trump administration announced Sunday that it had flown hundreds of alleged members of Tren de Aragua to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador — raising the question of whether the president ...Read more

Trump expels hundreds under Enemies Act as judge blocks plan
The Trump administration said it arrested and expelled hundreds of alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador for imprisonment, even as a federal judge ordered a halt to some deportations.
“This weekend, at the President’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security successfully arrested nearly 300 Tren De Aragua...Read more

Deaf women fought for the right to vote
If Susan B. Anthony had a deaf sister, everyone would know that deaf suffragists fought tirelessly for expanding women’s right to vote, right alongside Anthony herself. Everyone would know deaf suffragists contributed to women’s emancipation in the United States and Britain and that they lived bold lives.
As a researcher of deaf ...Read more

Trump's science cuts have thrown the research world into chaos
Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in federal funding. California Institute of Technology is leaving postdoctoral positions unfilled. A University of Washington researcher is wondering about a climate and health grant after a government site was taken ...Read more

Judge halts Trump's wartime powers plan to speed deportations
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has invoked a centuries-old immigration law to ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants amid signs of frustration within the administration over the pace of efforts to deliver on one of his top priorities.
A federal judge blocked Trump’s proclamation soon after, the Associated Press reported.
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Judge halts Trump's wartime powers plan to speed deportations
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has invoked a centuries-old immigration law to ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants amid signs of frustration within the administration over the pace of efforts to deliver on one of his top priorities.
A federal judge blocked Trump’s proclamation soon after, the Associated Press reported.
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Gov. Wes Moore criticizes Trump's FBI HQ plan, says Maryland site 'build ready'
BALTIMORE — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is no fan of President Donald Trump’s plan to build the new FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C ., instead of in his state.
In a social media post Saturday, Moore touted the 61-acre site promised to Greenbelt in 2023 as “build ready” and criticized Trump for “turning this into a partisan issue.”
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Trump orders the dismantling of Radio and TV Marti, and employees are placed on leave
President Donald Trump has ordered the dismantling of the parent agency of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which oversees Radio and Televisión Martí, a Reagan-era effort to promote democracy and the free flow of information to Cubans on the island.
In an executive order late Friday to “continue the reduction of the federal bureaucracy,�...Read more
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