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The Trump wing of the Republican Party continues its attacks on American democracy as the COVID-19 death toll continues to rise

Today’s big story remains the loss of our neighbors to COVID-19. On Wednesday, the official United States death count for 24 hours passed the number of those killed in the 9/11 attacks. On that horrific day in 2001, we lost 2,977 people to four terrorist attacks. On Wednesday, December 9, ...

Politics

William Barr Will Follow Fake News with Fake Testimony

Settling into the role of Donald Trump’s fixer, the Attorney General takes his first walk up the Hill since confirmation

July 28, 2020 • by Heather Cox Richardson

Attorney General William Barr will testify before the House Judiciary Committee today for the first time. Democrats tried to get him to appear to explain why he had misrepresented what was in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Report about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. He refused to show up after ...