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Sidney Powell, the recently — and very publicly — sacked Trump campaign lawyer who vowed to "release the kraken" that would prove election fraud against the president, is unfortunately at it again, bringing her unique brand of conspiratorial…

It feels as if the press tour for former President Barack Obama's A Promised Land memoir has lasted years, and not the scant few weeks it's actually been. Perhaps that's because each media appearance and newly excerpted selection from the book has…

Long before Election Day, President Trump laid the groundwork to question the legitimacy of any results that were not in his favor. In November, Americans watched as Trump put those plans into action with calls to stop the ballot-counting, numerous…

On Aug. 6, Liz Chavez, an assistant manager at Mother’s Market & Kitchen in Laguna Woods, California, approached a pair of women browsing the aisles unmasked. In keeping with Mother’s Market’s posted store policies, Chavez asked the women to put on…

On Tuesday, a bipartisan and bicameral group of congressional representatives announced that they had come up with a coronavirus relief plan. That $908 billion package includes $16 billion for distribution of a vaccine, which is good, because we're…

It's Dec. 1, which means that the federal government has 11 days to pass a coronavirus relief package before lawmakers head home for the holidays. And finally, after months of waiting on the congressional follow-up to March's $2 trillion CARES Act,…

“The date 13 May will be forever etched in my mind,” former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode wrote in an article for The Guardian this past May. In the piece, Goode called on the city of Philadelphia to formally apologize for the infamous MOVE…

President-elect Joe Biden is well on his way to creating the most representative federal government in American history. With a month and a half to go until the first-ever coronavirus inauguration, the Biden transition team continues to announce…

As the coronavirus pandemic approaches its one-year anniversary, the situation is growing worse nationwide. With cases soaring, millions of Americans are looking to the federal government to provide some form of relief. On Monday, Congress…

Whether you missed out on Black Friday or you still have a few items left on your wish list, 2020's Cyber Monday deals are now live on Amazon, and they won't disappoint. Now is the best time to get ahead of your holiday shopping, or treat yourself…

This election season was a year of firsts: the first one-term president since George H.W. Bush in 1993; the first mixed-race, Black, and Southeast Asian vice president; the first pandemic election; the first transgender state senator and first…

What happens if U.S. senators get sick or, even worse, if they die? It’s happened before — and our research shows that national policies, and even the course of history, can change as a result. At least three U.S. Republican senators have recently…

Despite the mountains of evidence, and who's who of medical professionals pleading with the public to get it through their heads that mass travel in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is a terrible idea, This week Americans traveled more…

President Trump's ongoing assault on Pennsylvania's electoral results came to yet another screeching halt Friday, as a federal appeals court brutally smacked down the campaigns lawsuit challenging the fairness of the state's handling of the recent…

Ordinarily when people online are getting themselves riled up about a tiny desk, it's probably because National Public Radio booked an incredible musician for an intimate concert. On Thursday, however, the furniture in question was exactly that: a…

Black Friday 2020 has arrived, and Amazon is offering no shortage of impressive deals this year. Trying to find the most worthwhile offers can feel like a digital scavenger hunt. But don't worry — the Mic editors have compiled many of the biggest…

The confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett drew much notice for her religious worldview. Barrett’s alleged commitment to a small Christian religious group, People of Praise, has raised concerns. This covenant is a formal pledge to remain a…

It's really just a matter of time before another state's abortion law ends up in front of the Supreme Court. Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert (R) is hoping that day comes sooner rather than later. With his latest legislative proposal, known as…

For someone whose presidency — if not his public persona as a whole — is predicated on being a "fighter" and a "wartime president," Donald Trump has spent the waning days of his time in office largely out of sight, save for an occasional…