How Trump is exploiting the looming food stamps crisis
As the shutdown approaches November, the Trump administration is warning that SNAP benefits, or food stamps, are on the line. It’s a cunning tactic.
‘Names keep piling up’: House GOP calls on DOJ to prosecute former CIA Director Brennan
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is asking the Justice Department to prosecute former CIA director John Brennan for allegedly lying to Congress more than two years ago, Politico reports.
The GOP’s decadeslong project to dismantle the Voting Rights Act is nearly realized
Ali Velshi breaks down the decades-long conservative crusade to dismantle the Voting Rights Act, which has been championed by Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.
Senators recruit sports stars to knock down House’s name, image, and likeness bill
A trio of Senate Democrats held a call with former star athletes and some of the nation’s top professional sports unions to denounce a bill making its way through the House that would establish national name, image and likeness rules, known as NIL, for college athletes.
Why so many Black Americans felt no obligation to chant ‘No Kings’
There’s no clear sense of how many of Saturday’s 7 million ‘No Kings’ protesters were Black; there was a debate among Black people regarding participation.
Cards Against Humanity claims partial victory over Musk and SpaceX in lawsuit
Popular card game company Cards Against Humanity claimed partial victory this week in its lawsuit against SpaceX, reaching a settlement in its suit alleging SpaceX employees trespassed on land it bought to prevent the construction of a border wall along the Rio Grande.