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Ken Martin says young progressive must choose between vice-chair role and desire to unseat ‘ineffective’ incumbents Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, has announced a proposal requiring party officials to remain neutral in primary elections, challenging activist David Hogg to choose between his vice-chair post and his pledge to unseat “ineffective, asleep-at-the-wheel” … Read more

Yale University revoked the status of a registered pro-Palestinian student group this week, saying it “flagrantly violated the rules” and set up an unauthorized encampment to protest Israel and blocked Jewish students from crossing. Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP) chapter at Yale, Yalies4Palestine, rallied others to join the blockage over social media, the university … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Leaders of a progressive group in the New York City suburbs are looking to protest a front-line House Republican’s town hall on Sunday night – and Fox News Digital got an inside look at their plans. Footage from the Indivisible Rockland Organizing Committee’s monthly meeting on Wednesday shows one of the group’s leaders discussing … Read more

New data on Gen Z indicates that young Americans are relatively rosy on the economy despite the issues facing their generation — but they are deeply divided when it comes to pressing societal issues, according to results from a new NBC News Stay Tuned Poll, powered by SurveyMonkey.

Orange County, California, District Attorney Todd Spitzer said there was not a “plea deal” made in the case of an illegal immigrant convicted of manslaughter in the death of two teens after new scrutiny over the man’s early release from a California prison. “A convicted felon who was twice previously deported is being released after … Read more

Pope Francis’s progressive legacy rests in the hands of cardinal electors who will be juggling competing agendas In keeping with the humble style of his papacy, Pope Francis did his best to dial down the pomp and ceremony that would mark his passing. In St Peter’s Basilica, where he now lies in state, Francis’s body … Read more

The bar says it will ask the state supreme court to adjust scores after test-takers also faced platform crashes The state bar of California has disclosed that some multiple-choice questions in a problem-plagued bar exam were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence. The legal licensing body said in a news release on Monday that … Read more

A transgender inmate in Indiana convicted of reckless homicide of a baby is suing President Donald Trump over alleged sexual assaults caused by the president’s “transphobic” and “extremist rhetoric,” court documents filed on April 1 show. Jonathan C. Richardson, who goes by Autumn Cordellioné, claims in the handwritten complaint that, due to Trump’s “extremist rhetoric … Read more

Organization claims $2.3m in grants illegally cancelled in retaliation for public criticism of Trump administration US politics live – latest updates The American Bar Association (ABA) sued the US Department of Justice on Wednesday, claiming it illegally terminated federal grants in retaliation for the lawyer organization’s public criticism of the Trump administration. The ABA asked … Read more

Allegation against Rinaldo Nazzaro, founder of the Base, could shed new meaning on group’s efforts inside Ukraine Alleged former members of an international neo-Nazi terrorist organization are claiming its Russia-based and American leader is a Kremlin spy, according to online records reviewed by the Guardian. The allegation that Rinaldo Nazzaro, a former Pentagon contractor and … Read more