Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday railed against a proposal that would make Election Day a holiday for federal workers, arguing that doing so would help Democrats. “This is the Democrat plan to restore democracy? A brand-new week of paid vacation for every federal employee who would like to hover around while you […]
Having agreed to send thousands more troops to the border to help with surveillance, the Pentagon on Tuesday told Congress that building a wall at the U.S. border with Mexico is, in fact, not a national emergency. President Donald Trump, however, has threatened to declare an emergency at the border if Congress does not allocate […]
Concern is growing among lawmakers and public health experts over reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not intend to set limits for a harmful class of chemicals found in the drinking water of millions of Americans. Delays in the federal government’s regulation of two chemicals — perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), the […]
A strange thing happened in Westminster on Tuesday: British Prime Minister Theresa May actually won a critical vote in Parliament. The House of Commons narrowly voted this week to approve two amendments to May’s much-maligned Brexit deal. The first of these was an amendment rejecting a Brexit that does not include a European Union deal. […]
Billionaire-turned-politician Howard Schultz began his Tuesday by announcing that he knows nothing about either American history or political science. To become better, we must repair our broken two-party system. To those who say a third choice can't succeed, I say that's as un-American as you can get. https://t.co/GbTDyT5s5o — Howard Schultz (@HowardSchultz) January 29, 2019 […]
When former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) pitched his state on a massive tax incentive prize to lure the Chinese firm Foxconn to the state, both company and governor pledged the state would reap thousands and thousands of permanent manufacturing jobs from the giveaway. Standing next to President Donald Trump at the White House in […]
First-term Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) was elected in November after campaigning on a pro-President Donald Trump “build the wall” message. But on Wednesday, she made the bizarre claim that the ongoing fight in Congress to avert a second Trump shutdown is not about a new wall but actually about funding for existing fencing. The centerpiece […]
In an incident that played out on Sunday evening, Delta Airlines refused to let two deaf passengers board their flight following an encounter with a gate agent who refused to engage with them in a way they could understand. The details of what transpired are disputed by both sides, but video evidence does show a […]
In the fall of 2017, with more than three years to go before the next presidential election, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced Medicare for All legislation in the Senate. The bill racked up a long list of high-profile co-sponsors, many of whom were already being talked about as 2020 contenders. Since then, Sens. Elizabeth Warren […]
Last week, a new leak site called Distributed Denial of Secrets went live, compiling a cache of hacked emails and documents of Russian officials, confidants of sanctioned Russian oligarchs, and those steering Russian interference efforts. Among the revelations: A higher-up at the Bradley Foundation, one of the main financiers of right-wing groups in the U.S. — including […]
A combination of retirements, resignations, and 2018 midterm election defeats has left more than 80 recently departed senators and representatives looking for new jobs. And while most have not yet announced their plans, a growing number have already gone through the proverbial “revolving door” into work for lobbying firms and interest groups. A 1989 ethics […]