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Five Things Your Tax Dollars Could Fund Instead of an Illegal Iran War
While Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the Trump Administration is pouring billions of dollars into an illegal war in Iran.
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Sessions cède et annonce sa récusation dans l'enquête sur la Russie
Son soutien parmi ses collègues républicains s'érodant, le procureur général Jeff Sessions a cédé jeudi après-midi aux demandes de se récuser des enquêtes du ministère de la Justice liées à la campagne présidentielle de 2016 et aux tentatives de la Russie d'influencer le résultat.
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Sessions’ Lies Trigger Calls for His Resignation
The walls are closing in on Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Wednesday night’s news that Sessions met twice last year with Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., but didn’t mention it when senators asked him about contacts between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, has Democrats and non-partisan groups – including Common Cause – demanding Sessions’ resignation.
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L'Idaho rejette la « voie dangereuse »
Alors que les intérêts particuliers de droite se rapprochent de la convocation d'une nouvelle convention constitutionnelle, les législateurs de l'Idaho ont décidé mercredi de protéger les droits constitutionnels des électeurs et de rejeter cette idée dangereuse.
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High Court Orders Second Look at Virginia Redistricting Plan
The Supreme Court has ordered a second look at claims that Virginia legislators set out to dilute the voting power of black citizens when they drew new boundaries for 11 state legislative districts following the 2010 census.
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Who Was That Guy?
So it turns out that President Trump can give a passable speech to a joint session of Congress. But this morning, sifting through the text and video clips, it’s clear that everything about Trump’s presidency that has alarmed millions of Americans remains in place.
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A Few Things to Listen for Tonight
Official Washington is bracing today for President Trump’s first speech to a joint session of Congress. It’s scheduled 9 tonight.
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Réforme du redécoupage électoral : cartographier notre avenir
Réforme du redécoupage électoral : cartographier notre avenir
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SCOTUS Reaffirms Support for Campaign Finance Disclosure
There’s good news this morning from the Supreme Court, which is sticking with its past declarations that campaign finance disclosure requirements are constitutional.
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“Deconstruction of the Administrative State” Means We Lose
Steve Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist, called for “deconstruction of the administrative state” at the conservative CPAC conference, on Thursday. What does that actually mean?
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Ils l'ont déjà fait, ils le feront à nouveau
Il se peut que l’arbre cache la forêt dans l’histoire du piratage électoral russe : la tentative du Kremlin d’interférer dans l’élection présidentielle américaine de 2016 fait partie d’une histoire beaucoup plus vaste d’actions secrètes russes.
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Pulling Down the Curtain
There’s at least one federal law the FBI apparently is none too eager to abide by. The bureau announced recently that it’s closing down the email address it has provided for journalists and other citizens seeking records it is supposed to make available to the public under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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Progress Stalled
While the media were focused on Hillary Clinton's near miss at shattering the ultimate glass ceiling by capturing the White House, years of slow but steady progress for women in congressional and state legislative races also stalled last November.
