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Filibuster “Conversation” to Happen If GOP Blocks Voting Rights Bill, Psaki Says
Republicans are poised to block a procedural vote on Tuesday that would begin formal debate on the For the People Act.
Trump Loses to Ron DeSantis as GOP’s Top Pick for 2024, New Poll Finds
Trump has previously stated that if he does run in 2024, he'd consider Gov. Ron DeSantis for his vice president pick.
Trump Complained COVID Testing Would Lose Him the Election, New Book Says
If COVID comes roaring back in unvaccinated pro-Trump communities this fall, nobody should be surprised.
Trump Asked Aides About Sending Infected Americans to Guantánamo, New Book Says
Trump wanted to keep the official COVID-19 tally low, and asked if there was “an island” somewhere he could send people.
Coup Fears Grow as Right-Wing Candidate in Peru Falsely Claims Election Fraud
Keiko Fujimori is calling for hundreds of thousands of votes, mostly from poor Andean regions, to be annulled.
Jan. 6 Wasn’t the End — the Right Is Trying a Hostile Takeover State by State
It's clear that the Republican assault on democracy is actually just beginning.
As Iran Elects New President, Biden Urged to Rejoin Nuclear Deal, Lift Sanctions
Iran's conservative judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi, was elected president Saturday.
How Far Will the GOP Go to Steal the 2022 Election?
Americans who care about the fate and future of our republic damn well better get active now.
Leading Manhattan DA Candidate Has Repeatedly Paid Almost No Federal Income Tax
Tali Farhadian Weinstein and her husband paid nothing (or almost nothing) to the IRS four times in six years.
The Big Lie Will Go Down in Revisionist History Like the Civil War “Lost Cause”
The followers of today's new “lost cause” have become Donald Trump's Confederacy of dunces.