Donald Trump Shoots the Messenger
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Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday, the current holder of that job...
Khanna: ‘Time has come’ to recognize Palestinian state
At least 11 progressive House Democrats, including Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.), have signed on to a letter calling for the U.S. to recognize a Palestinian state in the wake...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday it will shut down operations after losing federal funding, delivering a blow to America’s public media syste...
Democrats slam Trump firing of labor statistics head: ‘Insane,’ ‘Soviet,’ ‘authoritarian’
Senate Democrats reacted with outrage and disbelief to the news that President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the agency rel...
Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair accuses Texas Republicans of silencing Latino voters with redistricting plan
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) accused Texas Republicans of silencing Latino voters with their proposed redistricting plan in a let...
Senate strikes deal to approve funding bills ahead of August recess
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Friday afternoon that the chamber will be moving forward to pass its first tranche...
Maddow Blog | Friday's Mini-Report, 8.1.25
Today’s edition of quick hits.* The expected news on tariffs: “President Donald Trump on Thursday formalized the array of high tariff levels and trade deals he has anno...
White House monitors coverage of Epstein controversy and can’t make it disappear
President Donald Trump has begged his base to stop thinking about Jeffrey Epstein. But 25 days after his Justice Department declared it had nothing more to say on the c...
Legal expert breaks down the 'curious' timeline of Ghislaine Maxwell's DOJ meeting
On Friday, lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, confirmed that she had been moved from a low-security f...