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Larry Hogan pulls out of 2024 presidential race

March 5, 2023 Maja Popovska

Larry Hogan, a former governor of Maryland, announced on Sunday that he would not run for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 2024. He did this to avoid unintentionally helping Donald […]

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Marianne Williamson to run for president in 2024

March 4, 2023 Maja Popovska

Marianne Williamson announced on Saturday that her bid for the Democratic presidential candidacy in 2024 has officially begun. She suggested the party should move on from President Biden, The Hill reports. In an interview with […]

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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried allowed flip phone, laptop while on bail

March 4, 2023 Maja Popovska

Sam Bankman-Fried, who is temporarily on bail, has asked to be allowed to keep a flip phone without internet access and a basic laptop with limited features, Reuters reports. The DOJ has asked that Bankman-Fried’s […]

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House ethics committee opens investigation into George Santos

March 3, 2023 Maja Popovska

The House ethics committee has opened an investigation into the embattled and controversial Republican congressman George Santos, AP News reported. The freshman Republican lawmaker admitted to lying about his résumé in his campaign to represent […]

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Trump ‘soft banned’ from Fox News

March 3, 2023 Maja Popovska

Fox News has imposed a “soft ban” on former president Donald Trump appearing on the channel, The Independent reported. Trump’s inner circle is reportedly complaining about the soft ban.  It comes even as the broadcaster […]

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AOC may have violated House rules at Met Gala, watchdog says

March 3, 2023 Maja Popovska

The House Ethics Committee extended its investigation into Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over allegations that she violated congressional rules by accepting “impermissible gifts” at the 2021 Met Gala, NBC News reports. The Democratic Congresswoman from New […]

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Gender pay gap barely budged in past two decades

March 3, 2023 Maja Popovska

The gender pay gap is not closing. Women have earned roughly 82 percent as much as men for the last 20 years. A recently published Pew Research Center analysis found that women’s median hourly earnings […]

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Justice Dept rejects claim of Trump immunity in January 6 lawsuits

March 3, 2023 Maja Popovska

Donald Trump does not have absolute immunity from civil suits seeking damages over his alleged incitement of the January 6 Capitol attack, the U.S. justice department said in a court filing, POLITICO reported. It could […]

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Pence declines to support Trump if he’s the 2024 nominee

March 3, 2023 Maja Popovska

Former Vice President Mike Pence declined to say whether he would back Donald Trump if his former boss were to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, AP News reports. Twice given a chance to […]

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Teachers struggling with growing housing crisis and low pay

March 2, 2023 Maja Popovska

Teachers across the U.S. are struggling to make enough money while affording to live in the districts they serve, The Guardian reports. Research by the Economic Policy Institute’s Sylvia Allegretto found that public school teachers […]

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Ron DeSantis installs rightwing figures on board of former Disney district

March 2, 2023 Maja Popovska

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is continuing to wage his culture war, POLITICO reported. This week he wrested control of a Walt Disney Company-controlled county district.  And his choices for who will help control Disney offered […]

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Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran

March 2, 2023 Maja Popovska

Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on […]

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Ron DeSantis Called a ‘Tyrant’ as Trump Supporters Barred from Book Signing

March 1, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A book signing event in Florida for Gov. Ron DeSantis turned ugly. DeSantis is being labeled a “tyrant” by the far-right after Trump supporters were reportedly barred from a book signing staged by the Florida governor. […]

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Moscow Recruits Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon for its War in Ukraine

March 1, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Moscow is offering a sum of up to 350 dollars to Palestinian refugees residing in Lebanon using Russian entities to recruit them to sign up to join the ongoing war it’s waging in Ukraine on […]

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White Student Alleges Racial discrimination in $2M Suit Against Howard University 

February 28, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

An expelled white student is suing a historically Black college for $2 million, alleging he was racially discriminated against.  The student has sued Howard University for racial discrimination, citing “pain, suffering, emotional anguish, and damage […]

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DeSantis Signs Bill that Gives Him More Control of Disney’s Special District

February 28, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill that gives him power over Disney’s self-governing district. The move effectively punished the entertainment giant for speaking out against the Republican’s political agenda. Last year, DeSantis called on […]

