Wednesday, June 17, 2026

China retaliates against Trump tariffs with sweeping countermeasures as global markets plummet

Beijing responds to Trump’s aggressive new tariffs with 34% duties on all U.S. goods, rare-earth export controls, and sanctions on U.S. firms, signaling a major escalation in the global trade war

Sanders, Omar, and others introduce permanent universal school meals program

“No child in the richest country in the world should face hunger.”

Progressives release blueprint for federal action on reproductive freedom

"Access to abortion has reached crisis level—and it demands a response from Congress and the Biden administration that meets this moment," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Whose money is it?

As a democracy, as active participants in a system of self-government, aren’t WE the government?

Elizabeth Warren says she will ban oil and gas drilling on public lands if...

"It is wrong to prioritize corporate profits over the health and safety of our local communities."

Retail industry claims to embrace criminal justice reform all while trying to derail it,...

Best Buy, Home Depot, Target, CVS and Walmart are among the retailers that have tried to derail state-level criminal justice reforms.

Bernie Sanders opens a new foreign-policy debate

The most popular politician in America has now taken on the failed establishment consensus on national security as well as establishment domestic policy.

House GOP using omnibus fight as ‘trial run’ for ploy to cut Social Security...

"MAGA extremists in Congress are dusting off an old conservative playbook for when they seize power," said one progressive watchdog.

Senators push back on $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons grocery giant merger

Opposition from progressive lawmakers, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders, are calling on regulators to reject the deal.