Tag: Congress
Congress Starts the New Year Off by Kicking the Disabled
The new Congress decided that its first order of business was to go after the disabled. Republican Congress is holding disabled workers hostage in order to extract concessions on these programs.
A Flat-footed Backflip for Wall Street
Congress did a dazzling flip-flop, putting taxpayers back on the hook for the banksters’ high-risk speculation. It's always something else when Wall Street and Congress get together—in secret.
Corrupt Congressman Resigns in Disgrace
U.S. Congressman Michael Grimm is resigning before Congress convenes for the new year after pleading guilty to a felony tax evasion charge and after admitting to lying under oath.
GOP, Stop Making Excuses for Scalise
Twelve years ago Rep. Steve Scalise accepted an invitation to speak for a racist and anti-Semitic hate group. His story should serve as a warning to the leaders of the Republican Party.
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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide?
The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.
Oceans in peril as governments stall on promises ahead of UN summit in Nice
With coral bleaching, illegal fishing, and fossil fuel expansion threatening marine ecosystems, global leaders gather in France amid mounting criticism over broken pledges and underfunded protections.
The far right’s tipping point
Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.
DOGE developed error-prone AI tool to ‘munch’ veterans affairs contracts
“AI is absolutely the wrong tool for this.”
Where is the AI safety movement?
There’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether. So where are the humans in all this?