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President Trump on Thursday tapped Jeanine Pirro, a Fox News host and former judge, to serve as the top prosecutor in the District of Columbia. Trump announced on Truth Social that he was appointing Pirro to the role of U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., on an interim basis. "In addition to her Legal career, Jeanine [...]

President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to serve as Washington, D.C.'s interim U.S. attorney, after Ed Martin, the current interim job holder and Trump's first pick to hold the job on a permanent basis, failed...

Rep. Randy Fine has a documented history of racist rhetoric, recently calling Rep. Rashida Tlaib a terrorist and endorsing the starvation campaign in Gaza.

Democrats' narrative surrounding deported illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia is facing a reckoning as evidence depicting a violent past mounts against the deported man.

From the column: "Senators and representatives ... can legislate as if their souls depended on it, because they do. They can say no to autocracy."

Democrats are bashing President Trump for sharing market advice with his Truth Social followers Wednesday hours before announcing a 90-day pause on most of his sweeping tariffs, elevating calls for a ban on congressional stock trading.Why it matters: The badly bruised market soared on Wednesday following Trump's freeze on the historic levies — leaving some critics questioning who benefitted from the market mayhem."BE COOL! Everything is going to work out well," Trump posted on Truth Social Wednesday morning.The minutes later he posted a separate message: "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!"Then, early Wednesday afternoon, Trump abruptly announced the decision to suspend all but 10% baseline tariffs while hiking China levies to 125%.Driving the news: That timeline turned some Democratic heads."These constant gyrations in policy provide dangerous opportunities for insider trading," Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote on social media. On Thursday he shared a letter he co-authored with Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) to inquire who knew about the U-turn ahead of time. "An insider trading scandal is brewing," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) chimed in. "Trump's 9:30am tweet makes it clear he was eager for his people to make money off the private info only he knew."Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) questioned in a video, "How is this not market manipulation?"What they're saying: "It is the responsibility of the President of the United States to reassure the markets and Americans about their economic security in the face of nonstop media fearmongering," White House spokesperson Kush Desai told Axios. "Democrats railed against China's cheating for decades, and now they're playing partisan games instead of celebrating President Trump's decisive action yesterday to finally corner China," the statement said. A Securities and Exchange Commission spokesperson declined to comment to Axios. By the numbers: The Dow soared nearly 8% Wednesday, the S&P 500 index ballooned by more than 9% and Nasdaq closed up 12%, Axios' Nathan Bomey reported. In a since-scrutinized video of the president introducing Charles Schwab in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon, Trump joked that Schwab, "made two-and-a-half billion today."Data: Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Axios VisualsZoom out: Some progressive Dems used the trade flip-flop as an opportunity to urge for a long-floated ban on members of Congress trading stock."Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period," Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wrote on Bluesky.Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) re-upped his call for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring legislation banning congressional stock trading to the floor, adding, "enough is enough!"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) echoed that sentiment, writing, "Any member of Congress who purchased stocks in the last 48 hours should probably disclose that now." She added she'd been "hearing some interesting chatter on the floor" and predicted "we're about to learn a few things" with the financial disclosure deadline looming on May 15.Context: The STOCK Act, passed in 2012, requires members of Congress to file financial disclosures of their stock trades within 30 days and established new penalties for insider trading, according to the Campaign Legal Center.But lawmakers are not banned from investing in companies, even ones that their work may intersect with. A 2022 New York Times analysis of members' transactions between 2019 and 2021 found that at least 97 lawmakers bought or sold stock, bonds or other assets related to their work or reported similar transactions by their spouse or child.Yes, but: Trump's news came as a shock to many Republicans on the Hill, Axios' Andrew Solender reported.Mixed messaging from the White House — and a lack of advanced notice before Trump backed down — left GOP allies recovering from tariff whiplash alongside rest of the country and griping that loyalists were not looped in on the plans.The other side: U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer, who was testifying on Capitol Hill as Trump's announcement hit, said during questioning from Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) that Trump's tariff pause isn't "market manipulation."Horsford replied, "Then what is it? Because it sure is not a strategy."Greer answered, "We're trying to reset the global trading system."Go deeper: Inside the Oval: 3 reasons Trump buckled on tariffs

GOP Congressman Marlin Stutzman says he trusts Trump to determine the appropriate consequences for those involved in the Signal chat leak, and remains confident in the admin's national security team.

