Politics

A House committee voted to advance a bill that would create a commission to study the effects of slavery in the United States and the possibility of paying reparations to the descendants of enslaved people. This vote marks the first time the bill, H.R. 40, has made it out of …

Jon Stewart went to Washington to advocate for military veterans who suffer from diseases stemming from exposure to burn pits and who have been denied government benefits. The comedian joined members of both political parties on Tuesday to fight for legislation that would allow easier access to Veterans Affairs benefits …

Donald Trump spoke to Republican Party donors at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Saturday night and tore into Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, calling him a “dumb son of a bitch” and “a stone-cold loser.” Speaking to attendees of the Republican National Committee’s donor retreat about the 2020 presidential election that …

It doesn’t look like a $15 minimum wage is going to happen anytime soon. It sure seemed like it had a chance for a while there, though. Democrats wanted it in the coronavirus relief bill, which they’re gearing up to pass through reconciliation, a measure allowing the Senate to advance …

President Biden informed Congress on Thursday that he has rescinded Trump’s 2019 national emergency declaration that redirected billions in order to fund construction of the former president’s beloved border wall with Mexico. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the president said Trump’s declaration was unnecessary and the taxpayer …

UPDATE: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that Democrats will bring to the floor a resolution to strip Greene of her committee assignments. “I spoke to Leader McCarthy this morning, and it is clear there is no alternative to holding a Floor vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene …

During his seminal “House of Many Mansions” address, Winston Churchill identified the problem with appeasement in one of history’s most momentous mixed metaphors. “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their …

After blasting GOP leadership for placing “QAnon congresswoman” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on the Education Committee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said extra security resources were needed to protect some of her colleagues because “the enemy is within the House of Representatives.” Pelosi made the remarks during a Thursday news conference …

The first day of the Biden administration brought a sensation somewhere between satisfaction and joy. Watching the day’s ceremonies felt like a kind of cleansing, as if the patriotic emblems, rituals, and all the rest on display had had an exorcism, as if things were back to something like normal. …

Donald Trump‘s summertime push for “law and order” could come back to haunt him this winter after the storming of the U.S. Capitol. In his authoritarian response to protests against white supremacy that swept the nation after the homicide of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Trump signed an executive order …