In a lengthy Washington Post interview with Anita Hill and five female Democratic lawmakers who supported her during the historic confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas in 1991, Hill criticized former Vice President Joe Biden’s recent apology regarding how he and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee handled her allegations that Thomas sexually harassed…
Following a massive wave of progressive victories in elections throughout the U.S. earlier this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) argued in a Politico op-ed on Friday that the Democratic Party must embrace “fundamental reforms” and “welcome into its ranks millions of working people and young people” if it is to build on this grassroots momentum…
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by Amazon Polly Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a long-awaited plan to overhaul EU asylum procedures Wednesday, aiming to unify European capitals behind a common migration policy after years of deadlock and acrimony over the issue. Despite entrenched positions among national capitals, the Commission president hopes that…
The New York Times is commending Democratic Pennsylvania congressional candidate Conor Lamb for his performance in a deep-red district, saying it shows that Democrats should challenge Republicans in every race this fall. “Regardless of who wins the special House election in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, the Democratic candidate, Conor Lamb, has already accomplished something impressive by showing that his party ought…
The bipartisan No Labels group is looking to expand its fight for political moderates to more than a dozen primaries this year after being emboldened by Rep. Daniel LipinskiDaniel William LipinskiEngel scrambles to fend off primary challenge from left Liberal group backs challenger to Engel in Democratic primary The Hill’s Campaign Report: Campaigns scale back amid coronavirus threat MORE’s (D-Ill.)…
Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanBush, Romney won’t support Trump reelection: NYT Twitter joins Democrats to boost mail-in voting — here’s why Lobbying world MORE’s (R-Wis.) decision to retire from Congress has set off more alarm bells for Republicans worried about whether they can hold the House in the midterm elections. The ripple effects of Ryan’s…
Denouncing the GOP tax bill as a “dangerous” scheme that “gives away huge amounts of money to those who need it least and takes money from those who need it most,” a group of 10 religious leaders occupied an office of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Thursday demanding that she reverse her decision to support…
Consumer advocacy groups denounced the Department of Education’s decision on Wednesday to reverse the Obama administration’s pledge to forgive for-profit student loan debt—instead introducing an income-based system under which only some students will be liable for debt they incurred when attending schools in the fraudulent Corinthian Colleges chain. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that instead…
AEW’s one-hour Late Night Dynamite special, which aired on TNT following game three of the NBA Western Conference Finals last night, averaged 585,000 viewers. The special began at 12:38 a.m. on the East Coast. It finished ninth overall in the 18-49 demo with a 0.26 rating. That matches the rating NXT did on Sept 1 when it…
In response to President Donald Trump’s announcement this week that he plans to hold an awards ceremony for dishonest media outlets, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Friday it was organizing its own event to honor anti-press world leaders. CPJ documents threats to press freedom including cases of journalists being killed, injured and imprisoned…