Democratic Socialists of America co-chairman Ashik Siddiqu defended the organization’s call to abolish the Senate, arguing the chamber is fundamentally undemocratic and that eliminating it would make the federal government more representative. “The Senate is a very undemocratic institution,” Siddiqu said on a C-SPAN appearance. “I talked a bit about democracy, a ‘small d’ democracy, […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) found himself under fire from the Left on Tuesday after refusing to endorse Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel during a contentious interview with Drop Site News, despite his increasingly sharp criticism of the Israeli government following a recent trip to the West Bank. The interview, conducted by Drop Site […]
Senators pressed President Donald Trump’s nominees to handle major public health programs, asking whether they supported the vaccine skepticism of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the upper chamber grows increasingly frustrated with the administration’s management of vaccine policies. Dr. Erica Schwartz, the nominee to be the director of the Centers […]
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg teamed up with Democratic Iowa Senate candidate Josh Turek in hopes of boosting his campaign, as the state representative falls behind Trump-backed Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) on the fundraising front. Turek secured the nomination over anti-establishment candidate state Sen. Zach Wahls, and his victory turned heads in the Democratic Party […]
The explosive feud between the Israeli government and the nation’s supreme court has found a new point of conflict after judges froze a bill granting ultra-orthodox believers temporary exemption from military service. The High Court of Justice issued an injunction on Thursday blocking the implementation of the law, which was passed by the governing coalition […]
Former Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene labeled Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) a “murderer” after he died on Saturday from an aortic dissection. Greene, who left the Republican Party over its support of Israel and handling of the Epstein files, eulogized Graham as a “neo-con warmonger” on The Young Turks podcast Monday, distancing herself from […]
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) announced Wednesday morning that she will support an effort from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to cut off U.S. aid to Israel. Clark’s support for the amendment puts her at odds with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who told Democrats he would vote against the amendment in a Dear […]
President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, said Wednesday that he could meet with disgraced and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s victims but could not directly approach survivors represented by lawyers, responding to Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) demands that he personally hear from 10 victims within 30 days, among other Epstein-related questions the […]
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) has secured $20 million in fundraising during this year’s second quarter for his reelection campaign, outpacing his Republican opponent in the general election by nearly 10 times. Confident in its latest fundraising haul, Ossoff’s campaign announced the incumbent has $42 million in the bank as of Wednesday. Nearly 90% of the […]
Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN) signed an executive order Wednesday ending the state’s use of race- and sex-based preferences in awarding state contracts following the Indiana attorney general’s finding that certain programs were unconstitutional. Braun said he had directed Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) to review whether the state’s Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises procurement […]
