Joe Lieberman Urges Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to Fight Biden Agenda as He Fought Obama
The former senator, now a leader with the dark-money group No Labels, is still proud of himself for killing the public option.
Politics
Origins of Covid
NIH Officials Worked With EcoHealth Alliance to Evade Restrictions on Coronavirus Experiments
Emails show that NIH officials allowed EcoHealth Alliance to craft oversight language governing its own gain-of-function research.
Internal Emails Show How a Lincoln Project Tiki Torch Stunt Went Wrong
Democrats were accused of manufacturing a white supremacist hoax, but internal plans show that the stunt was rooted in their doomed, Trump-focused strategy.
The Coronavirus Crisis
House Coronavirus Committee Launches Investigation Into Organizations Pushing Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin
The investigation into America’s Frontline Doctors and SpeakWithAnMD.com comes after an Intercept story revealed a right-wing network making millions.
Joe Manchin May Not Have Destroyed the World Yet After All
But now a lot will need to go exactly according to plan, an influential climate model suggests.
At Inquiry Into NYPD Killing of Eric Garner, Judge Lets Bill de Blasio Off the Hook
Instead of accountability for the mayor and police brass, the historic judicial inquiry into the 2014 killing instead focuses on low-level cops.
Congress Outmatched by Oil Executives at What Was Meant to Be a Defining Hearing
Despite clear parallels to Big Tobacco’s historic 1994 hearing, Democrats may have been unable to deliver a turning point.
Democrats Find Their Big Pharma Bag Is Making It Inconvenient to Take On Big Pharma
Democrats campaigned on the popular reform to Medicare price negotiations in 2006, 2018, and 2020 but bankrolled those campaigns with pharma cash.
How to Cancel $3.2 Million of Debt for 20,000 People Who Went Through the Carceral System
The Debt Collective, which has focused on other forms of debt, is turning its attention to the crushing financial burden on formerly incarcerated people.
Biden Administration Urged Senate to Raise Profit Threshold for Minimum Corporate Tax to $1 Billion
Sen. Angus King said a $100 million threshold was raised at the administration’s behest, sacrificing hundreds of billions in revenue for Build Back Better.