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2020 Budget Proposal Would Underfund Health, Job Training, Education Programs
The Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing up to $2.7 billion in cuts to labor, health and education programs.
Microsoft Has Made $14.6 Million From Contracts With ICE Since 2010
Here's how Github, a Microsoft subsidiary, justifies making money from ICE.
Trump Considers Gutting Rules That Prevent Corporate Offshore Tax Dodging
Trump already passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut that contained incentives for corporations to shift money overseas in 2017.
Trump-Linked Attorney Funded Ukraine President’s DC Lobbying Efforts
Marcus Cohen has spent over $100,000 in support of the Ukrainian president’s campaign.
Company Buys Pipeline Support at Supreme Court Through GOP Attorneys General
Attorney General Barr and Republican state attorneys general have close financial ties to pipeline utility Dominion.
Critics Use Bernie Sanders’s Heart Attack to Smear Medicare for All
Opponents of single-payer argue that Sanders “would be dead” under his proposed health plan.
New Poll Shows Nearly 60 Percent of Americans Support Trump Impeachment Inquiry
The poll also found 49 percent of Americans want the House to call for the president's removal.
Fracked Gas Blowout in Louisiana Could Burn for Two More Months
The flare has gone out at times, resulting in fluid from the well spreading a mist into the sky over a mile away.
Sanders Unveils Plan to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics
The proposal is an indication that Sanders's vision for American democracy goes far beyond “structural reforms.”
Supreme Court Takes First Abortion Rights Case With Kavanaugh on the Bench
This will test the strength of Chief Justice John Roberts’s stated dedication to upholding Supreme Court precedent.