Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders Team Up on Bank Legislation
The bill, Ocasio-Cortez’s first major legislative effort, would effectively put the payday-lending industry out of business.
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Watch: Interview With Democratic Congresswoman and 2020 Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard
Watch our wide-ranging interview with the heterodox Democrat about Trump, Russia, India, Washington’s affinity for wars, domestic policy, and the bipartisan foreign policy community.
The War on Immigrants
Sen. Ron Wyden Demands Answers From DHS and Private Intel Firm Over Spying on Anti-Trump Immigration Protests
Homeland Security distributed information about protests collected by spies for hire. An influential senator on surveillance issues wants to know why.
Making a Killing
Democratic-Aligned Think Tank Knocks Bernie Sanders for Vote Aimed at Avoiding War With Iran
The score card from a Democratic Party-aligned foreign policy group reflects different priorities for the party’s mainstream and progressive wings.
The Democratic Counterrevolution Has a Self-Appointed Leader: Josh Gottheimer
“We just want him to meet us halfway and act like a normal Democrat who believes in the party.”
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Did Donald Trump’s Grip on the Justice Department Sabotage Robert Mueller's Investigation?
Given what we now know about the events of the last two years, Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre resembles a routine weekend in the Trump administration.
Do Susan Collins and Cory Gardner Really Want to Make Their Re-elections About Keeping Kids in Cages?
Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski have condemned child separation. Will they confirm an advocate of the policy to lead ICE?
New York Machine Trying to Toss Kat Brezler, Organizer for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Off Local Ballot
The machine in all its banality is a thing to behold.
Joe Biden's Presidential Campaign Pledged Not to Take Special-Interest Money — but Not His PAC
Biden’s American Possibilities PAC is still taking corporate cash.
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Joe Biden Won't Blame the Republicans for Trump. That Should Disqualify Him.
Biden says Trump is the sole cause of America’s political crisis — but in fact, the president is a symptom of the GOP’s derangement.