Ex-DC councilman starts campaign for his old job 10 days after resigning
A disgraced former Washington, DC, council member will run for his Ward 2 council seat again, according to the city’s Board of Elections…
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Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ invites you to unlearn what you think you know about cheerleading
Netflix’s new docuseries “Cheer,” which follows Navarro College’s cheerleading team and its bruising pursuit of yet another…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden agrees to pay child support in paternity case settlement
Hunter Biden has agreed to pay monthly child support to an Arkansas woman, court documents filed Monday show, in a temporary settlement reached just…
Continue Reading House Democrats launch health care ads during impeachment trial
House Democrats are banking on a health care focused message to protect the majority they won in 2018, while the third presidential impeachment in US…
Continue Reading US advises citizens to reconsider travel to China after coronavirus outbreak
The United States is cautioning travelers to reconsider visiting China due to the threat from the coronavirus virus outbreak that has killed more…
Continue Reading Bolton manuscript revelations thrust little-known White House office into spotlight
A little known part of the National Security Council has been thrust into the spotlight after details of an unpublished manuscript by former national…
Continue Reading Amy Klobuchar asks for her ticket out of Iowa as she’s hampered by impeachment
Amy Klobuchar ended her frenetic, 36-hour sprint across Iowa with a direct plea. “This person deserves a ticket out of Iowa, to be able to go…
Continue Reading GOP senator says Romney ‘wants to appease the left by calling witnesses’ in impeachment trial
Republican Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler targeted her colleague GOP Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Monday over the issue of witnesses at the Senate…
Continue Reading 3 ways Bolton’s bombshells contradict Trump’s defense
New revelations about the Ukraine scandal from former national security adviser John Bolton dealt a significant blow to President Donald…
Continue Reading 5-4 Supreme Court allows rule to take effect that could reshape legal immigration
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to make it more difficult for low-income immigrants seeking to…
Continue Reading How Trump’s prosecutors reacted when the Bolton news broke
Rep. Adam Schiff and the rest of the House impeachment managers were meeting in the speaker’s office in the US Capitol late Sunday afternoon…
Continue Reading This GOP senator couldn’t bring himself to say foreign interference in elections is wrong
Congressional Republicans have twisted themselves into all sorts of knots in an effort to defend President Donald Trump’s conduct with Ukraine.…
Continue Reading Virginia reaches long-awaited milestone by ratifying Equal Rights Amendment, but legal fight looms
Virginia on Monday finalized its ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, a potential milestone in the century-long effort but one that faces…
Continue Reading This 1 chart explains how bad Fox News is for our politics
If you turned on Fox News on Thursday night to catch the ongoing Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump — only the third time in American…
Continue Reading Trump spiritual adviser says prayer asking for termination of ‘all satanic pregnancies’ was taken out of context
President Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser Paula White defended herself on Sunday against criticism over a prayer she made earlier this month…
Continue Reading READ: Supreme Court order on immigration ‘public charge’ rule
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to make it more difficult for immigrants who rely on public…
Continue Reading GOP senators facing a classic Trump on 5th Avenue test
Once again, President Donald Trump’s Fifth Avenue test for fellow Republicans has grown a little harder. The term refers to Trump’s 2016…
Continue Reading READ: Supreme Court order on immigration ‘public charge’ rule
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to make it more difficult for immigrants who rely on public…
Continue Reading Michelle Obama wins a Grammy, a third for the household
Former first lady Michelle Obama has snagged her first Grammy win for the audiobook version of her best-selling memoir “Becoming.”…
Continue Reading Senate chaplain invokes Kobe Bryant and daughter in opening prayer of impeachment trial
Senate Chaplain Barry Black opened the second week of arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by invoking NBA superstar…
Continue Reading Romney: ‘Increasingly likely’ other Republicans will join his call for witnesses
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Monday that he has had discussions with his GOP colleagues and it is “increasingly likely” that others…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren goes all in on electability in the final sprint to Iowa
Elizabeth Warren ended her town hall at a middle school gymnasium in Muscatine, Iowa, Saturday evening with a new closing message: “Fight…
Continue Reading Trump says administration’s Middle East plan to be unveiled Tuesday
President Donald Trump plans to announce the administration’s Middle East plan Tuesday at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump falsely claims House Democrats never asked John Bolton to testify
An explosive allegation concerning John Bolton has given new ammunition to Democrats’ demands for the Republican-controlled Senate to call the…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders’ surge rattles establishment Democrats one week from Iowa
Sen. Bernie Sanders is on a roll — and that is precisely what worries his rivals and is rattling the Democratic establishment one week before…
Continue Reading Schiff says GOP senators must agree to Bolton testifying
Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff argued Monday that Republican senators cannot say they want “a search for the truth” in…
Continue Reading Rep. Seth Moulton endorses Joe Biden
Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts endorsed Joe Biden Monday, saying the former vice president “has the experience and judgment not just to win…
Continue Reading Schiff calls Trump ‘vindictive’ and says Trump’s tweet was intended to intimidate
Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff on Sunday called President Donald Trump “wrathful and vindictive,” adding that he thought…
Continue Reading Bolton bombshell undercuts Trump impeachment defense
Democrats demanding new witnesses in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are seizing on a report that the President ordered former national…
Continue Reading It just got *a lot* harder for Republicans to vote against witnesses in the impeachment trial
The news, first reported by The New York Times Sunday night, that President Donald Trump had told national security adviser John Bolton directly to…
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