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The FDA has to stop doing all of its routine food inspections because of the shutdown — and that could start making people sick.
By Lisa Needham - January 10, 2019
During this critical shutdown time, Trump has a partisan — with no real experience — in charge of his budget office.
By Lisa Needham - January 09, 2019
The Department of Education has several deregulation proposals, all of which will make it easier for unsavory schools to take money from unsuspecting students.
By Lisa Needham - January 09, 2019
A historic site at the Trump hotel mysteriously stays open while parks and national monuments elsewhere are shut down and federal workers go without pay.
By Lisa Needham - January 07, 2019
Several departments in Trump’s administration want to get rid of policies that require the government to assess the prejudicial effects of regulations.
By Lisa Needham - January 07, 2019
Even though there are still more than 5,000 troops at the border from Trump’s last deployment stunt, his administrations wants to send even more — just to fix up existing fencing.
By Lisa Needham - January 04, 2019
Rep. Warren Davidson has proposed a bill that would let Americans ‘buy a brick’ to help fund Trump’s border wall.
By Lisa Needham - January 04, 2019
Native American tribes are reeling from the shutdown, but Trump’s allies are encouraging him to keep the government closed, all for political gain.
By Lisa Needham - January 03, 2019
According to Rudy Giuliani, the years just ‘merged together’ for Trump.
By Lisa Needham - January 03, 2019
Michigan Republicans have spent the lame duck session defying the will of the voters, but trying to strip power from the incoming secretary of state was so bad, even they realized it.
By Lisa Needham - December 20, 2018
Earlier this year, Bill Barr sent a lengthy memo to the DOJ explaining why Trump shouldn’t be investigated for obstruction. That alone should disqualify him from serving as attorney general.
By Lisa Needham - December 20, 2018
A federal judge permanently enjoined the federal government from enforcing policies that essentially barred domestic and gang violence victims from seeking asylum.
By Lisa Needham - December 19, 2018
Dozens of complaints against Justice Brett Kavanaugh were dismissed yesterday because the judicial ethics rules don’t apply to Supreme Court justices.
By Lisa Needham - December 19, 2018
New polling shows that a vast majority of Michigan voters — including Republican voters — supported the paid sick leave and minimum wage initiatives.
By Lisa Needham - December 18, 2018
School shootings are disproportionately committed by white students, but Betsy DeVos’ commission claims the incidents could be decreased if schools over-discipline students of color.
By Lisa Needham - December 18, 2018
Republican Mark Harris is implicated in widespread election fraud in North Carolina, but the state party thinks he should be rewarded with a seat in Congress anyway.
By Lisa Needham - December 18, 2018
The behavior of the Michigan GOP throughout this lame-duck session has been reprehensible and anti-democratic — and they know it.
By Lisa Needham - December 17, 2018
With a decision that even conservatives acknowledge is poorly reasoned, an activist judge in Texas invalidated the entire ACA.
By Lisa Needham - December 17, 2018
Although Florida voters voted to immediately restore the voting rights of felons who have served their time, governor-elect Ron DeSantis is trying to slow-walk it.
By Lisa Needham - December 14, 2018
Ballot measures let voters have a say, and Republicans in Michigan don’t like that.
By Lisa Needham - December 12, 2018
GOP congressman-elect Ross Spano disguised several large campaign contributions from two major donors, and then gave one of those donors influence over who gets hired and fired.
By Lisa Needham - December 12, 2018
State Sen. Rick Jones wants people to believe getting rid of paid sick leave is the best way to help the Michigan workforce.
By Lisa Needham - December 10, 2018
Before he approached William Barr to be his next attorney general, Trump had already tried to hire Barr as his private defense counsel in the Russia investigation.
By Lisa Needham - December 10, 2018
William Barr, Trump’s choice for attorney general, has already called for Clinton to be investigated and downplayed any concerns about Trump. That’s probably why he was chosen.
By Lisa Needham - December 07, 2018
Michigan Republicans have used the lame-duck legislative session to thwart the will of voters — and the Michigan press is calling them out.
By Lisa Needham - December 06, 2018
As the North Carolina absentee-ballot scandal worsens, the state GOP is melting down, while the national GOP is completely quiet.
By Lisa Needham - December 06, 2018
Republican lawmakers in Michigan are trying to torpedo a voting-rights ballot proposal overwhelmingly approved by voters.
By Lisa Needham - December 05, 2018
The sentencing memorandum for Michael Flynn doesn’t look good for Trump.
By Lisa Needham - December 05, 2018
Michigan Republicans are using the lame-duck session to undermine the will of the voters, but people are fighting back.
By Lisa Needham - December 04, 2018
The GOP majority in Michigan wants to weaken the supervision of dark money and fraudulent charities before the new Democratic attorney general is seated.
By Lisa Needham - December 03, 2018