Divisions between progressives and moderates in Congress are threatening to scuttle a $3.5tn social spending program and a $1tn infrastructure billAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez cannot have been surprised that wearing a “Tax the Rich” dress to New York’s Met…
US House panel to hold hearing on ‘surge in air rage’ and effects on airlines – live
Hearing comes as airlines report major rise in violence among passengersNearly one in five flight attendants have had a ‘physical incident’Members will hear from a flight attendant and several airline executivesSign up to receive First Thing – our dail…
Biden announces US will donate another 500m vaccine doses at Covid summit – live
US to donate 500m Pfizer doses to low- and lower-middle-income countriesDoses are in addition to the over 600m the US has committed to sendingHouse Democrats pass spending bill in party-line vote of 220 to 211McConnell pledges to oppose any effort to r…
Senate Democrats Call on FTC To Fix Data Privacy ‘Crisis’
Senate Democrats are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to write new rules to protect consumer data privacy in a new letter to the agency authored on Monday. From a report: The letter, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and signed by eight othe…
Beto O’Rourke set to run against Greg Abbott for Texas governor – report
Actor Matthew McConaughey also polls strongly in nascent raceTexas doctor protests abortion law in Washington Post columnThe former Democratic congressman Beto O’Rourke is set to mount a third campaign for major political office with a run for governor…
Fears of US government shutdown as debt ceiling game of chicken begins
If neither side budges, US risks default on debt and lowered credit rating, which would cost billionsTop Democrats are expected to dare Republicans to block a stopgap funding measure, which would trigger the double-barreled fiscal crisis of the US defa…
California recall vote show Trump’s big lie is now Republican playbook
Pre-emptively branding as rigged an election you are likely to lose risks turning off GOP voters and undermining democracyIt was a pre-emptive strike against truth by some of the biggest names on the American right wing.Former president Donald Trump wa…
Republicans overplayed their hand in California – and Democrats are laughing | Lloyd Green
Larry Elder just discovered that his brand appeals to a tiny fraction of voters. Republican governors in Texas and Florida may learn similar lessonsOn Tuesday, Gavin Newsom, California’s embattled governor, convincingly beat back a Republican-driven re…
Senate Democrats pitch new voting bill in effort to break filibuster logjam– live
• Freedom to Vote Act includes wide-ranging reforms in compromise• Bill would take 10 Republican votes to passSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 4.11pm BST Appearing alongside Gavin Newsom in Long Beach last night, Joe Biden w…
Al Sharpton calls on Biden to fight the filibuster: ‘If we can’t depend on you here, when can we?’
The veteran civil rights leader is determined to dismantle the centuries-old Senate tool in the battle for voting rights – will Biden join him?Earlier this summer, Al Sharpton traveled to Philadelphia to attend Joe Biden’s speech on voting rights. Afte…