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A new MoveOn Civic Action petition is calling on the Department of Justice and the Trump administration to release all files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. The petition argues that full ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement today, on President Trump's steady march toward authoritarianism: This is what the march toward authoritarianism looks like:Stephen Colbert ...

Reporter’s arrest—on charges that have since been dropped—poses grave threat to press freedom and the public’s right to know ...

The orders Trump signed Thursday evening are unprecedented and let facilities put off using better technology or even turn ...

Group Warns of Grave Consequences for Democracy, Saying Lawmakers on Both Sides Just Legalized Political Self-Dealing, Bribery, and Crypto-Fueled Corruption ...

Twenty states have minimum wages no higher than the $7.25 federal level: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, ...

Groundwork Collaborative’s Chief of Policy and Advocacy Alex Jacquez shared the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to approve the Trump administration’s rescissions package, clawing ...

Today, the House passed a package of bills to promote cryptocurrency. This includes the Genius Act, a bill dealing with a ...

Demand Progress launched a campaign supporting an effort by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) to force the release of all files related to Jeffrey Epstein. If Massie and Khanna’s ...

MAGA Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee steamrolled committee rules and their Democratic colleagues, ignoring a request to hold a hearing with the DOJ whistleblower who brought forward ...