“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
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1w ago
More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections. Feb. 6, 2025, 5 a.m. EST ..read more
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North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.
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2w ago
The state was hostile to Interior Department policies during the Biden administration. A review of its lawsuits under Burgum reveals an aggressively pro-fossil fuel agenda. Jan. 24, 2025, 5 a.m. EST ..read more
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Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.
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2w ago
All but one state that held legislative elections last fall in the Southeast saw losses of Republican women. In South Carolina, that means the Senate Republican caucus, which will make decisions that directly affect women, is an all-men’s club. Jan. 22, 2025, 5 a.m. EST ..read more
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ProPublica’s Coverage of Donald Trump’s Appointments — and How They Could Reshape Federal Agencies
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President Trump’s nominees for key positions have a history of pushing back against the work of the departments and agencies they’ve been chosen to lead. Jan. 31, 2025, 6 a.m. EST ..read more
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Gretchen Whitmer’s Chance for Wide-Ranging Legacy Derailed by Botched Legislative Session
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1M ago
Michigan Democrats controlled all three branches of government, but party infighting and moderate policy decisions resulted in what some have dubbed “one of the least productive legislative sessions in history.” Jan. 10, 2025, 5 a.m. EST ..read more
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A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton
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1M ago
Donald Trump and the Texas attorney general have forged a friendship over the years, one that has been cemented in their shared political and legal struggles and their willingness to come to each other’s aid at times of upheaval. Jan. 17, 2025, 5 a.m. CST ..read more
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Trump’s Near Sweep of Texas Border Counties Shows a Shift to the Right for Latino Voters
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3M ago
The former president captured 55% of Latino voters in the state, according to exit polls. He also won 14 out of the 18 counties within 20 miles of the border, a number that doubled his 2020 performance in the Latino-majority region ..read more
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A Pro-Gun, Anti-Abortion Border Sheriff Appealed to Both Parties. Then He Was Painted as Soft on Immigration.
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3M ago
In Del Rio, Texas, like in other majority Latino communities, immigration is high on voters’ minds and is disrupting long-standing political allegiances ..read more
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Trump Claims “Illegal Alien” Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disagrees.
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3M ago
In a private video training session, a top Pennsylvania Republican National Committee official reassured a new poll watcher that undocumented people could not possibly vote in the state ..read more
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Watch: How the Race for Sheriff in Del Rio, Texas, Became a Referendum on Immigration
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3M ago
Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s run for reelection provides a glimpse at how new patterns of immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border have coincided with, if not driven, changing attitudes among voters who live there ..read more
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