Social issues

Facebook was the main donor to a group that fought antitrust reforms in 2020 and 2021

An advocacy group backed by Facebook received a $34 million donation from an anonymous donor as it waged a battle…

DOJ sues Tennessee, alleging it discriminates against transgender youth with new law

The Department of Justice is suing Tennessee for allegedly discriminating against transgender youth with a new state law banning the…

House passes GOP debt limit bill, as McCarthy tries to draw Biden into negotiations

WASHINGTON — A Republican bill to raise the debt limit and slash government funding passed the House on Wednesday, after…

‘I’m here because Trump raped me’: E. Jean Carroll begins trial testimony

E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accuses former President Donald Trump of raping her in a New York department store…

Sen. Wyden asks billionaire Harlan Crow for list of gifts to Supreme Court Justice Thomas

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Monday asked GOP megadonor Harlan Crow for a complete list of gifts to Supreme Court…

Big drug company CEOs to testify at Senate Health committee on insulin prices

The top executives of the three drug companies that control 90% of the global insulin market will testify May 10…

New bipartisan bill would let the U.S. Mint alter the metal content of coins to save money

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill to authorize the U.S. Mint to alter the metal content of coins in order to…

DOJ charges 18 people — including doctors — in massive Covid health-care fraud takedowns

Eighteen people, some of them doctors, were criminally charged with Covid-19 health-care fraud schemes that netted hundreds of millions of…

Disney tells its lobbyists to step up fight against DeSantis and his allies in Florida

Disney is preparing to take its fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his GOP allies in the state Legislature…

Biden slams McCarthy, tells him to ‘take default off the table’ in debt ceiling fight

President Joe Biden on Wednesday slammed House Republicans for flirting with defaulting on the national debt, saying America is not…