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Horas después de que el presidente Donald Trump tomó su segundo mandato, firmó una orden ejecutiva que describe su compromiso con la Primera Enmienda y el derecho que, según él, otorga a las personas a “hablar libremente en la plaza pública sin interferencia del gobierno”. “La censura gubernamental de la expresión es intolerable en una […]

Hours after President Donald Trump took his second-term oath of office, he signed an executive order describing his commitment to the First Amendment and the right he said it affords people to “speak freely in the public square without government interference.” “Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society,” his order said. Over […]

Politicians and economists said President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff rollout amounted to a historic tax increase. “Donald Trump just imposed the largest tax hike in our lifetime,” Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted April 2 on X.  Other Democratic politicians made similar claims, including Illinois Gov. JB Priztker, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., have drawn large crowds during their “fighting oligarchy” tour criticizing President Donald Trump and Democratic Party leaders as out of touch with Americans. “We are witnessing an oligarchy in America,” Ocasio-Cortez said March 20 before a crowd of 10,000 in an Arizona State University arena […]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order “to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all.” Trump acknowledged at the March 20 event that he can’t close the department on his own — he needs the help of Congress, which passed a 1979 law to create the department.  Trump’s order says, “The […]

Ten million dollars for male circumcision in Mozambique, $8 million to make “mice transgender,” and $20 million for “the Arab Sesame Street in the Middle East.” For three minutes during his 100-minute address to Congress March 4, President Donald Trump ticked off 19 government spending items that he described as “appalling waste” rooted out by […]

In President Donald Trump’s March 4 address to Congress, he referenced the story of one of his invited guests to illustrate the “toxic ideologies” he was attempting to erase from schools.  “A few years ago, January Littlejohn and her husband discovered that their daughter’s school had secretly socially transitioned their 13-year-old little girl,”Trump said. “Teachers […]

With the 2028 Summer Olympics approaching, President Donald Trump plans to enforce a ban on transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports — and he’s relying in part on a fraud-related immigration law. Trump’s Feb. 5 order, in keeping with a campaign promise, primarily centers on school sports while also directing the secretaries […]

U.S. Rep, Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said on X that although it’s too soon to say what caused the fatal Jan. 29 collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet, President Donald Trump had cut several aviation safety jobs and paused new hires as soon as he resumed the presidency. “On his first […]

In an executive order about medical care for transgender youth, President Donald Trump called to end “reliance on junk science.” But the order itself included claims about gender-affirming care that clash with leading medical research and practice.  The Jan. 28 order declared that the U.S. government “will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the […]

As wildfires blaze in Southern California, leaving a trail of destruction, some prominent conservatives are blaming a familiar culprit: “DEI” or diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.  “Meet Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley,” wrote the X account Libs of TikTok on Jan. 8. “She boasts about being the first female and LGBTQ fire chief in […]

Alongside the announcement that Meta was ending its relationship with independent fact-checkers, the social media company outlined new “hateful conduct” policies. Those policies explicitly permit users to call LGBTQ+ people “mentally ill” or “abnormal” without violating platform rules.  These changes are part of a larger shift in how Meta plans to moderate content and speech […]