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Trump Is Getting Tired of Losing Election Cases

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Earlier this year, President Trump claimed a new area of expertise: election law. “I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject,” Trump wrote on social media, and found an “irrefutable one” that he would soon present. He suggested that it would allow him to bypass Congress and gain approval from the courts to impose his will on the nation’s locally run election system, including requiring voters to show identification while casting ballots in the upcoming midterms. It was a heady time for…

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MoveOn: Getting Rid of Noem Doesn’t Justify More DHS Funding

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WASHINGTON – In response to President Donald Trump’s firing of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem today, MoveOn Civic Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich released the following statement: “Kristi Noem ran the DHS with impunity, violence, and an undeniable allegiance to Donald Trump. She deserves to be ousted, but her firing won’t stop the bloodshed and bullets at the hands of an out-of-control immigration enforcement agency. Changing DHS’s leadership won’t create ICE and CBP accountability as long as Congress signs off on more blank checks to fund them. Noem’s firing…

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Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ while touring disaster areas

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters. In fire-ravaged California, the state’s Democratic leaders pressed Trump for federal assistance that he’s threatened to hold up, some setting aside their past differences to shower him with praise. Trump, in turn, pressured local officials to waive permitting requirements so…

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House VA Committee leader demands ‘airtight case’ for VA IT employees getting pay boost

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A top Republican on the House VA Committee is scrutinizing the number of the employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs who are receiving a pay raise meant for hard-to-keep IT and cyber experts. The VA implemented a Special Salary Rate last summer, giving more than 7,000 employees in its Office of Information Technology (OIT) a substantial boost in pay. The SSR resulted in a 17% average pay increase for VA tech and cyber workers in 2210-classified positions. VA OIT has over 7,500 employees in these positions, and they account…

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Trump Is Getting What He Wants

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At today’s hearing on Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, the Republican-appointed Supreme Court majority appeared poised to give him what he most desires in the case: further delays that virtually preclude the chance that he will face a jury in his election-subversion case before the November election. But the nearly three hours of debate may be even more significant for how they would shape a second Trump term if he wins reelection. The arguments showed that although the Court’s conservative majority seems likely to reject Trump’s…

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