Four Things We Learned at Tuesday’s Trump Impeachment Hearings
“Tell the lawyers.” “Conspiracy theory.” “It was my duty to report.” The highlights from eight hours of testimony Source: Vindman,...
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‘Fear of Victory’ for Sanders or Warren in 2020 Driving Bloomberg and Patrick Bids, Say Progressive Critics
“There’s clearly anxiety from parts of the Democratic Party establishment and donor class about becoming a party that is...
read moreWe Asked the 2020 Contenders How They Plan to Tackle Inequality
A surging egalitarian current is shifting the Democratic Party’s policy mainstream—so we asked the presidential candidates about it....
read moreAlert: Fed Chairman Powell Urges Congress to Address the Federal Budget’s “Unsustainable Path”
At a hearing on the U.S. Economic Outlook for the Joint Economic Committee on November 13, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell...
read moreCLC Calls for Investigation of Trump Super PAC America First Action for Illegally Coordinating Spending
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and End Citizens United filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), alleging that...
read moreShame: Handing Trump ‘Terrifying Authoritarian Surveillance Powers,’ House Democrats Include Patriot Act Reauthorization in Funding Bill
“Wow. House Democrats are ignoring civil liberties and including a three month straight reauthorization of the Patriot Act...
read moreUkraine For Dummies
At Wednesday’s debut of the impeachment hearings there was one issue upon which both sides of the aisle seemed to agree, and it was a...
read moreAdam Schiff moves to implicate Pence in the Ukraine scandal as Republicans go off the rails
But as soon as House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff, D-Calif., began to question Williams, he used her testimony to implicate Pence...
read moreBernie Sanders’ Stance on Bolivia Matters
Any presidential candidate who claims to represent workers and marginalized communities, who even nominally opposes U.S. imperialism,...
read moreAsylum officers rebel against Trump immigration policies they say are immoral, illegal
In collaboration with the radio program “This American Life,” The Times takes an exclusive, front-line look at a...
read moreGov. Andrew Cuomo signs law that allows NY to prosecute those pardoned by a President
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on Wednesday that will allow the state to prosecute people who have received a...
read more‘Disqualifying’: Buttigieg Faces Backlash for Praising Right-Wing Tea Party Movement in Resurfaced 2010 Video
“I believe we might find that we have a lot in common,” Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said during an...
read moreCLC Urges Georgia Secretary of State to Halt Planned Voter Registration Purge
We have grave concerns regarding the planned purge of many Georgia voters from the voter registration list. Source: CLC Urges Georgia...
read more‘Naked Violation’ of Human Rights: Global Condemnation Over New US Position on Israeli Occupation
“The American government’s decision to jettison international law and to legitimise the illegal Israeli settlements is...
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