Month: September 2020

Richard Painter is one of the most prominent Republican critics of President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE, who he has savaged in countless cable […]

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Rep. Justin AmashJustin AmashOver 1,400 pro athletes, coaches call on Congress to back bill ending qualified immunity House Democrats set to introduce proposed ban on chemical weapons Mark Cuban says he’s decided not to run for president MORE (R-Mich.) slammed President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump […]

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When Jared Kushner was chief executive of Kushner Cos., his family’s New York City-based real estate firm, the company “routinely filed false paperwork with the city declaring it had zero rent-regulated tenants in dozens of buildings it owned across the city when, in fact, it had hundreds,” according to a report by the Associated Press. […]

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Challenging Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo from the left, Cynthia Nixon received a ringing endorsement from one of the nation’s most respected climate action groups on Friday just after she unveiled a far-reaching plan to make sure the state is doing everying possible to transition off fossil fuels and towards a more sustainable and […]

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Less than a month after FBI agents raided the offices and hotel room of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, NBC News reported Thursday that federal investigators monitored* Cohen’s phone lines “in the weeks leading up to the raids” and intercepted at least one call with the White House. “I think that ultimately it […]

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Pointing to “provocative” military drills the U.S. and South Korean air forces are conducting in the region, North Korea is warning that the war games could jeopardize a highly anticipated summit scheduled to take place in Singapore next month, which is supposed to bring together the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, and U.S. President Donald […]

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TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, “is showering Nebraska public officials with campaign cash as it fights for regulatory approval in a state that is one of the last lines of resistance” against the project, an Associated Press review of public records revealed Tuesday. The AP found that a TransCanada political action committee […]

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President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE on Wednesday boasted that his late endorsement of Rep. Martha RobyMartha Dubina RobyThe 14 other key races to […]

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As the Republican Party has lavished the nation’s wealthiest individuals and corporations with billions upon billions in gifts and tax giveaways, a new analysis found the Trump administration’s proposed changes to government housing assistance would mean a 20 percent spike in rent rates for millions of poor Americans in cities across the United States—particularly impacting […]

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Bringing charges against Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the church where he’s been been a member for many years, more than 600 clergy and lay people of the United Methodist Church wrote a formal complaint this week regarding Sessions’ enforcement of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. The attorney general’s “harmful actions,” a letter […]

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