Amash says ‘I do think’ Trump abused his power with Soleimani strike
Independent Rep. Justin Amash on Thursday said he believes President Donald Trump abused his power by ordering the drone strike that killed Iranian…
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Federal judge allows private border wall construction to move ahead
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the private border wall effort underway in south Texas can move forward, a win for the group that has ardently…
Continue Reading Army officer pardoned by Trump won’t have status as a member of Special Forces reinstated
The retired Army officer charged with murder and pardoned by President Donald Trump in November has been denied by the Army Special Operations…
Continue Reading Tom Steyer just got his two best polls of the cycle
Businessman Tom Steyer is proving that you can, in fact, buy some love in politics. New Fox News polls in the third and fourth states of the primary…
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House votes to limit Trump’s military action against Iran without congressional approval
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve a resolution aimed at restraining the President’s ability to use military action…
Continue Reading Pelosi says she’ll send impeachment articles when ‘ready,’ but predicts it could be ‘soon’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled a possible end to the standoff over the impeachment articles, saying Thursday she would send them over…
Continue Reading New York Senate passes automatic voter registration bill
New York Senate Democrats on Thursday passed legislation that would automatically register people to vote when they interact with certain state…
Continue Reading Challenge to Minnesota’s Trump-only Republican primary ballot denied
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon denied a petition to include other Republican candidates other than President Donald Trump on the…
Continue Reading U.S. House passes resolution limiting Trump’s war powers against Iran
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House on Thursday approved a War Powers resolution Democrats said would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to take…
Continue Reading Tom Steyer qualifies for January debate stage
Businessman Tom Steyer qualified on Thursday for next week’s Democratic debate with the release of two new Fox News polls. In one poll, Steyer…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump falsely accuses Pelosi of defending Soleimani, whom she called ‘a terrible person’
President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday morning that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been “trying to defend” Iranian military…
Continue Reading At a crucial moment, lack of trust in a president can be deadly
It’s always a problem when 62% of the public believes the President is not honest or trustworthy. In a time of grave consequence, it’s…
Continue Reading House Democratic campaign arm raises $125 million in 2019
The Democratic group tasked with keeping the House majority announced that it raised more than $125 million in 2019, a record for the organization in…
Continue Reading Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti endorses Joe Biden
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is endorsing Joe Biden, the Biden campaign announced on Thursday. In a statement, Garcetti described Biden as a…
Continue Reading ‘I left parts of my body in Iraq’: Duckworth rips into GOP rep who said Democrats ‘love’ terrorists
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both of her legs serving in the Iraq War, on Thursday ripped into the top Republican on the House Judiciary…
Continue Reading Larry David jokes that Bernie Sanders winning would be ‘great for the country, terrible for me’
Comedian Larry David thinks Bernie Sanders, the presidential candidate whom he has memorably impersonated on “Saturday Night Live” for…
Continue Reading Senate Republicans are united as they brace for articles of impeachment
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quoted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a lunch Thursday among Republican senators saying he expected the articles…
Continue Reading Trump stays publicly silent on Puerto Rican earthquakes but has signed emergency declaration
Puerto Rico experienced a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday and endured hundreds of subsequent tremors. And while President Donald Trump declared a…
Continue Reading Kentucky Republicans introduce voter ID legislation
A new Kentucky bill would require voters, in most cases, to present photo identification when they cast ballots. Kentucky Secretary of State Michael…
Continue Reading Schiff throws cold water on bringing Bolton to House committee before Senate trial
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff told CNN on Thursday that his committee has no plans to hear testimony from former national security adviser…
Continue Reading Democrats slept on Bernie Sanders. Now he’s surging as Iowa approaches
He has been dismissed, shrugged off, and, most gratingly to his campaign and supporters, ignored for long stretches by other leading primary rivals…
Continue Reading Trump takes credit for decline in cancer deaths. The American Cancer Society says he’s wrong
President Donald Trump insinuated in a tweet on Thursday that his administration played a role in the US cancer death rate hitting a record low in…
Continue Reading The world trusts Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping more than Trump
President Donald Trump has made one thing very clear during his time in the White House: He doesn’t care about being popular in foreign…
Continue Reading Standing down: How Trump decided that not striking back was his best option on Iran
America’s top diplomat on Iran was only a few minutes into a speech on Tuesday afternoon when he was handed an urgent note. Brian Hook, the…
Continue Reading Top House Judiciary Republican makes unfounded claim that Democrats are ‘in love with terrorists’
The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday accused Democrats of being “in love with terrorists,” claiming, without…
Continue Reading Internal debate rages over adding House members to Trump defense team
President Donald Trump is receiving conflicting advice on whether to bring conservative House members onto his defense team for the impeachment…
Continue Reading Trump announces overhaul of landmark environmental and climate rules
The Trump administration plans to rewrite decades-old regulations to make it easier to build major infrastructure such as pipelines, which would have…
Continue Reading Trump vs. Iran: It’s not over
Though President Donald Trump’s showdown with Iran mercifully ended short of a full-blown war, the near-miss did nothing to defuse a…
Continue Reading Buttigieg receives his first endorsement from black member of Congress as he struggles to get black support
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was endorsed by Maryland Congressman Anthony G. Brown on Thursday, the first time the former South…
Continue Reading House Democratic chair walks back call for Pelosi to send impeachment articles to Senate
The Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday publicly called for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to send the articles of…
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