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 ReadingIn the wake of a recent “Keep America Great” rally in Minneapolis, President Donald Trump tweeted this: “We are going to fight with…
Continue ReadingSen. 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 ReadingOn 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 ReadingPresident Donald Trump spoke at length during a Cabinet meeting on Monday about his decision to withdraw US troops from northern Syria —…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats are facing a time crunch to quickly wrap up their investigation into allegations President Donald Trump abused his office in pushing…
Continue ReadingJulián 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 ReadingPresident 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 ReadingFormer Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Thursday the Russians are currently “grooming” a Democrat running in the…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump has reversed his plan to invite world leaders to attend an official government summit at his Florida golf course, but still…
Continue ReadingActing 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 ReadingActing 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 ReadingThis past spring, I first taught a new freshman seminar titled “Imagining Europe,” focusing on the shifting geographic, political,…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingThese three things are amazing beyond words: 1) Mitt Romney has a lurker Twitter handle. 2) The handle name is “Pierre Delecto.” 3)…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is taking several steps to placate angry Republicans after a disastrous run which saw his impeachment defense shredded by…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump will convene his Cabinet Monday morning for the first time since July, the first such meeting since House Democrats announced…
Continue ReadingFederal prosecutors can’t show a clip from the film “The Godfather Part II” at a trial as they try to prove to a jury that Roger…
Continue ReadingSecretary of Defense Mark Esper said Monday that some US troops will temporarily remain in Syria in part to protect oil fields in the country from…
Continue ReadingSen. Mitt Romney says he has been secretly using a Twitter account apparently intended to monitor political discussions on social media and to defend…
Continue ReadingWith 106 days until the Iowa caucuses and a record number of Democratic candidates, the 2020 election is already in full swing. Every Sunday, I…
Continue ReadingWeeks before Rudy Giuliani publicly became a figure to avoid in Washington, he managed to get a meeting with the top official in the Justice…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation have concluded an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, Pelosi’s office said Sunday…
Continue ReadingIn another sign of the dangerous predicament facing President Donald Trump, his longtime ally Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an interview…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren committed for the first time on Sunday to putting out a plan detailing how “Medicare for All” would…
Continue ReadingThomas D’Alesandro III, a former Baltimore mayor who led the city during the 1968 riots and brother of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,…
Continue ReadingActing White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney faced internal efforts to oust him before House Democrats moved ahead with their impeachment inquiry…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan high-level congressional delegation to Jordan this weekend where they discussed Middle East peace and…
Continue ReadingActing White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says he and President Donald Trump never discussed his potential resignation following a defiant…
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department confirmed Sunday that Donald Trump Jr. and former White House counsel Don McGahn did not testify to a federal grand jury…
Continue ReadingRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez never hid from the fact that choosing between Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, as she weighed her 2020…
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