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One of the Trump administration's hard-right goals of drowning the government in a bathtub has taken a major hit, as The Washington Post reports that Donald Trump has abandoned his effort to shut down completely the Office of Personnel Management. The…

It wasn’t until the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump was finishing up in the House Intelligence Committee and the committee’s report was on its way to the House Judiciary Committee that the public learned that one of the Intelligence Committee…

Trump administration officials reportedly claimed in late October that children and families would for now not be subject to an inhumane rule forcing people seeking asylum in the United States to go to Guatemala, but two Honduran families were informed this…

While Donald Trump was once again hosting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Oval Office on Wednesday, with no media allowed, Senate Democrats were attempting once again to bring legislation to protect the next election from Russian interference to…

Sen. Amy Klobuchar showed her former-prosecutor chops in Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, in which Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz testified about his examination of the probe conducted by the FBI into Russian efforts at…

It's been two years since the Trump-controlled and partisan Federal Communications Commission repealed the open internet rule that guaranteed net neutrality. Senate Democrats gathered on the floor Tuesday to bring up the Save the Internet Act, but of course a…

The 700,000 people expected to lose food assistance because of new rules the Trump administration will put in effect next spring aren't going to be the only ones harmed by the cuts, experts say. The new rules will impose work requirements for Supplemental…

BuzzFeed News has found at least four instances where the Trump administration has forced asylum-seekers who have won their cases back into Mexico—and in at least one instance, issued an asylum-seeker a fake court date as part of an effort to prolong his…

Tucker Carlson and his garbage guest, wingnut editor of City Journal Seth Barron, tossed out the dog whistles Tuesday night in favor of a bullhorn, attacking both Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her constituents, saying that her district is "dirty" because…

While articles of impeachment were being introduced against Donald Trump in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, a federal judge in Texas was blocking funding for his pet project, ruling that he couldn't use money appropriated by Congress for military…

During a press conference on Tuesday, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called on Customs and Border Protection officials to prevent another catastrophic loss of life and vaccinate people in their custody against the flu. "This is a matter of life…

Sen. Lindsey Graham opened the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz about his report on the FBI investigation into ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia by first tossing out a few general…