Congress
Republicans are obstructing attempts to get the full Mueller report
March 29, 2019Democrats intensified their demands for Robert Mueller's full report Thursday after learning the special counsel's findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than 300 pages, while President Donald Trump boasted of total exoneration based on...
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Pentagon will hand over $1 billion for 57 miles of Trump’s border wall
March 28, 2019This first use of Trump’s veto power sets a dangerous precedent for an escalation of the administration’s authoritarian tactics.
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A worker’s story launches major labor law reform effort in Congress
March 27, 2019Every day Cynthia Harper went to work for two years, from early 2015 to early 2017, at the Fuyao Glass America plant in Moraine, Ohio, she wondered if she’d come home alive.
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Editorial: Stop waiting for Mueller’s report to save us
March 26, 2019Preserving our democracy will require a lot of work. We need to begin that work in earnest now.
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Immigration: AFL-CIO pushing lawmakers to protect Dreamers, TPS recipients
March 15, 2019"Can we get some Republicans?” Bricklayers President Jim Boland asked rhetorically. It depends on whether employers, in the interest of having a stable workforce, have the will to stand up to the president.
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