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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Labor fights back against attacks on federal workers

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 By Natalia Marquez Following a legal response by organized labor, one of Trump’s early attacks against the US federal workforce have been t...

Pentagon moves to restore Fort Bragg name to North Carolina’s Fort Liberty

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 By Christine Zhu  Defense Secretary Pete Hedgseth has approved reverting the name of military base Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg. Hedgset...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

With Louisiana leaders intent on first execution since 2010, DA obtains death warrant

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 By Greg LaRose A Rapides Parish man could be the first person Louisiana puts to death in 15 years after the district attorney there obtaine...

Order to Drop Charges Against NYC Mayor Among 'Most Openly Corrupt Writings I've Seen on DOJ Letterhead'

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 By Jake Johnson  New York officials, lawmakers, and activists expressed fury on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump's Justice Dep...
Friday, February 7, 2025

A SECOND LOOK

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 words by Charles Brooks  There is an opportunity for state legislators to fundamentally shape the criminal justice system in Maryland after...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Trump’s January 6 Pardons Were a Green Light to Far Right Paramilitaries

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By Sasha Abramsky  The GOP’s silence after the pardons made it complicit in Trump’s decision to normalize paramilitary violence in the US. W...

As Constitutional Crises Mount, US Press Sleepwalks Into Autocracy

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 By Julie Hollar . When President Donald Trump announced an unprecedented freeze on federal grants and loans last week, some of the most pro...

Virginia House targets speed camera ‘cash grab’

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 By Nathaniel Cline With millions flowing from speed camera fines, Virginia lawmakers are pushing to curb potential profiteering and increas...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Bill to limit the crimes for which juveniles could be charged as adults sparks debate

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By William J. Ford Criminal justice advocates welcomed a Senate bill that would sharply reduce the number of crimes for which a juvenile cou...

Facial recognition in policing is getting state-by-state guardrails

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By Paige Gross The AI behind newer police identification tactics is controversial, and instances of false arrests and privacy concerns are d...