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US Supreme Court will hear case on end of legal protections for 350,000 Haitians

2 months ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday said it will hear oral arguments in April in two cases brought by immigrants hailing from Syria and Haiti after the Trump administration tried to end their temporary protections, initially granted because their countries had been deemed too dangerous for return.  Monday’s order consolidates two cases, one brought on […]
Ariana Figueroa

Utility profits rise as household bills soar, new analysis finds

2 months ago
Investor-owned utility profits have soared as consumer utility bills have skyrocketed in recent years, according to a new analysis of dozens of electricity providers. The Energy and Policy Institute, a watchdog group tracking fossil fuel and utility industries, analyzed financial disclosures from 110 investor-owned electric utilities between 2021 and 2024, as well as available 2025 […]
Kevin Hardy

States’ lawsuit argues Trump’s college data mandate threatens student privacy

2 months ago
A coalition of mostly Democratic-led states is suing the Trump administration over a new federal requirement that would force colleges to report detailed admissions data, including race, gender, test scores and financial aid for individual students.  The mandate is an expansion of a 40-year-old system known as IPEDS and follows the 2023 Supreme Court decision […]
Robbie Sequeira

Trump Gets $10 Billion Kickback To The Treasury For Offloading TikTok To His Billionaire Buddies

2 months ago
We’ve discussed at length how Trump’s “fix” for TikTok’s problems basically involved forcing the sale of the platform to his greedy billionaire buddies (with the help of pathetic Democrats). The deal fixed none of the real issues Trumpland pretended to be concerned about (national security, privacy, propaganda), and China still maintains a significant ownership stake. […]
Karl Bode