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Three other blue states, California, Illinois, and Maryland, have responded in kind and are looking at ways to increase seats favorable to Democrats.
Normally, redistricting happens every 10 years after the census is taken, but that custom appears to be yet another political norm cast aside during the Trump era.
Or getting food, we'd have to choose between paying our car insurance and getting food.
At a meeting with the Secretary General of NATO, Trump said the new sanctions on Russia were tremendous and that he hoped they would help settle the war with Ukraine.
But in a move that will disappoint the Ukrainian government, Trump also ruled out sending that country long-range Tomahawk missiles.
Ukraine has been lobbying the White House to provide tomahawks, but Trump seems to have closed that door for good.
Mara Liason, NPR News, the White House.
President Trump promised to use the Department of Justice to go after his political enemies, and he's doing it.
In addition to Comey, he's instructed his attorney general to prosecute other Democrats who investigated him, including California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and the attorney general of New York, Letitia James.
The New York Times is reporting that Fannie Willis has received a subpoena.
Willis is the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney who charged Trump with trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
Legal experts say although the Comey case is weak and may not end with a conviction, his indictment sends a message to Trump's other adversaries that he can bankrupt them and ruin their careers.
This week, lawmakers from both chambers need to figure out how to make the numbers add up. One option is using a budgetary slate of hand and simply declaring that the tax cuts don't add to the deficit. Or if lawmakers really want to reduce spending, they could cut Medicaid. But many Republicans and President Trump have promised not to do that.
This week, lawmakers from both chambers need to figure out how to make the numbers add up. One option is using a budgetary slate of hand and simply declaring that the tax cuts don't add to the deficit. Or if lawmakers really want to reduce spending, they could cut Medicaid. But many Republicans and President Trump have promised not to do that.
The other pressure on lawmakers is that the bond market is raising yields. The interest bondholders charge for financing U.S. debt because, among other things, It doesn't see the U.S. getting its fiscal house in order. In other words, bondholders see the U.S. debt getting bigger and bigger with no credible plan to rein it in. Mara Liason, NPR News.
The other pressure on lawmakers is that the bond market is raising yields. The interest bondholders charge for financing U.S. debt because, among other things, It doesn't see the U.S. getting its fiscal house in order. In other words, bondholders see the U.S. debt getting bigger and bigger with no credible plan to rein it in. Mara Liason, NPR News.
The judge ruled that Abrego-Garcia was wrongly deported, and the administration has admitted he was deported because of a, quote, administrative error. The judge says the government has to get him back or, quote, facilitate his return, and the Supreme Court has backed up the judge. So now...
The judge ruled that Abrego-Garcia was wrongly deported, and the administration has admitted he was deported because of a, quote, administrative error. The judge says the government has to get him back or, quote, facilitate his return, and the Supreme Court has backed up the judge. So now...