“It’s a centerpiece of the ransom Speaker McCarthy has cobbled together as he threatens to trigger a catastrophic default,” said Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden. The Democratic chair of the Senate Finance Committee said Wednesday that the House GOP’s newly released debt ceiling legislation shows that the often fractious right-wing caucus is unified around at least one common […]
“Poverty should be considered a major risk factor for death in the U.S.,” argues a new analysis. Research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that poverty was linked to at least 183,000 deaths in the United States in 2019 among people aged 15 or older, making inadequate income the nation’s fourth-leading […]
“Wrong-house shootings are a bleak reminder how many of our fellow Americans are armed and waiting for an opportunity to kill,” said one historian. Numerous shootings of people who have mistakenly approached the wrong property have raised alarm among gun control advocates, as the United States faces what one columnist called the effects of a “national experiment […]
“Harlan Crow is not, as Thomas claims, his ‘dearest friend’ so much as his corrupt benefactor,” said one critic. “Thomas is unfit to serve on any court, let alone our nation’s highest court.” New revelations about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s business dealings with Texas Republican megadonor Harlan Crow on Thursday led to intensified […]