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Despite 'War Crimes' Concerns in Yemen, Raytheon Nabs $1.6 Billion Arms Deal With UAE

"It's What Happens in a Totalitarian Regime": Capitol Police Slammed for "Disturbing" Attacks on Reporters

Julia Conley, staff writer

"It was insane, people were getting shoved into walls. It was unsustainable. It was violent."

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Youth Climate Leaders Launch Campaign to Make McConnell Regret 'Shameless' Green New Deal Ploy

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The fact that McConnell is trying to stop our organizing is a sign that he's...

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National Emergency? Here Are the Real Emergencies an Outraged Nation Tells President Trump

Jon Queally, staff writer

"Gun violence. Climate change. The fact that 40% of Americans don’t have $400...

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'Bring It On': Green New Deal Champions Welcome McConnell's Cynical Ploy for Up-or-Down Senate Vote

'This Is What Hope Feels Like': Green New Deal Resolution Hailed as 'Watershed Moment' for New Era of Climate Action

Senate Accused of Endorsing 'McCarthy-Era Tactics' as 25 Democrats Join GOP to Pass Anti-Boycott Bill

Voting Against McConnell Amendment, Sanders Says 'American People Do Not Want Endless War'

Calling Bill That Makes Voting Easier a "Power Grab," McConnell Exemplifies a GOP Terrified of Democracy

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) seen here on February 23, 2016.

"We're Here to Help": ACLU Schools Marco Rubio on First Amendment Rights and His Anti-BDS Bill

'Greed Has No Limit for GOP': McConnell Estate Tax Repeal Would Hand Tens of Billions to Walton and Koch Families

25 Democrats Join GOP to Advance Anti-Boycott Bill Sanders Warns Violates "Americans' First Amendment Rights"

'Democrats Can Stop This': Ahead of Fourth Vote, Senate Pressured to Defeat 'Unconstitutional' Attack on Right to Protest

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a press event in the Rose Garden of the White House on January 25, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

'This Is a Cave, Not a Wall': After 35 Days Trump Agrees to End Shutdown by Signing Deal Made Before Christmas

Brett Kavanaugh

'These Are Not Normal Nominees': As Trump Stacks Courts With Far-Right Judges, Dems Urged to Recognize Depth of Crisis

President Donald Trump

'Constitutionally Illegitimate': Trump's Draft Emergency Order Condemned

Further

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

GOP

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.

Newswire

Peace Action

Legislation Re-Introduced to End U.S. Role in Yemen War

Environment America

U.S. Senate Fails to Renew Land and Water Conservation Fund

Demand Progress

Demand Progress Praises Unprecedented Senate Passage of Yemen War Powers Resolution

MoveOn.org

Yemen War Powers Resolution Passage Marks New Era for U.S. Global Policies

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Senate War Powers Vote a “Firm Rebuke of US Military Participation in a Genocidal War” CEPR Co-Director Says

The Friends Committee on National Legislation

Senate Votes to End Illegal U.S. War in Yemen as Peace Talks Progress

Views

Diane Archer

To Be Crystal Clear: 'Medicare for All' Does Not Mean 'Medicare for Some'

Stephen Zunes

Disappointment (and a Little Hope) in First Foreign Policy Test of the New Congress

Katharine Trendacosta

Real Net Neutrality Is More Than a Ban on Blocking, Throttling, and Paid Prioritization

Kate Kizer

Congress Poised to Move Forward With Bold Agenda on Yemen

Vanita Gupta

Bill Barr Must Not Be Sessions 2.0 on Civil Rights

Kate Ruane, Abdullah Hasan

Marco Rubio and His Colleagues Need a Refresher on the First Amendment

Paul F. deLespinasse

How Congress Could, But Probably Won't, Take Charge of Shutdown Battle

Madhuri Grewal, Chris Rickerd

How to Fund the Government Without Paying for Trump's Border Wall

Tim Lau

Senate Passes Historic Criminal Justice Reform Legislation

Josh Bivens

The Bad Economics of PAYGO Swamp Any Strategic Gain From Adopting It

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