“If Amazon can afford to pay its CEO $214 million last year it can afford to give their workers a $5-an-hour raise and a safe workplace,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. After months of working in what they say are unsafe weather conditions for wages that leave them struggling to afford basic necessities, more than 150 workers […]
“With Republicans threatening to cut benefits—and worse, eliminate the program entirely—Dems need to make clear they’re fighting to protect and expand benefits.” As progressive lawmakers renewed calls for protecting Social Security from GOP attacks, Data for Progress on Monday pointed to polling that shows about 80% of U.S. voters across partisan divides support boosting benefits. As a recent […]
“Former President Trump’s conduct has potentially put our national security at grave risk,” Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Adam Schiff wrote to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines. Democratic Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Adam Schiff on Saturday asked federal intelligence officials to immediately review the top secret documents that FBI agents retrieved during last week’s search of […]
Menacing messages posted online “include a threat to place a so-called dirty bomb in front of FBI Headquarters” and “general calls for ‘civil war’ and ‘armed rebellion,’” officials warned. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into an “unprecedented” number of threats against its staff and facilities in the wake of last week’s search of former […]