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Pompeo used taxpayer money to host posh dinners with CEO of Chick-fil-A and Fox News hosts: report
Roger Sollenberger
While the department leads U.S. foreign policy, only 14% of the guests were actually diplomats or foreign officials
Like a dictator, Trump keeps chopping away at democracy
David Cay Johnston
Trump is targeting our government’s inspectors general — the internal watchdogs uncovering his corruption
As unemployment hits 36 million, congressional GOP rejects a second round of stimulus checks
Matthew Rozsa
Congressional Republicans want to tie future relief to work, despite the fact that unemployment is at a record high
Leaked Pentagon memo undercuts Trump’s big promise: No vaccine until “at least the summer of 2021”
Igor Derysh
Trump and his defense secretary tout a vaccine by year's end. An internal Pentagon memo paints a different picture
Under cover of pandemic, Trump taking major steps toward autocracy: Where’s the media?
Dan Froomkin
In the last week, Trump's administration has tried to assert and consolidate total power. Who's telling the people?
Scientists say social distancing has worked really well to reduce coronavirus’s spread
Matthew Rozsa
A new study finds the nation's drastic measures saved 35 million people from contracting the virus
After Wisconsin Republicans forced election, study links in-person voting to spike in COVID-19 cases
Igor Derysh
University of Wisconsin study finds a "significant" link to increase in infections in weeks following Election Day
Trump executive order directs heads of every federal agency to gut regulations amid pandemic
Jake Johnson
"And we want to leave it that way," Trump says, indicating an appetite to make the sweeping deregulation permanent
Jane Roe’s “conversion” confession: More proof the religious right is run by grifters and liars
Amanda Marcotte
Norma McCorvey said she was paid to "convert": Yet more evidence of the deep sleaze on the Christian right
Construction firm lands $1.3 billion border wall contract after repeatedly wooing Trump on Fox News
Igor Derysh
A scandal-plagued company under inspector general probe gets another contract after its CEO appeals to Trump on Fox
Trump appears to have violated a federal court order by blocking a parody account on Twitter
Alex Henderson
A unanimous federal appeals court ruling found last year that Trump was prohibited from blocking Twitter followers
With 36 million out of work, Trump signals willingness to let expanded unemployment benefits expire
Jake Johnson
"Trump's plan is to cut off the boost to unemployment benefits and shower his wealthy buddies with more tax cuts"
House probes Trump’s quiet removal of inspector general amid investigation into Elaine Chao
Igor Derysh
Ousted official was probing allegations of special treatment to allies of Chao's husband, Mitch McConnell, Dems say
Trump threatens to block federal funding to Michigan for sending absentee ballot forms to all voters
Jake Johnson
The president's threat shows the lengths to which he is willing to go to stop an expansion of voting rights
Trump’s court jesters: Barr tries to protect his boss — is Graham shoving him off a cliff?
Heather Digby Parton
Barr proclaims that no president can be investigated — but Graham's Obamagate show trial could hurt Trump badly
Fox News’ coronavirus coverage decreased more than 40% over the past month, study reveals
Roger Sollenberger
Fox's coverage has also shifted from public health and scientific concerns to economic anxiety and fringe protests
Will the millennial left make peace with the “lesser evil” of Joe Biden? It’s complicated
Asad Haider
Is the "New New Left" being immature if it rejects compromise? At some point, we must demand real change
Reporter reveals how Trump turned the Secret Service into “captive customers” on taxpapers’ dime
Alex Henderson
Investigative reporter: Trump made the Secret Service "captive customers" in almost $1 million of gov. transactions
Scandal at State: A huge arms deal, a revolving-door lobbyist and the fired inspector general
Roger Sollenberger
An $8 billion Saudi arms deal, a revolving-door lobbyist and a fired inspector general: Is Pompeo in trouble?
The Church of QAnon: How right-wing conspiracy theories take the form of religious movements
Marc-André Argentino
The QAnon movement is now being used by some charismatic Christians as a way to interpret the Bible
Cell data reveals how right-wing lockdown protesters may be spreading COVID-19
Jake Johnson
"The behavior we're seeing at protests carries a high risk of infection," said an emergency care physician
Caving to pressure from Trump, Lindsey Graham will seek broad authority to subpoena Obama officials
Roger Sollenberger
Graham told the president he would not subpoena Obama. Now, his frequent golf buddy could get the next best thing
GOP’s Martha McSally continues to lose ground in Arizona as she bets her political future on Trump
Roger Sollenberger
Most troubling for McSally? The Trump-loving Republican is down nearly 20 points in Arizona's most-populous county
Federal Election Commission to regain law enforcement powers. Will it matter?
Dave Levinthal
Republican Trey Trainor becomes the bedraggled agency’s newest commissioner following Senate vote
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