How President Trump Is Reshaping The Justice Department

How President Trump Is Reshaping The Justice Department

In her Senate confirmation hearing earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi promised that the "weaponization" of the Justice Department would stop. Now, over 100 days into Trump's second term, critics worry that the Trump administration is doing just that.

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Democratic Activists Say Biden Has Failed To Deliver On Immigration Promises

Democratic Activists Say Biden Has Failed To Deliver On Immigration Promises

Activists say the president has made little substantive progress on overhauling the U.S. immigration system despite pledging as a candidate to work toward a more humane and open immigration system. Th...

31 Jan 202214min

Biden Says He'll Make His Supreme Court Pick By The End Of February

Biden Says He'll Make His Supreme Court Pick By The End Of February

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats will move to confirm Biden's choice as quickly as possible. And Trump allies are under investigation for an electoral college gambit — but experts s...

28 Jan 202227min

Both Parties Vie For Latino Voters To Boost Midterms Hopes

Both Parties Vie For Latino Voters To Boost Midterms Hopes

A new congressional district in Colorado that is forty percent could be the site of one of the country's closest House races in November. Democratic organizers in Colorado and across the country are w...

27 Jan 202213min

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire

Breyer's retirement gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court. During the presidential campaign, he pledged to name an African American woman if he got the chance....

26 Jan 202213min

Here's How Voting Is Different In Georgia and Texas This Year

Here's How Voting Is Different In Georgia and Texas This Year

After Democrats failed to pass federal voting rights legislation, changes to election processes enacted by Republican-controlled state legislatures will reshape how voters cast a ballot in 2022 and be...

25 Jan 202214min

As Putin Threatens Ukraine, Biden Weighs Increasing Military Presence In Europe

As Putin Threatens Ukraine, Biden Weighs Increasing Military Presence In Europe

8,500 U.S. troops are on heightened alert for deployment to Europe after Russia stationed more than 100,000 military personnel on its border with Ukraine. Europe's considerable economic links to Russi...

24 Jan 202213min

Weekly Roundup: January 21st

Weekly Roundup: January 21st

Kamala Harris made history when she became the first woman and the first woman of color to serve as vice president. But in an often thankless job, and tasked with a portfolio of politically thorny iss...

21 Jan 202226min

Supreme Court Rules Trump Cannot Shield Jan. 6 Documents From Congress

Supreme Court Rules Trump Cannot Shield Jan. 6 Documents From Congress

The court ruled that the former president cannot block the release of 800 pages of his records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. The panel also asked Ivanka Trump, Trump's ...

20 Jan 202214min

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