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The Defund Police Movement Takes Aim at Fusion Centers and Mass Surveillance
Legislators in Maine are debating pulling funding for the state's fusion center — the first such bill in the country.
Politics
Progressive Groups Fight AT&T and T-Mobile’s New Texting Rules
Critics say the rules, known as “10DLC,” will hamper their organizing and worsen private tech overreach.
Wall Street's Cooked Books Fueled the Financial Crisis in 2008. It's Happening Again.
This time, the issue is not a bubble in the housing market but rather apparent widespread inflation of the value of commercial businesses, on which loans are based.
Elizabeth Warren Suggests U.S. Explore Conditional Aid to Israel
In a speech, the Massachusetts senator proposed the restriction of military aid from use in occupied Palestine.
House and Senate Democrats Plan Bill to Add Four Justices to Supreme Court
The Constitution allows Congress to set the number of Supreme Court justices.
Nevada’s New Democratic Party Raises Back Funds Shuttled by Ex-Staff
When a democratic socialist slate won in March, establishment staffers rushed to drain party funds. Now the new staff has raised it back — and then some.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Rep. Betty McCollum Leads Effort to Block Israel From Using U.S. Aid to Destroy Palestinian Homes
Putting conditions on U.S. aid to Israel has become a controversial topic — but it was the norm in Washington just a few decades ago.
Shontel Brown Approved Major Contract, Then Contractor Backed Her Campaign
Despite pledging to recuse herself from contracts involving her partner “as necessary,” the council member-turned-House-candidate approved $17 million to Perk.
Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act
Sen. Angus King, meanwhile, has been "inundated" by supporters and opponents of the sweeping labor law reform.
Biden Looks to Extend Trump’s Bolstered Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing
Over 100 advocacy groups sent a letter to Congress opposing the “hardline anti-science policy,” which applies to a broad range of fentanyl-related substances.