Discussion Thread: US President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Joint Press Conference

Discussion Thread: US Congressional Actions and General Political Discussion on February 4th, 2025

Texas National Guard to make immigration arrests under agreement with Trump administration, Abbott says | Gov. Greg Abbott said that the agreement was effective immediately.

Hundreds of developmental disability advocates rally against DDA budget cuts | Advocates say that $200 million from DDA ‘balances the state budget’ on the backs of Maryland’s most vulnerable

Unmasked: Musk’s Secret DOGE Goon Squad—Who Are All Under 26

Jeffries Works With N.Y. Democrats to Weaken G.O.P. Control of the House

Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government | The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.

Jeffries vows to use government shutdown fight to combat Trump orders

Discussion Thread: Congressional Democrats' News Conferences on USAID and on Musk Access to Treasury Payment Systems

Trump says he wants Ukraine's rare earth elements as a condition of further support

The Roberts court and the imperial presidency | The Supreme Court isn’t done arguing over whether President Donald Trump is a king above the law.

N.Y. Attorney General Warns Hospitals Against Canceling Transgender Care

USAID to be merged into State Department, 3 U.S. officials say

In the Wild West of School Voucher Expansions, States Rely on Untested Companies, With Mixed Results

Michigan braces for fallout as Trump tariffs target state’s top 3 trading partners

Hundreds march on 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles during protest against deportations

Massive protest against Trump deportations forms in downtown L.A. causing ‘major gridlock’

Trump is waging war against his own government

North Carolina Supreme Court blocking Democrat from re-claiming seat amid election battle

Do Americans support Trump's mass deportations? | It depends on how polls ask the question.

Does the U.S. really subsidize Canada, like Trump says it does?

Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee

Access to abortion medication could be in jeopardy, RFK Jr. testimony suggests | It marks one of Kennedy’s clearest public statements on abortion since being nominated to lead the nation’s health department.

Breaking up is hard to do: California secession movement pushes forward on ballot question | The ballot question, if successful at the polls, wouldn't make the Golden State an independent nation. In fact, some legal and political minds argue that's an impossibility.

Discussion Thread: White House Daily Briefing for January 31st, 2025