“Donald Trump’s Big Lie about the 2020 election represents a very real and continued threat to our democracy,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday released an exhaustive report that describes in new detail how then-President Donald Trump and his allies repeatedly pressured the U.S Department of Justice to overturn his 2020 […]
Gov. Brad Little promptly announced he would rescind the lieutenant governor’s order. An executive order issued by Idaho’s far-right lieutenant governor had been announced only minutes earlier when Gov. Brad Little said Tuesday night that he would rescind the directive aimed at banning vaccine mandates. Little’s second-in-command, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, announced Tuesday on social media that […]
“Another example of Big Pharma reaping billions from public investment into research by charging extortionate, rip-off prices for lifesaving Covid drugs.” The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant Merck is facing accusations of price gouging after it charged the U.S. over $700 per patient for a taxpayer-funded coronavirus treatment that, according to research, costs just $17.74 to produce. “This is why we […]
A man who portrayed himself as a Native American spiritual counselor was sentenced Thursday in federal court for sexually abusing a Native American minor and for illegally possessing feathers, talons and heads from seven bald eagles and seven golden eagles, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge John F. Heil III sentenced sexual […]