Politics
What Drives Joe Manchin? Frustrated Democrats Can Look to West Virginia.
FARMINGTON, W.Va. — Decades ago, John Manchin Jr., a civic leader in a small coal town in West Virginia,...
‘You and your family will be killed very slowly’: Death threats continue to haunt election workers
On April 5, an anonymous texter said a family member was "going to have a very unfortunate incident.” The...
Two Black Students Won School Honors. Then Came the Calls for a Recount.
The parents of the just-named valedictorian and salutatorian left the ceremony, aware that Emma Berry and her father were...
Explosion knocks out power to more than 2 million people in Puerto Rico
I only saw one tweet replying to a news report noting this: Using “700,000” does not have the same...
MoveOn Launches Six-Figure Campaign Demanding Congress End Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks, Use Reconciliation to Swiftly Pass American Jobs and Families Plan
By MoveOn. Friday, June 11 2021 “Bold Recovery Now” campaign will engage up to 10M voters and target key...
Democrats demand that Barr testify about the Justice Department’s secret seizure of lawmakers’ data.
Top Senate Democrats on Friday demanded that former Attorney General William P. Barr and other Justice Department officials testify...
Biden plans to restore protections for Tongass National Forest that were stripped away by Trump.
Environmentalists say that allowing road construction — a first step toward logging — could devastate the vast wilderness of...
Department of Justice tried to get phone records of Democratic Reps—and those of their families
These investigations included going after the phone records of Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell, both of whom...
‘He has his own agenda’: McConnell admits Trump is no GOP ally in next year’s midterms
In any case, the relationship between McConnell and Trump clearly remains as contentious as ever. And despite the sycophantic...
The F.D.A. extends the shelf life of J.&J.’s vaccine by six weeks, giving states more time to use expiring supply.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized an extension of the expiration date of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus...