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Guest Editorial: Some of Trump’s picks show ties to Project 2025

President-elect Donald Trump spent months on the campaign trail saying he has no connection to Project 2025, a radical right-wing policy plan put to­gether...

Frederica S. Wilson: Project 2025…The blueprint for America’s democratic demise

by Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24)   Trump is “America’s Hitler.” Those aren’t my words. They’re the words of Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance. That’s...

Ben Jealous: The 900-page guide to snuffing out American democracy

People walk past a Heritage Foundation advertisement at the Milwaukee International Airport on July 12, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (TriceEdneyWire.com)—What if there was a blueprint...

Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project 2025’ is just the latest action plan from a group with an over 50-year history of steering GOP lawmaking

People walk past a Heritage Foundation advertisement at the Milwaukee International Airport on July 12, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images by Zachary Albert, Brandeis University As...

Michael Vick lobbies for law to protect animals in hot cars

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — NFL quarterback Michael Vick got the celebrity treatment as he visited the state Capitol on Tuesday to lobby for a...

'Unlikely advocate' Michael Vick meets with lawmakers on ‘pets in cars’ bill

*Steelers quarterback Michael Vick is making good on a promise that he would advocate for animal safety locally. Vick is scheduled to meet with Pennsylvania lawmakers Tuesday in support of PA House Bill 1516, or the pets in cars bill, which would give cops authority to rescue dogs and cats from cars due to unsafe … Continue reading Michael Vick Meeting With Lawmakers on ‘Pets In Cars’ Bill: ‘I Know I’m an Unlikely Advocate’ →

5 things to know about transgender people

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama has quietly done more to advance rights for transgender people than any other president, but they remain...

Without fanfare, Obama advances transgender rights

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama, who established his bona fides as a gay and lesbian rights champion when he endorsed same-sex marriage,...

Dems in California capital reel from scandal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — So far in 2014, each month has brought news of another arrest or conviction of a Democratic California state senator....

Veteran N.C. Congressman Watt gets Federal Housing Finance Agency nod

President Barack Obama announces his nominee for the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., Wednesday, May 1, in the State Dining of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) —President Barack Obama on Wednesday tapped a veteran Democratic congressman to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency and a top fundraiser and former lobbyist to head up the Federal Communications Commission.

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