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Project 2025 Co-Author Caught Admitting the Secret Conservative Plan to Ban Porn

Shawn Musgrave

In a hidden-camera recording, Russ Vought explains that age verification laws are just pretext to shut down porn sites.
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Days Before Convention, Activists Sue Police Over Violence at DNC Headquarters Protest

Akela Lacy

D.C. police assaulted Gaza war protesters and strangled them with their own keffiyehs, a lawsuit alleges.
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Kamala Harris Wants to Distinguish Herself From Joe Biden. Criminal Justice Is a Place to Start.

Liliana Segura

As a U.S. senator, Harris pushed criminal justice reforms. Will she run on her ideas — or run away from them?
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A Presidential Ticket That Supports the War Powers Act?

Aída Chávez

Presidents tend to resist the checks put in place after Vietnam, but in the past Harris and Walz asserted Congress’s authority over war-making.
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