Oregon Democrats try to make Republicans pay up for skipping legislative sessions
Oregon’s Democratic state lawmakers are tired of their Republican colleagues walking out on them over a controversial environmental bill. But…
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Divisions in both parties threaten future of key surveillance law
Internal rifts in both political parties are threatening to derail an effort to renew a set of powerful surveillance tools prized by law enforcement…
Continue Reading Attorney General Barr opens up on daughter’s cancer scare in talk with law enforcement
Attorney General William Barr has noted with concern over the past year the rising number of police officer suicides in the country. On Thursday, he…
Continue Reading The 31 wildest lines from Donald Trump’s self-congratulatory coronavirus press conference
While many Americans were sitting down to dinner on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump stepped into the White House briefing room to give the…
Continue Reading Ex-Baltimore mayor sentenced to 3 years in prison for role in children’s book deal scandal
Catherine Pugh, the former Baltimore mayor whose tenure was cut short by a children’s book deal scandal, was sentenced Thursday to three years…
Continue Reading New York Times: Superdelegates open to brokered convention to block Sanders from nomination
Some national and state Democratic party leaders concerned about Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ candidacy are willing to risk a messy, brokered national…
Continue Reading Pelosi says Congress ‘close’ to reaching bipartisan agreement on coronavirus funding
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that lawmakers are “close to a bipartisan agreement” on emergency funding to respond to the…
Continue Reading Trump administration looks to triple fees for some immigration court filings
The Trump administration introduced a proposal that would triple some fees for immigration court filings. The move would make it more expensive to…
Continue Reading Bloomberg releases new heart health information and calls on Sanders to do the same
Michael Bloomberg‘s campaign disclosed new information on Thursday about the health of the presidential candidate’s heart, and called on…
Continue Reading Republican lawmakers express concerns about anticipated US-Taliban deal
Nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to express “serious…
Continue Reading Health expert tapped for coronavirus task force will report to Pence
Vice President Mike Pence’s office announced Thursday that Ambassador Deborah Birx, a physician and public health expert, will serve as the…
Continue Reading Top takeaways from CNN’s presidential town halls in South Carolina
Days before the South Carolina primary, presidential candidates faced questions from voters attending CNN town halls about the primary, their rivals,…
Continue Reading Why Joe Biden poses the biggest (only?) threat to Bernie Sanders’ dominance
On the eve of the South Carolina primary — the fourth vote of the 2020 Democratic presidential race — the dynamic of the contest is now…
Continue Reading Top House Intelligence investigator departing Capitol Hill
Dan Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who played a major role in the impeachment proceedings, is leaving his perch on the House Intelligence…
Continue Reading US-South Korean combined military drill postponed over coronavirus outbreak
The US and South Korean militaries announced Thursday that they will postpone a command post training exercise due to growing concerns about the…
Continue Reading Bernie Blowback: Sanders’ colleagues warn of political fallout and doomed agenda
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign is surging across the country — but not where he’s served for nearly three decades: Capitol Hill.…
Continue Reading Who will pay for Bernie Sanders’ plans?
CNN spent a good chunk of time doing the math to come up with a bottom-line figure for all of Bernie Sanders’ proposals — not just…
Continue Reading HHS Secretary Azar: ‘I’m still chairman of the task force’ on coronavirus after Trump says Pence is leading response
Health and Human Services Secretary Alexander Azar stressed that he was still in charge of the task force addressing the novel coronavirus following…
Continue Reading Trump takes a victory lap early on in the coronavirus fight
President Donald Trump wants America to know he’s doing a great job in keeping out the novel coronavirus, in a victory lap that could look…
Continue Reading South Carolina is do-or-die for candidates not named Bernie Sanders
It’s easy to miss the importance of this year’s South Carolina primary. Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders has already built a wave of…
Continue Reading Trump puts Pence in charge of US coronavirus response
President Donald Trump on Wednesday placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the US government response to the novel coronavirus, amid growing…
Continue Reading Obama sends cease-and-desist letter to Republican super PAC over Biden ad
Representatives for Barack Obama sent a cease-and-desist letter to a Republican super PAC on Wednesday, demanding that they stop airing an ad that…
Continue Reading AOC-backed challenger targets conservative Texas Democrat ahead of Super Tuesday primary
Jessica Cisneros, a 26-year-old immigration attorney, is launching an all-out attack on Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar just days before the Tuesday…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from CNN’s town halls in South Carolina
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she wouldn’t step aside before the Democratic convention if none of her presidential rivals reach the…
Continue Reading Warren says she’s ready to run until convention even if she’s behind in delegates
Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that she is ready for a convention floor battle this summer if none of the Democratic candidates reaches a delegate…
Continue Reading Klobuchar explains what she was thinking in heated debate moment captured in photo
Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she thought she might have gotten hit in the middle of a heated exchange between businessman Tom Steyer and former Vice…
Continue Reading Biden shares story of faith with pastor who lost wife in 2015 Charleston shooting
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reflected on how personal tragedy has affected his faith while connecting Wednesday night with a pastor…
Continue Reading Black Americans really, really don’t like Donald Trump
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign announced that it was opening 15 field offices in cities with large African-American…
Continue Reading Louisiana governor calls for judge who admitted to using the n-word to resign
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is calling for a district judge to resign after she admitted to using the n-word in text messages, saying she has…
Continue Reading Trump claims coronavirus is only partially responsible for stock market plummet
President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that concerns over the novel coronavirus are only partially responsible for the US stock market plunge this…
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