Democrats have a terrible habit, during moments of right-wing backlash, of voting for Republican legislation that they don’t seem to truly believe in and eventually live to regret. The Laken Riley Act, is such a wrong vehicle.
The first woman and second-ever Black person to serve as mayor of Los Angeles is under attack by conservative trolls like Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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The incoming president and his Bitcoin-loving acolytes want to turn the government into their personal ATM.
Panamanians and Greenlanders have their say
For a supposed anti-interventionist, it’s odd that Trump is enthusiastically embracing ideas from the era of intense American imperialism.
Judgement Day for the merchants of death
This is not the outcome Trump wanted. With Merchan’s action Friday, Trump’s criminal case has concluded, and he will enter office—10 days from his sentencing—a convicted felon.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.
By all indications, at least nine Senate Democrats will vote to advance the Laken Riley Act, a sweeping measure that mandates the detention of undocumented immigrants who have committed nonviolent crimes, all but ensuring that it will move forward.
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