Trump Empties the Election Commission
With four seats empty and a midterm election three months away, the only federal agency devoted to elections has been left with no one in charge. "The guardrails Congress placed on this agency are cle…
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Grassley Turns on Patel's FBI Spending Spree
tags: fbi, kash patel, congress, government waste A man who called the FBI jet a waste of taxpayer money now flies it on pleasure trips, buys BMWs, and needs a Republican senator to investigate him. "…
Trump Demands a Supreme Court Do-Over He Knows Will Be Denied
Trump lost his birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court and his response was to demand a do-over from the same nine people who just told him no. "I will be asking for a Rehearing by the United…
McConnell's Medical Black Box: Three Weeks, No Answers
mcconnell, trump, politics A sitting senator vanishes into a hospital room, and the entire Republican establishment responds with the same thing it always does: total silence. "No, I have no. I have n…
Emanuel Tells Israel It Has Become a Territorial Pariah
rahmemanuel, israel, gaza, democracy, polling A former White House chief of staff goes to Israel to tell its leaders the American public has abandoned them. "For too long, American policy toward Israe…
Trump Invents the Islamic Republic of Japan at NATO
The president in charge of the nuclear codes confused an active adversary with America's oldest Asian ally, then called the Ukrainian leader sitting next to him by his enemy's name. "I told this story…
FBI Raids Home, Then Offers $200,000 for Informants
The federal government raids a home with flash bangs, then offers the person it terrorized $200,000 to betray her neighbors. "We know that you're struggling financially. We know that the people you ho…
ICE Tracks You to Your Hotel for Criticizing It
ICE Tracks You to Your Hotel for Criticizing It An American man sends an angry email to the head of ICE, and five months later federal agents find his hotel room. "Like any American, [ICE's response] …
U.S. Sharing Asylum Seeker Data With Iran, Lawsuit Alleges
A country at war with another country is quietly feeding its enemy the names of people who fled it. "Congress made these confidentiality protections mandatory precisely because lives depend on them, a…