Trump Used ‘Apprentice’-Style Showdown to Decide Acting AG’s Fate, Report Says
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The fate of our democracy hinged on a president who treated governing like a game show
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Attorney General William Barr Is Quitting as Trump’s Election Crusade Fizzles Out
Posted in: Politics NewsOne of Trump's chief enablers heads for the exits — and not a moment too soon
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How Dozens of Trump’s Political Appointees Will Stay in Government After Biden Takes Over
Posted in: Politics NewsDocuments show that officials appointed by Trump who’d otherwise lose their jobs under Biden have been approved for permanent positions in federal agencies
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Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections Before January 20th
Posted in: Politics NewsThe Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of 11th-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads and electrocutions to federal executions
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How Donald Trump Talks About Black People
Posted in: Political CommentaryThe president's patronizing, white-savior talk will likely stop if he loses, and that should motivate us all
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Trump’s Christian Judges March On
Posted in: Politics FeaturesThe president has packed the courts with judges friendly to the Christian right — and they could roll back LGBTQ rights as we know them
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DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors to Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections
Posted in: Politics NewsIn an internal announcement, the Justice Department created an exception to a decades-long policy meant to prevent prosecutors from taking overt investigative steps that might affect the outcome of the vote
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DOJ Wants to Suspend Certain Constitutional Rights During Coronavirus Emergency
Posted in: Politics NewsThe Department of Justice has secretly asked Congress for the ability to detain arrested people "indefinitely" in addition to other powers that one expert called "terrifying"
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Trump’s Attacks on Jeff Sessions and the DOJ Are Reaching Absurd New Levels
Posted in: Politics NewsThe president's latest justice-obstructing tweets may be his most egregious yet
