Voices
There's a Better Battlefield for the War Against Trump's Lies: the Courts
The Truth-O-Meters aren't working. Instead, public interest groups are suing the Trump administration using the Information Quality Act.
Politics
A Corporate-Friendly Democrat Has Been Stalling Progress for 40 Years. Now a Primary Challenge Might Take Him Out.
Virginia state Sen. Dick Saslaw is being challenged by Yasmine Taeb, a human rights lawyer who is going after his ties to the utility giant Dominion.
Trump’s CFPB Fines a Man $1 For Swindling Veterans, Orders Him Not to Do It Again
The CFPB warned that if the man didn’t pay his $1 fine, he could be referred to a collection agency.
Richard Ojeda Drops Out of Presidential Race
Richard Ojeda was running as an unapologetic class warrior from an area of the country Donald Trump won handily.
Congress Is Pushing Sanctions Against Supporters of Syria's Bashar al-Assad
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act passed the House on Tuesday and remains pending in the Senate.
Elizabeth Warren Proposes Annual Wealth Tax on Ultra-Millionaires
The proposal would shrink the wealth of the superrich by $2.75 trillion over 10 years.
Kirsten Gillibrand Defends Filibuster: "If You Don’t Have 60 Votes Yet, It Just Means You Haven’t Done Enough Advocacy"
Maintaining the 60-vote threshold in 2021 would set Democrats up to fail to deliver on campaign promises, leading to the chance of a 2022 midterm wipeout.
The Plot Against George Soros Didn't Start in Hungary. It Started on Fox News.
Paranoid conspiracy theories about George Soros were first injected into the far-right imagination by Fox News, and the channel shows no signs of letting up.
Trump Administration Grants South Carolina Foster Care Agencies Authority to Discriminate Against Jewish and Muslim Families
The waiver allows Miracle Hill to turn away Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, agnostic, and atheist foster parents.
The Monopolist in the House: Rep. David Trone’s Wine Company Seeks to Overturn a Constitutional Amendment
Total Wine is embroiled in a Supreme Court case that challenges the 21st Amendment, which ended Prohibition, while its co-owner is a Democrat in Congress.