Today, former special counsel Jack Smith will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in a public hearing to explain why he indicted President Trump, countering the president’s baseless assertion ...

On the 16th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision that unleashed unlimited election spending by big corporations, a Public Citizen analysis has found the Trump ...

In response to President Trump's speech at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Nabil Ahmed, senior director of economic justice at Oxfam America, said: “President Trump brought ‘let them eat cake’ ...

Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Citizens United that allows corporations to flood our elections with unlimited amounts of money.Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, co-presidents ...

Today marks one year since Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.Public Citizen co-presidents Robert Weissman and Lisa Gilbert issued the following ...

After flirting last year with forming his own political party, far-right billionaire Elon Musk is funding Republican political candidates once again. Axios reported on Monday that Musk recently made a ...

The leading French economist Gabriel Zucman is urging European governments to inflict financial pain on American billionaires in response to US President Donald Trump’s effort to seize control of ...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a “Great Healthcare Plan” that critics panned for being “ short on details,” arguing that—contrary to White House claims—the scheme will lead to higher ...

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The Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota leaders including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alleging that they are conspiring to impede federal immigration agents due to ...

The Pennsylvania Working Families Party rolled out an online “hub” on Friday to support a primary challenger to the state’s US senator, John Fetterman. The WFP, an independent party that often ...

Ahead of attending the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, which begins on 19 January, Amnesty International’s ...