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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder as 'An Act of Terrorism' for Killing of Insurance CEO

The "maximum penalty possible for murder in first degree and murder in the second degree as an act of terrorism is life without parole," said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

By Eloise Goldsmith



Democrats' Working-Class Failures, Analysis Finds, Are 'Why Trump Beat Harris'

"By branding itself as an active party of economic populism that fights for needed changes for the working class, the Democratic Party can put itself in a position to regain the support of the voters it lost in 2024."

By Jessica Corbett



Free Speech Coalition Vows to Defend Nonprofits From 'Unprecedented' Threat

"Presenting a strong and united front against political and ideological censorship is the only way to protect Americans' right to stand up for what they believe in under the First Amendment," said a spokesperson for Americans Against Government Censorship.

By Jake Johnson



In 'Chilling' Attack on Press, Trump Sues Des Moines Register Over Preelection Polling

One expert said that while the lawsuit has little chance of success, Trump's "true motivation is to intimidate the press and journalists."

By Brett Wilkins



Sanders Rips Lawmakers Saying 'We Don't Have the Money' While Backing $900 Billion for Military

"I think it's time to tell the military-industrial complex they cannot get everything they want," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "It's time to pay attention to the needs of working families."

By Jake Johnson



'Tried My Best,' AOC Says After Losing Bid for Top Oversight Role

"Sorry I couldn't pull it through everyone—we live to fight another day," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote on social media following the vote.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


ABC News Shows What It Looks Like When Corporate Media Bows to Trump

We are beginning to see this all over the U.S. political-economic system — giant corporations and hugely wealthy people going out of their way to appease King Trump even in advance of his coronation.

By Robert Reich


The DOE Finally Admits That LNG Isn’t a Get-Out-of-Climate-Crisis Free Card

A new report and statement won’t necessarily bind anything, but they do something almost as important: Finally a Democratic administration has been straightforward and honest about natural gas.

By Bill Mckibben


The Moral Shame of US Foreign Policy

Neither major party candidate represented a challenge to U.S. complicity in Israel’s horrific war on the people and land of Gaza.

By Mark Harris