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Raskin Unveils Bill That Would Ban Presidents From Pocketing Cash From the People They Pardon

Rep. Jamie Raskin, with Reps. Garcia and Morelle, introduced an anti-corruption bill that would bar a president from accepting payments from people they pardon or appoint. It has been introduced, not enacted.

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Trump’s Financial Disclosure Reveals 21,000 Securities Trades in His First Year Back in Office

Trump's new annual financial disclosure shows more than 21,000 securities trades across his accounts in 2025 — raising fresh conflict-of-interest questions.

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Planned Parenthood Regains Medicaid Funding as GOP Defunding Provision Quietly Expires

Planned Parenthood regained Medicaid reimbursement on July 4, 2026 - not because Republicans reversed course, but because a one-year defunding provision expired after GOP leaders couldn't muster the votes to extend it.

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Multiple Articles of Impeachment Against Trump Have Been Filed in Congress – Do You Support Impeaching Him?

Multiple articles of impeachment against President Trump have been filed in the 119th Congress, including Rep. John Larson's 13-article package - but filing isn't the same as a proceeding underway.

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Illinois’s First-in-the-Nation Anti-Book-Ban Law Returns to the Spotlight as Giannoulias Testifies Before the U.S. Senate

Illinois's 2023 law ties library funding to open-access policies. Now Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is defending it before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

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House Votes 420-0 to Force Disclosure of Lawmakers Who Used Taxpayer Money to Settle Sexual Misconduct Claims

The House voted 420-0 to adopt Rep. Thomas Massie's resolution forcing the release, within 60 days, of the names and amounts of taxpayer money used to settle sexual misconduct claims. The names are not yet public.

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DOGE Shuts Down July 4 as Agencies Scramble to Rehire the Workers Elon Musk’s Cuts Purged

DOGE ended July 4 on its built-in sunset date. Now the IRS, State Department and NEH are scrambling to rehire the workers lost under Elon Musk's cuts.

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Canada, France, and South Korea Ban Corporate Money in Politics. Should America Do the Same?

Canada, France, and South Korea all bar corporations from funding candidates. As unlimited money shapes U.S. elections, should America follow?

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New Polls Show Democrats Leading the Generic Ballot Heading Into the 2026 Midterms

Morning Consult has Democrats up four on the generic ballot and Emerson had the gap even wider, putting the polling average near D+7 heading into the 2026 midterms. Will the lead hold?

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Raskin’s New Bill Would Ban Presidents From Pocketing Cash From People They Pardon

Rep. Jamie Raskin's Protecting Our Democracy Act, introduced May 14, 2026, would ban presidents from taking money from people they pardon, void self-pardons, and require tax-return disclosure.

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The House Just Voted 420-0 to Name Every Lawmaker Who Used Taxpayer Money to Settle Sexual Misconduct Claims

The House voted 420-0 on June 30 to force disclosure of every lawmaker who used taxpayer money to settle sexual misconduct claims, giving the Ethics Committee 60 days to name names and amounts.

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Congress Forced the Epstein Files Into the Open. Should Every Page Be Public?

Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act 427-1 in November 2025, the Senate cleared it, it became law, and the DOJ began releasing files in December. But should every single page be public - no matter whose name is inside?

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