The federal government loses $600 billion each year because wealthy Americans avoid paying taxes. The top 1 percent of Americans “choose not to pay” more than $160 billion a year in taxes, according to an analysis last month from the… Read More ›
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Parents Reported to Child Services for Keeping Unvaccinated Kids Home
Kavitha Kasargod-Staub was looking forward to sending her two kids back to elementary school this fall. After a year of remote learning in Washington, D.C., her kids spent the summer attending day camp. “I’m certainly not in the group of… Read More ›
As Sen. Joe Manchin’s Star Rose in West Virginia, the FBI and IRS Probed His Closest Allies
In June 2010, the body of Sen. Robert Byrd lay in repose on the floor of the U.S. Senate, offering his colleagues a final opportunity to pay their respects. For years, Byrd had lorded over West Virginia politics, and he… Read More ›
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is the Dying Scream of the Corporate Democratic Party
Kyrsten Sinema might be on the young side for a senator — less than half the age of some of her colleagues — but she represents the Democratic Party’s past. Think of her and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as the… Read More ›
AFL-CIO Leadership Tries to Block Affiliate’s Vote on Endorsing BDS
The national leadership of the largest labor federation in the country is trying to stop one of its affiliates from debating and voting on a resolution that condemns Israeli violence against Palestinians, calls for an end to U.S. aid to… Read More ›
Biden Faces Deadline for Release of More JFK Assassination Papers
President Joe Biden will soon decide an obscure but potent question: Which secret files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy should be made fully public? When President Donald Trump faced the same decision four years ago, he… Read More ›
Biden’s Pick to Lead CBP Supports Two of Trump’s Most Controversial Border Initiatives
After months of delay, a Senate committee held a confirmation hearing Tuesday for President Joe Biden’s pick to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the nation’s largest law enforcement agency, who signaled his support for two of the Trump administration’s… Read More ›
Conservative Dark-Money Groups Push Deceptive Ads Against Biden’s Agenda
“Do you want to continue with this medication?” asks an actor portraying a doctor in a new political ad, holding a pill bottle out to a fictional patient. When the patient nods, the fake doctor turns left to two people… Read More ›
Joe Crowley Is Lobbying Against Biden’s Tax Hikes on the Rich
Joe Crowley, the former chair of the House Democratic Caucus who famously lost his 2018 primary to progressive challenger Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is now lobbying for one of Wall Street’s most powerful advocacy groups against his party’s tax hikes… Read More ›
Senate Intelligence Committee Endorsed CIA Term Central to Julian Assange Kidnapping Plot
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in 2017 gave its stamp of approval to a legal maneuver that we now know the CIA was using to hunt WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. According to an explosive investigation published Sunday by Yahoo News,… Read More ›