The Democratic-controlled U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday received six years of former President Donald Trump’s federal tax returns, ending a three-year battle in which the 2024 Republican presidential candidate fought fiercely against sharing documents that every one of his predecessors since Richard Nixon have disclose...
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday by a margin of 221-207 to pass a concurrent resolution adding seven days of paid sick leave to a White House-brokered contract that over half of the nation’s unionized rail workforce had rejected but that President Joe Biden urged Congress to force through to prevent a nation...
NEW YORK (AA) – Türkiye’s UN envoy slammed statements Tuesday about Turkish airstrikes on the YPG/PKK group in northern Syria, saying that calling a terror group “democratic” is an affront to democracy. n was referring to the US’ partner in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF. “You may change the name of t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Department of Defense said Tuesday it has reduced its patrols with PKK/YPG in the wake of Türkiye’s airstrikes against the group. Speaking at a press conference, Pentagon spokesman Brigadier Gen. Patrick Ryder said the US recognizes Türkiye’s security concerns but remains “deeply concerned”...
Environmental justice advocates celebrated Tuesday when a fracking company accepted responsibility for poisoning drinking water supplies in Dimock, Pennsylvania. Nearly 14 years after a well explosion on New Year’s Day 2009 revealed to Dimock residents that methane had percolated into their groundwater, Cabot Oil & Gas pleaded no con...
Sen. Bernie Sanders said late Tuesday night that it was time to “put up or shut up” for any U.S. lawmaker who claims to fight for the working class as he and other progressives in Congress vowed to insert paid sick leave into a labor agreement between railway workers and the nation’s rail companies. With a […]
While more than 500,000 Georgians have already cast their ballots for a December 6 runoff, progressive leaders and groups are encouraging Peach State voters to help U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, the Democratic incumbent, defeat his GOP challenger, ex-football player Herschel Walker. The tight race has implications for not only Georgia but the ent...
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was convicted Tuesday by a federal jury of seditious conspiracy for his leading role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump and his “Big Lie” that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate. The Washingt...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Calling for the withdrawal of American forces from the region, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday the presence of “foreigners” has a “destabilizing effect on regional security”. He made the remarks at a joint press conference in Tehran with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-...
Shanghai, China (AFP): China’s major cities of Beijing and Shanghai have been flooded with security in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. The government faced protests not seen in decades as anger over unrelenting lockdowns has brought out deep-rooted frustration with its politica...