Former coal executive Don Blankenship, who is locked in a bitter feud with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate advances public lands bill “Blankenship defends 'Chinaperson' amid further attacks on McConnell”
Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US Embassy in Jerusalem
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In Latest Progressive Reform, Philadelphia DA Ends Cash Bail for Many Non-Violent Offenses
Criminal justice reform advocates applauded Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s decision, announced on Wednesday, to end its cash bail requirements for low-level, non-violent offenses—a system “In Latest Progressive Reform, Philadelphia DA Ends Cash Bail for Many Non-Violent Offenses”
US Secretly Negotiated With Russians to Buy Stolen NSA Documents—And the Russians Offered Trump-Related Material, Too
The United States intelligence community has been conducting a top-secret operation to recover stolen classified U.S. government documents from Russian operatives, according to sources familiar with “US Secretly Negotiated With Russians to Buy Stolen NSA Documents—And the Russians Offered Trump-Related Material, Too”
Internet Users Won't Be Duped, Say Critics of 'Sham' GOP Net Neutrality Bill
While earlier this week Washington became the first state to enact a law to protect net neutrality from the Trump administration’s attack, and at least 25 “Internet Users Won't Be Duped, Say Critics of 'Sham' GOP Net Neutrality Bill”
Poll Shows Facebook Popularity Tanking. And People Don't Like Zuckerberg Much Either
The Cambridge Analytica scandal appears to have taken a toll on public opinion of Facebook, as a new poll shows that love for the social “Poll Shows Facebook Popularity Tanking. And People Don't Like Zuckerberg Much Either”
Teacher Rebellion Heads West as Tens of Thousands in Arizona Stage Walk-ins, Threaten Walk-Outs Over Funding
A wave of protests demanding increased education funding has moved west, as teachers, students, and parents at about 1,000 schools across Arizona staged “walk-ins” on “Teacher Rebellion Heads West as Tens of Thousands in Arizona Stage Walk-ins, Threaten Walk-Outs Over Funding”
Koch brothers group launches ads thanking vulnerable Dem senator
A group linked to the conservative mega-donors Charles and David Koch is preparing a digital advertising campaign in support of a centrist Democratic senator who backed a key “Koch brothers group launches ads thanking vulnerable Dem senator”
Booker: Americans should be 'deeply disturbed' by direction of their country
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'Neglect and Bureaucracy': Six Months After Maria, Trump Condemned for Failed Response in Puerto Rico
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