US Senate

Sanders Calls on Democrats to Embrace 8-Point Plan to End Police Brutality, Protect Communities

'We Need to Put Guardrails in Place': Senator Unveils Plan to Bar Use of US Military Force Against Protesters

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"I thought that would seem obvious to everyone. But as we take up the NDAA next week, I'm going to be pushing to ensure the president can't treat the U.S. military as his personal palace guard."

From 'No Comment' to 'Didn't Really See It': GOP Lawmakers Squirm When Asked About Trump Threat to Unleash Military on Protesting Americans

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"This was the same response in Nazi Germany."

'They Need Our Help': As CBO Projects $16 Trillion GDP Loss Due to Pandemic, Sanders and Schumer Demand Relief for Working Families

Julia Conley, staff writer

" Why the hell won't Senator McConnell act like this is a crisis and pass...

Nearly 60% of Americans Support Extending Boosted Unemployment Benefits as Trump and McConnell Say Let Them Expire

With Over 100,000 Dead and Depression-Level Unemployment, Sanders Calls McConnell's Sandbagging of Covid-19 Relief 'Incomprehensible'

GOP 'Plot to Gut Social Security Behind Closed Doors' Gains Steam in Senate Covid-19 Talks

Senate Bill Would Guarantee Paychecks to Laid-Off Workers for Rest of 2020 'To Avoid Another Great Depression'

While Pushing for Corporate Legal Immunity, McConnell Vows to End Boosted Unemployment Benefits

National Day of Mourning Slams Trump and GOP's Failed Covid-19 Response as US Death Toll Nears 100,000

Supreme Court Election Year Vacancy 'Would be Different' This Time From Merrick Garland in 2016, Says Lindsey Graham

'No Excuse': Senate Slammed for Reauthorizing Government Spy Powers Without Crucial Privacy Protections

Demanding 'Unprecedented' Action From Congress, Sanders Says HEROES Act Must Include Medicare Expansion and $2,000 Monthly Payments

Senate Staffer Warns Congress 'Sleepwalking Toward a Gut-Wrenching, Painful Failure' on Covid-19 Relief

GOP Senator Who Voted for Trump Tax Cuts and Corporate Slush Fund Now Says 'Not Enough Money to Help Everybody' Harmed by Covid-19

Because One Check 'Not Nearly Enough,' Harris, Sanders, and Markey Bill Would Provide $2,000 Monthly Payments for Rest of Covid-19 Crisis

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I Know You're Not Thinking, You Never Do: Alleged President to Female Journalists Doing Their Job

Another day, another act of egregious misogyny by a boorish douchebag drunk on power: At a presser for his "new" not-NAFTA deal much like the old one he trashed, President-I-Just-Keep-Becoming-A-Worse-Asshole bullied and belittled two women journalists asking about Kavanaugh - ie doing their tough job - after which he defended the "drinking problem" Boofer Brett never admitted to. As he insulted the women - the soundtrack of our lives - his army of enabling, entitled goons dutifully chuckled.