Gov. Christie Nixes New Jersey Gay Marriage Bill

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2012 Talk about a killjoy: After a long slog and Thursday's sweet victory in the New Jersey Assembly, the same-sex marriage bill that had managed to make it through all the legislative steps except one was vetoed Friday by Gov. Chris Christie. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Chris Hedges

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2012 Late last year, President Obama pulled a fast one by changing his stance on the National Defense Authorization Act so suddenly and drastically that Americans were left with a bad case of legislative whiplash -- and a very serious state of affairs with regard to our civil liberties. The choice was eminently clear to make Chris Hedges our pick for this week's Truthdigger for his gutsy gesture of protest against the notorious National Defense Authorization Act. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Human Rights Watch Says Obama Will Go Down in History—and Not in a Good Way

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2011 President Obama's decision to not veto the defense authorization bill, which "would codify indefinite detention without trial into U.S. law for the first time since the McCarthy era," is a "historic tragedy," Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Drops Veto Threat, House Passes Defense Bill

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2011 The House passed the controversial National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday night, scarcely hours after President Obama caved to pressure from various factions in Congress and withdrew his veto threat. Let's consider some of the scary tactics that would be permitted if the measure is signed into law. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Britain Stands Alone After EU Veto

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2011 If pushing away from the European Union was British Prime Minister David Cameron's goal in making the U.K. the only nation in the region to veto a proposal to renegotiate the EU treaty, he got what he wanted Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Votes to Keep Detention Clauses in Military Bill

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2011 Pointing to the threat of terrorist groups like al-Qaida, Sen. Carl Levin and 60 of his colleagues voted Wednesday in favor of keeping provisions in the proposed National Defense Authorization Act that would grant the military the ability to detain terrorist suspects abroad and at home under controversial circumstances. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Does the Math on Deficit Reduction

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2011 President Obama rolled out a plan on Monday to reduce the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade by combining cuts to benefit rights and war savings with tax increases. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Georgia Immigration Bill Looks to Arizona

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2011 All aboard the hate train. Georgia’s Legislature has passed a bill that copies some of the most maligned parts of Arizona’s infamously anti-immigrant SB 1070. The Georgia bill is now on the desk of Gov. Nathan Deal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Gears Up to Take Down Health Care Reform

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2011 Emboldened by their big wins in last fall's midterm elections, Republican members of Congress are sharpening their battle axes with the aim of hacking away at the health care reform legislation that President Obama and the Democrats took such great pains to pass . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Offers F-35s for Extension of Settlement Freeze

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2010 Although the U.S. never has been a neutral arbiter in the Middle East, it's still surprising that Washington has now reportedly promised Israel a long-term security agreement -- including 20 F-35 fighter jets and a pledge to veto any damaging U.N. resolution -- in exchange for a 90-day extension of the Israeli freeze on constructing settlements in the West Bank. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal Could Be Headed for Veto

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2010 The good news, for those awaiting the repeal of the military's oppressive "don't ask, don't tell" policy, is that the House of Representatives on Friday voted in favor of lifting the policy However, it's far from a done deal (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

From Frozen Minds, a ‘Spending Freeze’

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 13, 2009 Things are bad, and very likely to get worse -- but the Republicans seem determined to plunge us into a real depression, gambling that catastrophe would return them to power. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )