"Many of our participants are living on the edge of poverty," said the head of one organization impacted by the termination of the Senior Community Service Employment Program.

Twenty states have minimum wages no higher than the $7.25 federal level: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, ...

A Sludge review of new federal filings shows that the fossil fuel industry has donated a record sum to groups dedicated to electing Republicans to the U.S. House and Senate.

A new MoveOn Civic Action petition is calling on the Department of Justice and the Trump administration to release all files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. The petition argues that full ...

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee attempted to vote through another slate of President Donald Trump’s extreme judicial nominees, including his former defense attorney Emil Bove, apparently in ...

The orders Trump signed Thursday evening are unprecedented and let facilities put off using better technology or even turn ...

Reporter’s arrest—on charges that have since been dropped—poses grave threat to press freedom and the public’s right to know ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement today, on President Trump's steady march toward authoritarianism: This is what the march toward authoritarianism looks like:Stephen Colbert ...

Group Warns of Grave Consequences for Democracy, Saying Lawmakers on Both Sides Just Legalized Political Self-Dealing, Bribery, and Crypto-Fueled Corruption ...

Today, the House passed a package of bills to promote cryptocurrency. This includes the Genius Act, a bill dealing with a ...

A dozen immigrants and their legal advocates launched a class action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's campaign of courthouse arrests "designed to strip noncitizens of their rights" and ...

Demand Progress launched a campaign supporting an effort by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) to force the ...