
Coronavirus task force another example of Trump administration’s lack of diversity
It’s a statement that’s as predictable as it is infuriating: President Donald Trump’s administration lacks diversity. On Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingIt’s a statement that’s as predictable as it is infuriating: President Donald Trump’s administration lacks diversity. On Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration on Thursday took another significant step in overhauling Medicaid, allowing states to ask for a set amount of federal…
Continue ReadingJohn Roberts read the senators’ questions as if they implicated some third person in a distant place. But they were about him, the chief…
Continue ReadingThe House voted on Thursday to approve a pair of measures intended to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to take military action against…
Continue ReadingSen. Bernie Sanders has instructed his team of campaign advisers to draw up a list of executive actions he can take immediately upon entering the…
Continue ReadingThe South Dakota House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would criminalize doctors who assist in the gender reassignment process for…
Continue ReadingFormer New York mayor Michael Bloomberg released on Thursday the one-minute ad he’ll air during next week’s Super Bowl that highlights…
Continue ReadingWhen a former supporter starts criticizing President Donald Trump, he has a favorite response: accusing them of previously having begged him for…
Continue ReadingThere’s an assumption in politics that all will be known — or at least much clearer — in the 2020 race after the Iowa caucuses on…
Continue ReadingThe Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat and leader of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, announced a bid for the US Senate in Georgia on…
Continue ReadingCNN will host eight Democratic presidential town halls across two nights in New Hampshire, just days before voters head to the polls for the primary…
Continue ReadingAmericans shell out far more on health care than other wealthy countries, but it’s not helping them live longer lives. In the US, health care…
Continue ReadingAn activist and the owners of a New York city bakery teamed up to find a sweet way to pressure Republican senators to subpoena testimony from…
Continue ReadingA more than 100-year-old law protecting migratory birds from unintentional deaths by oil and gas companies and construction crews could be weakened…
Continue ReadingThe mayor of Washington, DC, announced her support for Michael Bloomberg’s presidential bid on Thursday, the latest in a series of endorsements…
Continue ReadingBy the end of June, as the Supreme Court reaches its grand finale and issues the last flurry of opinions before fleeing for the summer, the justices…
Continue ReadingAfter more than a year of existential fighting within the Democratic Party over its direction, debates over which candidate is best suited to defeat…
Continue ReadingImpeachment was meant to punish Donald Trump’s unrestrained use of his authority, but the grounds on which Republican senators plan to acquit…
Continue ReadingAs a federal air marshal, Paul Steward has sworn an oath to enforce the law in the skies above America. But when he’s off-duty, the 42-year-old…
Continue ReadingOn its face, the 16-hour period allocated for senators to ask questions of the House managers and President Donald Trump’s legal team seemed…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Billionaire and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg courted Latino voters in an El Paso campaign visit Wednesday night, the only…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial entered an unpredictable new phase Wednesday, when senators began up to…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico that he said…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyer Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday rolled out a novel and very Trumpian legal argument in his…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is halfway through its questions to the President’s legal team and the House impeachment managers — and one day closer to the key…
Continue ReadingSince the Senate impeachment trial began last week, Chief Justice John Roberts has been mainly out of the camera’s line of sight. He has,…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to move quickly to acquit President Donald Trump if a closely watched vote planned for Friday to…
Continue ReadingSenate Republicans are wrestling with a momentous dilemma over whether to call witnesses in Donald Trump’s trial in a closed-door tussle that…
Continue ReadingThe Senate barreled toward a pivotal vote on whether to hear from witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Wednesday with…
Continue ReadingDemocrats in states President Donald Trump carried in 2016 are not ruling out voting to acquit him of the charges he faces in his impeachment trial,…
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