Progressive Newz

12/31/2023

https://progressivenewz.org/world-politics/prince-andrew-prepares-to-face-new-jeffrey-epstein-allegations/

Plus: What 2024 looks like for the royals, and the massive inherited wealth of King Charles’ godson, Hugh Grosvenor, whose wedding promises to be the

12/31/2023

https://progressivenewz.org/gov-politics/john-coles-tennessee-the-toons-of-2023/

Editorial cartoons are part of the fabric of American politics, with Founding Father Benjamin Franklin credited with the first — a depiction of the colonies

12/29/2023

Ben Shapiro embarrasses himself with disastrous Disney retaliation

12/29/2023

GOP lawmakers, again, convene a COVID hearing chock full of misinformation

12/29/2023

Tammy Baldwin has won big in closely divided Wisconsin. Can she do it again?

Baldwin is one of the country’s most progressive senators, and she’s running for a third term in what could be the country’s most closely divided

12/29/2023

Cop who fatally shot Cameron Lamb sees jail time

Eric DeValkenaere, the Kansas City police officer who killed 26-year-old Cameron Lamb, is set to serve time for his crimes.

12/29/2023

House GOP paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises

House Republicans have spent almost three weeks trying unsuccessfully to choose another speaker of the House.

12/29/2023

Report: Trump wanted Melania to parade around Mar-A-Lago in a bikini

Anthony Pratt says Trump would ask his wife Melania to walk around Mar-A-Lago in a bikini.

12/29/2023

Nick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Liberty

12/29/2023

Gaza and the Empathy Gap

How we Americans feel about Gazans living under Israeli bombs does matter, since we’re the ones financing it.

12/29/2023

Podcast: Our first-ever House speaker draft

In this installment of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew drafts teams of who they think is most likely to fill the position.

12/29/2023

Trump’s court whisperer had a State judicial strategy. Its full extent only became clear years later.

Conservative activist Leonard Leo helped elect a judge in Wisconsin. Without him, the GOP feared their agenda would be “toast,” according to an email.

12/29/2023

Texas Rep. Pete Sessions drops out of U.S. speaker’s race after first round GOP voting

12/29/2023

Mark Meadows granted immunity—another domino falls

Meadows said Trump was 'dishonest' on election night, according to sources.

12/29/2023

Medical exceptions to abortion bans often exclude mental health conditions

Pregnant people were more likely to die from mental health conditions than any other cause, a CDC analysis found.

12/29/2023

Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria

Israel appears to be preparing for the next phase of its military operation: a ground campaign to “crush and destroy” Hamas.

12/29/2023

Mike Johnson of Louisiana picked as newest GOP nominee for U.S. House speaker

U.S. House Republicans late Tuesday voted to tap Louisiana’s Mike Johnson as speaker after the GOP nominee from earlier in the day was tanked.

12/29/2023

Women can’t access miscarriage drug because it’s also used for abortions

Doctors say patients have gotten caught up in larger debates around abortion.

12/29/2023

Trump loyalist goes off the deep end during interview

A deluded Trump loyalist claims her 'research' reveals Trump is still in charge.

12/29/2023

Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with White Supremacists in Montana

12/29/2023

Nearly 300 Bernie Sanders Alumni Call On Senator to Back a Ceasefire in Gaza

12/29/2023

In the Mississippi Bible Belt, a family wrestles with raising trans kids in the Mormon church

One family reckons with whether it’s possible to be trans and religious as lawmakers use God’s will to justify banning gender-affirming care.

12/29/2023

Voters in at Least 10 States Are Trying to Protect Abortion Rights

Republican officials are undermining citizen-led ballot initiatives that seek to protect the procedure. Ohio is the latest state to get protections on the November ballot.

12/29/2023

In Harms Way—Decades-old decisions to build two California prisons in a dry lakebed

How decades-old decisions to build two California prisons in a dry lakebed and a chaotic climate left 8,000 incarcerated people at risk.

12/29/2023

Active shooter in Maine, 15 dead, suspect still on the loose

A shooter in Maine has targeted a bowling alley and a bar in Maine, killing 22 and injuring 50+.

12/29/2023

New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority

New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority. The party is weakened after decades of poor leadership.

12/29/2023

Patriotic Millionaires on the elevation of election denier Mike Johnson (R-LA) to Speaker of the House

12/29/2023

EPA promised to address environmental racism. Then states pushed back.

12/29/2023

House Speaker Mike Johnson has long opposed abortion and LGBTQ+ rights

12/29/2023

Woman escorted off plane after reverse racism tirade