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Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s efforts to gut AmeriCorps

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Ben Johansen |Sophia Cai

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from dismantling AmeriCorps in two dozen Democratic-led states, another blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink vast swaths of the federal government. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, a Joe Biden appointee, came after a coalition of 24 states and the District of Columbia sued the administration in April, accusing the Department of Government Efficiency of illegally gutting the volunteer agency.
What More Can Be Revealed about JFK Assassination - Not Much!

Feb 18, 2025 | theashlandchronicle.com | Ben Johansen |Sophia Cai |Irie Sentner |Tim Kaine

One of President DONALD TRUMP ’s first executive orders — declassifying thousands of documents related to the 1963 assassination of former President JOHN F. KENNEDY — has raised a fair amount of excitement among a few very disparate groups of people. Historians want content. Kennedy devotees want more JFK. And conspiracy theorists, of course, want fuel for more conspiracies. “That’s a big one, huh?” Trump said as he signed the order last month.
A running list of Trump's planned executive orders, actions, proclamations and legislation

Jan 21, 2025 | politico.com | Ben Johansen |Lisa Kashinsky

Here’s a look at what Trump signed on Day One. It’s unclear which of President Donad Trump’s executive actions will have immediate impact or are merely symbolic. | Evan Vucci/AP Donald Trump is promising a “golden age of America” in his second term, and he’s issuing a raft of executive orders to try and make it happen.
Martin tears into Wikler as DNC chair’s race heats up

Jan 17, 2025 | msn.com | Ben Johansen |Lisa Kashinsky |Adam Wren |Brakkton Booker

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Martin tears into Wikler as DNC chair’s race heats up

Jan 16, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ben Johansen |Lisa Kashinsky |Adam Wren |Brakkton Booker

DETROIT — The race for Democratic National Committee chair is finally looking like a race. Following a sleepy, weekslong opening to the campaign, Ken Martin, the leader of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, ripped into his fellow front-runner, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler, at a candidate forum in Detroit on Thursday — questioning the bona fides of his counterpart across the state line.
Joni Ernst says she’ll vote to confirm Pete Hegseth

Jan 14, 2025 | politico.com | Ben Johansen

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What Trump's ‘unconditional discharge’ sentence in the hush money case means

Jan 10, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ben Johansen

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning for his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case, positioning him to become the first convicted felon in the White House. The punishment for his crimes? There isn’t one. “Ordinary citizens do not receive those legal protections,” New York Justice Juan Merchan said Friday morning. “It is the office of the president that bestows those to the office holder.
What Trump's 'unconditional discharge' sentence means

Jan 10, 2025 | flipboard.com | Ben Johansen

1 hour agoThe president-elect’s sentence allows the guilty verdict to stand — but it is highly unusual for this type of crime. President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning for his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case, positioning him to become the first convicted felon in the …
Trump boasts foreign investments, blasts Biden administration

Jan 7, 2025 | politico.com | Ben Johansen
Warren on UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing: ‘People can only be pushed so far’

Dec 11, 2024 | politico.com | Ben Johansen

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of the staunchest critics of the American health care system writ large among U.S. lawmakers, condemned the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Tuesday — but added that people “can be pushed only so far,” in an interview with the Huffington Post.