Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) today filed formal comments calling on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to withdraw its sweeping proposed overhaul of the federal grantmaking system, warning that the rule would institutionalize political cronyism across over a trillion in annual public funds, destroy theContinue Reading
Senator Angus King raised concerns that ICE agents were not wearing body cameras; witnesses described the man as being shot in the headSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe Democrat’s outgoing senator for Michigan Gary Peters has endorsed member of Congress Haley Stevens to be his successor over Abdul El-Sayed in the state’s neck-and-neckContinue Reading
Anonymous artists installed a 10-foot monument satirically honoring The Traitor for starting a war with no “military strategy, diplomacy, or measurable outcomes.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Maine Attorney General’s Office said it was investigating “a fatal use of deadly force” involving federal law enforcement., Read MoreContinue Reading
The United States is continuing to bombard Iran amid an intensifying standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said on Sunday the United States had struck 140 targets in Iran. In retaliation, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted U.S. military facilities across the Middle East. “U.S.Continue Reading
Today, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that Traitor 47’s lawsuit asking for $10 billion from the IRS was manufactured to justify a “settlement” that included a nearly $1.8B slush fund to reward political allies.Robert Weissman and Lisa Gilbert, co-presidents of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response:“Traitor 47Continue Reading
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the most prominent supporters of war in Washington, has died at the age of 71 after what his office called a “brief and sudden illness.” He was a vocal supporter of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, a leading backer ofContinue Reading
Despite a complete lack of evidence, everyone from Russia to Israel and Iran is being blamed for Lindsey Graham’s death.Continue Reading
Described as the “feel-good movie of white-boy summer” by one extremist, the movie Citizen Vigilante has been hailed by the far right as a way to convert moderates to their cause.Continue Reading
On Monday, 12 state attorneys general launched an antitrust suit to block the proposed $111 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. California Attorney General Rob Bonta led the multistate lawsuit, joined by the attorneys general of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, NewContinue Reading
️ Lindsey Graham died of aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to a preliminary medical examiner finding., Read MoreContinue Reading
The U.S. does have extensive contingency plans for continuity of government in the event of a nuclear attack or other major catastrophe that wipes out most or all of Washington., Read MoreContinue Reading
Armed Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have carried out a number of attacks in recent days targeting local Palestinians and foreign journalists, as well as detaining U.S. Congressmember Ro Khanna during a fact-finding trip. Khanna said that when Israeli forces arrived, they sided with the settlers. “The U.S.Continue Reading