Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said he’s against a vaccine mandate “unless there’s some incredibly deadly disease.” The senator also insisted that he is not downplaying the virus and is aware that the U.S. has “had 600,000 excess deaths over the last year.” During a Friday night interview on Fox, Johnson …
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WASHINGTON — Even before the first hearing of the House select committee to investigate the January 6th insurrection began on Tuesday morning, one question loomed large: Why was law enforcement so utterly unprepared for the violence and upheaval of that day? The testimony given Tuesday by four police officers who …
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been promising for months that new cannabis legislation is coming “soon.” “Soon” has finally arrived. Schumer, along with Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Wednesday released a draft of legislation to legalize cannabis. Dubbed the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), …
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In a Friday call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, President Biden told the leader that he must “take action” against ransomware cybercriminals based in his country who have attacked the United States. Signaling the attacks on U.S. infrastructure and businesses have moved from only warnings and being treated as criminal …
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During the early stages of the pandemic, then-President Donald Trump was looking for ways not to bring infected Americans in Asia home for care and asked White House staff if sending them to Guantánamo Bay — where the United States holds terrorist suspects — was an option. This is according …
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Anyone living in America knows that billionaires don’t pay their fair share in taxes. But extraordinary new documents obtained by ProPublica prove it in never-before-seen detail. The public-interest news organization has secured a massive trove of private tax information about some of the richest people in America, including Amazon founder …
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On February 1st, democracy died in Myanmar. The military arrested the leaders of the the nation’s civilian party, announcing that an unelected general would run the country during a one-year “emergency” period. Myanmar has since been locked in a bloody internal struggle, as military forces violently suppress citizens who are …
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is imploring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring to the floor a bill that would transform the way sexual assault and other major crimes are handled within the military. Gillibrand has been working across the aisle to garner support for the bill, which currently has 64 …
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis joined the growing list of Republican governors who plan to block the federal boost to unemployment benefits for those who’ve lost their jobs in the pandemic. With little proof, at least 23 GOP governors have said the additional $300 in weekly benefits disincentivizes people from going …
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Since the dawn of capitalism, liberals have been complaining that private companies have too much power, and that they use to harm individuals who are hapless to fight back against concentrated money. In response, conservatives have reaped the benefits of corporate donations, leaning into absurd mantras like “corporations are people,” …
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