OTTAWA — Conservative leader Erin O’Toole has tested positive for COVID-19. His positive result Friday evening came hours after Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet issued a statement that he too had tested positive. Both men will now be unable to attend next week’s throne speech, with Blanchet required to isolate until at least Sept. 26 […]
Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) on Tuesday issued a statement congratulating two progressive candidates on their primary wins. Sanders endorsed Ben Jealous in the Democratic primary […]
So-called dark money funded nearly 44 percent of outside groups’ television ads in Senate and House races so far this year, according to an analysis by USA Today of Kantar Media data. Of the nearly 107,000 ads coming from outside groups this year through July 8, about 47,000 of those TV spots are from groups […]
Billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer is committed to spending to $110 million in 2018, focusing on his political groups, Politico reported on Tuesday. Stayer has funneled millions into his organizations, NextGen America and Need to Impeach. Politico noted that he has already doubled his commitment to Need to Impeach from $20 million to $40 million, and […]
The players were not kneeling in protest. They were kneeling in prayer. Fox News was widely rebuked for airing misleading photos of Philadelphia Eagles players in a story about President Donald Trump’s last-minute move to cancel the Super Bowl champions’ visit to the White House and instead host military musicians who will play the National […]
While outraged Americans across the country are calling their elected representatives and taking to the streets to protest the Trump administration’s forcible separation of parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, intelligence and defense contractors are raking in millions thanks to the cruel practice. According to reporting by the Daily Beast, the intelligence contractor MVM, […]
With just days before President Donald Trump’s scheduled arrival in the United Kingdom and with massive protests planned, the British people are also using the airwaves to express their disapproval of the “American Idiot” by getting the Green Day song of the same name to shoot to #1 on the British charts. According to the […]
Progressive voices in Congress spoke out on Wednesday against the U.S. Supreme Court’s attack on public sector unions, as the nation’s top justices ruled 5-4 against the largest public sector union in the country in a landmark case over union fees—and vowed to continue fighting for workers’ rights alongside working Americans. Progressive voices in Congress […]
Long-time progressive champion Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) on Monday officially announced her widely speculated and highly anticipated candidacy to serve as chair of the Democratic Caucus, the party’s fourth-highest ranking position in the House, for the next congressional session. “Whether it’s working across the aisle to enact HIV/AIDS laws, or bringing the Sanders and Clinton […]
In a Democratic primary race that has provoked comparisons to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s shocking victory over longtime Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) in June, voters in Delaware headed to the polls on Thursday to determine whether community activist Kerri Evelyn Harris will succeed in ousting Sen. Tom Carper, the incumbent three-term “business-friendly” centrist. Although Harris is still […]