Supreme Court Gives Trump ‘King-Like’ Power to Purge Independent Agencies

Supreme Court Gives Trump ‘King-Like’ Power to Purge Independent Agencies

  “Today’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter takes a wrecking ball to a 90-year pillar of American law,” said House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin. The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, overturning 90 years of precedent and giving the chief executive what dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor called “a power […]

‘Yeah, That’s Illegal’: USPS Chief Says States Won’t Receive Mail Ballots Unless They Hand Voter Rolls to Trump

‘Yeah, That’s Illegal’: USPS Chief Says States Won’t Receive Mail Ballots Unless They Hand Voter Rolls to Trump

  “You’re making a decision that people cannot vote by mail. That’s unacceptable,” said US Sen. Gary Peters. Postmaster General David Steiner drew the ire of Democratic senators and voting rights advocates on Wednesday when he said that the US Postal Service would not deliver mail-in ballots in states that do not hand their voter files to the Trump administration. […]

‘Republicans Created This Crisis on Purpose’: Federal Data Shows ACA Enrollment Plunging

‘Republicans Created This Crisis on Purpose’: Federal Data Shows ACA Enrollment Plunging

  “This coverage collapse was a choice that Congress made. As a result, millions more will end up uninsured, living sicker, dying younger, and being one emergency away from financial ruin.” The Trump administration quietly released data last week showing a sharp decline in the number of Americans enrolled in health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, a widely […]

Defense of Nixon’s Watergate Crimes Is JD Vance ‘Telling on Himself,’ Say Critics

Defense of Nixon’s Watergate Crimes Is JD Vance ‘Telling on Himself,’ Say Critics

  “He’s insinuating that his own regime has so normalized corruption and lawlessness that past corruption and lawbreaking schemes now seem minor.”  At an event for the Richard Nixon Foundation on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance suggested that if the 37th president’s Watergate scandal had happened today, it would barely make the news, let alone destroy a presidency. […]