Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) … unveiled legislation that would place a hard cap on the size of financial institutions, a proposal that would splinter Wall Street’s biggest firms in an effort to ward off future taxpayer bailouts.
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Documents released by the Pentagon confirm that the migrant caravan traveling through Central America poses no threat to the United States, and they go as far as to say that its unlikely any of them will even reach this country … This proves that Trump is using our soldiers and the caravan as political tools to help Republicans in the midterms, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
In New Mexico, Democrat Deb Haaland won in the 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican Janice Arnold-Jones ... We speak to Deb Haaland about her plans for Congress, the crisis of missing and murdered Native American women around the country, and whether she’ll attempt to impeach Donald Trump.
"And, to be clear, the roughly 5,000 men, women, and children making the northward trek, by foot, from the Central American isthmus upward through Mexico and into the US are asylum seekers, not “migrants.” The difference is meaningful, and there are grave human rights implications in the repeated misuse of language to describe their predicament."
In truth, DeSantis’ dog-whistle tactics not only played to the overt racist nature and fears of some Floridians, but put a spotlight on the many white voters in the state who remain casually racist and willfully ignorant of how much racial progress still needs to be made in Florida and in the U.S. as a whole.
Colorado voters have managed to get a statewide anti-fracking measure on the November ballot. Proposition 112 would require companies to place new wells at least 2,500 feet from homes, schools, waterways and other areas designated as “vulnerable.”
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Sessions agreed to resign at Trump’s request, according to a copy of his resignation letter obtained by The Hill.
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Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Sessions over his recusal from the Russian election meddling investigation and other alleged failures.
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Kemp, who went to his home polling place in Winterville, Ga., on Tuesday afternoon, had to go back and get another card after unsuccessfully trying to vote.
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The U.N. now says some 14 million Yemenis are on the verge of famine, with 1.2 million suspected cases of cholera and over 2,400 cholera-related deaths
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Amendment 4 automatically reinstates voting rights for people with felony convictions upon completion of their sentences, including prison, parole and probation. Excluded are those convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense.
The reality TV star was found dead on Oct. 16 after a weekend of parties celebrating his 72nd birthday.
This year’s elections were particularly fraught, marked by dramatic polarization, political violence, and massive disinformation campaigns on social media, in a country that has been roiled by years of social, economic, and political crises.
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We speak with Hagai El-Ad, executive director of the human rights group B’Tselem, who testified Thursday in front of the United Nations Security Council about the crisis in Gaza and the West Bank.
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This is Part 2 of our conversation with El-Ad, executive director of the human rights group B’Tselem, in our New York studio
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Whether it’s kicking eligible Americans off the voter lists for simply not voting, refusing to process voter registration cards, moving or shutting down polling places, trying to confuse voters about requirements or any number of other shady tactics, Republicans across the nation are trying to stop eligible voters from voting.
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Lisa Murkowski, didn’t actually vote “nay”—or “yea” for that matter. In fact, her vote wasn’t registered at all in the final 50-48 tally. Instead, Murkowski voted “present,” a way to indicate she intended to “pair” her vote
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Vice President Mike Pence misstated federal statistics Tuesday when trying to help President Donald Trump make the case that terrorists are among thousands of migrants moving through Mexico toward the U.S. border.
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The question strategists are asking is … how they will deliver benefits like universal healthcare, affordable college, and justice reform to our people. Is it a no-brainer when it seems like we have endless resources for military hardware? Or is it dangerous utopianism in disguise?
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