In the wake of remarks he made to one family of a soldier killed in action that have been described as “deplorable” and representing the behavior of a “sick man,” another parent who lost a son in battle is saying that President Donald Trump, a billionaire, offered him a personal gift of $25,000 to help…
In a bipartisan show of support for endless war and out-of-control military spending, the House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the nearly $700 billion National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 that aims to boost war outlays by $80 billion—an amount that critics noted would easily cover the costs of free public college tuition and…
The Republicans on Thursday morning released a new outline of their tax “scam” proposal which—among other giveaways to the rich and powerful—would permanently cut the corporate tax to 20 percent (down from its current 35 percent) and abolish the tax on wealthy estates while leaving low-income families and the middle class out in the cold….
President Donald Trump’s visit to Atlanta on Monday for the college football national championship game is expected to be marked by protests, with people taking “a stand by taking a knee” and simulating “a mighty storm” of snowflakes. Among the groups calling for demonstrations is the Atlanta branch of the NAACP. The civil rights group…
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A Kentucky Democrat running for Congress is pulling her campaign advertising from a television station owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group, a conservative media company that has been under fire for mandating anchors across the country warn their viewers about “fake news.” Amy McGrath, a retired Marine who is running in Kentucky’s 6th District for the…
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, with other resistance groups, began a 24-hour “People’s Filibuster” at 3:00pm on Thursday, ahead of the Senate vote on the Republican tax bill, expected by Friday. Organizations including Not One Penny, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and Americans for Tax Fairness all planned to participate in the all-night…
Ahead of a crucial vote that threatens the future of the Internet “as we know it” at the Federal Communications Commission scheduled for Thursday, defenders of net neutrality overnight went to the commission’s headquarters in Washington, DC where they projected various messages—including “Property of Verizon”—on the building to draw attention to the corporate interests at…
The United Nations humanitarian coordinator denounced the U.S.-backed Saudi airstrike campaign in Yemen as “absurd and futile” on Thursday, as 68 civilian deaths were reported following two attacks in one day, and urged the Saudi coalition to seek negotiations to end the conflict. “I remain deeply disturbed by mounting civilian casualties caused by escalated and…
Advocates of nuclear disarmament are raising alarms about reports that the Trump administration is planning to loosen constraints on the U.S. nuclear weapons program, warning that the Pentagon’s forthcoming plan “makes nuclear war more likely.” Jon Wolfsthal, an official who worked on arms control in the Obama administration and has reviewed what he believes is…