U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is planning to speak Wednesday about the Justice Department’s efforts to investigate and prosecute those involved in the U.S. Capitol riot a year ago. Scheduled for 2:30 p.m. EST (1930 Universal Time), Garland’s remarks to the Department of Justice workforce will come the day before the anniversary of the disturbance […]
“It was a failed coup. Call it what it was. It didn’t work! But they sure as hell tried.” Additional evidence of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to invalidate and reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential race came to light on Friday when the New York Times, using newly obtained documents, reported that Trump pressured top Justice Department […]
“If you want to be elected president, you have to be 35 years old, you have to be a natural-born citizen, and you cannot take an oath of office and then turn around and incite an insurrection.” Calling on election officials across the U.S. to recognize that the nation “is at a critical crossroads,” a non-profit legal […]
“Unless we abolish the filibuster, there will be no progress on any agenda focused on justice, fairness, or basic survival,” said Sen. Ed Markey. Intensifying progressive calls to eliminate the legislative filibuster, Senate Republicans wielded the archaic procedural tool on Friday to torpedo a bill that sought to establish an independent commission to probe the […]