Dems Demand Investigations After USPS Whistleblower Report: ‘Unconstitutional Power Grab’

House Democrats sent a letter to USPS Inspector General Tammy Hull this week demanding an investigation into what they ...

Under Trump’s Executive Order, Sending Mail-in Ballots Could Take Weeks or Years

Election experts are examining the new U.S. Postal Service rules for mailed ballots, and finding that under them, getting ...

How a Baseless, Right-Wing Social Media Panic Led to Dramatic Changes at the Census Bureau

On Aug. 7, 2025, Trump, in a post on the social media platform he owns, Truth Social, directed the “Department of Commerce to ...

Trump DOJ Fires Prosecutor in ICE Shooting Case

Sections Editors' Blog News Live Blog Cafe Muckraker The Brief Morning Memo Where Things Stand The Weekender The Franchise Features The Trump DOJ has fired the federal prosecutor who sought to bring ...

White House Iran War Denialism Reaches Absurd New Level in Briefing Where Vance Both Confirms and Denies Bullets Are Flying

Through much of the course of the U.S.’s war in Iran, the Trump administration has tried to avoid calling the conflict “a war ...

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Cleared the Way for More Data Centers. Dems Are Hoping You Know That.

Democrats are taking a convoluted, complex provision that was included in Republicans’ Big Beautiful bill to pin the blame ...

Mild-Mannered and Cautious Election Guru Charlie Cook Predicting GOP Armageddon

Longtime election analyst Charlie Cook has a piece up on his Substack looking at the fast-approaching midterms. It’s an ...
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DHS Brings PATRIOT Act Tool to Bear in NSPM-7 Investigation

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‘A Shit Show’: Postal Service Whistleblower Warns That New Project Will Sow Chaos in Election

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First at TPM: Teen Deported TWICE This Year in Violation of Multiple Court Orders

A 19-year-old asylum seeker — who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March in violation of a court-ordered settlement ...
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The Pandora’s Box of Trump’s Executive Order on Mail-in Voting

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Trump’s Mail-in Voting Executive Order Is Ready to Begin Its Trip Back to SCOTUS

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