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The main dark-money group backing Kamala Harris and Joe Biden raised a staggering $613 million last year, while its pro-Trump counterpart brought in $275 million, new filings show. [...]
After viewing video of a follow-up strike, Republicans largely had confidence in the Pentagon’s legal rationale while Democrats questioned its legality. [...]
The Venezuelan government was said to have ordered the escort, according to two people familiar with the matter. It was not immediately clear whether the vessels were subject to U.S. sanctions. [...]
The first lady is behind a movie that she has said will give a better idea of what it was like for her to move into the White House for a second time. [...]
The attack against Venezuela's principal revenue source has nothing to do with drug trafficking–military operations abroad are the least effective method of combating drugs–but rather, reflects an imperial desire acted [...]
I have been thinking about what non-sensational facts about Europe may be overlooked in Washington—particularly as recent reporting suggests that Donald Trump may seek to pull Italy, Austria, Hungary, and [...]
The recent government shutdown was a stark reminder that 42 million people across the United States rely on federal food benefits. That’s 12 percent of the nation’s population that lawmakers and [...]
The long American century is over. Across the world, affiliations and institutions staked in blood and soil, faith-based (as opposed to empirically based) ways of knowing, and personalized, autocratic power [...]
During his first term, after repeatedly promising the country a terrific health care plan, Donald Trump famously commented, “Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.” In fact, everyone [...]