Congress Quietly Adopts Exxon Mobil-Backed Law Promoting New Gas Pipeline, Arms to Cyprus
The authorization of support for a new pipeline in the Mediterranean never received a hearing, up-or-down vote, or open debate.
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Congress to Vote on $22 Billion Defense Increase One Week After Trump Slashed Food Stamps
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna called the defense bill an example of “astonishing moral cowardice.”
Political Ploy by Mitch McConnell Blocks Attempt to Stop War With Iran
Though the amendment failed to pass, it represented a major bipartisan challenge to Trump’s escalatory Iran policy.
House Says Trump Can’t Go to War With Iran Unless Congress Approves
The vote was a remarkable display of unity for House Democrats on an issue that frequently sparks dissent within the caucus.
Iran Crisis: Have We Learned Nothing From the Iraq War?
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discusses what recent history can teach us about the current push for war with Iran.
Wasteland of Corruption
The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer, Kamran Matin, and author Fatima Bhutto are this week’s guests.
Mike Pompeo Said Congress Doesn't Need to Approve War With Iran. 2020 Democrats Aren't Having It.
“If the administration wants to go to war against Iran, then the Constitution requires them to come to Congress to ask for an authorization for the use of military force.”
Joe Biden, in Departure From Obama Policy, Says He Would Make Saudi Arabia a “Pariah”
Biden also made some blunders during Wednesday's Democratic debate, including saying we have to keep “punching at” domestic violence.
Donald Trump, Iran, and the Gulf of Tonkin Redux
Rep. Ro Khanna, reporter Negar Mortazavi, and journalist Amy Goodman are this week’s guests.
In New York's 16th Congressional District, a Troubling Early Poll for Longtime Incumbent Eliot Engel
Will longtime Rep. Eliot Engel be the next to fall?