US Senate

Thanks to Rand Paul's "Cowardly Flip-Flop," Senate Committee Approves Warmonger Pompeo

Denouncing Pompeo's 'Disturbing' Pro-War Record, Grassroots Groups Push Democrats to Unite Against His Confirmation

Jake Johnson, staff writer

The confirmation of Pompeo and Trump CIA pick Gina Haspel would "normalize torture" and "increase the likelihood of war," more than 50 progressive organizations warned

Urgent Demands for Congress to Act as Net Neutrality's "Slow and Insidious" Death Begins

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Momentum is on our side, but time isn't. Members of Congress need to know that...

CIA Operative Who Tortured, Destroyed CIA Torture Tapes, and Now Wants To Lead CIA Was "Cleared," Says CIA

Jon Queally, staff writer

"Torture was illegal and immoral after 9/11, and it still is now," warn critics...

From 'Deeply Disappointing' to 'Disgusting,' Heitkamp Draws Ire as First Democrat to Back Pompeo

Senate Republicans Take Trump's War on Regulations to 'Vicious' New Level

With Committee One Vote Shy of Rejecting Pompeo, Will Senate Democrats Unite Against Trump War Cabinet?

Mobilizing Online and In the Streets, Sane Voices Demand Senate #StopPompeo

As Trump Reportedly Considers Firing Rosenstein, Senators Move to Protect Mueller Probe

As Trump Threatens to Bomb Syria, Lawmakers Say Attack Without Congressional Approval "Unconstitutional"

In Wake of 'Shameful' Vote by US Senate, New Cholera Warning for Yemen

'Blood of Thousands on Their Hands': Senate Votes for More Carnage in Yemen

While Shooting Massacres of Kids Could Not, Dog Killed by Airline Spurs GOP Senator to Act Fast

Next Time Wall Street Needs Bailout, Say Critics, Remember Names of These 16 Democrats

10 Years After Meltdown, Warren Unveils "The Ending Too Big to Jail Act"

Democrats 'Fooling Themselves' to Think Wall Street Giveaway Will Bolster 2018 Chances, Progressives Warn

Further

Ouch

Most cringeworthy moment of a too-often cringeworthy Congress, ever: The pallid churlish leaders of the House and Senate forced by circumstance - a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King - to hold hands and join in an excruciating, swaying, bumbling rendition of "We Shall Overcome." Mitch McConnell wins the Deer In Headlights Award, by a graceless hair. Maybe one day we'll overcome these people. Here's Pete Seeger, doing it right.