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Politics Commentary A high-ranking aide to Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey — a Democrat frequently mentioned as a potential 2028 presidential contender — has been arrested in connection with a large-scale cocaine trafficking operation that allegedly extended into a state government facility. Authorities say LaMar Cook, 45, who served as Deputy Director of Healey’s Western Massachusetts … Read more

Politics Commentary President Donald Trump has called on Senate Republicans to take an aggressive step to end the month-long government shutdown — urging them to abolish the filibuster rule and pass a funding bill with a simple majority vote. In a fiery post shared Thursday morning on Truth Social, Trump said it was time for … Read more

Politics Commentary In a shocking twist that few could have predicted, one of the loudest anti-Trump publications in America just came to the former president’s defense — and over an issue that’s got Democrats fuming. The Washington Post, a newspaper infamous for its relentless criticism of Donald Trump, has suddenly found itself agreeing with him … Read more

Two federal judges on Friday ordered the Trump administration to unlock emergency reserve funds to cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November. The rulings were a direct rebuke to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s claim that it could not access the money during the ongoing government shutdown, CNN reported. Judges in … Read more

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) issued an apology Thursday on behalf of Senate Democrats for their failure to vote to end the ongoing government shutdown. In an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, Fetterman expressed frustration that federal workers remain unpaid and that many families may struggle to feed their children as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) … Read more

Democrats have spent the last several weeks of the Schumer Shutdown claiming the USDA has contingency funding it could use to keep food stamp benefits flowing beyond Nov. 1. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) made that argument again Wednesday, saying the administration “has the funding to make sure that not a single American on … Read more

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump over a political advertisement that invoked former President Ronald Reagan’s comments on tariffs. The ad, which aired on major American television networks earlier this month, sparked backlash for its use of Reagan’s 1987 radio address on trade barriers. In that speech, Reagan warned … Read more

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration cannot enforce an executive order requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship on federal voter registration forms, declaring the policy an ‘unconstitutional’ overreach of presidential authority. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., sided with the Democratic National Committee and several purported civil rights groups … Read more

President Trump on Thursday urged Senate Republicans to invoke the “nuclear option” — a rules change that would allow legislation to pass with a simple majority vote — in order to bring an end to the 30-day government shutdown. “It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what … Read more

Politics Commentary Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced an unexpectedly turbulent interview on MSNBC over the weekend, and for many viewers, it was symbolic of the broader dysfunction that has come to define the Biden presidency. Once regarded as a safe haven for Democratic figures, MSNBC offered no such comfort this time. Jean-Pierre’s … Read more