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Trump and Vance lost control of their emotions, played to their MAGA base and shattered the U.S. relationship with Ukraine, and possibly Europe, by ambushing Zelenskyy.
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Trump and Vance lost control of their emotions, played to their MAGA base and shattered the U.S. relationship with Ukraine, and possibly Europe, by ambushing Zelenskyy.

President Trump shocked U.S. allies, not to mention many Americans, when he called Ukrainian President Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections” who “better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left.”
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed two Title VI civil rights complaints with Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of Contractors for Equal Opportunity (CEO) against the “Wisconsin Supplier
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DANE COUNTY, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is conducting an officer involved death investigation in the Town of Blue Mounds, Wis. that occurred on the evening of Sunday, March 2, 2025. At
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Wilcox v. Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia supporting Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations
Today, the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and its Commissioners in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in response to Trump’s executive order falsely claiming the
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in filing a second motion for enforcement in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration’s illegal and destructive freeze of federal funding. Despite multiple court orders,
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MADISON – Senator Sarah Keyeski (D-Lodi) and Representative Karen DeSanto (D-Baraboo) will hold a budget listening session at the Portage Public Library in the Bidwell Room on Wednesday, March 6, 2025 from 5:15pm – 6:30pm. This listening session is an
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MADISON, Wis. — Today, Senate Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein and Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer held a press call responding to new reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that revealed right-wing politician Brad Schimel had attacked the all-woman majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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“Well, look, I think it depends on how the governor is going to react to the tax cuts,” August said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “We are very adamant that this money needs to be returned to the taxpayers.”
MADISON, WI – Today, members of the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus visited the historic Milton House Museum, Wisconsin’s only certified Underground Railroad site open for tours, as well as an exhibit at Milton College honoring former Milton Academy students who
Days after Bryan Steil jeopardized health care coverage for millions of Americans with a cruel budget blueprint, he is still refusing to tell the truth – even as constituents beg for a response and local reporters ask for answers. The facts are
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As VA lays off 2,400 workers, reports outline 988 Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) employees fired and service is in peril Baldwin-championed VCL has fielded 2 million contacts since July 2022 launch WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Angus

Trump and Vance lost control of their emotions, played to their MAGA base and shattered the U.S. relationship with Ukraine, and possibly Europe, by ambushing Zelenskyy.

President Trump shocked U.S. allies, not to mention many Americans, when he called Ukrainian President Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections” who “better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left.”
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed two Title VI civil rights complaints with Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of Contractors for Equal Opportunity (CEO) against the “Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program” and the “New York Minority and Women-Owned Business
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DANE COUNTY, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is conducting an officer involved death investigation in the Town of Blue Mounds, Wis. that occurred on the evening of Sunday, March 2, 2025. At approximately 6:21 p.m., a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper attempted to
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Wilcox v. Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia supporting Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump. On
Today, the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and its Commissioners in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in response to Trump’s executive order falsely claiming the White House has total power to dictate legal positions taken
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in filing a second motion for enforcement in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration’s illegal and destructive freeze of federal funding. Despite multiple court orders, the administration has continued to block hundreds of millions of
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MADISON – Senator Sarah Keyeski (D-Lodi) and Representative Karen DeSanto (D-Baraboo) will hold a budget listening session at the Portage Public Library in the Bidwell Room on Wednesday, March 6, 2025 from 5:15pm – 6:30pm. This listening session is an opportunity for constituents to informally drop-in and share their thoughts
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MADISON, Wis. — Today, Senate Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein and Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer held a press call responding to new reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that revealed right-wing politician Brad Schimel had attacked the all-woman majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court as too “driven by their emotions” to do their jobs.
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“Well, look, I think it depends on how the governor is going to react to the tax cuts,” August said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “We are very adamant that this money needs to be returned to the taxpayers.”
MADISON, WI – Today, members of the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus visited the historic Milton House Museum, Wisconsin’s only certified Underground Railroad site open for tours, as well as an exhibit at Milton College honoring former Milton Academy students who fought for abolition in the Civil War. Representative Shelia Stubbs
Days after Bryan Steil jeopardized health care coverage for millions of Americans with a cruel budget blueprint, he is still refusing to tell the truth – even as constituents beg for a response and local reporters ask for answers. The facts are that Steil’s vote to pass this far-right budget would wipe
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As VA lays off 2,400 workers, reports outline 988 Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) employees fired and service is in peril Baldwin-championed VCL has fielded 2 million contacts since July 2022 launch WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Angus King (I-ME), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ron Wyden