The testimony was invite-only … the only people who were able to testify were opponents of Critical Race Theory. None of those invited to testify about how race is being taught in Missouri schools were Black.
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Messages leaked to the Washington Post implicate Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) in a plot to create a so-called "Brooks Brothers Riot" in his home state to block President Joe Biden's victory.
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Senate minority leader thinks Republicans have found their secret weapon in Arizona's puzzling Democratic senator
In an apparent response to growing calls for making U.S. aid to the Netanyahu government conditional on Israeli adherence to human rights law, 330 members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter late last month insisting that the $3.8 billion in annual military aid the United States provides Israel remain unconditional.
The West Virginia Democrat not only still supports the filibuster — now he wants to appease the insurrectionists
The Brennan Center previously found 253 such bills in its February roundup, but the number continues to grow as Republican lawmakers seek to crack down on ballot access in response to months of blatantly false claims about election fraud by former President Donald Trump and his allies.
"A lot of this bill is dealing with the mechanics of the election," he insisted. "It has nothing to do with potential fraud or not."
A new report reveals that as a record number of people in the United States lost their jobs and struggled to put food on the table during the past year of the pandemic … Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who saw his personal wealth increase by $65 billion — more than $7 million every hour.
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The use of state resources to benefit people close to the governor raises serious ethical questions, experts said. New York law prohibits state officials from using their positions to secure privileges for themselves or others.
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"Fire the entire Post Office board. Then fire this corrupt man before he destroys the entire USPS for good."
The announcement set for Tuesday is part of DeJoy's strategic vision for the agency, one that has left postal advocates wary of any changes that could further diminish operations.
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Whether some of his actions constituted sexual harassment, under laws he himself has championed, should not be a matter of viewpoint.
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In an internal draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, the Army said the U.S. military shouldn’t be needed to help police with traffic and crowd management, as city officials had requested, unless more than 100,000 demonstrators were expected.
Nearly half of these weapons of war were sold to nations in the Middle East—a region beset by war and conflicts unleashed and exacerbated by American foreign policy.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s two apologies for alleged sexual misconduct are straight out of a master class in how not to say you’re sorry.
When Dandridge stayed at one of those casino hotels where she was billed to perform, she was told the swimming pool was out of bounds for Black guests. Dandridge … showed up at the pool in her bathing suit as the all-white swimming crowd gazed. Then Dandridge just stuck her toe into the water.
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"The mask is off. Republicans want to steal your right to vote and pulverize democracy because they don't think they can win elections on ideas or humanity."
Cuomo asked if he could kiss her just moments after they met at the wedding. She also alleged he stroked her lower back, which was left uncovered by the cut-out of her dress.
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Extremism experts on CPAC's "inadvertent" use of a Nazi-associated rune: A clear signal, with unclear motives