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Trump White House Pressured DOJ to Investigate Baseless Claims of Election Fraud
“Michigan cannot certify” its election results, demanded one email from the Trump White House to the Justice Department.
Lara Trump Says People Living on Southern Border Should “Get Guns and Be Ready”
The comments came from Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and were widely rebuked as an incitement to violence.
Reality Winner’s Release From Federal Prison Met With Calls for Full Pardon
The digital rights group Fight for the Future called on Biden to pardon the former NSA contractor “immediately.”
McConnell Says He’ll Block SCOTUS Nominations If GOP Regains the Senate in 2022
The senator said blocking Obama’s nominee in 2016 was the “most consequential thing” he did as Senate majority leader.
Debt Union Crafts Executive Order for Biden to Cancel All Student Loan Debt
Progressive organizations and activists have grown increasingly frustrated over Biden's inaction on student debt.
CEO Pay Has Risen to Unprecedented Levels During the Pandemic, Report Finds
A majority of the companies surveyed widened their CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio last year as CEO pay skyrocketed.
Only 3 Percent of Jobs on Tennessee Government Website Pay Over $20,000
GOP Gov. Bill Lee has ended extra pandemic unemployment benefits in the state, touting jobs listed on the website.
AOC Says Senate Democrats Are Blocking Their Own Party’s Agenda
“It's worth going it alone if we can do more for working people in this country,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Pelosi Doubts Barr’s Claims That He Didn’t Know of Schiff, Swalwell Subpoenas
“To say that they didn't know anything about it is beyond belief,” the Speaker of the House said on Sunday.
Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict Has Not Ended Police Violence in Minneapolis
The police-perpetrated killing of Winston Smith shows that the state has no interest in stopping its own violence.