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1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (581+ words) Marriage rights should be respected and protected as civil rights. "Do you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?" This was the question asked…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (141+ words) Rebecca Slaughter, the former Federal Trade Commission member whose firing was upheld by the Supreme Court on Monday, warned that the justices allowed for the possibility of abuse of presidential power," the New York Times reports. Said Slaughter: Today's ruling…...

39+ min ago  (265+ words) CNN host Pamela Brown clashed with Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday during a debate over several political issues, from the Justice Department's botched release of files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein to the president's alternative July 4th celebration....

28+ min ago  (56+ words) Amid recent poll numbers showing a sharp decline in national pride, a new report by NBC News has revealed that many Americans now associate the U. S. flag with President Donald Trump and essentially consider it a "MAGA hat on a stick....

16+ min ago  (50+ words) Economics and politics columnist John Cassidy thinks he knows why President Donald Trump keeps throwing a wrench in the plans of his own administration. Writing for the New Yorker on Monday, Cassidy said that he thinks Trump has lost touch…...

39+ min ago  (48+ words) The U. S. Supreme Court has "declared war" on American democracy, on "modern society," and on "everything it takes to function in the 21st century," warns Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, after the court expanded presidential powers once again. Six of the court's members,…...

28+ min ago  (330+ words) President Donald Trump suffered a major setback in his efforts to federalize voting in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a right-leaning legal scholar. I think this is a significant loss for Republicans who have wanted to try to rein…...

40+ min ago  (52+ words) Republicans made a controversial move to oust a Democratic official in one of Texas' most important counties, but it could be coming back to blow up in their faces. According to Quorum Report, the race for Tarrant County judge, the…...

23+ min ago  (46+ words) Andy Burnham, the United Kingdom's likely prime minister-in-waiting, turned down an invite from President Donald Trump for the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence, Politico reported on Monday. A spokesperson for Burnham told Politico that he won't attend the U. S. embassy's "Great…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago  (148+ words) The federal government's ethics czar has never not been a lawyer. One in four employees in the Office of Government Ethics is a lawyer," NOTUS reports. President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the agency, Michael Chamberlain, does not hold a…...