Republican ascendancy is always a possibility with US elections, but the perils this time are more extreme than ever
Coming into the home stretch before the 2022 midterm elections, I feel different than I’ve felt in the days before every election I’ve witnessed or participated in over the last three-quarters of a century.
In elections before this one, I’ve worried about Republicans taking over and implementing their policy preferences – against political rights in the dark days...
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The results of the midterms may determine if American democracy endures | Robert Reich
Republican ascendancy is always a possibility with US elections, but the perils this time are more extreme than ever
Coming into the home stretch before the 2022 midterm elections, I feel different than I’ve felt in the days before every election I’ve witnessed or participated in over the last three-quarters of a century.
In elections before this one, I’ve worried about Republicans taking over and implementing their policy preferences – against political rights in the dark days...
New York has a chance to generate all its electricity from clean energy by 2030 | Ross Barkan
If Democrats act, New Yorkers will begin to get the government they deserve. With climate cataclysms here, the political system can’t afford more delays
It has been, for progressives in New York, a trying year.
Major pieces of legislation that were supposed to reshape the state to safeguard the working class have stalled out. A bill to create a statewide single-payer healthcare system is no closer to passage than it was several years ago. A push to guarantee new protections for...
New York has a chance to generate all its electricity from clean energy by 2030 | Ross Barkan
If Democrats act, New Yorkers will begin to get the government they deserve. With climate cataclysms here, the political system can’t afford more delays
It has been, for progressives in New York, a trying year.
Major pieces of legislation that were supposed to reshape the state to safeguard the working class have stalled out. A bill to create a statewide single-payer healthcare system is no closer to passage than it was several years ago. A push to guarantee new protections for...
Mike Pence to defy Trump and campaign with Georgia governor Brian Kemp – live
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Lloyd Austin, the US defense secretary, held a call with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday in which he called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, the Pentagon said.
During the call Austin also “emphasized the importance of maintaining lines o...
Joe Biden to address inflation as Congress mulls big aid bill for Ukraine – live
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Obama calls Biden ‘vice-president’ on return to the White House – video
Barack Obama jokingly referred to Joe Biden as 'vice-president' on his return to the White House for the first time since 2017. The 44th president was there to celebrate the Affordable Care Act and offered Biden a potential boost ahead of the midterm elections
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Ivanka Trump will testify before the January 6 committee this afternoon.
The Guardian confirmed that former president Donald Trump’s oldest daughter, and former senior White House adviser, will speak to the panel virtually.
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Fox News hosts and Trump Jr urged Mark Meadows to help stop Capitol attack, texts reveal – live
Texts turned over by Meadows to committee include pleas from Fox News hosts and Donald Trump Jr urging the chief of staff to take action
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During the hearing aimed at taking up the contempt resolution against Mark Meadows,...
John Roberts is no longer the leader of his own court. Who, then, controls it?
Chief justice no longer sits in supreme court’s ideological center and has lost the power to cast the deciding vote in any ruling
When Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the decisive vote in 2012 that upheld Barack Obama’s signature achievement in office, the Affordable Care Act, he reportedly did so following after a month-long campaign by fellow conservatives to try to get him to join their side.
His decision to side with liberal colleagues inspired ire on the right but it ...