Sunday, October 25, 2026
The SEC's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

SEC votes to propose scrapping rule that lets shareholders force a vote

Investor advocates call the move a threat to eight decades of shareholder oversight
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Outpacing Foreign Aid, Migrant Remittances Are a Lifeline Ensuring Families Are Fed and Healthy,...

Migrants now send home more money than foreign aid, and this is pulling rural families out of poverty, according to IFAD.
The United Nations Secretariat Building in New York. Photo: Steve Cadman / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington Keeps Abbas from the UN, Again

The Trump administration is violating its obligations, and the Palestinian Authority can't do much about it.
The UN General Assembly hall. Photo: Patrick Gruban / CC BY-SA 2.0

US Visas for Ruthless Autocrats to Address UN – but not for Palestinian Leaders

The General Assembly voted 152 to 3 to let Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas address the UN by video after Washington denied his delegation visas for a second straight year.
The US Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain)

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices

The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
Rep. Ro Khanna speaks at a 2020 Bernie Sanders campaign rally. Photo: Σ / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Ro Khanna and AOC Should Run for President in 2028

RootsAction and Progressive Democrats of America will launch a campaign after the midterms urging the two lawmakers to seek the 2028 Democratic nomination.
The Ambassador Bridge connects Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario. Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Why the Trade War with Canada Amounts to Self-Sabotage

The economies of both countries are so intertwined that everyone will suffer.
A mail-in ballot and voters' pamphlet from Oregon, one of the states that mails ballots to every registered voter. Photo: Pete Forsyth / CC BY-SA 3.0

What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms

The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can proceed as planned.
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Massie files eight impeachment articles against Hegseth over Iran war

The Kentucky Republican's resolution accuses the defense secretary of ordering unauthorized strikes and retaliating against a senator who invoked troops' right to refuse illegal orders.
The U.S. Capitol, home to the House Oversight Committee. Photo: FEMA/Bill Koplitz, via Wikimedia Commons

Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding

Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financial and other records about the arrangement.