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As Rubio Heads to India, US Progressives Sound Alarm About Repression and Surveillance of ProtestsOn the eve of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's trip to India, six progressives in the House of Representatives on Friday sounded the alarm over the Indian government's response to recent protests, including its alleged spying on American soil. "We write with concern regarding a pattern of repression, wrongful detention, and excessive use of force by…
Trump 'Picked an Incompetent Individual to Do the Job': Katie Zacharia Out After Less Than a WeekThe tumultuous tenure of White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has already come to an end just three days after her first press briefing . After his new hire shambled her way through yet another Fox News appearance the night before, President Donald Trump said on Friday that he'd suggested Zacharia "reconsider" her role as the top White House…
Amid GOP Midterm Woes, Trump Allies—Including Convicted Election Denier—Push for Martial LawAs President Donald Trump's broken promises to end the affordability crisis and not wage new wars drag Republicans down in the polls ahead of next month's midterm elections, people close to the president are reportedly urging him to declare martial law in the name of preventing voter fraud, an issue that's exceedingly rare and statistically negligible.…
'What Meta's Money Is Buying': DOJ Halts Probe of Facebook Owner That Has Given Trump MillionsTop officials at the US Department of Justice have reportedly halted a years-long criminal investigation into Facebook parent company Meta for allegedly facilitating—and profiting from—the illegal sale of drugs on its platforms, including to children. Bloomberg Law reported Thursday that "senior leaders" at the Justice Department "ordered career…
Ahead of Biodiversity Summit, UN Chief Warns Countries Are 'Subsidizing Suicide' by Backing Fossil Fuels"The food we eat, the water we drink, the very air we breathe—all are the gifts of biodiversity. Yet every day, humankind saws another branch off the tree of life," outgoing United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declared Friday, before a key global summit in Armenia. "Climate chaos. Invasive species. Overgrazing and overfishing. Excessive…
'Outrageous': Trump Loaded Up on Big Pharma Stocks While Jacking Up Drug CostsAn analysis released Friday by Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee details how US President Donald Trump loaded up on shares of major pharmaceutical companies last year as his administration and Republican allies enacted policies that benefited the industry—at the expense seniors and other patients. The JEC analysis estimates that…
‘Billionaires Aren’t Compatible With Democracy’: Elon Musk Tries to Boost Ken Paxton With $158 Million DonationThe world's richest man is spending an unprecedented sum of money to help Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton win a crucial US Senate race, according to Federal Election Commission filings disclosed Thursday. As reported by the Texas Tribune , the filings show SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in September gave $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), the…