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GOP faces internal battle over defense spending
The Hill via Yahoo News· 7 days agoRepublican lawmakers are facing an internal battle over defense spending as prominent Republicans including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.)...
Vermont becomes first state to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate change
The Week via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe law...New York Times. Big Oil "has destroyed our planet for short-term profits," Sen. Bernie ...
Netanyahu accepts Congress‘ invitation to speak despite blowback
Politico· 5 days agoParty has splintered over U.S. support for Israel in its ongoing war in Gaza, particularly after recent strikes in a designated safe zone for Palestinians in the southern city of Rafah that ...
Staffers bear the brunt of threats aimed at district offices
The Columbian· 5 days agoSen. Bernie Sanders wasn’t at his Burlington, Vt., district office when a man dumped a liquid at the...
Column: These 80-something senators are gliding to reelection. Did Feinstein face a double standard?
Los Angeles Times· 7 days agoIn 2018, Dianne Feinstein was elected to her fifth full U.S. Senate term. Time for “a new voice that...
How a union joined the Trump-proofing craze
Politico· 3 days agoRep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) unsuccessfully put forth his own amendment during the House’s farm bill markup that would’ve prevented USDA from contracting with meatpacking plants ...
'We can get there': Medicare for All advocates see resurgence in national movement
The Raw Story· 1 day agoAt The Sanders Institute Gathering in Burlington, Vermont last weekend, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders repeated the grim facts and statistics about one of the ...
A Lot of Democrats Are Mad at Mondaire Jones Now
New York Magazine· 1 day agoIn the process, Jones has provoked the ire of his former progressive colleagues in the House. Jones made his support official during a campaign event in...
The Infamous, Blood-Soaked Legacy of Henry Kissinger
Current Affairs· 5 hours agoThe day Henry Kissinger died, Jacobin magazine released a book, which they had completed years before, called The Good Die Young: The Verdict on Henry...
Vermont officially becomes 1st state to charge big oil for climate change damage
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn a pioneering measure to hold companies responsible for environmental damage, Vermont has...