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Building a Soft Landing for Haitians Heading Back to the Island

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how elder care services will be devastated by the end of the Temporary Protected Status program that has offered legal status to about 350,000 Haitians living in the US, many of them healthcare workers. Since then, I’ve heard some harrowing anecdotes from sources following the Supreme Court decision […]

10.08.2026, 11:30
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  • Building a Soft Landing for Haitians Heading Back to the Island
    motherjones.com
esmaspäev, 10. august 2026
  • 10.08.2026, 11:11

    Troy Jackson's Son Lobbied Against Bill That Died in Senate

    When the oil and gas company Global Partners LP faced criticism from Maine lawmakers in 2019 over emissions violations at its petroleum storage facilities in South Portland, it turned to a well-connected operative to lobby the state legislature on a pair of bills targeting the company: Chace Jackson, the son of then-Maine Senate president Troy Jackson, now the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.

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  • 10.08.2026, 11:11

    Candidate deadline nears for Ohio Republicans over Max Miller domestic abuse allegations – US politics live

    Monday is last day Miller can resign and give his party time to find a replacement candidate Donald Trump announced on Sunday that ⁠Will ​Scharf, the staff secretary who helped secure approval for the $400m White House ballroom project, will become ⁠White House counsel and assistant to the president. Effective 1 September, Scharf will replace David Warrington, who will be leaving the administration to join the private sector. Warrington ​formerly served ​as a ​personal counsel and a ​lawyer ‌for Trump’s ​2024 campaign. Donald Trump announced on Sunday that ⁠Will ​Scharf, the staff secretary who helped secure approval for the $400m White House ballroom project, will become ⁠White House counsel and assistant to the president. Effective 1 September, Scharf will replace David Warrington, who will be leaving the administration to join the private sector. Warrington ​formerly served ​as a ​personal counsel and a ​lawyer ‌for Trump’s ​2024 campaign. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has announced she is going to freeze her eggs and will be sharing the process online. The progressive New York congresswoman, 36, revealed her decision to undergo fertility treatment in a series of Instagram stories this weekend. “This is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life,” Ocasio-Cortez said. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Michigan, embraced Donald Trump’s suggestion that the two represent “VERY DIFFERENT” versions of the US, pledging to fight inequality while

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    • Candidate deadline nears for Ohio Republicans over Max Miller domestic abuse allegations – US politics live
      theguardian.com
  • 10.08.2026, 10:30

    Duke Law Defies the Supreme Court on Affirmative Action

    The DOJ revealed that Duke continues to privilege black and Hispanic applicants at the expense of whites and Asians.

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  • 10.08.2026, 10:00

    The Delusions of John Roberts

    The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward.

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  • 10.08.2026, 10:00

    The Death of Reliable Immigration Data

    The Department of Homeland Security set up an independent office to provide statistics that lawmakers and the public could trust. Its director just quit.

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  • 10.08.2026, 10:00

    The Democratic Party’s next ideological showdown heads to Minnesota

    Minnesota Democrats will decide on Tuesday whether the party’s next Senate nominee comes from its progressive wing or pragmatic center, making the race the latest test of an increasingly consequential battle over the Democratic Party‘s direction after its 2024 election losses. The contest between Rep. Angie Craig (D-MI) and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan comes just […]

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  • 10.08.2026, 10:00

    The left is winning the argument on aid to Israel. The next step will be harder.

    In recent months, two ideas that were once on the fringes of Democratic policy thinking — cutting off financial support and stopping arms transfers to Israel — have gone mainstream. Nearly half of House Democrats voted to end aid to Israel last month, while roughly 40 percent of the caucus has called for blocking the […]

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    • The left is winning the argument on aid to Israel. The next step will be harder.
      vox.com
  • 10.08.2026, 05:03

    Trump Is the Real Vaccine Skeptic in His Administration

    The president pushes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to find a vaccine-autism connection.

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