Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are dupes of pretended patriots.” — Elbridge Gerry, 1... Read more
The New York Times obtained footage of the botched strike in Kabul, whose victims included seven children, through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. [...]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has diabetes, has been participating in Supreme Court arguments remotely. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, her seatmate, is the only member of the court who does not wear a mask. [...]
The case was a constitutional clash on the scope of executive privilege and whether a former president may invoke it when the current one has waived it. [...]
The panel investigating the assault on the Capitol wants information from two leaders of the “America First” extremist movement. [...]
Mr. Biden’s comments went well beyond the formal intelligence assessments described by White House officials, which conclude that Russia’s president has not yet decided whether to invade. [...]
Without the votes to change Senate rules, Democrats had no avenue for overcoming a Republican filibuster against legislation intended to offset new state voting restrictions. [...]
Legal scholars say a long-forgotten provision of the Constitution could bar from office anyone who encouraged the Capitol riot. [...]
The panel investigating the assault on the Capitol wants information from two leaders of the “America First” extremist movement. [...]
The masks will be distributed at pharmacies and community health centers, but some public health experts said the effort was coming too late. [...]
The case was a constitutional clash on the scope of executive privilege and whether a former president may invoke it when the current one has waived it. [...]
President Biden reserved his most aggressive language for Republicans in Congress, accusing them of conspiring to block everything that his administration has tried to do. [...]
The potential for interference between 5G signals and the radio altimeters long used by pilots has divided the telecom and aviation industries. [...]
The New York Times is publishing the full, unedited 25 minutes of drone footage released as three video clips by the Defense Department in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. [...]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has diabetes, has been participating in Supreme Court arguments remotely. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, her seatmate, is the only member of the court who does not wear a mask. [...]
The New York Times obtained footage of the botched strike in Kabul, whose victims included seven children, through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. [...]
Republicans used the filibuster for a fifth time to block action on the bill, and Democrats pledged to begin what appeared to be a doomed bid to change Senate rules to pass it. [...]
The U.S. secretary of state met with Ukraine’s president and said he would not present a written diplomatic proposal to Russia when he meets with his Russian counterpart on Friday. [...]
Prominent Democrats are expressing rage at their party’s two filibuster holdouts, rather than at Republicans who are blocking their voting rights bill. [...]
The former governor still has a big war chest even as he faces large legal bills. [...]
Democrats’ bid to force through a new bill intended to offset state voting restrictions appeared doomed to fall to a Republican filibuster. [...]
Visitors can go to covidtests.gov and click through to a Postal Service web page where they can order four tests per household, free of charge. [...]
The powerful political action committee said the Arizona senator could find herself “standing alone” in 2024 if she refuses to change Senate rules to force through voting rights legislation. [...]
For conservatives, the country has become a symbol of coronavirus “tyranny.” [...]
A court filing by a defendant in a Capitol riot case said the Justice Department was looking for information about a possible “organized conspiracy” involving the former president. [...]
