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Texas House Democrats who have left the state to block a vote on redistricting were hosted by California leaders on Friday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and other prominent California Democratic leaders spoke at a press event along with the Texas lawmakers.”We are running from nothing,” said Texas Rep. Ann Johnson at the start of the press conference. The event was held at California’s historic Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento. “What’s happening in the United States of America is not normal. We cannot allow this to be considered normal,” Newsom said. The Texas state legislators have been out of the state…

FILE – This combination of photos shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, in Moscow on May 9, 2025, and President Donald Trump in Washington on Aug. 1. The two are in talks to meet to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, Mark Schiefelbein, File) Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool. Mark Schiefelbein/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool. Mark Schiefelbein/AP/AP President Trump said his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine is set to happen “very shortly” at a date and location that Trump said he would announce “a little bit later”…

Police in Atlanta say the gunman is dead after an active shooting situation Friday near Emory University, outside the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said no civilians were shot, but a DeKalb County police officer was hospitalized with injuries.At about 5 p.m., Emory University posted an emergency alert message saying: “Active shooter on Emory Atlanta Campus at Emory Point CVS. RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. Avoid the area.” For over an hour, people in the Emory campus area were told to shelter in place, but that warning has now been lifted.This is a breaking news…

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…

Washington — A divided federal appeals court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s request to set aside a district judge’s decision finding probable cause that some federal officials committed criminal contempt by violating an order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants bound for El Salvador.The 2-1 decision from a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a massive victory for the Trump administration, which has lambasted U.S. District Judge James Boasberg for overstepping his authority when he initiated criminal contempt proceedings in April.The D.C. Circuit had issued a temporary pause of Boasberg’s decision…

Report: IRS down almost a third of its workers IRS has lost almost a third of its workers, watchdog finds 04:25 Washington — Billy Long, the commissioner of the IRS, is leaving his post after just two months on the job, a White House official confirmed to CBS News.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead the IRS temporarily, the official said. President Trump is expected to nominate Long for an ambassadorship.The news was first reported by The New York Times.Long was confirmed by the Senate in mid-June and took over the IRS after some tumult for the tax collection agency’s leadership.…

Politics / August 8, 2025 Amid reports that Cuomo is consulting with Trump and telling business leaders he doesn’t want a fight with the president, Zohran Mamdani sees a “betrayal of the city.” Ad Policy New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (C) speaks with former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani (L) as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right looks on during the 15th Anniversary of September 11 at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, on September 11, 2016, in New York.(Bryan R. Smith / AFP via Getty Images) When John Lindsay ran for reelection as mayor of New York in 1969,…

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it is terminating its $7 billion Solar for All program that was designed to bring renewable and affordable energy to low-income communities. Sources confirmed to CBS News earlier this week that the agency planned to scrap the program.Solar for All provided funding to 60 grant recipients that planned to create or expand existing low-income solar programs, with the goal of enabling 900,000 households across the country in disadvantaged communities to utilize solar energy to reduce their home energy bills. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement posted on X: “The One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated the…

A new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to revoke a landmark greenhouse gas finding could alter the direction of the auto industry, which until now has had to abide by strict emissions guidelines. The EPA on July 29 announced it is planning to revoke an “endangerment finding” from 2009 that has served as the legal and scientific basis for the agency’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions across multiple industries, including motor vehicles, power plants, oil and gas producers and aircraft. The proposal, which still needs to go through a public comment period, focuses on regulations affecting the auto industry. If passed, it would repeal…

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP The current Trump administration has made 70% more changes to government environmental websites during its first 100 days than the first Trump administration did, and those changes are bolder, according to a report published by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI). EDGI is a nonprofit network of researchers who work with data, started after President Trump took office in 2017. It documents loss of access and usability of government environmental information and preserves that…