Politics: Left

The Biden admin seeks a contractor to run a migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and guards who speak Spanish or Haitian Creole, government records say....

The new fund was established to address a range of issues like disease surveillance, vaccine development and health care worker support in order to counter future biological threats....

Dean Heller, a Republican running to be the next governor of Nevada, refuses to say President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. NBC's Mark Murray has details....

The fiscal impact of the Biden spending plan would be smaller than that figure suggests....

"It is literally a political ploy," one expert said of a wild new policy in the U.S. capital of pandemic death....

Biden urges a 'go big' response to the pandemic....

Music mogul Clive Davis recounts launching the careers of Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston and dozens of other artists; explains why he views Gil Scott-Heron as the first rapper; how to tell when a song is a hit; and why he defends the Grammys while also sup...

Trump campaign researchers debunked various conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems rigging the election for President Biden, new records included in a lawsuit show....

"I don't know that I'm not doing more harm than good."...

Couples Therapy has all the drama of reality TV, but it might be more than just entertainment....

Right-wing media have adopted the pro-choice mantra "my body, my choice" to attack vaccine mandates, connecting two major news events from earlier this month. These supposedly overlapping narratives came as the nation's strictest abortion law,...

Nothing maddens a certain kind of person like seeing openly LGBTQ+ people happy. For some of the most nefarious conservatives, frankly, seeing an LGBTQ+ person out and about, even—if they're not happy, but simply existing— can be enough to...

Former President George W. Bush will hold a fundraiser for Rep. Liz Cheney, whose seat has been targeted by former President Donald Trump....

Ashley Parker, Phil Rucker and David Ignatius join Andrea Mitchell to discuss the call between President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron earlier today....

Climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the climate provisions in the reconciliation bill and why it is essential that we move quickly to pass legislation....

The plaintiff challenging the minimum age requirement turned 21 before the ruling took effect....

Korin refused to get vaccinated but has now spent 44 days in Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids and is urging others to get vaccinated. He's still adamantly against vaccine mandates, however. Source: Minnesota Reformer By the time Mark Korin leaves the hos...

In attacking the Build Back Better Act, they are working against their own purported aims....

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said attempts at brokering a bipartisan police reform bill have failed after months of negotiations....

Florida has a new state surgeon general today, and I'm sure everybody is itching to know who Gov. Ron DeSantis—the man who devoted himself to attacking pandemic safety measures as a means of furthering his political ambitions in the party of Tru...

Failure by lawmakers to raise the government's borrowing limit would throw economy into reverse, economist warns....

Can burning forests on our own terms help mitigate the damage?...

The administration continues to use the pandemic as a pretext for deportations, including thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers....

CNN host Kate Bolduan clapped back at CNN Manu Raju's description of raising the debt ceiling when he described it as a "toxic vote," but only for Democrats. Republicans' refusal to pay the bills they charged on the credit card are irrelev...

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tx.) lists asylum law restrictions as the border in Del Rio, Tx. faces a surge of migrants from Haiti and other countries....

Marvel, take note....

Economic recovery remains on course despite surge in COVID-19 cases, according to U.S. central bank....

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The U.S. is the last hope for many long-displaced Haitians. But a Trump-era rule that's still in effect is leaving them to suffer....

Let me share a few more thoughts on the post from yesterday......

Progressives want to spend more on climate. Moderates want to spend less on everything. There's a smart way both sides can win....

Thousands of immigrants and allies on Tuesday marched to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters before gathering in front of the U.S. Capitol for a rally that also featured top Democratic Congressional leaders to demand a pathway to citize...

A power struggle over the Republican Party's direction is playing out in Fox News' prime-time block....

Former Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, now running for governor, refused to say that Biden is president in an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal....

Lawmakers for months have been trying to reach agreement over police reforms....

A look at the history of shutdown and debt ceiling fights....

32-year-old Michigan state Rep. Steve Marino (R) now has to be chaperoned......

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) discusses the latest on the looming deadlines for Congress as President Biden is about to meet with moderate and progressive Democrats....

Four years ago, the poorest owner in the NFL committed over $1.1 billion he didn't have toward building a $1.9 billion stadium in Las Vegas, at a time when NFL policies forbid team owners, staffers and players from even appearing to have connections t...

Festival to include interviews with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Eric Schmidt, Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia "Cynt" Marshall, EPA Administrator Michael Regan , and Senators Marco Rubio and Ben Sasse . Events beg...

NBC News' Leigh Ann Caldwell reports that police reform talks are done on Capitol Hill saying,...

Thousands of migrants who arrived in Del Rio, Texas, are being allowed into the country and must report to immigration officials at a future date, according to an official familiar with the matter....

Bare toilet paper shelves in supermarkets were a big story early in the coronavirus pandemic but they may not remain a thing of the past, and consumers are being warned to do their holiday shopping early—like, now—thanks to supply chain proble...

A newly released incident report gives further details into what went on between Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie during their final days together....

What does it take to run for statewide office as a Republican? Even in a state that's becoming increasingly...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) vow that Republicans will filibuster an increase to the debt ceiling — which would trigger a default on U.S. debt payments for spending that had been accumulated by both parties — needs to be...

A former federal judge on Tuesday night pulled back the curtain on......

[Above: Rachel Maddow tries to read a sentence from Agolf Twitler's lawsuit against his niece Mary Trump without laughing. She fails. -- eds.] It's easy to forget that Donald Trump has siblings. That's because they don't appear at their br...

We're giving American office culture its quarterly performance review....