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California sues Trump administration over withholding high-speed rail funds
California and its high-speed rail authority filed suit on Tuesday to prevent the Trump administration from canceling a nearly $1 billion federal grant.
'I don't do cover-ups': Trump denounces Democratic investigations and Mueller probe in the Rose Garden
"I don't do cover-ups," the president said, responding to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comments earlier.
GOP Senator Warns U.S. Farmers On 'Verge Of Financial Collapse' Over Trump's Trade War
Jerry Moran of Kansas urged Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to find a better response than unreliable government aid.
r/atheism - UK nurse who made cancer patient sing hymns from the bible with her as "only way to reach heaven" loses unfair dismissal appeal
380 votes and 33 comments so far on Reddit
Officials Dispute Mike Pompeo's Claim That Iran Is Collaborating With Al Qaeda
"The Secretary has blown the level of collusion between Iran and a few of the remnants of al Qaeda way out of proportion"
U.S. Wall Funding of $1.57 Billion Yields 1.7 Miles of Fence
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has put up just 1.7 miles of fencing with the $1.57 billion that Congress appropriated last year for President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border, a federal judge was told.
Kristen Wiig’s New Lionsgate Comedy Pulls Out of Georgia Following Anti-Abortion Bill Signing
A feature film reunion of the creative team behind “Bridesmaids” will no longer shoot in Georgia, following the signing of anti-abortion legislation in the Hollywood-centric state. Kris…
The biggest takeaway from Donald Trump's financial disclosure
...and no one is talking about it.
It Turns Out Christians Have More Abortions Than Any Other Religious Group In America
A majority of the women thought their church members would be more likely to gossip about a woman considering an abortion than to help her understand her options.
What Changed My Mind About Climate Change?
I spent the better part of my professional life (1991-2014) working at a libertarian think tank—the Cato Institute—arguing against climate action. As Cato’s director of Natural Resource Studies (and later, as a senior fellow and eventually vice...
Climate Change was No Accident
Years ago, tobacco companies discovered the link between their products and lung cancer. Did they warn their customers? No — they denied the link entirely, mi
New Report Names Nearly 4,000 Companies Profiting Off of Private Prison Industry
"Today, more than half of the $80 billion spent annually on incarceration by government agencies is used to pay the thousands of vendors that serve the criminal legal system."
Trump campaign running hundreds of new ads that violate Facebook's rules
Melania Trump’s birthday is April 26. For weeks, the Trump campaign has used the First Lady’s big day — she’ll be 49 — to build their email list. They’ve run thousands of ads urging Facebook users to sign a “card to wish Melania a Happy Birthday!”...
UPDATE: Trump campaign resumes false advertisements on Facebook
On April 29, Popular Information identified hundreds of Trump campaign ads running on Facebook that were false. The ads claimed that Democrats want to repeal the Second Amendment. There are, of course, no elected Democrats at the national level...
Libertarians and Never Trump Republicans Court Justin Amash to Run for President
Plus: Democratic candidates still in shock about Daenerys Targaryen
Glen Casada to resign as speaker in coming weeks
House Speaker Glen Casada lost a vote of confidence of Republicans on Monday.
O'Rourke: We can't just tolerate our differences. We must embrace them.
An audience member, alluding to instances when President Trump has not outright condemned acts of violence, just asked Beto O'Rourke how he would stand up to hate in America.
Woman whose rapist was granted joint custody of child speaks out
The judge put the order on hold Tuesday after learning of Christopher Mirasolo's criminal background
House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson
The White House is likely to request they defy the committee.
Election security bills in the Senate are hitting one big roadblock: Mitch McConnell
He and Trump are both skirting the issue.