Politics

The Albany district attorney has dropped a misdemeanor sex crime charge against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Although the D.A. found the complaint “credible,” he said he doesn’t believe he can prove the case “beyond a reasonable doubt.” “While we found the complainant in this case cooperative and credible, …

The GOP spent much of the past year chipping away at the authority of state and local election officials as part of the party’s ongoing efforts to destroy faith in US democracy, following the failed re-election of Donald Trump. With Trump and his supporters continuing to lie about the 2020 …

Fraudsters got ahold of almost $100 billion in pandemic relief funds, according to the Secret Service. Federal dollars allocated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act have “attracted the attention of individuals and organized criminal networks worldwide,” the agency said in a Tuesday press release. The stolen …

Sen. Joe Manchin delivered a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden‘s legislative agenda. The conservative Democrat from West Virginia said he can no longer support the Build Back Better social spending plan, nor would he be in favor of changing filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation. “I cannot …

Two key organizers of the main Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C. are coming in from the cold. Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lynn Lawrence are set to testify next week before the House select committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The pair will deliver testimony and turn over …

John Eastman, who pressured former Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 presidential election, intends to invoke his Fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, while at the same time claiming that he did nothing illegal. Politico reported the news on Friday. Eastman is one of several anti-democracy activists who were …

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) is a right-wing extremist who has hobnobbed with white supremacists, pushed conspiracy theories about the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and, as Rolling Stone reported last month, helped plan the events that turned violent on Jan. 6. He’s also a deeply strange man who has …

Kyrsten Sinema has developed a reputation for taking loads of cash from special interests and then bucking her own party’s agenda. Now, it appears that several companies affiliated with the Direct Selling Association, a multilevel marketing trade group, have been funneling money to the Arizona senator, who just so happens …

The district attorney for Manhattan has convened a grand jury in a case looking into the Trump Organization‘s finances, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The grand jury will hear evidence in the case and possibly hand down indictments. This is the second grand …

Mark Zuckerberg in 2020 bowed to demands from Vietnam’s government to censor posts with anti-state language rather than risk losing an estimated $1 billion in annual revenue from the country, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The decision to side with Vietnam’s government led to a significant increase in censorship …