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“Determining office usage based solely on the number of staff in attendance creates a false narrative that offices are u...
05/18/2026

“Determining office usage based solely on the number of staff in attendance creates a false narrative that offices are underused or underneeded. In reality, they are simply understaffed.”

The contract kicks off a Trump administration plan to track workers at the Social Security Administration and Departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs.

Last Thursday, Gov. Josh Green signed a new law stating that corporations doing business in Hawaii cannot engage in loca...
05/18/2026

Last Thursday, Gov. Josh Green signed a new law stating that corporations doing business in Hawaii cannot engage in local, state, or federal political campaigns. However, this does not stop corporations' right to free speech.

A new law makes clear that corporations derive their powers from states, and they don’t necessarily include the right to spend on elections.

Raj Goyle is an attorney and a former Kansas state legislator who is running for “the most powerful office you’ve never ...
05/18/2026

Raj Goyle is an attorney and a former Kansas state legislator who is running for “the most powerful office you’ve never heard of”: the Office of the New York State Comptroller. “Democrats need to be delivering for our voters, not just scaring them about the other side, and that’s why I’m running for comptroller.”

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli faces a primary challenge from two progressive candidates who say he’s been asleep at the wheel. Is it time for fresh blood?

The Trump administration has spent upwards of $29 billion on the war in Iran—but hasn’t helped military families cope wi...
05/15/2026

The Trump administration has spent upwards of $29 billion on the war in Iran—but hasn’t helped military families cope with their extra burdens. The Pentagon's recently proposed budget, which includes support for these families, is too little, too late.

Spouses of deployed military say they’re struggling with the costs of child care, groceries, housing.

In this week’s Aftermath, Ryan Cooper argues that Trump’s consistent, impulsive use of military force—and above all his ...
05/15/2026

In this week’s Aftermath, Ryan Cooper argues that Trump’s consistent, impulsive use of military force—and above all his madcap crusade against Iran—is hurting US military readiness.

Not our precious troops! No! No!!

Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the abortion rights group’s political action committee, has entered the Democratic prima...
05/15/2026

Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the abortion rights group’s political action committee, has entered the Democratic primary for California’s 22nd Congressional District, throwing itself behind establishment Democrat Jasmeet Bains. Was Bains the right pick?

Health care is everything in the race for CA-22, but did Planned Parenthood pick the right candidate?

Despite a cabinet-level appointment, a responsibility to oversee the nation’s transportation infrastructure, and multipl...
05/14/2026

Despite a cabinet-level appointment, a responsibility to oversee the nation’s transportation infrastructure, and multiple deadly commercial airline crashes, Duffy has apparently found time to film a series about his family of 11 traveling across the country on what he calls The Great American Road Trip.

Nearly a dozen companies that sponsored Duffy’s personal travel have significant business before his agency.

For years, corporations have seen NCSL as a way to get access to policymakers and further their own aims.
05/14/2026

For years, corporations have seen NCSL as a way to get access to policymakers and further their own aims.

The National Conference of State Legislatures is a pay-to-play machine for business interests, critics say, not the disinterested policy organization it claims to be.

“With climate disaster, the competition is not to lower rates, the competition is to actually cancel coverage on as many...
05/14/2026

“With climate disaster, the competition is not to lower rates, the competition is to actually cancel coverage on as many risky homes as quickly as you can.”

In the low-profile race for California insurance commissioner, Jane Kim wants to borrow from other countries to solve a crisis in the homeowner’s insurance market.

With American politics in shambles, the centrist political think tank Third Way is laser-focused on what they consider t...
05/12/2026

With American politics in shambles, the centrist political think tank Third Way is laser-focused on what they consider the most important political issue in the country: the leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.

The centrist outfit’s latest foray into the culture wars isn’t about a streamer—it’s about entrenching oligarch control of influence and electoral infrastructure.

In Trump’s second term we got the Iran war, random tariffs, and a medley of personal grudges masquerading as foreign pol...
05/12/2026

In Trump’s second term we got the Iran war, random tariffs, and a medley of personal grudges masquerading as foreign policy. But these antics have created a vacuum that allowed midsized powers to play larger roles on the global stage.

One positive effect is that midsized powers are less under the sway of Washington. But they could come under the sway of China.

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