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![The U.S. Capitol dome is lit by the morning sun on March 14, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0901-capitol-building-400x300.jpg)
Abortion, Gun Violence Give Democrats Slight Edge Over GOP in Midterm Polls
Polls suggest Democrats may upend the “traditional” standard of the party in power faring poorly in midterm elections.
![Alaska congressional candidate Mary Peltola is pictured, smiling, facing camera and standing against dark blue background](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0901-mary-peltola-400x300.jpg)
Mary Peltola Defeats Palin, Becomes First Alaska Native to Win House Seat
The election was the first congressional race to use Alaska's new ranked choice voting system.
![Armed members of the New England Minutemen militia group watch rally goers march with Trump flags, during the anti-mask and anti-vaccine "World Wide Rally for Freedom" at the statehouse in Concord, New Hampshire, on May 15, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0901-militia-march-400x300.jpg)
We Need a New Language of Resistance Amid Far Right’s Calls for Civil War
The left must accentuate and embrace a language that is forward-looking and offers the possibility for real change.
![Joe Biden speaks into a microphone in front of an illustration of a cop](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0831-biden-400x300.jpg)
What Can We Expect From Biden’s Speech on the Rise of Fascism Among Republicans?
There is nothing “semi” about the old-school fascism being peddled by Trump from his island of misfit toys in Florida.
![Documents marked secret and top secret are pictured at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago office.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0831-top-secret-400x300.jpg)
Trump Mocks Image From DOJ Showing He Kept Classified Docs in Unsecured Places
“Efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation,” the DOJ's legal document says.
![House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at a news conference with fellow House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0830-house-gop-400x300.jpg)
Trump Loyalists Plan to Impeach Biden If GOP Wins Control of House in Midterms
The GOP will likely cite Biden’s handling of Afghanistan, immigration and COVID-19 in their impeachment efforts.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds on May 6, 2022, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0830-donald-trump-r-400x300.jpg)
An Enron-Inspired Law May Be a Sharper Legal Threat to Trump Than Espionage Act
Bush walked away scot-free with a nimbus of high crimes wreathed around him, and Trump may very well do the same.
![Former President Donald Trump looks on during the pro-am prior to the LIV Golf Invitational - Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 28, 2022, in Bedminster, New Jersey.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0830-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Demands to Be Reinstated as President, Citing Hunter Biden, Mar-a-Lago
There is no provision in the Constitution that would legally allow a former president to be reinstated mid-term.
![Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol hearing to present previously unseen material and hear witness testimony in the Cannon House Office Building, on June 28, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0830-cassidy-hutchinson-400x300.jpg)
Secret Service Agent Who Tried to Torpedo Hutchinson Testimony Retires Abruptly
Tony Ornato retired just two days before he was scheduled to be interviewed by January 6 investigators.
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When We Rose to Fight COVID, We Were Deliberately Turned Against Each Other
There was a time when we came together to fight COVID, but that energy threatened the status quo more than the virus.