How religion widens the partisan divide
The religious and cultural divide between Democratic and Republican voters is widening, pointing toward even greater partisan polarization and social…
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The 41 most out-there lines from Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting
On Monday, President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting. And, as often happens in these meetings, he spent the first half of the gathering…
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Major Trump donor plans private fundraiser with Romney
Stephen Schwarzman, an informal adviser and donor to President Donald Trump, is hosting a fundraiser with Sen. Mitt Romney in support of several…
Continue Reading Amash: Republicans wish they weren’t ‘trapped’ into defending Trump
Rep. Justin Amash said his Republican colleagues are caught in an untenable position trying to defend President Donald Trump as the controversy…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren has a real opportunity to make this right
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s silence on how she plans to pay for Medicare for All has turned into a problem at an important moment in her campaign.…
Continue Reading Here’s who is scheduled to be deposed in the impeachment inquiry this week
The House’s impeachment inquiry is in full swing this week and investigators have several high-profile individuals from across the State…
Continue Reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she never stopped working out during pancreatic cancer treatment
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience in California on Monday that even after she was diagnosed for the fourth time with cancer, she never…
Continue Reading Tulsi Gabbard’s Clinton clash sparks speculation about her political future
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s clash with 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has suddenly thrust her struggling 2020 presidential campaign into the…
Continue Reading Here’s the craziest thing about the Trump White House’s quid pro quo with Ukraine
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney acknowledged in a news conference Thursday that the US withheld military aid from Ukraine in hopes of…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister disparaged Ukraine to Trump
President Donald Trump’s urging of Ukraine’s President to investigate political rivals coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders defends Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Outrageous’ to suggest she is a foreign asset
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday defended his fellow 2020 hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii against the claim that…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Environmental group files SEC complaint about mining company stock trades days before major EPA announcement
An environmental group on Monday called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate possible insider trading involving a mining company…
Continue Reading Romney’s Pierre Delecto mask is a symbol of Never Trumpers’ problem
As the Republic of Venice slowly slid into the 18th century, its economic power was waning while military threats piled up all around it. Inside the…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Trump’s shifting narrative on Adam Schiff
Over the last two years, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, has been a constant target of President…
Continue Reading House Democrats halt Republican resolution to censure Schiff
House Democrats stopped a Republican-led effort to force a floor vote Monday on a resolution to censure Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, one of the…
Continue Reading Facebook CEO: Hiring advice to Buttigieg ‘shouldn’t be taken as an endorsement’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that his attempt to recommend a potential job candidate to Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign…
Continue Reading White House personnel director told Trump that Cuccinelli isn’t eligible for DHS chief
The White House’s personnel director has told President Donald Trump that neither immigration hardliner Ken Cuccinelli nor Customs and Border…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s Minnesota pipe dream
In the wake of a recent “Keep America Great” rally in Minneapolis, President Donald Trump tweeted this: “We are going to fight with…
Continue Reading Amy Klobuchar races to turn debate moment into campaign momentum
Sen. Amy Klobuchar has no time to mince words. “I have a lot of really good proposals out there — and I show how I’m going to pay…
Continue Reading ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ and the uneven legacy of protections for transgender Americans
On its debut 20 years ago this month, Kimberly Peirce’s movie “Boys Don’t Cry” cast a rare spotlight on the experiences of a…
Continue Reading Trump says he’s ‘the one that did the capturing’ in Syria
President Donald Trump spoke at length during a Cabinet meeting on Monday about his decision to withdraw US troops from northern Syria —…
Continue Reading Democrats see impeachment proceedings taking longer than some initially expected
House Democrats are facing a time crunch to quickly wrap up their investigation into allegations President Donald Trump abused his office in pushing…
Continue Reading Julián Castro says he’ll end presidential bid if he doesn’t raise $800,000 by end of October
Julián Castro announced Monday in an email to supporters that his presidential campaign needs to raise $800,000 by the end of October or he will end…
Continue Reading Trump again defends Doral G7 plan despite weekend reversal
President Donald Trump on Monday lamented that his Trump National Doral resort would no longer be hosting the 2020 G7 and blamed Democrats for his…
Continue Reading Hillary Clinton suggests Russians are ‘grooming’ Tulsi Gabbard for third-party run
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Thursday the Russians are currently “grooming” a Democrat running in the…
Continue Reading Was Trump’s plan to host the G7 at his golf course unconstitutional?
President Donald Trump has reversed his plan to invite world leaders to attend an official government summit at his Florida golf course, but still…
Continue Reading White House staff rally around Mulvaney amid rising frustration
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney earned a show of support from his colleagues on Monday after facing days of withering criticism over…
Continue Reading Mick Mulvaney’s deeply cringey defense of his quid pro quo comments
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is flailing these days as he tries to appease his boss — and keep his job — with a series…
Continue Reading What I learned from teaching Brexit to freshmen
This past spring, I first taught a new freshman seminar titled “Imagining Europe,” focusing on the shifting geographic, political,…
Continue Reading US has quietly reduced troops in Afghanistan despite absence of peace deal
The United States has quietly reduced the number of US troops in Afghanistan by 2,000 over the last year despite the lack of a peace deal with the…
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