For years, both Uber and Lyft have insisted that their drivers are not their employees, but rather, independent contractors ...

Union steamfitter Dan Osborn nearly pulled off a Senate upset in Nebraska two years ago. Now he’s back, facing billionaire heir and former governor Pete Ricketts in one of the quietly critical races ...

There was once a time when our politicians reckoned with moral crises, and the moment appears ripe for a return to it. Murphy describes this not just in economic terms but as a spiritual crisis. I ...

A comprehensive housing bill supported by both parties and the White House inched closer to passage last week. But never doubt the power of the private equity and banking industries and their ...

After failing to gut a bill that legalized collective bargaining for state and local government workers, she opted to veto it.

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Even as Mark Zuckerberg is now funding a pro-Becerra PAC, Steyer lacks the only two endorsements that could actually help him.

Coding was supposed to be a pathway to a high-paying job, but AI is pulling the rug out from young programmers.

Former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin earned $237,000 consulting for a civic organization funded in large part by two prominent benefactors. Then they maxed out their contributions to his congressional ...

Seems to be, but overzealous Republican state legislators steamrolling new congressional maps onto baffled voters may end up in a world of hurt.

Flock Safety allows police departments and immigration officials to search a nationwide database of license plate data captured by its cameras. Credit: Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP ...

On the night of 3, 2025, Elon Musk boasted on X about his weekend spent “feeding USAID into the wood chipper.” The remark still haunts Nicholas Enrich, the career civil servant turned whistleblower ...