As the Republican Senate leadership aims to push through a deeply unpopular healthcare bill, GOP senators across the country are spending their July 4th recess clashing with their constituents—or avoiding them. Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Susan Collins of Maine, and Dean Heller of Nevada were all met with impassioned protests when they arrived at […]
Bestselling author J.D. Vance will not run in the Ohio Republican Senate primary despite encouragement from high-profile Republicans in past weeks. Vance tweeted his decision on Friday, citing his family and his nonprofit work as key reasons why he skipped a bid. “I am truly honored by everyone who encouraged me to run for senate this […]
Julián Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Obama, says he has “every interest in running” for president in 2020. Castro is expected to headline the New Hampshire Young Democrats Granite Slate Awards Dinner next Friday — a move that could mark the start of a 2020 […]
Civil rights advocates are blasting the first meeting of President Donald Trump’s so-called “Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity” which was held Wednesday to begin its supposed mission of assessing “the registration and voting processes used in Federal elections.” Critics say the commission is using the non-existent problem of “voter fraud” as a smokescreen to […]
As Nissan workers in Canton, Mississippi are set to begin voting Thursday on whether to form a union in the face of “one of the nastiest anti-union campaigns in modern U.S. history,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) penned an op-ed expressing his support for the workers’ effort, linking it to a broader struggle against racial injustice and […]
Environmentalists are celebrating a federal appeals court ruling on Friday that reaffirmed New York State’s decision to block a 124-mile natural gas pipeline project. “Today’s ruling confirms the independent authority and responsibility of states to protect their waterbodies from natural gas pipelines that carve through and degrade critical watersheds.”—Moneen Nasmith, Earthjustice Click Here: geelong cats […]
On what one observer called “a sad day for warmongers,” the United Nations declared Friday that Iran is fully adhering to the nuclear deal reached in 2015, and that inspectors will not go looking for infractions at the request of the Trump administration. Trump and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, have […]
Chinese officials urged the Trump administration on Friday to halt its threats of military action against North Korea and rejected the notion, pushed by the president in recent weeks, that China is responsible for helping to resolve escalating tensions with military threats of its own. “[The US] should refrain from issuing more threats,” said Cui […]
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Democratic National Committee (DNC) members are weighing a new proposal to eliminate all superdelegates from the party’s nominating process, BuzzFeed News reported Thursday. The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee have been discussing the proposal on superdelegates created by the Unity Reform Commission, which was created after Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for […]