Nadler questions Barr’s ‘back channel’ for receiving Giuliani’s Ukraine info
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is demanding that Attorney General William Barr explain how the Justice Department is receiving…
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A new bill could finally make it legal for unmarried people to have sex in Virginia
Virginia is for lovers — the married kind. According to state code, it’s illegal for unmarried people to have consensual sex. Sure,…
Continue Reading Barr confirms Justice Department is receiving Giuliani information about Ukraine
Attorney General William Barr confirmed Monday that the Justice Department has been receiving information from Rudy Giuliani about his operation in…
Continue Reading Sanders and Buttigieg campaigns ask for partial recanvass of Iowa caucuses results
The campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg on Monday requested a partial recanvass of the results from the Iowa caucuses. Sanders’…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren stays on message as her odds dwindle in New Hampshire
Elizabeth Warren‘s campaign settled on a message — and she isn’t changing it now, even as her path to the nomination begins to look…
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Potential GOP challenger to Torres Small launches TV campaign ad blitz
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Republican candidate for a crucial U.S. House seat in New Mexico is launching a television advertisement blitz amid a…
Continue Reading Over 100 US troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following Iran strike
Over 100 US service members have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries in the wake of the January 8 Iranian missile attack on the al Asad…
Continue Reading Trump calls for slashing funding for toxic Superfund cleanup
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump asked Congress on Monday to slash funding for the Superfund program around the country, despite already…
Continue Reading Amy Klobuchar’s boomlet clogs the moderate lane
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar could be having a New Hampshire moment. Klobuchar seems to be gaining support ahead of Tuesday’s vote in the…
Continue Reading Sanders leads national primary race, new poll shows
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders tops the Democratic primary race, according to a new Quinnipiac national poll released on Monday. Sanders, with 25%…
Continue Reading How Trump’s long-promised middle class tax cuts might happen, despite deficits
President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised middle class Americans fresh tax cuts if he wins a second four-year term in office in November, a…
Continue Reading Trump’s budget fails to eliminate the deficit over next 10 years but calls for major cuts
The White House is proposing a new budget that would not eliminate the federal deficit in the next 10 years. The $4.8 trillion budget plan…
Continue Reading Trump tells advisers he doesn’t want another summit with North Korea’s Kim before the election
President Donald Trump has told top foreign policy advisers that he does not want another summit with Kim Jong Un before the presidential election in…
Continue Reading ‘Neither is he’: Buttigieg hits back at Biden’s dig that former mayor isn’t Obama
Pete Buttigieg on Sunday had a response to former Vice President Joe Biden’s recent comment the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is not…
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors gear up for fight with Flynn over his guilt by attempting to use his former lawyers against him
Federal prosecutors want to use Michael Flynn’s former defense lawyers against him as they resist his attempts to get out of his guilty plea…
Continue Reading Ex-Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack wins $150,000 in state lottery
The Iowa Democratic Party may be waiting for a recanvass before certifying the results of this year’s Iowa caucuses, but at least one Democrat…
Continue Reading Trump downplays service members’ concussion injuries from Iranian attack: ‘I heard they had headaches’
President Donald Trump said he does not consider potential brain injuries to be as serious as physical combat wounds, downplaying the severity of US…
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Trump weaponizes the Presidency after impeachment victory
Donald Trump is moving fast in the wake of his impeachment trial to use the government to punish his enemies and pursue his political ends,…
Continue Reading Joe Biden said Bernie Sanders would cost Democrats the Senate. Is he right?
Joe Biden had a simple message for New Hampshire voters in Friday night’s presidential debate: Nominate Bernie Sanders and the presidency…
Continue Reading Predicting the 5 most likely New Hampshire scenarios
Every Sunday, I outline the 5 BIG 2020 storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail. This week, with the New…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders leads in final CNN New Hampshire tracking poll
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders holds on to his lead on the eve of New Hampshire’s Democratic primary, the final CNN tracking poll conducted by the…
Continue Reading County police have seized hundreds of guns with ‘red flag’ law in two years since Parkland shooting
Parishioners at the Plantation, Florida, church had welcomed the young man like any other into their services, but soon grew concerned. The…
Continue Reading Democratic candidates sharpen attacks in closing days of New Hampshire primary
So much for “Iowa nice.” The contentious contours of the Democratic presidential primary came into full view in New Hampshire over the…
Continue Reading Sondland and Vindman were planning exits but Trump didn’t want them to go quietly
The two impeachment witnesses that President Donald Trump fired Friday were quietly planning exits of their own, multiple people tell CNN. Both…
Continue Reading Amy Klobuchar’s closing statement in the New Hampshire debate was near-perfect
One of the things we have lost — or forgotten — during the presidency of Donald Trump is empathy. Understanding that we are all, at root,…
Continue Reading Justice Department vetting information on the Bidens from Giuliani, Graham says
The Justice Department has begun vetting information from Ukraine obtained by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani regarding…
Continue Reading Schumer calls on 74 inspectors general to investigate witness retaliation after Vindman ouster
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter on Monday to all 74 federal government Inspectors General requesting investigations into…
Continue Reading READ: Schumer’s letter to Department of Defense acting inspector general on witness retaliation
In a letter published Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on the acting inspector general for the Department of Defense to…
Continue Reading Michael Bloomberg unveils immigration plan including place-based visas
Michael Bloomberg released his plan Monday to overhaul the nation’s immigration system, promising to overturn several Trump administration…
Continue Reading Joe Biden praised mayors as the ‘heartbeat’ of America just last year
Joe Biden belittled Democratic rival Pete Buttigieg’s experience as South Bend, Indiana, mayor this weekend in the harshest attack ad of the…
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