Feinstein Versus the CIA: a Moment of Truth Feinstein Versus the CIA: a Moment of Truth
The details of the CIA’s torture program may finally come to light.
Mar 12, 2014 / Robert Scheer
Senate Investigation of Bush-Era Torture Erupts Into Constitutional Crisis Senate Investigation of Bush-Era Torture Erupts Into Constitutional Crisis
Dianne Feinstein accuses the CIA of spying on congressional staffers who investigated the agency’s illegal detention and interrogation programs under President George W. Bush...
Mar 11, 2014 / George Zornick
Senators to Pull All-Nighter to Push for Climate Action Senators to Pull All-Nighter to Push for Climate Action
From Monday evening until Tuesday morning, more than two dozen lawmakers will speak on the Senate floor about the urgency of climate change.
Mar 10, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
The Pentagon’s Phony Budget Wars The Pentagon’s Phony Budget Wars
Despite the uproar over reductions to defense funding, less than 1 percent of the Pentagon's beefy $550 billion budget will be cut this year.
Mar 6, 2014 / Mattea Kramer
Obama Administration Gets It Precisely Wrong on Trade Policy Obama Administration Gets It Precisely Wrong on Trade Policy
The White House’s “2014 Trade Policy Agenda” rehashes failed ideas that harm rather than help economic renewal.
Mar 5, 2014 / John Nichols
Willie Horton Politics: Senate Votes Against Civil Rights Willie Horton Politics: Senate Votes Against Civil Rights
The right-wing attack machine defeats Debo Adegbile’s nomination to head DOJ Civil Rights Division.
Mar 5, 2014 / Ari Berman
Senate Republicans Turn Their Backs on Veterans Senate Republicans Turn Their Backs on Veterans
Citing costs, Republicans blocked comprehensive legislation to extend health care and education.
Feb 27, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Keystone XL Might Make You Sick, Literally Keystone XL Might Make You Sick, Literally
One Senate Democrat says the State Department’s environmental review was “woefully inadequate when it came to exploring human impacts of the pipeline.”
Feb 27, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Congressman John Dingell, D—Healthcare Is a Right Congressman John Dingell, D—Healthcare Is a Right
Like his father before him, the retiring congressman kept proposing single-payer healthcare. It’s still the best idea.
Feb 24, 2014 / John Nichols
20 Years Ago, an Army Veteran Reported a Sexual Assault. She’s Still Waiting for Justice. 20 Years Ago, an Army Veteran Reported a Sexual Assault. She’s Still Waiting for Justice.
Congress continues to debate changes to the military justice system after decades of scandals, investigatory panels and trials have failed to stem the sexual assault epidemic. ...
Feb 24, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter