Bernie Sanders Calls for Brazil's Judiciary to Release Lula in Wake of Corruption Exposure
Sanders is responding to The Intercept’s exposé on Operation Car Wash, an anti-corruption probe that landed the former Brazilian president in prison.
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As San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala Harris's Office Stopped Cooperating With Victims of Catholic Church Child Abuse
Thanks to Kamala Harris’s predecessor, the San Francisco DA’s office had files on clergy sex abusers. But Harris refused to share them with victims.
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Trump Administration Is Making It Harder to Find Out Whether It’s Fighting White Supremacist Terror
The Justice Department and FBI recently eliminated the official category for investigating white supremacist crimes.
Revenge of the Machine: New York Party Bosses Rally to Melinda Katz in Pivotal Prosecutor Race
The district attorney race is testing the power and relevance of the Queens machine.
At Democratic Retreat, Chiefs of Staff Coached on Schmoozing With K Street
A Democratic retreat for congressional chiefs of staff includes a panel on how to work with K Street, and a happy hour with lobbyists.
Joe Biden Worked to Undermine the Affordable Care Act's Coverage of Contraception
Joe Biden argued that mandating contraception coverage through Obamacare would alienate swing-state Catholic male voters.
Lawmaker Skipping Time Off for Cancer Recovery to Block Anti-Abortion Bill: “I Wouldn’t Be Able to Live With Myself”
“I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if for some reason we didn’t sustain the governor’s veto by one vote.”
Ginni Thomas Plans New Conservative Supergroup to "Protect President Trump"
With the help of a who’s who of conservative activists, the Supreme Court justice’s wife aims to open up a new front in America’s political wars.
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What Connects Meghan Markle to a Philosopher of Totalitarianism? Donald Trump's Lies.
Hannah Arendt noted that if a leader lies all the time, “nobody believes anything any longer. ... You can then do what you please.”
Donald Trump Welcomed to the U.K. With Video of Boris Johnson Calling Him "Unfit" for Office
In 2015, Boris Johnson denounced Trump for “quite stupefying ignorance” that made him “unfit to hold the office of president of the United States.”