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How the Right Racialized the Ohio Train Disaster

February 27, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Republican Party has racialized the Ohio derailment disaster. The derailment of a 50-car freight train carrying toxic materials earlier in February shattered daily life in East Palestine, Ohio, and sent a pall of black smoke […]

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RNC Chair Says 2024 GOP Candidates Must Sign Pledge to Participate in Debates

February 27, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Any Republican who wants to run for president in 2024 will have to sign a loyalty pledge if they want to join the 2024 debates, the Republican National Committee (RNC) ’s chairperson said.  The pledge […]

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Republican War on ‘Woke’ Policies Creeps into Debt-Ceiling Debate

February 27, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

House Republicans are eyeing $150 billion in spending cuts that reflect a hardline drive to target education, healthcare, and housing as they push forward in talks on the federal debt ceiling. The money is particularly […]

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Presidential Hopeful Nikki Haley Vows to Cease Billions in Foreign Aid to China

February 26, 2023 Dime

Nikki Haley, a Republican candidate for the presidential election, deviated from the Washington establishment on foreign aid and pledged to cease sending billions of taxpayers’ money to “anti-American countries and causes,” Fox News informed. In […]

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Nevada Progressives Express Outrage after Democrats Passed Resolution for Denouncing ‘Horrors of Socialism’

February 26, 2023 Dime

This month, Democratic socialists in Nevada expressed their fury after Democratic state lawmakers in their state passed a resolution denouncing the “horrors” of socialism, and the state party declined to criticize them, Fox News informed. […]

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GOP Bill in Idaho Requiring Party Affiliation from School Boards Under Fire from Critics

February 25, 2023 Dime

A Republican state representative’s bill is under fire from critics at one Idaho news outlet, who claim that it would “disastrously” overstuff the state’s school boards with partisan hacks, Fox News informed. House Bill 171, […]

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DeSantis wants to roll back press freedoms 

February 24, 2023 Maja Popovska

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ broken relationship with the mainstream media could get even worse, POLITICO reports. The contentious Republican governor has encouraged Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature to weaken state laws that have long protected journalists […]

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Republican presidential hopefuls make their way in Iowa

February 24, 2023 Maja Popovska

The GOP descended on Iowa this week. Over the course of three days in Iowa this week, the political pitfalls and opportunities of the state already became apparent, POLITICO reported. After a slow start, Republican presidential […]

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Trump’s polling number dip amid GOP presidential nominations

February 24, 2023 Maja Popovska

The GOP’s 2024 presidential field has an inertia problem, Axios reports. At the front is former president Donald Trump, who is described as a wounded candidate. Republicans privately fear that Trump will lose to President […]

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All U.S. extremist mass killings in 2022 linked to far right

February 24, 2023 Maja Popovska

Right-wing extremists committed all ideologically driven mass killings identified in the U.S. in 2022, ADL reports. A new report about murder and extremism in the U.S. found that all extremist-related murder and mass killing was […]

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The chairman of the House Select Committee probing the tragic Jan. 6 brawl at the Capitol revealed on Thursday that the panel had subpoenaed four top government officials of Donald Trump's administration, together with Mark Meadows and Steve Bannon.
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Trump ordered to testify in lawsuits against DOJ and FBI

February 24, 2023 Maja Popovska

Former President Donald Trump has been instructed by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson to participate in the questioning regarding two lawsuits filed against the Justice Department and FBI by two former officials who claim […]

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US Lawmakers Push to Make the Spread of Election Misinformation Illegal

February 23, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Chief election officials in several states want to make it illegal for someone to knowingly spread false information about an election. The move raises questions about first amendment protected speech.  The Democratic secretaries of state for […]

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Trump’s Environmental and Rail Regulation Rollbacks In Focus After Ohio Train

February 23, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

When Donald Trump was president, he proudly rolled back environmental protections, as well as rail regulations. In the aftermath of the toxic train derailment in Ohio, Trump’s record of rollbacks is coming into focus.  Trump visited […]

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Proud Boys Saw Jan. 6 as ‘Next American Revolution’

February 23, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A former member of the far-right Proud Boys told a jury that the group viewed the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol as the start of the “next American Revolution.” The Proud Boys […]

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