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Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
EEOC Rolls Back Trans Protections Following Trump’s Executive Order
The executive order mandates that federal agencies recognize only two unchangeable sexes assigned at conception.
Airline-Bankrolled Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings Before DC Airport Collision
Despite mid-flight near misses as legislation was being finalized, lawmakers expanded flight traffic at the airport.
Tlaib: Congress Shouldn’t Be Able to Trade Military Stock and “Profit Off Death”
US military contractors receive hundreds of billions of dollars from Pentagon funding each year.
House GOP Floats Plan to Cut Taxes for Corporations and the Ultrawealthy
Republicans propose slashing benefits for the poor and working class to pay for new tax cuts.
US Citizens Detained by Officials in Milwaukee for Speaking Spanish
The family members were only released after they produced their birth certificates, a news report details.
RFK Jr. Wrongly Claims Most Americans “Are Not Happy” With Medicaid
In reality, 77 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Medicaid, polling shows.
Insurers Are Abandoning Homeowners Over Wildfire Risk But Investing in Big Oil
The firms invested half a trillion in fossil fuels, stoking the crisis that led them to dump thousands of homeowners.
Even at an Anti-Racist Educators’ Summit, Decrying Genocide Proved Controversial
Two speakers at the People of Color Conference were accused of antisemitism for calling Israel’s war on Gaza genocide.
Civil Rights Defenders Slam Trump’s Order to Deport Pro-Palestine Students
Jewish Voice for Peace says the order follows the Heritage Foundation's broader plan to dismantle US civil society.