Vance announces aid restrictions for groups that promote diversity, transgender policies abroad
The move expands a longstanding Republican policy that restricted U.S. funding for organizations working on or promoting abortion overseas.
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Abortion opponents demand more as Trump targets Planned Parenthood, foreign aid and fetal tissue research
The administration moves, timed around the annual March for Life, may not win back frustrated groups.
A US return to the World Health Organization could hinge on whether Trump approves of its next leader
The disease-fighting alliance will select a new leader next year who could make the case for reuniting.
RFK Jr. is bringing the GOP and the trial bar together
Plaintiffs’ lawyers, long Republican adversaries, see a lot to like in Kennedy’s assault on food and pharma.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Americans give Trump low marks on handling of economy as midterms likely to center on affordability
Sixty-one percent of voters told a CNN poll released Friday that they disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy.
Vance tries to thread affordability needle in Rust Belt
The vice president fine-tunes Trump’s economic message, but he’s only got so much wiggle room.
Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows
Voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 and swung to Democrats in this year’s Virginia and New Jersey elections did so over economic concerns, according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic pollster and obtained by POLITICO.
“ICE Out”: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans braved the bitter cold in Minneapolis on Friday to demand ”ICE out.” The march was organized by faith and labor leaders and was accompanied by calls for an economic blackout. Seven hundred businesses reportedly closed in solidarity. Democracy Now!’s John Hamilton filed a report from the streets. John Reuss, an English teacher, said his students are afraid. “The fear is so tangible,” said Reuss. “If we do not shut it down right now, your city is next.
Anger In Italy Over ICE Agents Going To Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
Italian politicians strongly criticised the presence of ICE in the country, highlighting how the image of the U.S. has been tarnished in recent months.
Trump’s ‘Completely Deranged’ New Spin On A Tearful Tale Leaves Critics Agape
The president put a twist on one of his classic speech anecdotes.
2 GOP Senators Call For Trump DHS Secretary To Be Fired
“She’s proven that she doesn’t know how to lead,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday.
Natalie Portman Speaks Out Against ‘Outrageous’ Immigration Raids In Minnesota
The Oscar-winning actor slammed President Donald Trump, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for their deadly immigration crackdown.
Watch: Man sprays unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall
A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month.
The audience cheered as the man, who was wearing a black jacket and holding a syringe, was pinned down and his arms were tied behind his back.
Trump in Iowa tries to shift the conversation back to the economy
A brief swing through the farm state underscored administration fears about the midterms.
ICE gets cold shoulder from your favorite pro athletes
The Trump administration is finding out that the majority of Americans are outraged by its murderous occupation of Minnesota.
Now that pro athletes and teams are calling out that behavior too, you can probably expect a hearty round of “stick to sports” from conservatives. However, the sheer number of statements is tough to ignore—and it’s not just limited to Minnesota athletes.
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Newsmax Host Holds Phone Like A Gun To Defend Agents Who Shot Alex Pretti
Pretti, an intensive care nurse, was never seen holding his phone in such a manner in footage of the fatal incident.
Far-right lawmakers want Trump to double down on ICE violence
The far-right House Freedom Caucus is calling on the Trump administration to amp up its violence in Minnesota.
Trump and senior officials on his team have faced widespread public outrage in response to abuses of power by agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol deployed to the state.
Trump asks federal court to hit pause on abortion pill case, citing ongoing study
The administration argues the lawsuit may be “unnecessary” since the FDA may impose the restrictions Louisiana wants of its own volition.
What Should Americans Do Now?
The killings in Minneapolis of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have been compared to the murder of George Floyd, because they all happened within a few miles of one another, and because of the outrage they inspired. There’s an important difference, though: In 2020 the United States was in turmoil, but it was still a state of law. Floyd’s death was followed by investigation, trial, and verdict—by justice. The Minneapolis Police Department was held accountable and ultimately made to reform.
The Recap: Susan Collins’ ICE ‘concerns,’ and Kash Patel wants to see your texts
A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know.
Democrats have a real shot at flipping this state’s Senate seat
Alaska’s Mary Peltola may have coin-flip odds here.
Top deportation goon gets ejected from Minnesota
We’re not going to miss him or that stupid cosplay military coat.
A Reckoning for the Tech Right
Hours after Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy showed up for a movie night at the White House. Along with other business executives and several prominent Donald Trump supporters, they attended a private screening of Melania, a new documentary about the president’s wife. The moviegoers were treated to buckets of popcorn and sugar cookies frosted with the first lady’s name.
Half His Age Isn’t At All What It Seems
Whatever you might think you’re going to get from the familiar setup of Jennette McCurdy’s Half His Age (a lonely high-school girl in Anchorage begins an extremely questionable sexual relationship with her teacher), any presumptions are dispelled from the very first page. When Waldo, the teenage narrator of the novel, observes her boyfriend’s “slimy tongue that loop-de-loops over and over like a carnival ride, mechanical and passionless,” she’s setting a tone: irreverent, graphic, bilious.
From George Floyd to Alex Pretti: “Copaganda” Author on Myths About Immigration, Crime & Policing
As calls grow to defund and abolish ICE, author Alec Karakatsanis warns that activists should take care to not fall for “copaganda,” which “takes ordinary people who are outraged over what’s happening and converts them into supporting meaningless reforms that actually don’t reduce the size or power or budget of these bureaucracies.” Karakatsanis is the author of Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News.
Can ICE Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Warrant? Inside Trump’s Attack on the 4th Amendment
ICE is asserting federal immigration officers have the power to forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant. “That’s just not true,” says legal scholar Stephen Vladeck, who says the claim directly violates the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure. “What we’re really seeing here is an effort to twist a handful of old cases that have recognized circumstances in which the government doesn’t need a judicial warrant to enter a home.