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Labor Officials Find Amazon Threatened Pro-Union Workers With Wage Cuts
NLRB officials found the company threatened workers in captive audience meetings that they would have their wages cut.
Republicans Gave Tours of Capitol Before Attack, According to Jan. 6 Committee
Up until this week, Republicans had denied that such tours had ever taken place.
Baby Formula Maker Chose Shareholders Over Safety Amid Deadly Bacterial Outbreak
New documents show Abbott issued stock buybacks instead of investing in equipment that could have saved babies' lives.
AOC Says Bipartisan Bill to Grant Puerto Rico Self-Determination Is “Un Milagro”
The bill is a result of negotiations between pro-statehood advocates and lawmakers in favor of self-determination.
Anti-Terrorism Bill Targeting White Supremacists Puts House GOP on the Defensive
Progressives put civil liberties “guardrails” in the domestic terrorism bill passed by the House this week.
Oklahoma GOP Passes Anti-Abortion Bill That Bans Procedure at Fertilization
The ban utilizes a Texas-like enforcement mechanism, allowing residents to sue abortion providers for sums of $10,000.
CPAC Speakers in Hungary Embrace Plan for “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”
Europe's first Conservative Political Action Conference called for the left to be “exposed, demonized and crushed.”
26 of US’s Richest Billionaires Paid 4.8 Percent Tax Rate in Recent Years
Warren Buffett paid an effective tax rate of only 0.1 percent between 2013 and 2018, IRS documents show.
Nearly All House Republicans Vote Against Bill to Alleviate Baby Food Shortage
Republicans have spent the last weeks blaming the shortage squarely on President Joe Biden.
Israel Says No Criminal Probe Into Killing of Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Abu Akleh's family urged the U.S. and international community to open an investigation and “put an end to the killings.”