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Less than 24 hours after Mississippi‘s Republican Gov. Tate Reeves tried to dismiss the threat that Covid-19 poses to children, an eighth-grader in the state died from complications due to the virus. “If you look at those individuals under the age of 12, what you find is that it is …

Matt Gaetz‘s career in Congress, and life as a free man in America, has been in danger since it was revealed in March that the notably coiffed MAGA icon is under federal investigation for sex trafficking a minor. This danger became a little more acute a few months later when …

It’s pride month, which means corporations are tripping over themselves to come out as allies of the LGBT community — even those corporations that are actively standing in the way of legislation that would expand protections for the members of that community. But a growing number of activists and lawmakers …

WASHINGTON — Nearly five months ago, a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, attacked police officers, chanted about hanging then-Vice President Mike Pence, and tried to stop the certification of Joe Biden‘s election victory. At one point on that day, January 6, 2021, insurrectionists spilled onto the floor of the …

“Nobody’s votes are being suppressed anywhere across America, in any of the states,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said this week of the Democrats’ H.R. 1 For the People Act to ensure voting rights, but leaked footage obtained by Mother Jones reveals the opposite is true. The head of the …

With the withdrawal from Afghanistan now formally underway, the Pentagon says they are concerned about attacks from the Taliban on U.S. and coalition forces as they depart from the region. “We have to assume that this drawdown will be opposed,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said this week. The military …

One day after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd, a New York judge scheduled an inquiry into the city’s handling of Eric Garner’s 2014 death on Staten Island. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose administration sought to delay the inquiry, could be …

It was the running joke of the Trump administration that seemingly every other week was “Infrastructure Week.” But despite Trump’s bona fides as a builder and alleged prowess as a deal-maker, he failed to broker any major bill to invest in the nation’s decrepit roads and bridges. Every time his …

Washington, D.C., should be a state. It’s in the United States, as are the over 700,000 people living there who currently have no — read: zero — voting representation in Congress. This should be reason enough for anyone even a little bit concerned with democracy to support granting the district …

Two men have been arrested and charged with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick and two other law enforcement officers. The men allegedly sprayed a chemical on the officers during the January 6th attack on the Capitol, the Washington Post reported. Sicknick died after the riot but authorities have …