US Senate

Sanders Says McConnell Cancelled August Recess Because He's "Scared to Death" GOP Will Lose Senate

'Uphill Battle,' But Net Neutrality Defenders Say Victory in House Possible

Jon Queally, staff writer

"The people saying we can’t win on net neutrality in the House are the same people who, just 5 months ago, were saying we could never do it in the Senate," said Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Thursday. "Ignore them. Just keep fighting."

'Black Mark in Our History': Six Democrats Join GOP to Confirm Torturer Gina Haspel as CIA Chief

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"This was never just about Gina Haspel. This is about a nation that claims...

Democrats Shamed for Supporting Gina Haspel, CIA Nominee Who Oversaw 'Chaining Detainees to Ceiling for Days, Naked or in Diapers'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

ACLU reminded lawmakers that Trump's nominee also "oversaw torture methods...

As Israel Massacres Palestinians in Gaza, 'Democrats Can't Be Silent... Anymore'

#RedAlert Urgency for Net Neutrality Ahead of 'Most Important Vote for the Internet in History of the Senate'

Democrats, Warns Sanders, Cannot Defeat Trump With Same Establishment Candidates

As Haspel Faces Senate, People Tortured by CIA Have Some Things to Say

CIA Propaganda Denounced as Durbin Sounds Alarm Over Agency Effort to Whitewash Haspel's Torturous Past

CIA Accused of 'A to Z Cover-Up' as Manchin Suggests He's Open to Voting for Haspel

Senate Democrats Prepare Final Push to Save Net Neutrality as Support for 'Red Alert' Campaign Grows

Gina Haspel Sought to Withdraw Nomination Over Torture Role: Washington Post

'Red Alert for Net Neutrality': Campaigners Announce New Effort to Overturn FCC's Assault on Open Internet

Putting Pressure on McConnell, Senate Committee Advances Bill to Protect Mueller From Trump

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

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.