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Statement by Anna Galland, Executive Director of MoveOn.org:
In the United States, no one is above the law. The testimony that former FBI Director James Comey is expected to deliver today makes clear that Congress must begin impeachment proceedings immediately.
MoveOn does not make this call lightly.
Jon Queally, staff writer
With the nation's attention Thursday morning focused on live coverage of fired FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, fresh calls for impeachment of President Donald Trump are reverberating after the director's "extraordinary" prepared statement was released Wednesday.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We won't let Wall Street crush our economy again," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Today Wonkhe is hosting our TEF event: 'The Incredible Machine - what next for TEF?'. It promises to be a fascinating day of debate and discussion on teaching excellence - follow it all here.
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The election result suddenly seems more unpredictable than previously thought, and the polls are all over the place. But both major parties' manifestos suggest plenty of post-election chaos for universities, says Martin McQuillan.
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TEF is just the latest in a long line of public efforts to improve university teaching, and public anxieties about quality have not changed for many years. We take a look at the litany of initiatives in this space.
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It's QS World University Rankings time, and UK universities have taken a bit a battering this year.
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John Nichols
Bernie Sanders traveled to Britain last week, attracting crowds that confirmed that the Vermont senator has emerged as not just the most popular active political figure in the United States but an international phenomenon. It was not Sanders’s intent to intervene in the hastily scheduled and suddenly very exciting British general election campaign that will conclude Thursday.
Jennifer Bing
There are two places to visit if you want to know the human impact of Israel’s 50-year military occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory: an Israeli military court and the sitting room of a Palestinian family. I have been to both.
Phil Gasper
Can the British Labour Party pull off an astounding come-from-behind victory in the UK general election this Thursday?
The odds still favor Theresa May’s Conservatives (known as the Tories), emerging as the biggest party. But on April 18, when May called the surprise election, her party was over 20 points ahead in the polls, and looked to be heading towards a landslide win.
Note: On Thursday, June 8, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider the Financial CHOICE Act (H.R. 10), a sweeping financial deregulation measure authored by U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee.
Senate committees are considering today the nomination of Russell Vought for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Manar Waheed, American Civil Liberties Union legislative and advocacy counsel, issued the following statement:
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Less than week after President Donald Trump announced that he was pulling the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, Hawaii rebuffed that stance and became the first state in the nation to enact legislation to uphold the goals of the landmark accord.
President Trump announced today that he is nominating former federal prosecutor Christopher Wray to be the next FBI director.
Faiz Shakir, American Civil Liberties Union national political director, had the following reaction:
Bernie Sanders
Donald Trump’s so-called infrastructure plan is a huge giveaway to Wall Street that fails to create the millions of jobs we need to modernize our roads, bridges, water systems, rail, airports, levees and dams.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Congratulations to Kansas for voting to roll back outrageous tax cuts for the wealthy that devastated the state." —Sen. Bernie Sanders
Common Dreams staff
A day before his scheduled public testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, what appears to be former FBI Director James Comey's prepared written "statement for the record" surfaced online Wednesday afternoon and was rapidly being shared among journalists and on social media.
Common Dreams staff
Eric Trump, son of billionaire president, draws widespread rebuke and ridicule for saying he perceives dad's opponents as not human
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Jake Johnson, staff writer
In a televised debate just two weeks ahead of the high-profile special election that will fill the vacant House seat in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District, Republican Karen Handel delivered her opponent what one commentator called a "gift-wrapped present" Tuesday night by declaring her opposition to a livable wage.