In an interview on Monday, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis indicated that he will likely call a special session of the state legislature in the near future to redraw congressional boundaries, as many GOP-led states across the country have already done in order to benefit the Republican Party. In his comments to The Floridian, DeSantis was unforthcoming about the partisan nature of his…
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After years of steady decline in the number of people executed in the United States, there has been a sharp reversal in 2025. So far this year, 41 people have been killed in 11 states, with five more executions scheduled before the end of the year. If all the scheduled executions are carried out, that would make 2025 the year with the most executions since 2010, when 46 inmates were put…
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This week, President Donald Trump escalated his plans to send National Guard troops into blue cities — fighting in court to deploy them to Portland and sending others to Chicago ostensibly to fight crime and support federal immigration agents. He has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if courts rule against him. While images of soldiers on city streets offer a visible show of…
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