“Billionaires in both parties should not be able to buy elections, including primary elections,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sen. Bernie Sanders said during his primetime appearance at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night that overturning the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision should be “at the very top” of the party’s list of priorities, particularly given the outsized role […]
“How many more charred corpses does he have to see before the president considers a change in policy?” a CBS News reporter asked a White House official following the massacre. Israel used U.S.-made bombs in its attack on a camp of displaced Palestinians outside Rafah that killed dozens on Sunday night, according to analyses from […]
“These pardons violate U.S. obligations under international law and more broadly undermine humanitarian law and human rights at a global level.” A group of United Nations experts on the use of mercenaries said Wednesday that President Donald Trump committed an “affront to justice” last week when he pardoned four former Blackwater security contractors for the war […]
Four Republicans joined every Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday evening to approve a resolution condemning “racist” remarks made by President Donald Trump about minority Democratic congresswomen. The House resolution, which was passed 240-187, “strongly condemns” Trump’s “racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans […]