Progressive search for action

8+ min ago  (1066+ words) by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA " Gov. Laura Kelly and Attorney General Kris Kobach filed scorched-earth briefs outlining their disagreement on who possessed authority to advance federal litigation on behalf of the state of Kansas. The ruckus headed to the…...

13+ min ago  (292+ words) 3. In France, Gisele Pelicot's landmark case has brought major changes to sexual assault laws there. These are now consent-based, putting survivors' and victims' agency at the centre of what defines a crime and how it ought to be dealt with....

36+ min ago  (243+ words) President Donald Trump was caught in yet another "lie" on Wednesday after he suffered a major setback in court. On Tuesday, a court ruled that Trump did not establish the necessary conditions to federalize the California National Guard and ordered…...

43+ min ago  (873+ words) Maryland lost almost 15,000 federal jobs in 2025, a 9% drop in the workforce, state data shows by Nicole Pilsbury, Maryland Matters December 31, 2025 Maryland ends the year with almost 15,000 fewer federal jobs than it had at the start of the year, according to…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (182+ words) President Donald Trump appears to be on a warpath to free one of his convicted allies, but the arguments the administration has put forward in court read like the rantings of a madman, according to one legal expert. Trump has…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (504+ words) Let's have a sing-along, why not? There's JD Vance and Lee Zeldin, Kelly Loeffler and Linda McMahon, Pammy Jo Bondi, John Ratcliffe, Tulsi Gabbard and Doug Bergum, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Doug Collins, and Russell Vought, Brooke Rollins, Howard Lutnick,…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (261+ words) A top Republican in Minnesota recently admitted to "steering" the viral fraud video that sparked recent controversy about the state's social programs. Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth said during the weekly Republican legislative press conference that the party told right-wing…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (123+ words) MAGA fans melted down on Wednesday after reports indicated that Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inauguration in New York City would include a historic element. The New York Post reported on Wednesday that Mamdani will be sworn in on a Quran during…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (166+ words) President Donald Trump is desperately trying to quell public anxiety about the cost-of-living crisis as he faces similar inflation woes that former President Joe Biden did through his term " but one former Republican official is warning that his energy policy…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago  (285+ words) As Donald Trump's second term rolls on, growing numbers of Americans say the economic anxiety just keeps piling up, with little relief in sight. CNN reports retirees and working families alike are struggling under rising prices and shaky job prospects…...