Almost one-third of registered Democratic voters back former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Read more about Biden leads 2020 Dem field in new poll[…]

New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) responded to Sen. Tammy DuckworthLadda (Tammy) Tammy DuckworthWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Senate panel votes to require Pentagon to rename bases named after Confederates Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE’s (D-Ill.) claim that policies Read more about Ocasio-Cortez responds to Dem senator who said policies 'too far to the left' don't win in Midwest[…]

Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Read more about Biden to ramp up campaigning for Dem candidates after Labor Day: report[…]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE said in a new interview that he considers former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Read more about Trump: Biden would be ‘dream’ opponent[…]

Mike Braun, a multimillionaire businessman who won the Indiana GOP Senate primary earlier this year and has a history of criticizing foreign outsourcing, owns a company that sells foreign-made auto parts, according to The Associated Press. Braun, who has repeatedly attacked his opponent, Indiana Sen. Joe DonnellyJoseph (Joe) Simon DonnellyEx-Sen. Joe Donnelly endorses Biden Lobbying world Read more about GOP candidate who criticizes outsourcing has brand that sells foreign-made goods: report[…]

Chanting, “Wells, Chase, B of A, public bank’s a better way!” social justice groups rallied at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday to demand that New York City divest from Wall Street banks and establish a public bank that is “expressly chartered to serve the public interest.” “New York deserves a public bank that Read more about Fed Up With Big Banks That Fund Climate Crisis and Oppression, Community Coalition Demands Public Bank for New York[…]

In a development revealing just how dire the situation is for Yemeni civilians and threatening to compound the catastrophe, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday announced it is pulling 71 of its staffers out of Yemen—a move the organization admits will cripple its humanitarian efforts. In response, Amnesty International said it Read more about US-Backed Assault on Yemen Creating Conditions So Catastrophic, Red Cross Forced to Evacuate[…]

Media critics called the premise of a meeting between Facebook and the Republican Party into question on Friday, as executives from the tech giant arrived in Washington, D.C. to discuss alleged censorship of conservative voices with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other party officials. The discussion centered on pushing a claim that Media Read more about Facebook Execs and GOP Leaders Meet to Discuss 'Provably False' and 'Ridiculous' Myth of Anti-Rightwing Bias[…]

As the international community marks World Refugee Day on Wednesday, a new report card offers a scathing—though unsurprising—assessment of how the Trump administration’s doing in terms of refugee and humanitarian protection, assigning it an F. The performance review from the Washington, D.C.-based humanitarian organization Refugees International (RI) covers six areas. Three take a look at Read more about On World Refugee Day, Trump Gets Big Fat "F" for Treatment of World's Displaced and Persecuted[…]

Migrants around the world are facing new barriers to humanitarian aid and public services as some governments have criminalized or sought to limit efforts to help refugees, sometimes in a bid to deter migration—and often in violation of human rights, according to (pdf) a new report by the International Red Cross. The “new walled order,” Read more about 'New Walled Order' for Migrants Worldwide as Governments Criminalize Compassion and Erect Barriers to Basic Services[…]