Tag: Trump administration
House Oversight Committee leaders accuse Mike Flynn of committing felony
Flynn was supposed to seek permission and receive permission from both the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Army prior to traveling to Russia.
Senators raise ethics concerns about Trump’s Deputy White House Counsel
Neither Passantino nor the White House has responded to the legislators’ letter.
Trump’s budget director declares class war on the American people
With these words, Mulvaney has brought that class war out into the open.
Feeding one kid, starving the family
Trump just donated his pay to the Park Service, which would be great if his budget didn't starve the rest of the government.
The rich line up at the White House ATM
The wealthiest administration in American history is primed to make even more money for its already well-to-do staff.
Activism is the only hope of restoring America’s democratic principles
If we commit to steadily amassing a people's movement – bigger and bolder than what the corporations and media deem possible or desirable – that movement can become the government.
From Europe to China to India, uncertainty and fear over Trump’s...
The E.U., China and other leading economies must share the brunt of the responsibility to tackle climate change.
Koch brothers’ operatives fill top White House positions, ethics forms reveal
The Koch brothers have much to celebrate with Trump in the White House.
How the Trump administration responds to Democrats’ demands for information: it...
Congressional Democrats’ letters to the Trump administration are going unanswered.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.