News Analysis | Politics & Elections Trump Judge Argues the Government Can Execute People Any Way It Wants Former deputy White House counsel Gregory Katsas gave several thousand dollars to Senate Judiciary Committee members. By Lisa Needham , Rewire.News May 11, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Richard Spencer Is Trying to Stage a Comeback Using a Russian Payment Platform Between the pandemic and election-year polarization, Spencer's "alt-right" could gain new footholds. By Shane Burley , Truthout May 11, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections The Supreme Court Is Set to Decide If Donald Trump Is Above the Law Our 45th president has never accepted our constitutional structure of checks and balances. By Bill Blum , IndependentMediaInstitute May 10, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Congress Members Who Invest in Real Estate Got a Tax Break in the Stimulus Bill The Trump family and many members of Congress stand to profit from tax changes in the CARES Act. By Karl Evers-Hillstrom , CenterforResponsivePolitics May 10, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Officials Ignored Company’s Offer in January to Make Millions of N95 Masks The Department of Health and Human Services turned down the offer made in the early days of the pandemic. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams May 10, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Why We Shouldn’t Quantify the COVID-19 Pandemic in Terms of 9/11 9/11 fostered an anti-immigrant and racist police state. What we most need post-COVID is a society built on mutual care. By Matthew Byrne , Truthout May 9, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republicans Say They’d Break Rule They Invented to Derail Obama’s SCOTUS Pick The GOP obstructed Obama's SCOTUS nominee in 2016, but several said they'd consider a pick by Trump this election year. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 8, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Barr Says “History Is Written by the Winners” After Flynn’s Charges Were Dropped To critics, Barr's response was a clear betrayal of the standards that should be upheld by the Justice Department. By Jon Queally , CommonDreams May 8, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Gun Violence Increases in the US Amid COVID-19 Shutdown The challenge of access to medical care amid the pandemic has been exacerbated by increased death and injury from guns. By Nancy Kasten , Truthout May 8, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Republicans Oppose Mail-In Voting Because They’re Scared of Losing Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, and others are desperately fighting for their political lives. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout May 7, 2020 Truthout