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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Dems are taking over the floor to demand action on the updated HEROES Act and dozens of other bills McConnell consigned to his legislative trashcan."


McConnell Amy Coney Barrett

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Sen. Jeff Merkley warned that Republicans "are hellbent on ramming through this nomination even if it means torching Senate's traditions, rules, and integrity."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump's lies and his rejection of science have cost us tens of thousands of lives. We need a new president," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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Louis DeJoy Postal Service XPO contract

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Reminder that Louis DeJoy still needs to be fired."


Protesters with the group Rise and Resist stage a demonstration outside Fox News headquarters in New York City on October 22, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The Election Code does not... require county election boards to reject absentee or mail-in ballots during the canvassing process based on an analysis of a voter's signature," the court unanimously ruled.


Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) speaks as Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2019. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Our government cannot be allowed to commit human rights atrocities or escape investigation, oversight, or criticism based on its powerful geopolitical position, as it so often has."


A worker performs maintenance at the BlueWave Community Solar Farm in Grafton, Massachusetts on December 4, 2017. (Photo: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Too often we are told doing the right thing for the environment requires sacrifice and costs more. But we can actually make a better economy and save people money and a byproduct will be to cut emissions."


A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. The asylum seekers had rafted across the Rio Grande from Mexico and were detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents before being sent to a processing center for possible separation. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We will not stop looking until we have found every one of the families, no matter how long it takes."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Mitch McConnell is rushing to steal a Supreme Court seat before the election. Senate Republicans would rather help him do it than help millions of Americans."


President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on October 16, 2020 in Macon, Georgia. President Donald Trump continues to campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden with 18 days until election day. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
As the Trump campaign continues to make attendees sign liability waivers in case they become infected, one public health expert said that "indicates they know the reality because if they weren't worried about it then they wouldn't bother."

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