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Homeowners insurance rates are rising across the U.S., driven by climate change, rising cost of building materials and surging home prices. Almost half of property insurance policy holders in the U.S. said their premiums rose over the past year, the highest rate of increases in more than a decade, according to a study this week from data analytics company J.D. Power.Average homeowners insurance costs have risen nearly 70% over the past five years, according to data from ICE Mortgage Technology. On average, single-family homeowners with a mortgage now pay $2,370 a year for their property policy. In 2025, homeowners insurance costs rose have risen…

Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, speaks during a news conference on Aug. 7. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP The Department of Justice is escalating its demands for sensitive elections data from voting officials, announcing lawsuits against two Democratic-controlled states who have thus far rebuffed the department’s requests. The DOJ is suing Oregon and Maine and those states’ secretaries of state in an effort to gain access to each state’s voter registration list, including personal information such as partial Social Security numbers. The department has asked for sensitive voting data from…

The U.S. government is adding more questions to the civics test that applicants need to pass to become American citizens, the latest step by the Trump administration to tighten the legal immigration process.The move will reinstate a 2020 test from the first Trump administration that had been scrapped by the Biden administration, which argued the additional questions created unnecessary barriers for legal immigrants seeking to become citizens.Among other requirements, legal immigrants applying to become U.S. citizens must demonstrate they have lived in the U.S. as lawful permanent residents for at least 3 or 5 years, depending on their case; that…

US Senator Bernie Sanders started his career in electoral office in 1981, as the democratic socialist mayor of Burlington, Vermont. His surprise election victory attracted national attention and considerable skepticism among political insiders during what was the first year of Republican Ronald Reagan’s presidency. But Sanders proved to be a highly successful municipal leader, winning three reelection bids before his eventual election to the US House.Now, 44 years after Sanders won his first mayoral term, Zohran Mamdani seeks to become the democratic socialist mayor of New York City. As the Democratic nominee in an overwhelmingly Democratic town, Mamdani leads in…

Raskin began his opening statement by praising Patel for being the first Indian-American to lead the FBI, but that was where the flattery stopped. Raskin said Patel’s “primary qualification” for the job was his “unwavering loyalty to Trump.””Unlike other directors, you had no work experience at the FBI, but you had made over a thousand political and media appearances in support of Trump’s campaign,” Raskin said. “We’ve learned how dangerous it is to name as director of the FBI a man who thinks of himself as a fairytale knight.”Raskin laid into Patel for his handling of the investigation into Kirk’s…

  1m ago HHS spokesperson says Monarez’s remarks have “factual inaccuracies” about her firing In a statement to CBS News, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said Monarez’s prepared remarks for the Senate HELP committee have “factual inaccuracies and leave out important details,” adding she “acted maliciously to undermine the President’s agenda and was fired as a result.””Some of her biggest offenses include neglecting to implement President Trump’s executive orders, making policy decisions without the knowledge or consent of Secretary Kennedy or the White House, limiting badge access for Trump’s political appointees, and removing a Secretarial appointee without consulting anyone,” the statement…

Cathy Harris was a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent, quasi-judicial agency that works to ensure federal employees are protected against abuses by agency management, until she was fired earlier this year by the Trump administration. Maansi Srivastava/NPR hide caption toggle caption Maansi Srivastava/NPR It was past Cathy Harris’ bedtime when an email arrived in her inbox on February 10 from someone in the presidential personnel office. She opened it the following morning. It was brief and to the point. “Thank you for your service. You know, you’re fired, basically,” Harris said, summarizing the missive. President Trump…

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is heading into the final stretch of her campaign to try and become the next governor of Virginia with vocal support from two former Republican members of Congress. In a new development first reported by CBS News, Spanberger’s campaign is set to tout endorsements from former Reps. Barbara Comstock and Denver Riggleman. The show of support from the two, who both backed Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential race, also includes an advertisement. “I saw firsthand that Abigail was one of the most bipartisan members of Congress,” Riggleman says in the advertisement, while Comstock adds that her “support…

The Last Days of Discourse / September 17, 2025 The GOP president is both a dire threat to democratic governance and a clownish mob boss. Ad Policy This article appears in the October 2025 issue, with the headline “From the F-Word 
to the T-Word.” As we come up on the anniversary of the 2024 election, it seems as good a time as any to ask, “Has it happened here?” Can we meaningfully call the second Trump administration a fascist regime? For most casual observers, it’s not much of a question. What are you supposed to call it when masked and…

Washington — House GOP leaders on Tuesday announced a plan to avoid a shutdown and keep the government funded until Nov. 21, unveiling legislation that also includes funds for additional security to lawmakers and other officials in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said the bill is not “partisan” but a “short-term, clean continuing resolution that will keep the government funded and operating at current levels while we continue all this work and doing our jobs and getting the remaining bills done.” The speaker said a Friday vote is expected in the House,…