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Private Equity Gave Sinema $500K, so She Exempted It From Corporate Minimum Tax
Two of Sinema's only requests for the already weak bill were to protect tax breaks for private equity firms.
Jan. 6 Committee Obtains Alex Jones’s Texts Discovered in Defamation Trial
“We'll look at [the texts] and learn more, I'm sure,” one January 6 committee member said.
GOP Blames Biden for Mar-a-Lago Search, But FBI Is Headed by Trump’s Director
The FBI is tyrannical — but not for the reasons that the right claimed on Monday.
Trump Describes FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search as “Dark Times” for the Country
The search couldn't have happened without probable cause and a sign-off from a federal judge, legal experts noted.
Austin Schools Will Now Offer Free Pads and Tampons: Period Equity Is Expanding
Students are fighting for equal access to menstrual supplies -- and winning.
Seoul Sees “Two Months” of Rain in Half a Day, Killing at Least 8
The storm is further evidence that climate disaster is already here, scientists say.
Mass Death of Sequoias Is the Harbinger of Earth Systems Collapse
We have entered an era where burned forests may not return unless we cool Earth to below the tipping point.
Starbucks Files “False and Absurd” Kidnapping Charges Against Unionized Workers
The union says that audio and video evidence show that the kidnapping charges are false.
GOP Votes Down Plan to Cap Insulin Prices at $35 in Win for Big Pharma
Only seven Republicans joined Democrats to pass the proposal, which needed 60 votes to advance.
Nearly All Senators Vote Against Sanders’s Amendments to Inflation Reduction Act
Sanders was the lone “yes” vote on amendments to remove carbon capture incentives and create a Civilian Climate Corps.