As President Biden proposes his new budget, which expands military spending, as well as social services, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Barbara Lee, co-chair of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus. She recently reintroduced the People Over Pentagon Act to cut $100 billion from the Pentagon budget and reallocate funds to overlooked priorities like healthcare and education.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines is calling China the “most consequential threat” to U.S. national security. Meanwhile, the Chinese parliament has unanimously voted to give Xi Jinping a third five-year term as president. On Monday, Xi directly accused the United States of suppressing China’s development, stating, “Western countries — led by the U.S. — have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression against us.
Prosecutors in Atlanta have charged 23 forest defenders with “domestic terrorism” after their arrests late Sunday at a festival near the site of Cop City, a massive police training facility being built in the Weelaunee Forest. The arrests followed clashes between police and protesters on Sunday afternoon and came less than two months after Atlanta police shot and killed Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, a 26-year-old environmental defender.
Pence criticized Trump on Saturday regarding his behavior on a day that included rioters’ calls to “hang” him.
The rioter, Jacob Chansley, pleaded guilty to violently entering the U.S. Capitol, where he made threats against lawmakers.
Three women in Texas are facing a lawsuit from a man who says they aided his now-ex-wife in obtaining abortion medication.
The same governor who vetoed a bill prohibiting local bans on plastic straws is now telling Disney what kind of entertainment it should produce.
The landmark decision isn’t just overturning gun laws – it’s stopping them from passing in the first place.
Prosecutors in Atlanta have charged 23 forest defenders with “domestic terrorism” after their arrests late Sunday at a festival near the site of Cop City, a massive police training facility being built in the Weelaunee Forest. The arrests followed clashes between police and protesters on Sunday afternoon and came less than two months after Atlanta police shot and killed Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, a 26-year-old environmental defender.
The Home and Community Based Services Access Act would mandate Medicaid coverage of long-term support for disabled people in their daily lives.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is visiting Iowa, introducing himself to expectant audiences of Republicans ahead of a likely 2024 presidential bid.
Donald Trump’s former lawyer served prison time after pleading guilty to arranging payouts to porn actor Stormy Daniels and model Karen McDougal.
Steve Kirsch said he offered $100,000 to a fellow passenger if she took off her mask. But he didn’t realize he came across as the seatmate from hell.
Roe v. Wade attorney Linda Coffee auctioned off a collection of around 150 documents from the famous case — and there was a surprise buyer.
Five women in Texas who were denied abortions are suing the state for denying them necessary medical care even though their pregnancies were nonviable and posed serious risks to their health. “I cannot adequately put into words the trauma and despair that comes with waiting to either lose your own life, your child’s life, or both.
As President Biden proposes his new budget, which expands military spending, as well as social services, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Barbara Lee, co-chair of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus. She recently reintroduced the People Over Pentagon Act to cut $100 billion from the Pentagon budget and reallocate funds to overlooked priorities like healthcare and education.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines is calling China the “most consequential threat” to U.S. national security. Meanwhile, the Chinese parliament has unanimously voted to give Xi Jinping a third five-year term as president. On Monday, Xi directly accused the United States of suppressing China’s development, stating, “Western countries — led by the U.S. — have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression against us.
As we mark International Women’s Day on March 8, we look at the criminalization of abortion with filmmaker Celina Escher, who directed the award-winning documentary Fly So Far about abortion in El Salvador, which has enforced an abortion ban since 1998, and dozens of people have been convicted and imprisoned after having miscarriages, stillbirths and other obstetric emergencies.
CNN’s Jake Tapper torched Jenna Ellis for her “basic lack of humanity.
Plaskett blasted Republicans for bringing Musk’s “public scribes” to the hearing before several exchanges with Jordan on Thursday.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) pushed for the probe into alleged “human rights abuses” at the jail.
The former president is under investigation for hush money payments sent to Stormy Daniels, who claims she had an affair with him.
The GOP is engaging in an all-out attack on transgender Americans through legislation in the statehouses, and they’re moving their fight to Congress.
Prosecutors in Atlanta have charged 23 forest defenders with “domestic terrorism” after their arrests late Sunday at a festival near the site of Cop City, a massive police training facility being built in the Weelaunee Forest. The arrests followed clashes between police and protesters on Sunday afternoon and came less than two months after Atlanta police shot and killed Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, a 26-year-old environmental defender.
Mississippi’s Republican majority in the state Legislature has put forth a slew of bills in recent months to put the majority-Black capital of Jackson under a white-led superstructure. Under the proposed bills, the Capitol Police would be expanded and given greater authority over much of Jackson without being accountable to local leaders or residents, and a separate court system would be set up in the city, composed of judges appointed directly by white state officials.
The Department of Justice has released a scathing report accusing the Louisville, Kentucky, police department of unlawfully discriminating against the city’s Black population, as well as against people with behavioral health disabilities. The report concludes an investigation that began after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, who was shot dead in her own home during a no-knock police raid on March 13, 2020.
Footage of conservatives booing the Fox News personality for talking about facts is a pivotal moment in Carlson’s career, argued the MSNBC anchor.
Ellis agreed that she spread “misrepresentations” about the 2020 election as part of former President Trump’s legal team.
GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who was accused of conducting a tour at the Capitol the day before the riot, is leading the effort.
Democrats’ fear of Republican “soft on crime” criticism in 2024 trumped their push for the local autonomy of D.C. and the 700,000 residents who live there.