Federal judges ruled Thursday that Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black residents when the state disobeyed court orders to draw a second Black-majority congressional district. A three-judge panel said the congressional map drawn by the 2023 Alabama Legislature violated the Voting Rights Act. The judges, which ruled against the state twice before and put a new […]
Extend Trump’s tax cuts to keep the American Dream alive
The Latino community powers the U.S. economy, fueling billions in revenue, millions of jobs, and a vibrant network of small businesses. Yet years of inflation and economic uncertainty have dimmed hope for many, with most Latinos feeling the American Dream is slipping out of reach. Congress has a chance to change that by extending the […]
Sotomayor urges lawyers to ‘stand up’ amid Trump attacks
Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday urged lawyers to defend the judiciary amid verbal attacks from the Trump administration due to recent rulings. “Our job is to stand up for people who can’t do it themselves. And our job is to be the champion of lost causes,” Sotomayor said during a Thursday event for the American […]
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85
Souter was appointed to the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. He retired in 2009. (Image credit: Hulton Archive)
David Steiner of FedEx is tapped to be the U.S. Postal Service’s new leader
The U.S. Postal Service’s governing board has named David Steiner, a board member of USPS competitor FedEx, to be the next postmaster general following the controversial term of Louis DeJoy. (Image credit: Joshua Roberts)
Dem in Trump district race scrubs social media of posts praising progressives: ‘Scam artist’
FIRST ON FOX: A Democrat running for Congress in New Jersey who has been positioning herself as a moderate to unseat the sitting Republican in a pro-Trump district, has deleted several social media posts promoting progressive candidates and causes. Democrat Rebecca Bennett, who is running in the Democratic primary to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. […]
Vance says India-Pakistan conflict ‘none of our business’ as Trump offers US help
Vice President JD Vance suggested the U.S. will not intervene in the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan, arguing the dust-up is “fundamentally none of our business.” “We can’t control these countries,” Vance told Fox News’ Martha McCallum on “The Story” Thursday. “We’re not going to get involved in the middle of a war that’s fundamentally […]
Trump pushes tax hikes for wealthy as ‘big, beautiful bill’ deadline looms
House Republicans are trying to find the right cocktail of tax reductions and new revenue to pass President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill” by Memorial Day. No taxes on tips is politically popular and is a key campaign promise of the president, but a coalition of deficit hawks could block that if the GOP fails […]
US grants asylum to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, reports say
Donald Trump has directed officials to grant refugee status to Afrikaners who he claims suffer discrimination The US has granted refugee status to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, who could arrive as soon as Monday in Washington DC, where they will be welcomed by government officials, according to media reports. Donald Trump suspended the US […]
Director Ava DuVernay calls on artists and historians to resist ‘criminal’ Trump
Oscar nominee warns ‘truth itself is under revision’ while receiving award at Smithsonian American history museum Ava DuVernay, an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director, has urged artists and historians to hold the line against a “criminal” US president at a time when “truth itself is under revision”. DuVernay, whose films include Selma, which chronicles Martin Luther […]
Aid groups voice alarm as US pushes Israeli plan for Gaza assistance
Groups say plan to resume limited humanitarian assistance under strict Israeli rules ‘risks enabling war crimes’ US politics live – latest updates Aid groups have voiced alarm at US moves to pressure them into accepting an Israeli proposal to resume limited humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged territory under strictly controlled conditions. The Trump administration has […]
Former US supreme court Justice David Souter dies aged 85
Souter was a New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench Retired supreme court Justice David H Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85. Souter died […]
Newsom debuts rapid-response website as critics accuse him of prioritizing presidential ambitions
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., a potential 2028 presidential candidate, launched a new fact-check website on Wednesday targeting “right-wing misinformation,” as a new poll found more than half of California registered voters believe he is more focused on becoming president than delivering for Californians. Newsom’s campaign apparatus described the new fact-check website as a “rapid-response website […]
OpenAI’s Sam Altman thanks Sen John Fetterman for ‘normalizing hoodies’
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was one of the final senators to question OpenAI chief Sam Altman during Thursday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing, and the subject of both Three Mile Island and the Democrat’s penchant for Carhartt outerwear came up. Fetterman said that as a senator he has been able to meet people with “much more […]
‘Habemus Papam!’ The stunning election and life of Pope Leo XIV
“Habemus Papam!” We have a Pope. We now know who the new Pope is — Robert Francis Prevost, now forever known as Leo XIV. He is the first American Pope and the second pontiff to hail from the Americas. At age sixty-nine, he is the second youngest pope in the modern era, with Saint John […]
Trump taps Martin for DOJ pardon attorney, ‘weaponization’ role
President Trump plans to put Ed Martin, his pick for U.S. attorney in D.C. who was rebuffed by the Senate, in a far-reaching role at the Justice Department. In a Thursday evening post on his social media site, Trump said Martin would serve as both the head of a new Weaponization Working Group and as […]
Military spouses are ready to work — policymakers must help make it possible
As a military spouse who has moved five times in nine years, I know how rare it is to have a stable career. I have managed to stay employed thanks to remote work, a flexible industry and an understanding employer. But I’m the exception. Despite being highly educated and eager to contribute, military spouses as […]
In The Trump II Presidency, Things Can Always Get Worse … And Often Do
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. The Trump II Cancer Metastasizes At DOJ I hate to break it to you, but the failure of Ed Martin’s nomination to be D.C. U.S. attorney has not produced an outcome that looks appreciably better. […]
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter dead at 85
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire at the age of 85, the Court announced Friday. “Justice Souter was appointed to the Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, and retired in 2009, after serving more than 19 years on the Court,” it said in a statement. […]
The Hypocrisy of Fetterman’s Defenders
Remember the days after President Joe Biden’s barely-coherent debate performance, when Democratic dead-enders insisted that nothing was the matter? That was embarrassing. But apparently it wasn’t so embarrassing that everybody took away the correct lesson, because something similar is now happening between Senator John Fetterman and a coterie of admirers on the right. Conservatives are […]
