1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (611+ words) We just had the first “mid-term convention.” Do you remember anything from it? Maybe President Trump’s promise to send every adult a $5,000 check if Republicans win, but that's about it. And we all know that is never going to happen,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (482+ words) A group of 23 states, led by California, and the District of Columbia went to federal court in Massachusetts, where they challenged the government’s implementation of the order. They contended that the order clashes with provisions in the Constitution that give…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (172+ words) The majority didn't decide whether the construction violated federal law, only that plaintiffs' purely aesthetic interests didn't allow them to assert a federal claim....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (96+ words) A new report from the Center for Biological Diversity, the rollback of the rule could put 7.4 million acres of designated endangered species critical habitat and nearly 1,800 miles of protected rivers and streams at risk....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (177+ words) —– Writes Tyler Durden: Imagine entering the US illegally and enjoying the fruits of the American economy for years, only to wake up one day in the darkest of Africa in a country known for cannibalism? The strategy might be ugly,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (586+ words) Call it pay for pray. Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will appear at a "clergy round table" this week with a black Detroit pastor to whom the El-Sayed campaign has quietly paid $82,500 for "strategic consulting," part of a gambit to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (763+ words) Of course it was a Massachusetts judge. Of course she was appointed by Barack Obama. And of course, when President Trump signed an executive order in March requiring basic verification safeguards for mail-in voting, Judge Indira Talwani in Boston reached…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1530+ words) “Electric shock has long been a common method of inflicting torture or other forms of ill-treatment worldwide. While electric shocks are sometimes inflicted using makeshift equipment—for instance, car batteries, mains wires or cattle prods—a wide variety of electric…...