Month: October 2020

A Republican plan to dismantle key banking reforms passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis has been dubbed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) “'Wet Kiss for Wall Street': Warren Shreds GOP Attempt to Gut Dodd-Frank”

WikiLeaks on Monday marked the yearly celebration of American independence by releasing over 1,200 private emails belonging to former secretary of state and presidential hopeful “WikiLeaks Releases Over 1,200 Clinton Emails on Iraq War”

More than three years after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building near Dhaka killed over 1,100 people, a Bangladesh court on Monday “Three Years After Global Garment Industry's Worst Disaster, 38 Indicted for Murder”

A Russian heatwave has activated long-dormant anthrax bacteria in Siberia, sickening at least 13 people and killing one boy and more than 2,300 reindeer. Click “Melting Permafrost Releases Deadly, Long-Dormant Anthrax in Siberia”

New York congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout is throwing down the gauntlet to right-wing money men who want to buy elections in secret. Teachout, who won “Zephyr Teachout Challenges Billionaire Right-Wing Donors to Debate”

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases “Trump Facebook ads reassure supporters he will build border wall”

The son of Roy Moore, Alabama’s Republican Senate nominee, was booked into jail Monday for criminal trespassing, AL.com reported. The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office told the news outlet that Caleb “GOP Alabama Senate candidate's son arrested”

After 14 years of being held without charge, Guantánamo prisoner Abu Zubaydah, who was subject to brutal torture and is known as the “guinea pig” “Held 14 Years Without Charge, CIA Torture 'Guinea Pig' Abu Zubaydah Asks for Freedom”

A U.K. Parliamentary committee has called for an end to the country’s arms trade with Saudi Arabia, warning that the Gulf kingdom may be committing “UK Lawmakers Call for End to Saudi Arms Trade, Push for War Crimes Probe”

Fallout from the recent Wells Fargo fraud scandal has really just begun. One day before its chief executive officer is expected to testify before the “With CEO in Hot Seat, Wells Fargo Fallout Just Beginning”