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Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump is heading back to his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, for a multiweek vacation. This trip will mark Trump’s fifth to Bedminster in the past three months and his 12th total to both Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster since Inauguration Day. A new Center for American Progress Action Fund analysis estimates that...
Washington, D.C. — A new report out today from the Center for American Progress Action Fund’s The Moscow Project finds that it is now clear there was collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. It comprehensively outlines the facts, motivations, and unanswered questions surrounding collusion between Donald Trump campaign’s for president and Russian figures. There...
Voters in six key states—New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan—have a near-term choice to elect progressive governors who can change their states' direction on climate. Washington, D.C. — In the face of President Donald Trump’s attacks on climate and energy regulations—and his announcement that he will withdraw the United States from the Paris...
Washington, D.C. — Ahead of President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, the Center for American Progress Action Fund will host a press call TODAY, July 24, at 3:30 p.m. ET with Rep. Tim Ryan and Rebecca Vallas, managing director of CAP Action’s Poverty to Prosperity program, to discuss Trump's broken promises to the people of...
Washington, D.C. — In 1959, five years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling outlawing segregation in schools, Prince Edward County, Virginia, officials chose to close all of the county’s public schools rather than desegregate them. When they were forced by court mandate to make all schools available to black...
Washington, D.C. — Today, as the White House begins its “Energy Week,” the Center for American Progress Action Fund launched Dirty Deputies, a project that tracks the fossil fuel affiliations of political appointees working on energy and environmental issues in the Trump administration. Of the more than 100 political staff in the tracker, nearly one-third have ties to the fossil fuel industry...
Washington, D.C. — The Center for American Progress Action Fund released a new state-by-state analysis showing how the Republican health care plan will provide massive tax cuts to wealthy American households while stripping health care from more than 20 million Americans. This analysis compares the number of people in each state who will lose health insurance coverage...
Washington, D.C. — In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump promised to lift up the “forgotten men and women” who have been left behind—the same platform that propelled him to victory in 2016. But his proposed budget released in May reveals that his priorities lie with corporations and the 1 percent—at the expense of nearly everyone else. Trump...
Washington, D.C. — Almost one year after the hate-motivated, devastating shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, the Pride Fund to End Gun Violence and the Center for American Progress Action Fund will be hosting a discussion of the current political and advocacy landscape. A diverse group of panelists will discuss the intersections of LGBTQ and gun...
Washington, D.C. — When it comes to women in political office, the United States trails far behind peer nations. In recent months, however, thousands of new women have come forward, eager to reverse this long-standing trend and run for political office. To succeed, they will need more than personal drive and public good will. They will...