News | Politics & Elections The RNC Is Already Warning Its Nominee Will Boycott 2024 Presidential Debate Televised debates are already skewed toward the right, commentators say. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Warren: Debt Ceiling Crisis Wouldn’t Even Exist Without Trump Tax Overhaul “Who’s going to pay to run this government? The Republicans are real clear on that: not the rich folks,” she said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Plans to Ditch His Own Social Media Site Upon Returning to Twitter — Report “There's no need” for Trump to continue using Truth Social past this summer, one source close to him said. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor GOP Plan to Cut Social Security and Medicare Is Disliked Among Republican Voters If the GOP tries to force cuts to Social Security via the debt ceiling, it would be against their own base’s wishes. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Demands Prison Sentence for Journalists Who Published Supreme Court Leak Neither the leaker or the journalists who reported on the leaked documents violated a criminal statute. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Judge Orders Trump and His Lawyer to Pay Nearly $1 Million for Clinton Lawsuit Frivolous suits shouldn’t be used as a “vehicle for fundraising or fodder for rallies or social media,” the judge wrote. By Igor Derysh , Salon January 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Pleads With Meta to Allow Him Back on Facebook for 2024 Campaign Internet security experts have warned that Trump’s rhetoric could inspire further violence if his account is reinstated. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 19, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections McCarthy Appoints GOP Recipients of Fossil Fuel Cash to Environment Committee All have supported policies to expand industry friendly federal leasing to Big Oil and other extractive sectors. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams January 18, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republican Arrested for Shootings on Dems’ Homes Months After His Election Loss Solomon Pena, who lost by a three to one margin in a state representative race in November, refused to concede his loss. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 17, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights DOJ and Congress Face New Calls to Probe Trump’s Financial Ties to Saudi Arabia The DOJ must investigate negotiations between Trump and Saudi Arabia while Trump was in power, says Sarah Leah Whitson. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! January 17, 2023 Truthout