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merck. president biden will announce the purchase of an additional 100 million doses of that johnson & johnson vaccine. an eye on this minneapolis courtroom. its day three of former police officer derek chauvins trial. he is charged with murder in the death of george floyd. a fourth juror was seated minutes ago. more on the legal maneuvers coming up. first, our reporters as the house moves closer to passing this covid relief bill. we have garrett haake, carol lee and i want to brin...

Progressive Democrats are taking aim at the 200-year-old policy that justified U.S. interventionism.

Over a hundred current and former White House staffers signed a letter backing the Biden administration’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war, as Biden’s support for Israel has divided Democrats. The letter, first reported by The New York Times, has 127 signatures, fewer than a similar letter earlier this month from former White House and campaign…

A half-dozen House Progressives introduced a bill Thursday to block a $320 million arms sale to Israel amid its war with Hamas in Gaza. The measure, led by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), would revoke the export license of a specific type of guided bomb kit approved for sale to Israel months before the Oct. 7…

The July 7, 2023, episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”

Tomorrows juneteenth holiday were seeing unprecedented action taken on the issue of reparations for the descendants of slaves. what a long-standing federal bill to explore reparations has lost momentum under this congress. some house progressives are pushing to keep the issue at the forefront with new legislation. several cities in the state of california have established some form of repetitive justice program. and the golden state has established an -- reparation task force which is preparing ...

Passed the debt ceiling without all of this. this negotiation could have happened later, and i think we do feel like were being held he or she -- hostage. >> were seal people from both sides of the political seesaw. we have more than 30 house republicans saying they dont to want vote for this deal. and then on the other side of this, were watching house progressives come out and say they dont want to vote for this. what it leaves, though, is a pretty hefty piece of the middle, the moderate wings...

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) announced she would be voting against the bill on Wednesday, setting the stage for several other progressive lawmakers to fall in line behind her.

Us on the right track. >> to start off the coverage this hour, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli. where do things stand right now? the congressional progressive caucus chair says no. potentially meaning that others in that caucus could go no. what is it looking like on the house right now? >> reporter: certainly the fact that chairwoman jayapal would come out and say shes a no, that her group is whipping their votes right now and th...

From TPM Reader JR … Great post, as always. I ended up reading this back-to-back with articles like this Bloomberg piece, in which House Progressives are…