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UPDATE: ProPublica reported on Thursday that Sen. Burr sold off up to $1.56 million in stock on February 13th, as he was reassuring the public about coronavirus preparedness. At the time, Burr and the Intelligence Committee were receiving daily briefings about COVID-19. Original story below. *** Three weeks ago, the …

The coronavirus has struck virtually every age group throughout the world, but it has proven more lethal to older people. Those aged 60 and older have accounted for the majority of deaths in the United States, and medical experts have warned the public for weeks of the pandemic’s intensifying danger. …

At the beginning of the Democratic primary, there was a candidate for everyone, no matter how niche your personal politics were. If you loved the idea of saving up your basic income to buy a Tesla, there was Andrew Yang. If you loved working out and capitalism, there was John …

Vladimir Putin is up to old tricks. Earlier this week news broke that Russia is again backing the candidacy of Donald Trump as the president seeks reelection. Now the Washington Post is reporting that U.S. intelligence believes Russia is also attempting to aid the candidacy of Bernie Sanders on the …

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang made several comments during a recent call with campaign staffers that strongly suggest he’s thinking about running for president again in four years if his long-shot 2020 White House bid falls short. Yang told his staffers that a strong showing in the New …

President Trump laid into Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar over decisions made by his administration regarding the ban on most flavored e-cigarettes. According to Axios, citing two sources, the president called Azar during an Oval Office meeting with campaign advisers when the issue of health care came up …

One of the primary ways hawkish politicians and media members work to advance a pro-war agenda is to paint those who oppose them as weak on national security. Case in point:Tuesday’s appearance by presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on ABC’s The View. Co-host Meghan McCain accused Warren of changing her position …

In a defeat for the National Rifle Association and a bit of progress for people who prefer not to be shot to death, Congress is poised to approve the first funding for research into gun violence in more than two decades. On Tuesday, the House passed $25 million in funding …

President Donald Trump explained to the assembled media at the White House on Friday that there is an ongoing issue with “sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms” across the country and that his administration is “looking very strongly” into the matter. According to the Washington Post, Trump wants …

Two bills currently making their way through state legislatures in Pennsylvania and Ohio aim to place new, sometimes medically-impossible, restrictions on pregnant bodies. In Ohio, Republican legislators are pushing a bill that would require doctors attempt to “reimplant an ectopic pregnancy into the women’s uterus,” a procedure that does not …