Appellate judges nix Trump’s Medicaid work requirements
A panel of federal appellate court judges on Friday struck down the Trump administration’s approval of work requirements in Medicaid, the…
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White House defends Trump after AP report on homeless vet
The White House defended President Donald Trump on Friday after an Associated Press report that he stretched the truth in his State of the Union…
Continue Reading Justice Department drops McCabe criminal investigation
The Department of Justice is dropping its criminal investigation of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe without bringing charges, it announced…
Continue Reading Security experts raise concerns about voting app used by military voters
Security researchers are reporting flaws in a smartphone-based voting app that’s been used by military voters overseas and is now being tested…
Continue Reading DNC, Iowa Democrats point fingers as contract for caucus app revealed
The contract between the Iowa Democratic Party and the company tasked with designing the app that sits at the center of the caucus meltdown on the…
Continue Reading ‘Imminent threat’ explanation noticeably absent in White House report justifying Soleimani strike
The Trump administration has repeatedly insisted that its decision to kill Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was justified because he posed an…
Continue Reading Democratic lawmaker accuses likely GOP challenger of hating Trump
Rep. Max Rose of New York, a Democratic congressman who represents a district President Donald Trump won in 2016, is accusing his likely GOP…
Continue Reading AIPAC distances itself from group behind anti-Sanders ads
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is distancing itself from a political action committee that has run ads against Democratic presidential…
Continue Reading White House extends national emergency on the southern border
President Donald Trump will extend his national emergency on the US-Mexico border for another year, according to a notice submitted to the Federal…
Continue Reading Trump’s ‘Deep State’ conspiracy theory just took a big hit
President Donald Trump is deeply invested in the idea that there is a “Deep State” embedded within the government bureaucracy — and…
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John Kelly’s biggest slam wasn’t even about Donald Trump
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly got lots and lots of national media attention this week for expressing his support for Army Lt. Col.…
Continue Reading The unseen toll of traumatic brain injuries: One veteran asks, ‘What if they could just cut my head off?’
Take one look at Army veteran Elana Duffy and you’ll notice her leg, which was amputated after she sustained major nerve damage in a Humvee…
Continue Reading Top Democratic advisers on impeachment probe leaving Capitol Hill
Two high-profile attorneys who worked for the House Judiciary Committee and played a key role in the impeachment of President Donald Trump are…
Continue Reading US won’t change intelligence sharing policy with UK despite Huawei decision
The Trump administration will not change its intelligence sharing policy with the United Kingdom despite contentious disagreements over the…
Continue Reading New Hampshire man charged with slapping 15-year-old Trump supporter outside polling station
A New Hampshire man was arrested Thursday afternoon and is facing charges after he allegedly slapped a 15-year-old supporter of President Donald…
Continue Reading In response to abortion restrictions, Alabama lawmaker’s bill would require vasectomies
An Alabama Democratic lawmaker has a unique response to a recent law limiting abortion rights in the state: require men to undergo vasectomies either…
Continue Reading Iowa bill would require schools tell parents before lessons touching on sexual orientation
Parents in Iowa may be allowed to excuse their kids from lessons involving LGBTQ issues, if a recently proposed bill progresses. The bill, House File…
Continue Reading Chinese national sentenced to 6 months in prison for resisting an officer at Mar-a-Lago
A Chinese woman who was acquitted of trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort was sentenced to six months in prison for…
Continue Reading Why is Donald Trump always defending Bernie Sanders?
On Friday morning, President Donald Trump sent Bernie Sanders a love letter — of sorts. “It is happening again to Crazy Bernie, just like…
Continue Reading Navy sailors reprimanded over ‘Make Aircrew Great Again’ patches
A review conducted by the US Navy found that sailors violated Pentagon rules by wearing “Make Aircrew Great Again” patches on their…
Continue Reading A pro-Trump group helped fund the nonprofit holding cash giveaways to black attendees
A nonprofit created to support President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies donated more than $230,000 to a group that recently…
Continue Reading Joe Biden’s struggles extend to Congress as Bloomberg racks up endorsements
For months, national polls of the Democratic presidential primary showed former Vice President Joe Biden as the most popular candidate. Then he took…
Continue Reading Barr’s stunning Trump rebuke sparks debate over his true motives
William Barr’s sharp public rebuke of Donald Trump’s legal meddling was an astonishingly rare show of dissent from a top Cabinet…
Continue Reading McConnell reiterates that Senate would confirm a Supreme Court nominee if there’s a vacancy this year
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday again reiterated his position that the GOP-led Senate would confirm a nominee to any Supreme Court…
Continue Reading Trump and Bloomberg: A septuagenarian spat fit for Twitter
One septuagenarian New Yorker is a “5’4″ mass of dead energy.” The other septuagenarian New Yorker is a “carnival…
Continue Reading NYT: US attorney leading Russia probe investigating whether US intelligence agencies hid information
The federal prosecutor leading the probe into the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation might be pursuing a basis to accuse former US intelligence…
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Barr says Trump’s tweets about DOJ cases make it ‘impossible to do my job’
Attorney General William Barr on Thursday rebuked President Donald Trump for publicly commenting on sensitive investigations but insisted the Justice…
Continue Reading Trump makes 86 false claims over two weeks, including whoppers about Bloomberg, Pelosi and Social Security
President Donald Trump made 31 false claims last week and 55 the week before, including 22 at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, in late January…
Continue Reading ‘His word is good’: Inside one senator’s push to restore the congressional role in going to war
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia is under no illusion about the future of his resolution to rein in President Donald Trump’s authority to…
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