Month: September 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is launching a campaign Wednesday to promote his planned Medicare for All legislation, engaging directly with voters across the nation. The senator is asking supporters to sign on to the proposal as “citizen co-sponsors” via a digital ad campaign. In an article by the Guardian, Sanders’s team described the operation as…

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Tuesday that premiums for many Americans would go up by 20 percent in 2018, should President Donald Trump follow through on his threats to stop paying the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing subsidies to insurance companies. The subsidies allow insurance companies to reduce costs for low-income Americans who rely on…

Susan Bro spoke about the loss of her daughter, Heather Heyer, in an interview with Good Morning America on Friday, saying she will not speak with President Donald Trump now after seeing his latest press conference on the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend. “I’m not talking to the president now, I’m sorry,…

In what critics are calling a “deeply troubling” indication of the power massive corporations have over ostensibly independent policy shops, New America—an influential Washington-based think tank—reportedly decided to oust a prominent anti-monopoly voice after he praised the European Union’s June decision to fine Google for “abus[ing] its market dominance.” “Google is very aggressive in throwing…

As President Donald Trump continues to flout urgent calls for diplomacy and deepen American involvement in the 16-year war in Afghanistan, U.S. airstrikes on Wednesday reportedly killed at least 11 Afghan civilians and injured over a dozen more. “United Nations figures showed a 43 percent spike in civilian casualties from both Afghan and U.S. airstrikes…

In a pair of special elections on Tuesday, Democratic candidates flipped statehouse seats in Oklahoma and New Hampshire, winning by double digits in districts that voted for President Donald Trump in November, and adding to a growing list of party victories that could offer insight into coming elections. In the New Hampshire race for a…

Just a day after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2017, President Donald Trump—who strongly supported the Republican Party’s plan to strip health insurance from tens of millions of Americans—took aim at the proposed legislation on Twitter, calling single payer a “curse on the U.S. and its people” and vowing…

Despite warnings about the intensifying humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged Yemen, members of the U.S. Congress dodged questions from an Intercept reporter this week about why lawmakers haven’t voted on U.S. support for the Saudi-led military coalition that is bombing the impoverished country while also imposing a blockade of urgently needed aid. Lee Fang, a journalist…

Valtteri Bottas may have missed out on clinching pole position for the 2020 Russian Grand Prix, but he still believes that he has a strong chance of taking control of the race on Sunday. Bottas had been fastest of anyone throughout Friday’s practice sessions, only to lose the advantage to his Mercedes team mate Lewis…

National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre on Thursday said suggestions to limit guns are “completely ridiculous,” arguing more security measures is what is needed to increase safety in schools. “Evil walks among us, and God help us if we don’t harden our schools and protect our kids,” the NRA leader told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).…