Progressives focus their ire on US ‘oligarchy’

Progressives are focusing their messaging on being anti-oligarchy, training their sights not just on Republicans but also on Democrats they argue are too beholden to corporate interests. Following Inauguration Day, Democrats on the left have been taking steps to call out the surge of incoming wealth in Washington, critiquing the GOP president whose front row...

The Memo: Trump 2.0 comes into focus

President Trump’s second term is coming into much sharper focus in its first 72 hours — delighting his supporters but ringing loud alarm bells for liberal Americans. Trump has been delivering on the “shock and awe” approach that his allies promised. The first president since the 19th century to serve nonconsecutive terms, Trump has used his...

RFK Jr. faces mounting bipartisan criticism

Pressure is mounting on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as critics squeeze senators from both sides of the aisle to oppose President Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top health official. Kennedy’s bipartisan opponents, including liberal advocates and an organization founded by former Vice President Pence, argue the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human...

Democrats weighing limits on presidential pardons after Trump,...

House Democrats are calling for Congress to rein in the president’s pardon powers after President Trump’s mass clemency for the Jan. 6 mob and President Biden’s reprieve for certain family members. The Democrats are quick to emphasize that they view Trump’s pardons as much more egregious, since they largely benefited people convicted of crimes —...

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