Six former wrestlers say Rep. Jim Jordan knew about abusive OSU doctor
Tito Vazquez says he still remembers the day three decades ago when, as a wrestler at Ohio State University, the doctor he’d gone to see about…
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Students are leaving personal thank-you notes next to Elizabeth Warren’s photo at Harvard Law
Students at Harvard Law School, where Senator Elizabeth Warren used to teach, want her to know that even though she’s quit the presidential…
Continue Reading What’s next for Elizabeth Warren?
Now that Sen. Elizabeth Warren has left the presidential race, what the Massachusetts Democrat does next isn’t entirely clear. The obvious…
Continue Reading Human rights organizations file suit over Pompeo’s ‘unalienable rights’ commission
Several human rights organizations sued Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the State Department on Friday over the Commission on Unalienable Rights.…
Continue Reading US to provide additional military aid to Ukraine including armed patrol boats
Members of Congress have been informally notified of the Defense Department’s plans to provide $125 million in new military assistance to…
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Trump muddles coronavirus message as response team struggles to match ‘wishful thinking’
President Donald Trump is receiving a steady stream of sometimes-conflicting information about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak that some aides worry…
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Rising progressive star Rep. Ruben Gallego endorses Joe Biden
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, a rising progressive star, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden Friday in another blow to Vermont Sen. Bernie…
Continue Reading Hillary Clinton: Trump should not focus on ‘name calling and blame placing’ during coronavirus outbreak
Hillary Clinton accused President Donald Trump of focusing on “name calling and blame placing” instead of combating the coronavirus,…
Continue Reading How Congress is prepping in case of a coronavirus outbreak on Capitol Hill
House and Senate authorities are preparing in case of a coronavirus outbreak on Capitol grounds, with lawmakers and aides discussing how to keep…
Continue Reading Republican congressman dares Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke to ‘come and take’ his AR-15
Days after former Vice President and current Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden said he would partner with former US Rep. Beto…
Continue Reading Joe Biden is endorsed by Deval Patrick, another former 2020 contender
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Friday joined several other former 2020 presidential candidates in endorsing Joe Biden for president.…
Continue Reading Trump waves off economists’ prescriptions for preventing US coronavirus slowdown
President Donald Trump sent a message Friday to anyone expecting major economic aid to head off a coronavirus recession: Don’t hold your…
Continue Reading Pompeo is ‘confident’ the US will handle coronavirus ‘better than any nation in the world’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that he was “confident” that the United States would handle the novel coronavirus…
Continue Reading DNC debate criteria sets up Biden and Sanders face-off
The Democratic National Committee on Friday announced the criteria to qualify for the next Democratic primary debate, and the rules set up a face-off…
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Trump to visit CDC on Friday after reversing decision to cancel
President Donald Trump will visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday, coming just hours after a White House official…
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Nazi flag waved by a man at a Bernie Sanders event sparks outcry
A man was kicked out of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ rally in Arizona after he unfurled a Nazi flag during the Democratic presidential…
Continue Reading Trump falsely claimed that Obama administration slowed down diagnostic testing
President Donald Trump Wednesday sought to lay blame on the Obama administration for slowing down new diagnostic testing but there’s no…
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dominates in abortion case
If there is any question whether 86-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has spent her life steeped in issues concerning women’s rights,…
Continue Reading What’s killing Staff Sergeant Wesley Black? The VA doesn’t want to talk about it
“I’m not bullshitting you when I say the conversation went like this: ‘Hi Wesley, I just wanted to call and see how you’re…
Continue Reading Fact check: from coronavirus to Kim Jong Un, Trump makes at least 14 false claims in Fox News town hall
President Donald Trump made a rapid-fire series of false claims at a televised town hall event hosted by Fox News on Thursday in Scranton,…
Continue Reading Hillary Clinton takes a swipe at Melania Trump’s cyberbullying initiative
Hillary Clinton made a targeted dig at first lady Melania Trump during an appearance on a late-night talk show Thursday evening. While promoting a…
Continue Reading Romney to support Johnson subpoena in Burisma probe
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah plans to vote in favor of a subpoena as part of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs…
Continue Reading House asks appeals court to reconsider ruling saying Don McGahn doesn’t have to testify
The US House of Representatives on Friday asked the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to revisit a 2-1 court ruling that let former White House counsel Don…
Continue Reading Amy Klobuchar wonders if voters wanted a man to run against Trump. Did they?
In an exit interview with The New York Times on Thursday, former 2020 Democratic candidate Amy Klobuchar was asked what she learned about running for…
Continue Reading Backlash over White House virus response builds
A political storm over confusion and delays in coronavirus testing will only intensify after President Donald Trump canceled a trip to the agency…
Continue Reading Bill Clinton says he feels ‘terrible’ that affair has ‘unfairly’ defined Monica Lewinsky’s life
Bill Clinton reflects emotionally in a new documentary about his 1990s affair with Monica Lewinsky, saying that he feels “terrible” the…
Continue Reading Why Warren supporters will split between Biden and Sanders
The Democratic presidential race is, for all intents and purposes, a two-person affair. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s departure from…
Continue Reading Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it enforce ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum policy
The Trump administration filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court Friday, asking the justices to allow the controversial “Remain in…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s dangerous freelancing on coronavirus
On Friday morning, amid questions of why President Donald Trump had canceled a planned trip to Atlanta to visit the Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading California lawmaker to propose more voting centers and increased voting-by-mail in LA after long Super Tuesday lines
A California lawmaker disappointed by the long lines during Los Angeles county’s Super Tuesday voting announced a new proposal Thursday aimed…
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