The ultrawealthy poured money into a successful campaign to defeat a graduated state income tax. Investigative reporters at ProPublica reveal the scale of their return on this investment.
Politics, Corruption & Criminality
If you’re worried about incurring medical debt during a health crisis or are struggling to deal with bills you already have, you’re not alone.
This scenario isn't just plausible: it’s probable. GOP-controlled states are already changing their state laws to allow for it, regardless of how their people vote.
Google may have provided Sberbank-owned RuTarget with unique mobile phone IDs, IP addresses, location information and details about users’ interests and online activity.
New government rules will force health insurers to publicly disclose what they pay for just about every service. That information could help consumers and employers know whether they’re getting a fair deal.
Despite renewed attention in Washington on the fake electors, the vast majority of people involved in the scheme have so far escaped scrutiny. But now the full list is available.
The January 6 Committee has been asking witnesses connected to Trump whether they have been contacted by anyone attempting to impact testimony. Sure enough...
Republicans respond to any example of their extremism with a grab bag of rehearsed misdirections—lying, denying, cherry-picking, gaslighting, what-abouting, culture-warring, or simply counterattacking Biden, Blackness, and wokeness.
Food experts have warned for years that monopolies make our food supply vulnerable. Now families with babies are paying the price.
Trump and his MAGA allies planned, promoted, and paid for a seditious conspiracy to overturn an election they lost, and Ron Johnson attempted to deliver it to D.C. on a silver platter.
The Texas GOP platform formalizes the false idea that Joe Biden is illegitimate, hatred of the LGBT+ community, white supremacy, paranoia of immigrants and the idea that Texas can ignore federal laws that it doesn't like.
A "perfect" compromise for Second Amendment jihadis, a pistol that has the same firepower as an AR-15. In other words, overkill in a more compact package.
The January 6th committee played testimony from Trump campaign officials including Gary Coby, former digital campaign director, admitting that there was no fund devoted to defending Trump's claim that he had won the election.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Capitol held two prime-time televised hearings so far. Dismissed by some as show trials, these hearings may test the medium’s ability to capture the nation’s attention.
President Biden’s claim that the rate of mass shootings during the period of the assault weapons ban “went down” only for it to rise again after the law was allowed to expire in 2004 holds true.
The big question is why would anyone listen to Ginni Thomas or give her the time of day. Oh, yeah. She's married to Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.