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Farewell to Donald Rumsfeld, Dreary War Criminal
Rumsfeld managed to do terrible things throughout his life while remaining tremendously banal.
Politics
Schumer Amendment Shorts States $5 Billion in Covid-19 Relief Funding
A five-word change strips 23 states of more than a quarter of recovery aid for small towns.
The End of Roe
Rep. Mike Johnson Predicts Supreme Court Will Overturn Roe v. Wade
“You’re going to have a division in the country, you’re literally going to have pro-life and pro-death states,” Johnson told a group of GOP activists.
How Trump Ally Michael Flynn Nurtured — and Profited From — the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Flynn hitched his financial fortunes to QAnon as early as the summer of 2019, when he was facing a mountain of legal costs.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Wants to Defund Florida Universities That Teach Anti-Racism
DeSantis signed a law to track political beliefs at universities — and threatened budget cuts for those he doesn't like.
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Hospitals Already Had a Nurse Staffing Crisis. Then Covid-19 Came Along.
Studies have reported a link between staffing shortages and higher rates of hospital-acquired infections.
No, the Biden Agenda Isn't Dead Yet
House and Senate progressives demanded that Democratic leaders pair the full agenda with a bipartisan deal.
Ilhan Omar and “Moral Equivalence,” a Term of Propaganda Invented in the 1980s
The phrase was created by the State Department and assorted neoconservative pundits to shield Reagan from criticism.
Major Trump Donor Owned Security Firm That Trained Khashoggi Killers
Cerberus CEO Stephen Feinberg has donated millions to pro-Trump PACs.
“Ridiculous Case”: Juror Criticizes DOJ for Charging Scientist With Hiding Ties to China
After a mistrial is declared in a closely watched case, a juror says the FBI owes an apology to University of Tennessee scientist Anming Hu.