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Bipartisan bill aims to pay air traffic controllers during future shutdowns

The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown that ended last week inspired a rare act of bipartisanship in Washington on Tuesday, when congressional representatives from both parties introduced legislation that would allow air traffic controllers to get paid during future shutdowns. The bill proposes funding salaries, operating expenses and other Federal Aviation Administration

The ‘Welfare Queen’ is back — and she’s still a lie

If you watched Netflix’s “GLOW” — a brief series about the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in the 80s — you probably remember the character “Welfare Queen” (Kia Stevens)— a towering, flamboyant, fake-nail-clad, sequined nightmare conjured straight from white America’s imagination.  She was everything the country had been taught to fear: a

Black Caucus members call out Trump after Congress votes to release Epstein files

The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to release the FBI files related to sex trafficking pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. As the Epstein Files Transparency Act makes its way to President Donald Trump‘s desk for signature, Democrats are pointing at the Trump administration, which they say

Bipartisan bill aims to pay air traffic controllers during future shutdowns

The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown that ended last week inspired a rare act of bipartisanship in Washington on Tuesday, when congressional representatives from both parties introduced legislation that would allow air traffic controllers to get paid during future shutdowns. The bill proposes funding salaries, operating expenses and other Federal Aviation Administration

The ‘Welfare Queen’ is back — and she’s still a lie

If you watched Netflix’s “GLOW” — a brief series about the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in the 80s — you probably remember the character “Welfare Queen” (Kia Stevens)— a towering, flamboyant, fake-nail-clad, sequined nightmare conjured straight from white America’s imagination.  She was everything the country had been taught to fear: a

Black Caucus members call out Trump after Congress votes to release Epstein files

The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to release the FBI files related to sex trafficking pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. As the Epstein Files Transparency Act makes its way to President Donald Trump‘s desk for signature, Democrats are pointing at the Trump administration, which they say