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January 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST
This one weird trick could fix the Senate

All voters are equal, but some voters are more equal than others. And the most equal of all live in the Equality State.  Wyoming has fewer than 435,000 eligible voters but gets two senators""the same as California, which has over 67 times as many eligible voters. 

 

January 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM EST
Cartoon: Bad president

A cartoon by Clay Jones. Campaign Action

 

January 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM EST
Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel kills 1 person

One person died and seven others were injured Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck that appeared to be carrying fireworks caught fire and exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, authorities said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials told a news conference that a person died inside the futuristic-looking pickup truck and they were working to get the body out. Seven people nearby had minor injuries and several were taken to a hospital.

 

January 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM EST
Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel kills 1 person

One person died and seven others were injured Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck that appeared to be carrying fireworks caught fire and exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, authorities said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials told a news conference that a person died inside the futuristic-looking pickup truck and they were working to get the body out. Seven people nearby had minor injuries and several were taken to a hospital.

 

January 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM EST
Trump's return reignites 'Muslim ban' fears for US immigrants

In 2017, seven days after Donald Trump took office, fear and confusion took hold of the nation.  The new president signed an executive order banning the entry of people from seven Muslim-majority countries. The result: An untold number of people were left stranded at airports as immigrants and refugees were turned away from the United States.

 

January 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM EST
Trump's return reignites 'Muslim ban' fears for US immigrants

In 2017, seven days after Donald Trump took office, fear and confusion took hold of the nation.  The new president signed an executive order banning the entry of people from seven Muslim-majority countries. The result: An untold number of people were left stranded at airports as immigrants and refugees were turned away from the United States.

 

January 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST
Popeye, Faulkner, and Hemingway will enter the public domain in 2025

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they can be used and repurposed without permission or payment to copyright holders. This year's crop of newly public artistic creations lacks the landmark vibes of last year's entrance of Mickey Mouse into the public domain. But they include a deep well of canonical works whose 95-year copyright maximums will expire. And the Disney icon's public domain presence expands.

 

January 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST
Popeye, Faulkner, and Hemingway will enter the public domain in 2025

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they can be used and repurposed without permission or payment to copyright holders. This year's crop of newly public artistic creations lacks the landmark vibes of last year's entrance of Mickey Mouse into the public domain. But they include a deep well of canonical works whose 95-year copyright maximums will expire. And the Disney icon's public domain presence expands.

 

January 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM EST
Cartoon: Few are welcome

A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Campaign Action

 

January 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST
Obamacare sign-ups lag after Trump election and legal challenges

By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News New enrollments under the Affordable Care Act are on pace to trail last year's record numbers by as many as a million as the outgoing Biden administration confronts upheavals in the program.

 

January 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST
How Democrats can win back the working class

In a political era defined by economic disparity and class anger, Democrats are reckoning with the political ideas that Donald Trump hitched his ride to and landed him successfully in front of the White House.  Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut is calling for a break from the economic neoliberalism of the past. He joins a growing list of progressives who argue that Democrats must prioritize the needs of working-class Americans to stay relevant in today's political climate of staggering economic inequality

 

January 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM EST
At least 10 dead after truck intentionally rams into crowd in New Orleans

The suspect who drove a vehicle at high speed into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans on New Year's Day was killed after a firefight with police, law enforcement officials told the AP. The officials were not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.

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