Hand-picked by Donald Trump, Florida Republicans Randy Fine, left, and Jimmy Patronis both centered their campaigns around their support for the president’s agenda.

The Trump administration isn’t just deporting illegal immigrants — it’s creating them.

As news emerged that a text chat with details of war plans being discussed by senior members of the Trump administration had leaked on Monday, Fox News host Will Cain reassured viewers that the breach was cause for celebration.Cain’s commentary occurred during a broadcast of his afternoon show, “The Will Cain Show.” While Cain conceded that it is “incredibly concerning” that Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg had been added to the chat where plans for a military strike against Yemen were discussed, he saw an upside to the event.xMediamatters Content“If you look at the actual content of what was reported, if you look at how they discuss potential strikes on Houthis in Yemen, what you will see is dialog between Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz, Stephen Miller, Tulsi Gabbard, and many more in a very collaborative, open, honest, team-based attempt to come to the right decision,” Cain said.“After years of secrecy and incompetence, if you read the content of these messages, I think you will come away proud that these are the leaders making these decisions in America.”Cain’s opinion isn’t shared by too many others outside the administration, including military veterans like former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has some choice words for the text chain screw up.“From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe,” Buttigieg wrote.In fact, the administration officials involved in the leak—like Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Waltz—have all previously argued that a leak of this caliber requires a criminal investigation. But that was their position when the story involved former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email server.Other Fox News voices also took up the Trump administration’s side in discussing the leak story.Sean Hannity, who has been described as Trump’s “shadow chief of staff” complained that the “media mob” is “obsessed with an accidentally leaked text,” describing coverage of the security breach as merely “feigned phony outrage” and something “that nobody will care about.”Host Laura Ingraham similarly dismissed the story, labeling Goldberg as “a long-time journalistic adversary” and described his previous reporting on Trump denigrating military veterans as a hoax. Eyewitnesses have verified Goldberg’s reporting on Trump’s actions and surrounding rhetoric.One of the few voices on Fox who conceded the leak might be a problem was Brit Hume, a contributor to the network and former host.“And this, of course, is, you know, details of war plans, which is what we're talking about here, about a military operation, are about as sensitive as things get, so this was, you know, a major leak. Fortunately, it was leaked to an American citizen,” Hume said, referring to Goldberg.Related | 'Mistakes happen': GOP lawmakers shrug off shocking leak of war plans“While he might be considered an enemy of the administration in some quarters, he certainly is not an enemy of the United States. And he did not disclose anything very sensitive, fortunately.”Cain’s defense of the Trump team is even more noteworthy because his afternoon show replaced “Your World with Neil Cavuto.” While Cavuto was a conservative who frequently stuck to the right-wing Fox News line on most issues, he did occasionally offer up light criticism of Trump.His replacement, Cain, is a diehard MAGA Republican conservative, who called Rep. Ilhan Omar a “parasite” and praised the Supreme Court decision undoing affirmative action.Now pointing to a national security leak as evidence of Trump strength and purported Democratic weakness, Cain shows once again how hours of Fox News propaganda is virtually indistinguishable from the Trump White House’s own spin.Campaign Action

Derided by the MAGA right and yelled at by the far left? It's hard to imagine a more Jewish place to be.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey doubled down on his resistance to President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts today, vowing that his city will be a “safe haven" for illegal immigrants.

Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet is the latest House member to receive Senate buzz in Michigan. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has long been subjected to racist attacks from Republican lawmakers and is not afraid to call out the MAGA movement’s blatant xenophobia—even when CNN anchors try to downplay it.Omar, a Somali-American who was the first African refugee elected to Congress in 2018 as well as one of the first two Muslim women in the chamber, appeared on the news network Monday, where she was asked to respond to bigoted attacks from Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas. Gill sent out a fundraising email that included a petition calling for Omar to be deported because she advised immigrants in her district on their legal rights if questioned by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers.“I mean, again, you know, these are people who have really stopped caring about our institutions, really stopped caring about our Constitution,” said Omar, who has been a U.S. citizen since 2000. “I know that it is red meat for his base that are xenophobic and racist, to say to them that I am going to find a way to arrest and deport a member of Congress.”CNN host Pam Brown then chimed in with some knee-jerk language policing. “Just to be clear,” Brown asked. “You’re not calling his—all his base, xenophobic and racist, right?”But Omar did not walk her words back.“Well, I mean, he is leading to something,” Omar answered. “He has a petition out. He's getting donations. That's what this is all about. He knows he can't deport me, there is no grounds for my arrest. So this information is only being put out there by him for a reason, and that reason is because he has a base that feeds off of that.”xxYouTube VideoGill’s lie-filled fundraising email stated, “Recently, it came out that Ilhan Omar is hosting free workshops for Somalians, who are in our country illegally, on how to evade ICE and deportation.” Gill accused the congresswoman of being “more loyal to illegal Somalians than she is to the United States, the office she was elected to.”Omar is an African woman who wears a hijab, and her GOP foes have eagerly “othered” her as an immigrant. While Omar is now a citizen, Somali refugees have temporary protected status in the United States, which means they aren’t here “illegally,” as Gill claims. But racist Congress members and their MAGA voters don’t care about that distinction. Like many other craven and opportunistic Republicans, Gill has been publicly kissing Trump’s ass, which culminated in his introduction of a measure to replace Benjamin Franklin's face on the $100 bill with none other than the orange führer’s mug.The GOP’s attacks on women of color aren’t a new phenomenon. Less than one month ago, Trump’s anti-immigrant border czar, Tom Homan, said he wanted the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York for similar efforts to educate immigrants about their rights.In gooselockstep, House Republicans are using their majority to hold committee hearings and attack and pressure local municipalities unwilling to give the president’s deportation thugs free reign over their cities and citizens. Brown’s attempt to minimize Omar’s words is par for the course these days, as traditional media outlets including CNN attempt to evade Trump’s fascist wrath. Omar, who has spent much of her career being asked inherently flawed questions about bigotry, did an excellent job of handling another round of dishonest media scrutiny.You can help ensure that Daily Kos remains the paywall-free home for our shared fight for democracy and justice. Daily Kos is supported by readers like you.

Air Force fighter jets on Sunday intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near President Donald Trump’s Florida home.

The House on Thursday voted to censure an unrepentant Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump's address to Congress.

Former federal workers say Americans will soon feel the impact of the Trump administration's massive purge

A mysterious list of federal properties, including iconic buildings, vanished overnight, leaving many wondering about the government's next move.

The rock musician took aim at Democrats, urging them to “shut up” ahead of Trump’s viciously partisan speech to Congress.

For a brief period, while the rest of the government is gathered together, a designated survivor is kept away to ensure someone in the line of succession stays alive.

Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman, both members of the “Squad,” lost reelection bids in November after adopting strident anti-Israel positions after Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack.

Senate Democrats passed a resolution Wednesday condemning President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to justify mass deportations.

Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith’s (D) decision to not run for reelection in 2026 is adding another headache for Democrats trying to win back control of the Senate in two years. Smith became the second Senate Democrat to announce their retirement in the past few weeks after Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) also decided against seeking another [...]

Democrats, don't get waylaid by the right-wing loons, flapping their beaks and laughing maniacally. You do have new faces with smart politics, and several are young besides. Hand over the reins.

As Elon Musk takes a jackhammer to American institutions, Democrats seem frozen in confusion. That's in part because President Donald Trump serves as wingman, diverting attention from the sabotage of government services through a carpet-bombing of bizarre plans.

'It's not always so cut and dry'

'America, we have a problem'

Rep. Ilhan Omar's bill, first obtained by HuffPost, would create a Department of Peacebuilding within the executive branch.

If Congress and the Supreme Court don’t stand up for themselves and start acting with principle instead of partisanship, Trump’s lawless acts are just getting started.

The now archived website for USAID, a department on the chopping block thanks to Elon Musk's DOGE efforts, has a webpage dedicated to promoting DEI across the world.

