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Congress Goes on Vacation, Letting Eviction Moratorium Expire Amid Delta Surge
Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley slept outside the U.S. Capitol building to demand that the House reconvene.
Trump’s Tax Returns Must Be Handed Over to Congress, DOJ Says
The Justice Department ruled that the Treasury must provide the tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee.
Both the Delta Variant and Thin-Willed Democrats Are Lethal to Our Society
Is it physically possible to scream so loud that you shatter your own teeth?
Trump May Have Broken Promise to Donate Salary in Last Year as President
Though he donated much of his salary, Trump still found ways to get large sums of tax dollars spent at his properties.
Democrats Make Last-Minute Push to Extend Eviction Moratorium
The effort faces long odds despite warnings about the potentially devastating public health impacts of mass evictions.
GOP’s Kinzinger Tells CNN “Nobody Actually Believes the Election Was Stolen”
“Nobody actually believes the election was stolen … but a lot of them are happy to go out and say it was,” he said.
Analysis Shows GOP Can Take Control of Congress by Gerrymandering Just 4 States
Rather than legitimately courting voters, Republican-run states could simply redraw maps to “win” Congress.
Conservative Democrats Are Endangering Humanity. Exhibit A: Kyrsten Sinema.
Sinema’s announcement that she won't support the reconciliation bill earned her high praise from Mitch McConnell.
Progressives Reject Watered Down Reconciliation Bill in Rebuttal to Sinema
The Congressional Progressive Caucus issued a warning that they would vote against a bill without their priorities.
Trump Pushed Then-DOJ Head Rosen Daily to Probe False Fraud Claims in Late 2020
Details over Trump's pressure campaign on Rosen could be investigated by the January 6 commission.