Politics

Venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy announced that he would run for President of the United States.  Ramaswamy launched a firm last year to pressure companies to abandon environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives, and is […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to suspend participation in the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the U.S. represents a blatant attempt to divide opinion over the war on Ukraine by raising the specter of […]

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Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s demand for mental competency tests for politicians older than 75 as “absurd” and ageist.  “We are fighting racism, we’re fighting sexism, we’re fighting homophobia, I think […]

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Railroad workers are calling for urgent reforms in the aftermath of a horrific train derailment in Ohio that carried toxic chemicals.  Workers and union officials said the derailment should be an “eye-opening” revelation for Congress […]

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Following Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s battle over the teachings, four more US states are reviewing the new Advanced Placement African American studies course, according to the Washington Post. Following Florida’s steps, officials in Virginia, Arkansas, […]

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Russian private military company Wagner Group, which is believed to have sent thousands of convicts to the front lines in Ukraine as ‘cannon fodder’, has suffered more than 30,000 casualties there, including about 9,000 fatalities. […]

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Republicans are pushing a wave of proposed legislation across the U.S. to outlaw aspects of sexuality. The state bills could have enormous impacts on Americans’ private lives and businesses.  The laws are already receiving backlash.  The […]

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Marking the first time a governor has formally asked the General Assembly to abolish the controversial practice, Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro called on the state legislature to end the death penalty in Pennsylvania. Addressing […]

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House Republicans are planning a series of attention-grabbing hearings outside of Washington D.C.  on a range of issues.  Republicans are sending subpoenas, planning trips to the southwest border, and encouraging committees to find fresh, TV-friendly […]

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Former Vice President Mike Pence is positioning himself to be the Republican candidate tough on culture war issues.  Pence is trying to make it clear that no other 2024 Republican presidential candidate will outflank him […]

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Far-right Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene jabbed at fellow Republican Nikki Haley on Twitter Wednesday, calling the former South Carolina Governor a “Bush in heels.”  “Nikki Haley is just another George (or Jeb!) Bush,” Greene […]

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Multiple students at Michigan State University relived a horror of a school shooting, having already lived through previous school shooting massacres, NBC News reports. It shows a generation of children being continuously haunted by school […]

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Republican lawmakers in Michigan rejected an opportunity to change gun reform laws less than a year before the school shooting at Michigan State University, The Guardian reported. After the mass shooting at an elementary school […]

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Information about the lives of the victims and the shooter is becoming available less than 24 hours after a shooting spree that left three Michigan State University students dead and five others gravely injured, The […]

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A decision placing Donald Trump in civil contempt for disobeying a subpoena issued by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, in her investigation into his business operations, was upheld by a state appeals court […]

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Republicans have taken aim at energy-saving measures. There has been a growing, strong disdain in the Republican Party for energy efficiency.  Republicans have actively rolled back or blocked measures on energy efficiency at the federal and […]

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South Carolina senator Tim Scott is reportedly taking steps to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, The Hill reports. It comes as a fellow South Carolina politician, Nikki Haley, officially launches her own presidential […]

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Three people were killed and five others were injured after a shooter opened fire at Michigan State University on Monday night. After an hours-long manhunt that prompted terrified students to shelter in the dark, the […]

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According to two sources who are knowledgeable of Mike Pence’s position, he is ready to fight a grand jury subpoena for evidence about the effort by the late President Donald Trump to rig the 2020 […]

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Discussions in Congress over the debt ceiling and government spending can include everything but cuts to Social Security and Medicare, Republicans are saying.  Republicans say they would not cut Social Security and Medicare programs but […]

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Political activists in Florida have condemned the massive hypocrisy of large corporations that use Black History Month to denounce racism while donating hundreds of thousands dollars to the state’s rightwing governor, Ron DeSantis. Amazon, AT&T, […]

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