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California’s two wildfires have left more than 66 people dead and 600 missing. Thousands of homes and 260,000 acres have burned. Climate Scientist Daniel Swain talks about the influences on California’s wildfires and what the future could bring.

The rule, proposed by Pelosi and Massachusetts representative Richard Neal, would “require a three-fifths supermajority to raise individual income taxes on the lowest-earning 80 percent of taxpayers.” "Medicare for All" would be doomed.

Americans express broad concerns over the fairness and effectiveness of computer programs making important decisions in people’s lives

A sweep of elected Republican judges in the Nov. 6, 2018 election has left only Democrats on the bench at the Harris County Texas Criminal Courthouse.

The great linguist and political critic remains hopeful that we can overcome global warming and other threats

If moving government leftward is part of our mission, growing a political movement from the bottom up will require ballot initiatives

Liberal lawmakers are teaming up with Move On and Indivisible

Drain the Swamp. Oil | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. Boy Erased | Movie. Ice Cube | Arrest the President. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins Climate Change Activists in Protest at Nancy Pelosi's Office

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While Americans teetered, arguing as to which side gained more in the elections, Germans have been balancing on a seesaw of their own – which can also have decisive consequences.