What Tom Steyer said to extricate himself from the world’s most uncomfortable situation
Tom Steyer has struggled for months for relevance in the 2020 presidential race. On Tuesday night he got it, albeit very briefly — and not at…
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Why we shouldn’t stop talking about the Sanders-Warren fight
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is done talking about her back-and-forth — in which each candidate said the other called them a liar…
Continue Reading Ranking the Top 5 Democrats in the 2020 race
You can pore over every national and early state poll. You can interview dozens of voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. You can talk to all the…
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Connecticut GOP chair calls for Robert Hyde to drop out of House race
The chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party is calling for congressional candidate Robert Hyde to drop out of the race after revelations that…
Continue Reading FAA should continue controversial delegating of safety reviews to industry, panel concludes
A special panel reviewing how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies aircraft recommended the agency continue delegating some safety reviews…
Continue Reading Controversial Trump tax break under investigation by Treasury watchdog
The Treasury Department’s inspector general has opened an inquiry into a controversial tax break used by close allies of President Donald…
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Watchdog says White House violated law in withholding Ukraine aid that is at center of Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON, DC – The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald…
Continue Reading FBI investigators visit Robert Hyde’s home and office
FBI investigators on Thursday visited both the home and business of Connecticut congressional candidate Robert Hyde, who this week was implicated in…
Continue Reading Michael Flynn’s sentencing postponed after he asks to change his guilty plea
Michael Flynn’s sentencing is delayed again. The sentencing hearing for President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser is now…
Continue Reading U.S. Senate approves Canada-Mexico trade deal, goes to Trump for signature
WASHINGTON, DC — Senators of both parties came together Thursday morning to pass President Donald Trump’s foremost legislative priority…
Continue Reading Government watchdog concludes Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid
The Government Accountability Office said the Trump administration broke the law when it withheld US security aid to Ukraine last year that had been…
Continue Reading Giuliani associate implicates Trump in Ukraine scheme
Lev Parnas, the Soviet-born businessman whose work in Ukraine with President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani stands at the…
Continue Reading Senate impeachment trial rules: No phones and no talking for senators
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska saluted Senate rules announced Wednesday for the impeachment trial that are designed to ensure senators are…
Continue Reading Lawmakers and activists call for admin to hold Egypt accountable for American’s death
A bipartisan group of lawmakers and activists on Wednesday gathered on Capitol Hill to urge the administration not to let an American man’s…
Continue Reading Progressive groups call for unity as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders feud
Leading progressive groups are issuing a call for unity as the public rift between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren widens ahead of the first…
Continue Reading Liz Cheney won’t run for US Senate seat from Wyoming
Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican and member of GOP House leadership, will not run for Senate in 2020, avoiding a contentious primary in the…
Continue Reading Trump shows that impeachment will not moderate him
President Donald Trump is not waiting to be acquitted of impeachable crimes to show that no one can stop him doing what he wants to do. No…
Continue Reading Ukraine opens criminal probe into possible surveillance of ex-US ambassador
Police in Ukraine are investigating the possible surveillance of former US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the country’s Interior Ministry…
Continue Reading Florida to purchase 20,000 acres of Everglades wetlands to protect from oil drilling
Florida has reached a deal with a real estate company to acquire 20,000 acres of the Everglades that is slated for oil production in order to protect…
Continue Reading Senators target China’s ‘exit bans’ as Americans continue to be held by Beijing
A group of bipartisan senators on Wednesday introduced legislation aimed at punishing Beijing for blocking American citizens from leaving that…
Continue Reading The Senate is now in charge of impeachment, but we might be missing the larger story
The Senate is now in charge. The House of Representatives sent the articles of impeachment over to the Senate Wednesday evening. There was a signing…
Continue Reading Koch network plans its biggest election-year effort in 2020
The conservative political network affiliated with billionaire Charles Koch intends to launch its widest election effort in 2020 and could engage in…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Trump’s announcement of July 4 fireworks at Mount Rushmore
At the signing ceremony for a much awaited US-China trade deal, President Donald Trump announced plans for a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore on…
Continue Reading A Michigan state senator allegedly told a female reporter that schoolboys ‘could have a lot of fun’ with her
A Michigan state senator apologized Wednesday after a female reporter said he remarked a day earlier that male high school students could “have…
Continue Reading Trump administration abruptly cancels 4 classified Iran-related briefings
The Trump administration has abruptly canceled four classified congressional briefings related to the ongoing Iran crisis, in some cases providing…
Continue Reading Steyer pokes fun at his awkward appearance in Warren-Sanders exchange
Billionaire businessman Tom Steyer joked about his inadvertent role in the newly revealed tense exchange between his fellow Democratic presidential…
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El Paso City Council member named to statewide post for Bloomberg’s presidential campaign
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city Rep. Peter Svarzbein is taking on a new role as deputy state director in Texas for Democrat Michael Bloomberg’s…
Continue Reading Virginia General Assembly passes resolutions ratifying ERA
Virginia’s General Assembly on Wednesday approved resolutions to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, a century-long dream of progressives and…
Continue Reading Lev Parnas says Trump ‘knew exactly what was going on’ with Ukraine pressure campaign
Indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, a central figure in the White House’s alleged Ukraine pressure campaign, said President Donald…
Continue Reading READ: Senate ‘Dear Colleague’ letter outlines access to impeachment proceedings
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a joint letter to their members Wednesday ahead of the upcoming…
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