Trump isn’t pleased a South Korean film won best-picture Oscar
President Donald Trump bemoaned this year’s Academy Award winner for best picture, “Parasite,” on Thursday because it’s a…
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More of Trump’s chaos vs. Sanders’ radical change?
The latest in President Donald Trump’s chaos: The New York Times reported Thursday that Trump edged out his acting Director of National…
Continue Reading 4 takeaways as Warren and Biden criticize Bloomberg at CNN town halls
Michael Bloomberg remained a target of his Democratic presidential rivals Thursday night, as former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth…
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‘The American people cared. And I care.’ Top lines from Judge Amy Berman Jackson during the Roger Stone sentencing
Judge Amy Berman Jackson, as she sentenced Roger Stone to 40 months in prison, gave a lengthy speech extolling truth and the rule of law to a rapt…
Continue Reading Warren proposes contract to free women from Bloomberg confidentiality agreements
Elizabeth Warren on Thursday urged her fellow Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg to sign a contract the senator wrote herself that…
Continue Reading Judge in Roger Stone case rebukes Trump-backed conspiracies in impassioned stand for ‘truth’ and the rule of law
The judge who decided Roger Stone’s fate made an impassioned plea for the truth and the rule of law at his sentencing hearing Thursday, a…
Continue Reading Michelle Obama and other celebrities are sharing their prom dress photos to encourage voting
Former first lady Michelle Obama went to her prom in a polka-dotted dress. We know that because she shared the photo Tuesday as part of a challenge…
Continue Reading Concern growing US and South Korea could fail to reach an agreement on troop cost-sharing
A national security crisis is brewing on the Korean Peninsula amid fears the Trump administration and South Korea could fail to reach agreement on a…
Continue Reading Bloomberg’s VERY expensive debate performance
Michael Bloomberg has spent an astonishing $464 million on his presidential campaign — which he launched just 10 weeks ago, as he noted on the…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Mick Mulvaney says US is ‘desperate’ for legal immigrants
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said at a private event Wednesday that the US is “desperate” for more legal immigrants to…
Continue Reading Sanders says Obama would ‘be there at my side’ if he’s the nominee
Sen. Bernie Sanders has no doubt that should he win the Democratic nomination he will have a very powerful figure by his side: former President…
Continue Reading Block on Mississippi’s fetal-heartbeat abortion bill is upheld
Mississippi’s law banning abortions at the detection of a fetal heartbeat — as early as six weeks into pregnancy — will remain…
Continue Reading Senate GOP gives Trump’s pick for intelligence chief tepid response
Senate Republicans are giving a tepid reaction to President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as…
Continue Reading Biden slams Sanders and ‘cowards’ in Congress over gun violence
Joe Biden is focusing his campaign on gun violence ahead of Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, criticizing Bernie Sanders by name and accusing…
Continue Reading Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison amid Trump complaints against prosecutors
Roger Stone, a longtime showman, political strategist and friend of President Donald Trump’s, was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison.…
Continue Reading GOP lawmaker Matt Gaetz calls for Trump to pardon Roger Stone
Rep. Matt Gaetz, a longtime defender of President Donald Trump, said the President should pardon longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone. Asked on…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren won’t disavow super PAC in a shift on issue central to her campaign
Sen. Elizabeth Warren indicated on Thursday that she would not disavow the help from a super PAC supporting her candidacy, a notable shift from a…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders and Medicare for All are at a crossroads with unions in Nevada
Sen. Bernie Sanders has pitched himself as the most ambitiously pro-labor candidate in the Democratic primary. He has also centered his campaign on…
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Trump says Roger Stone ‘has a very good chance of exoneration’ — hints at clemency
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — President Donald Trump said Thursday his friend and former associate Roger Stone “has a very good chance of…
Continue Reading The 32-page booklet that is haunting Mike Bloomberg
Seconds — literally! — into the ninth presidential debate on Wednesday night in Las Vegas, Elizabeth Warren dropped a rhetorical bomb on…
Continue Reading Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison for witness tampering, lying to Congress
WASHINGTON, DC — Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by U.S.…
Continue Reading Man allegedly threatened Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff over impeachment proceedings
A New York man threatened Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff over their part in impeachment…
Continue Reading Mike Bloomberg is ready to move on from his first debate
Mike Bloomberg would like you to forget about last night. The former New York mayor barely mentioned here in Utah his rocky performance at Wednesday…
Continue Reading Stopping Bernie Sanders just got a lot harder
If you tuned in to even five minutes of Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, you’d have concluded that former New York City…
Continue Reading US and UK accuse Russia of major cyber attack on Georgia
The US, UK, and Georgia accused the Russian military Thursday of being behind a major 2019 cyber attack on Georgia that disrupted “several…
Continue Reading He’s a seasoned lawyer on Trump’s impeachment defense team. But Ken Starr had a troubled tenure as president of Baylor University
Ten years before Ken Starr joined President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, he was named president of Baylor University in Waco,…
Continue Reading Trump names staunch loyalist and current US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as acting intelligence chief
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has named Richard Grenell, a staunch loyalist, as acting spy chief. “I am pleased to…
Continue Reading Top NSC official reassigned as White House rejects rumors she wrote ‘Anonymous’
Deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates is leaving the National Security Council and going to the Energy Department, according to a…
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Nationwide survey shows most Americans are worried about election fraud — here’s what El Paso County is doing to combat interference
EL PASO, Texas — A new nationwide Gallup survey has found that nearly six in 10 Americans have lost their confidence in the honesty of U.S.…
Continue Reading Echoes of Trump in Mike Bloomberg’s first debate
Mike Bloomberg’s rivals tore into his claim to be the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump in November by branding him as a misogynistic,…
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