May 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM EDT
'Not sure how to process it': Whitmer accuses Trump of lying to her face

When President Donald Trump asked Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) her thoughts on pardoning Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox - the men accused of scheming to kidnap her -- she made it clear she wouldn't like it. And Trump changed the subject. Whitmer thought that was the end of the conversation until recently, when Trump said he was looking into the potential pardons of two men in prison for the kidnapping plot. That's according to a recent Detroit News report, in which Whitmer said she was caught off-guard by this week's news of the possible pardons.

May 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM EDT
New ruling let's AZ county throw out local election result

An Arizona judge is allowing Cochise County officials to throw out the results of a local tax election after challengers identified a requirement in state law that they said the county didn't follow -- one that applies only to a specific kind of election and that other counties haven't followed in the past. Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona's free newsletter here.

May 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM EDT
Trump is 'getting crushed in the lower courts': analysis

President Donald Trump's administration is facing major setbacks in the lower courts, with many of these unfavorable decisions issued by GOP-appointed judges. In a piece published Thursday, Democracy Docket, a platform supporting voting rights, highlighted analysis by Stanford political science professor Adam Bonica which indicates that federal district courts have ruled against the Trump administration in 96% of cases in May.

May 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM EDT
'Chicken TACO': Not even Trump's 'traveling crew of sycophants' can hide the truth about his policies

President Donald Trump is on a losing streak and getting angry, says Salon columnist Brian Karem. "On Wednesday, Donald Trump went nuts when a reporter asked him about a Wall Street acronym mentioning him and his tariff policy: "TACO" or "Trump always chickens out."

May 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM EDT
'Real security threats': Experts alarmed as Trump admin 'dismantles' fight against extremists

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May 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM EDT
'Restless' Kansas satanists plan 'Witches Hour Protest'

TOPEKA -- Members of the Kansas satanist group appear to be off the hook for criminal charges that stemmed from a highly anticipated, hotly criticized black mass demonstration at the Statehouse that resulted in clashes with Catholics and, ultimately, their arrests. Shawnee County prosecutors decided Wednesday not to pursue charges against Michael Stewart, leader of the Satanic Grotto, and two other group members. After the court hearing, Stewart returned to the Statehouse to discuss the details of his next protest with law enforcement.

May 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM EDT
If Trump went after Russia half as hard as Harvard, he could stop Putin from destroying Ukraine

The Trump administration has been relentless""merciless""in its attacks on America's oldest and most prestigious university, continually stripping Harvard of funding, trying to force it to get in line. The goal is to control the university and its curriculum, make no mistake. And Harvard is fighting back hard, with lawsuits and defiant words from its president, its faculty, and its students. Donald Trump's determination to basically destroy Harvard""taking away its free speech rights and no longer allowing for independent thought and education free of government control, in line with what he's doing to other universities""is in sharp contrast to how Trump is dealing with Russia's Vladimir Putin, a threat to Europe, the U.S., and the world.

May 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM EDT
'Absolutely terrified': Trump HHS slammed for axing human bird flu vaccine contract

The Trump administration Department of Health and Human Services has canceled a $766 million contract with Moderna to complete the development of a vaccine to protect humans against potential pandemic flu viruses, including bird flu. Outbreaks in animals have hit all 50 U.S. states and the disease has started jumping to the human population. Experts are expressing concern and outrage over the decision, calling it "a significant blow to pandemic preparedness."

May 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM EDT
Medicaid patient owed almost $78,000 after having a heart attack while traveling

On Christmas Day at the WaTiki indoor water park, Hans Wirt was getting winded from following his son up the stairs to the waterslides. Wirt's breathing became more labored once they returned to the nearby hotel where they and Wirt's girlfriend were staying while visiting family in Rapid City, South Dakota.

May 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM EDT
Donald Trump finally faces his reckoning

The tide is turning in this fight against Republican fascism, and if you listen you can hear it. And when you hear it, you can feel it. And by God, if you can feel it, well then let it move you to take action. After catching punch after punch from the most anti-American administration in our 248-year history, some of our most cherished institutions and artists in this country are finally hitting back, and hitting back hard.

May 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM EDT
Today's Republican debates are a continuous regurgitation of a 19th century philosophy

Cut Medicaid to give billionaires a huge tax cut. But why ? They say they want a smaller government, but that can't be it.

May 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM EDT
DC insider lays down he truth about Trump's 'Big Bad Ugly Bill'

One of my purposes is to give you the truth about an important issue that Trump and his lapdogs in Congress are demagoguing -- so you can spread the truth. Right now, the Senate is taking up Trump's "Big Beautiful budget bill" (really a Big Bad Ugly Bill) that just emerged from the House.