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One would think that every right-wing extremist would love Trump; after all, the president and his defenders have ushered white supremacist rhetoric into the conservative mainstream. But that's not always the case.

Economists: Trump's Tariffs Are Not Boosting GDP

"President Trump's saber-rattling about Iran has reached a dangerous new low with his threat to 'end' Iran—a country of 83 million men, women, and children."

Reproductive rights advocates in the Southeast are working nonstop to help low-income women.

Anyone who still assumes that legal abortion is here to stay should take a hard look at what's happening right now in red America.

"Raising electricity prices has been a consistent Trump administration policy."

Elsewhere, Tennessee became the seventh state to add a “trigger law” on the books that would criminalize abortion if Roe v. Wade falls.

“Nobody, no matter who you are, where you are from should spend an hour like this."

We are now in a trade war with the second-largest economy on Earth.

"How is this not breaking news on all channels all over the world?"

Attorney General William Barr recently invoked a powerful, rarely used privilege to withhold information from the public, marking a dramatic turn of events in a battle over the release of a highly contested report.

Facing the possibility of being imprisoned yet again in the coming days for refusing to testify before a secretive grand jury, U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning on Sunday warned of the grave threat the

"Retreating into learned helplessness and hoping the voters will rescue the country from Trump will only embolden his assault on American democracy."

Abortion rights supporters say they are seeing ramped-up efforts from anti-choice protesters who "believe that they can operate with impunity."

"His racism knows no boundaries," said San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz

"You can pull out some threads but at some stage the whole fabric unravels and then we will really see the consequences."

Using language that is "intentionally emotional" draws public support for extreme abortion laws, but people's opinions change once they understand the intention of such legislation.

The Trump White House’s blatant attempts to obstruct congressional subpoenas continues.

Mr. President, we need you now.

Why and when did America decide that people convicted of a crime should not vote?