This Appalachia-based podcast riffs on leftist politics
The Trillbilly Workers Party is a leftist comedy podcast that denounces capitalism, ridicules the Democratic Party and loves Bernie Sanders. Each…
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Republican running to challenge Rep. Ilhan Omar has Twitter account permanently suspended
A Republican candidate running to challenge Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota had her Twitter account permanently suspended for repeated…
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Booker super PAC to air new Iowa ads comparing senator with the ‘other Rhodes Scholar mayor’
“He’s a Rhodes Scholar. A successful mayor. A uniter,” says the narrator in a new television ad set to air in Iowa. But the ad,…
Continue Reading Ukrainian officials discussing ways to improve standing with Trump
Ukrainian officials are discussing ways to improve their country’s standing with President Donald Trump amid the continuing fallout from the…
Continue Reading Democrats set December 6 deadline for White House to say if it will participate in impeachment proceedings
The House Judiciary Committee is setting a deadline of December 6 for President Donald Trump to decide whether his attorneys will participate in the…
Continue Reading 5 surprises from the impeachment inquiry: A sign of what’s to come at Trump’s Senate trial
The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has already seen it all: contentious public hearings, unexpected bombshells, testimony…
Continue Reading Read: House Judiciary letter requesting representative from Trump counsel
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, sent President Donald Trump a letter Friday asking if the President’s counsel plans…
Continue Reading Read: House Judiciary letter requesting representative from Trump counsel
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, sent President Donald Trump a letter Friday asking if the President’s counsel plans…
Continue Reading Here’s one big difference between the Trump and Nixon impeachment proceedings
The American people are nearly two months into the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and they’re still mostly split on whether he…
Continue Reading House GOP members are ‘absolutely disgusted and exhausted’ by Trump’s behavior, former GOP congressman says
Former Republican congressman Charlie Dent said Thursday some of his former colleagues in the House of Representatives have privately told him they…
Continue Reading The 2020 race is now caught in a deep freeze
Thanksgiving is over! Christmas is 26 days away! Those two facts are of critical import not only to your shopping and travel plans but also to the…
Continue Reading Inside Trump’s sneak Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan
On Thanksgiving eve, President Donald Trump slipped unnoticed out of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on his way to a bare-bones military plane with…
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President Trump announces Taliban talks have restarted on surprise Afghanistan visit
President Donald Trump arrived in Afghanistan Thursday for a surprise Thanksgiving visit to US troops and announced peace talks with the Taliban have…
Continue Reading The Trumps and Obamas share family photos and messages of gratitude on Thanksgiving
Presidents past and present are wishing Americans a happy Thanksgiving. President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday saying, “we are thankful to all…
Continue Reading Worry rises in military over Trump’s decision-making
Tensions that have been mounting for months between some of the nation’s most senior military officers and President Donald Trump are boiling…
Continue Reading Get smart on impeachment before Thanksgiving dinner
Happy Thanksgiving! You probably don’t want to talk politics with your Uncle Al, but it’s going to come up. A CNN poll this week found…
Continue Reading Inside the frantic response to mysterious ‘slow-moving blob’ flying over Washington
The mysterious “slow-moving blob” detected in the skies over Washington Tuesday prompted a frantic response from security officials on…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris works to court Iowa caucusgoers, one at a time
Tom and Linda Iannelli waited patiently at a table inside a small, taupe-colored conference room at the Merrill Hotel, ready to be personally…
Continue Reading The precipitous fall of America’s mayor
For the last three years, Rudy Giuliani seemed to roam the world with impunity as a kind of rogue ambassador to President Donald Trump, swatting…
Continue Reading Trump administration to cut its financial contribution to NATO
The Trump administration has moved to substantially cut its contribution to NATO’s collective budget according to several US and NATO…
Continue Reading Trump signs Hong Kong human rights act as China blasts ‘plainly bullying behavior’
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a law supporting Hong Kong’s months-long protest movement, handing anti-government demonstrators…
Continue Reading Trump official who promoted fringe conspiracy theories now senior adviser at State Department
A former naval intelligence officer and conservative talk radio host who promoted fringe conspiracy theories in radio appearances is now a senior…
Continue Reading Ousted Navy secretary calls Trump’s war crimes intervention ‘shocking and unprecedented’
Recently ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spencer detailed President Donald Trump’s intervention in a war crimes case in a Washington Post op-ed…
Continue Reading Former White House counsel Don McGahn gets temporary pause on testimony from judge
At least for now, former White House counsel Don McGahn won’t have to testify to the House of Representatives. After McGahn appealed a…
Continue Reading Who’s been where? From Iowa to Nevada, a 2020 heat map
Where the presidential candidates spend most of their time says a lot. We looked at data showing the number of campaign visits from each of the…
Continue Reading Trump’s whistleblower briefing is a knock on his impeachment defense
News that President Donald Trump had been briefed in late August on a whistleblower complaint alleging he pressured Ukraine to investigate his…
Continue Reading Possible impeachment witness Kupperman tries to keep lawsuit afloat
Attorneys for Charles Kupperman, the former deputy national security adviser who hasn’t testified about President Donald Trump and Ukraine…
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Trump says he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump said Mexican cartels will “absolutely” be designated as foreign terrorist organizations, a…
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Watergate figure William Ruckelshaus dead at 87
William Ruckelshaus, a key figure in the Watergate scandal and the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency, died in his sleep Wednesday,…
Continue Reading New York Times: FBI did not try to place undercover agents inside Trump campaign, DOJ inspector general’s report expected to find
The Justice Department’s inspector general did not find any evidence that the FBI had tried to put undercover agents or informants inside…
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