The delegation spoke in opposition to reports that USAID would be downsized or shut down by Elon Musk's DOGE.

Congressional Democrats vowed to intervene Monday to prevent Elon Musk from shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).The big picture: Trump, who has yet to make an official statement on USAID's future, appeared to damper Musk's ambitious plans, telling reporters the billionaire can't take action without "our approval." Musk, head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), "can't do and won't do anything without our approval," Trump said Monday at the White House. "We'll give him the approval where appropriate. Where not appropriate, we won't." "Where we think there's a conflict or there's a problem, we won't let him go near it," Trump added.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was out of the country when Musk announced USAID was shutting down, said Monday he's now the agency's acting director.Driving the news: House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) called the move to shut down the agency an "illegal, unconstitutional interference with congressional power," during a press conference outside the USAID headquarters,He noted that Congress created the agency and Musk "doesn't have the power to destroy it.""We don't have a fourth branch of government called Elon Musk, and that's going to become real clear," Raskin added.What they're saying: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) called Musk's efforts "an absolute gift to our adversaries — to Russia, to China, to Iran and others" because the agency "is an essential instrument of U.S. foreign policy and U.S. national security policy."Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said a billionaire who hasn't been elected, vetted, or gone through confirmation "should not be telling American employees that they cannot access the building they work at."She added: "Privileged billionaires who don't give a damn about America and Americans should not be making decisions that put Americans at harm."Where it stands: Staffers were barred from entering the agency's headquarters, a source familiar with the USAID situation told Axios. Most of the USAID's Bureau for Planning, Learning and Resource Management had their access to agency systems revoked as of Monday afternoon, the source said.Employees in the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security, — which houses teams for agriculture and climate, among others — were told they could lose access to their emails tonight or tomorrow, the source said."We work in countries where this happens," the person told Axios. "We never imagine[d] it would happen here."Catch up quick: Musk said Monday morning that Trump had "agreed" to "shut" USAID down.That was following reports that two senior USAID officials were placed on administrative leave after barring DOGE representatives from internal systems during a recent visit.Trump himself has railed against USAID, telling reporters over the weekend that the agency was run by "radical lunatics."Axios' Avery Lotz contributed to this report.Go deeper: Ending USAID climate programs could increase security risks

An eagle emblem sits atop a flag pole in a Dirksen Senate Office Building hallway as workers renovate a nearby room. The bald eagle has held symbolic significance for centuries.

Conservative pundit and podcaster Candace Owens has been dubbed "Antisemite of the Year" by StopAntisemitism, a group that works to combat hatred against Jews, after she "blew the competition away."

A little-noticed provision in the annual defense bill would bar the Pentagon from citing the Gaza Health Ministry as an authoritative source.The post Congress Keeps Trying to Hide the True Gaza Death Toll appeared first on The Intercept.

A member of the progressive "squad" criticized the Harris-Walz campaign for its GOP outreach that included advertising the support of Liz Cheney.

Progressive lawmakers are calling on President Biden to take additional steps on federal marijuana law before his term comes to an end in January. In a letter sent to Biden and Vice President Harris, Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.), Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.) [...]

“It’s a big middle finger to those on the so-called progressive left and others in the Biden camp, who essentially had a different theory of the case that failed in the election,” Katulis said.

Progressives in Congress are urging party leaders to use their two remaining months in power to erect barriers to Trump’s agenda.The post Squad Goals: Democrats Must Use Lame-Duck Power to Fight Trump Now appeared first on The Intercept.

It’s that of incuriosity. It’s that of believing to know better than those who know through experience.

The House members of the "Squad" and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are some of the prominent figures who have been re-elected to office.

Results were still coming in on Tuesday night

Dozens of House Democrats are pressing the Biden administration to get tougher on Israel when it comes to press freedoms in Gaza, warning that a lack of media access in the war-torn territory has stifled any push for accountability surrounding military operations that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. In a letter to President Biden [...]

Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for "radically" changing the Supreme Court. She advocates policies such as increasing the number of justices on the bench.

Democrats at the State Capitol and in Washington will continue to deliver it.

Trump’s proposal could violate federal law, the Brennan Center for Justice suggests, but courts could still let him get away with it.