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A federal district court in Texas temporarily blocked a new state law on Wednesday that would have required public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery issued a preliminary injunction in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, ruling that Texas Senate Bill 10, set to take effect Sept. 1, likely violates both the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.The lawsuit was originally filed in late June by several families after Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10 into law. Parents argued the measure intruded on their rights to…

In this moment of crisis, we need a unified, progressive opposition to Donald Trump.  We’re starting to see one take shape in the streets and at ballot boxes across the country: from New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign focused on affordability, to communities protecting their neighbors from ICE, to the senators opposing arms shipments to Israel.  The Democratic Party has an urgent choice to make: Will it embrace a politics that is principled and popular, or will it continue to insist on losing elections with the out-of-touch elites and consultants that got us here?  At The Nation, we…

Fewer Americans are reporting that they drink alcohol amid a growing belief that even moderate alcohol consumption is a health risk, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.The survey finds that 54% of U.S. adults say they drink alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer — “the lowest by one percentage point in Gallup’s nearly 90-year trend,” the analytics company says.And a record high percentage of U.S. adults, 53%, now say moderate drinking is bad for their health, up from 28% in 2015. The uptick in doubt about alcohol’s benefits is largely driven by young adults — the age…

When the FBI fired five veteran agents earlier this month, Director Kash Patel offered no explanation.Shock at the firings has continued to reverberate through the storied agency. And now, details are emerging about the possible motivation, several sources close to the agents tell CBS News.”There is a despicable purge underway of senior FBI officials, all of whom have risen in their careers as nonpartisan, and who have been targeted for vindictive, political purposes,” said Mark Zaid, a whistleblower attorney who represents a number of federal workers dismissed under President Trump.Without any public comment from FBI or Justice Department officials, the…

Members of the National Guard stand near D.C.’s Union Station, within view of the U.S. Capitol, on Thursday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images In the days since declaring a “crime emergency” in Washington, D.C., President Trump has spoken repeatedly of extending federal control over the city, even as it fights back with protests and legal challenges. Trump took control of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and deployed D.C.’s National Guard last week after a former DOGE staffer was injured in an attempted carjacking. Trump has cited “out of control” crime, despite the fact that city…

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would bar people with outstanding college loans from relief on that debt if their employers were found to be “undermining national security and American values through illegal means.”The proposed rule, announced Monday by the Department of Education, would restrict people from participating in the federal Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program if the organization they work for is found to be engaging in certain illegal activities. “President Trump has given the Department a historic mandate to restore the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to its original purpose — supporting public servants who strengthen their…

Politics / August 19, 2025 The abundance agenda makes progressive populism more effective. Ad Policy Construction continues on a mixed-use apartment complex that will hold more than 700 units of housing and 95,000 square feet of commercial space, on August 20, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.(Mario Tama / Getty Images) It didn’t take long after the release of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s book Abundance for the ensuing discourse to polarize itself into two camps. In the first camp were writers like Jonathan Chait, who wrote in The Atlantic that abundance is an “attack on the constellation of activist organizations…that…

Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended in 2023 and states resumed checking whether people were eligible for the program. But she was reassured by the knowledge that Medicaid would provide postpartum coverage for her and her daughter, Oakleigh McDonald, who was born in July of that year.Wieder is a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana and can access some health services for free through her tribe’s health clinics. But funding is limited, so, like a lot of Native American people, she…

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Lawmakers convene during a House meeting on August 18, 2025, in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images After a two-week walkout, many Texas Democrats returned to the state’s Capitol on Monday, allowing Texas Republicans to press forward with redistricting plans. Democratic state Rep. Mihaela Plesa says their efforts started a “nationwide movement,” but she’s ready to make a legal case that Republicans redistricting maps are “racially gerrymandered maps.” “We had to come home for the legal battle,” Plesa told Morning Edition. “Our election experts told us that we, too, are on tight deadlines to…