House Dems campaign arm signals early '18 targets
House Democrats outlined their early strategy for the 2018 midterm elections in a Monday memo, targeting 59 seats as they seek to rebuild a party that suffered significant losses two…
Bowing to Monsanto, USDA Approves New GMO Soy and Cotton Crops
The United States Department of Agriculture on Thursday approved Monsanto's controversial herbicide-resistant genetically modified strains of soybean and cotton, in a move that critics say is a bow to the…
In Torture Report Face-Off, ACLU Fights GOP Repo Man
The ACLU filed an emergency motion with a federal judge to stop the new GOP chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee from repossessing the full-length version of a revealing inquiry…
Big Backers of Clinton Foundation Found in Leaked Swiss Bank Files: Report
Large financial backers of the Clinton Foundation charitable fund have been found among those named in the trove of leaked documents from a Swiss division of HSBC bank this week,…
US Continuing Aggressive Probe Into WikiLeaks, Court Docs Reveal
The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice are still pursuing an "ongoing criminal investigation of WikiLeaks," news outlets reported Thursday, citing a ruling from the U.S. district court for…
In Blow to Unions, Anti-Worker Bill Heads to Wisconsin Governor's Desk
Voting along party lines and following nearly 24 hours of continuous debate, the Wisconsin Assembly on Friday approved anti-worker legislation that bans labor contracts requiring workers to pay union fees.…
Shock and Outrage Aimed at EU Leaders After Mediterranean Disaster
As the first bodies were brought ashore on Monday, following a boat-capsizing that killed as many as 700 people over the weekend, government officials in Europe and across the world…
Hulkenberg’s Eifel call-up ‘even wilder and crazier than last’
When he woke up on Saturday morning, Nico Hulkenberg was expecting to spend the day at the Nurburgring working on German TV Formula 1 coverage of the Eifel Grand Prix.…