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Politics

Nine Million Marched and Were Told "We Do Not Think About You"

The Trump administration's response to the largest protest in American history was seven words that said more than the protest itself.

By Samuel Crane, Washington March 29 5 min read

A long, empty TSA screening lane at a major airport terminal, blue bins stacked unused, overhead monitors dark, a single TSA agent standing at the far end of the belt

Politics

The DHS Shutdown Became the Longest in American History

Day 43 of the DHS shutdown passed the record for any partial government shutdown -- while the government found $2.1 billion a week for a war Congress never authorized.

By Samuel Crane, Washington March 29 5 min read

C-17 Globemaster cargo planes on a tarmac at dusk, paratroopers in full kit walking toward the ramp, heat haze off the concrete, documentary military photography

Politics

Five Thousand Troops Arrived in the Gulf Without Congressional Authorization

Five thousand Marines and paratroopers deployed to the Gulf with no congressional vote — Newsweek says ground assault may be imminent.

By Samuel Crane, Washington March 29 3 min read

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Politics

The House Passed a Third DHS Funding Bill and the Senate Blocked It

The House passed a 60-day DHS funding extension on Saturday that Senate Democrats declared dead on arrival — the shutdown is now 43 days old.

By Samuel Crane, Washington March 29 2 min read

A twilight march across a bridge toward a lit estate in the distance, protesters carrying signs and LED candles, palm trees lining the road

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No Kings Protesters Rallied Near Mar-a-Lago

Thousands of protesters marched to within 500 feet of Mar-a-Lago on Saturday evening in the third wave of No Kings demonstrations, the closest any protest has come to Trump's residence.

By Maya Calloway, New York March 29 2 min read

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Three Democracy Indices Still Show Convergent Decline

Freedom House, V-Dem, and the Economist Intelligence Unit now agree: American democracy is in its steepest decline in the measurement era.

By Anna Weber, Berlin March 29 2 min read