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Former Georgia GOP Sen. David Perdue’s nomination to become President Donald Trump’s ambassador to China passed a Senate vote for cloture – to end debate – Monday evening. The vote starts the “2-hour clock” of limited debate that will ultimately end in a vote on Perdue’s nomination. That clock is typically 30 hours for Cabinet-level … Read more

World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says report The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency have “supercharged” a global rollback of human rights, pushing the world towards an authoritarian era defined by impunity and unchecked corporate power, Amnesty International warns today. In its annual report on … Read more

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., issued a ruling Monday to restore a lower court’s order barring the Trump administration’s planned mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau (CFPB). The court ruled 2-1 to restore an earlier ruling by federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, which temporarily halted the Trump … Read more

The House passed a bipartisan bill Monday aimed at combating deepfake pornography, tackling a sensitive issue that has become a growing problem amid advances in artificial intelligence.

It sometimes takes a pot a while to boil. Democrats lost the presidency. Lost the Senate. Failed to flip control of the House. And now, more than six months after last year’s election, the Democrats’ pot is starting to gurgle. It was natural that Democrats would take some time to figure out what went wrong. … Read more

The Trump administration has launched investigations into Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review after allegations that the journal discriminated against readers who wanted to respond to an article about police reform because they were white men. Both the Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched investigations into possible violations … Read more

In new details, attorneys say ICE explicitly told one mother to bring her children with her to a check-in and knew in advance that another mother’s child had Stage 4 cancer.

Democratic Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley warned President Donald Trump that his mass deportation efforts are “not going to end well” for him, during comments from the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner over the weekend. Merkley’s warning came after being asked about his thoughts on Trump’s deportation policies and Democrats’ efforts to challenge them, specifically … Read more

A bill that would decriminalize welfare fraud under $25,000 in California for simple administrative errors is being pushed by a Democratic lawmaker.  State Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas introduced Senate Bill 560, which would delete criminal penalties for welfare fraud below $25,000, and delete a provision for criminal penalties for any attempt at welfare fraud below $950, according … Read more

Staff offered second ‘fork in the road’ buyout and are ‘strongly encouraged to consider this option’ The Peace Corps is offering staff a second “fork in the road” buyout, according to a source familiar with the matter. Allison Greene, the chief executive of Peace Corps, sent an email to staff on Monday with an update … Read more