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Michael Hiltzik: Trump's Kafkaesque attack on Social Security: Declaring living people as dead
In so many ways the Trump administration has given us a window into a dystopian world — flouting a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court, elevating scientific myth into healthcare policy and so on. But its latest ...Read more
Commentary: Extending the Trump tax cuts' small business provisions is critical for Main Street
Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entrepreneurs to thrive?
That’s the question Congress must answer when deciding whether to...Read more
Editorial: JB Pritzker's first-ever Fox News interview is -- surprise! -- constructive and civil
If we can say one good thing about President Donald Trump’s ill-advised and ever-shifting tariff policies, it’s this: They’re making at least some leading Democrats sound like old-school Republicans.
Case in point: ...Read more
POINT: A defense of birthright citizenship
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending automatic citizenship — known as “birthright citizenship” — for children born in the United States to two noncitizen ...Read more
Vengeance Is the Word
As a candidate for president, Donald Trump constantly complained about the "weaponization" of the Justice Department, arguing that its prosecution of him was politically motivated. But as president, Trump has weaponized ...Read more
Trump seeks to accelerate millions of deportation cases
The U.S. Justice Department has directed federal immigration judges to scour their dockets for asylum cases they can deny without holding a full hearing, signaling that the Trump administration is taking aim at severe ...Read more
Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means
A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation of more than 100 immigrants to a prison in El Salvador intensified on April 16, 2025. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg released ...Read more
Professor who studies dictatorships helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In the days after Donald Trump’s reelection as president, Harvard political scientist Steven Levitsky was despondent.
“I was in the fetal position,” he said. “I just wanted to put on sweat ...Read more
Once a champion for Venezuelans, Rubio endorses Trump decision to end protected status for them
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, once a stalwart champion of Venezuelan immigrants, supports President Donald Trump’s decision to end the deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people already in the United ...Read more
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