Mourning the Mormon victims and opening our hearts
It’s a horrific story: Nine people, including two infants, four small children and three women, were ambushed and killed in Mexico on Monday,…
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Concerns about Facebook’s political ad policy brought to Zuckerberg’s dinner table
Steak, scallops and the future of American democracy were among the items on the menu at one of Mark Zuckerberg’s homes on Monday night as the…
Continue Reading The law puts Trump in charge of enforcing whistleblower protections
There are plenty of people arguing that President Donald Trump is breaking the law by encouraging news organizations to out the whistleblower whose…
Continue Reading READ: Former US special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker’s House testimony on Ukraine investigations
The House committees behind the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and Ukraine released on Tuesday the transcript of a closed-door…
Continue Reading Suzuki’s MAGA hat and Doolittle’s principles can teach politicians about guts
Lord, I love baseball. I love every cliché — how time begins on Opening Day; how the game is designed to break your heart; how it teaches…
Continue Reading How Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era election system could decide Tuesday’s election
The winner of Mississippi’s gubernatorial election Tuesday will not only have to capture the state’s popular vote, but will also have to…
Continue Reading Inside the last 5 days of Donald Trump’s chaotic presidency
C-H-A-O-S. That’s been the watchword of Donald Trump’s presidency — a roiling, sprawling circus of content and controversy that…
Continue Reading Lizzo is primed to end cancel culture
“Cancel culture” has jumped the shark. Deeming that people, usually celebrities, are canceled — in other words, no longer worthy of…
Continue Reading House impeachment inquiry requests White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney testify
House impeachment investigators have requested acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney testify on Capitol Hill on Friday, ratcheting up their…
Continue Reading Texas governor orders cleanups of Austin homeless encampments after the city relaxed its laws
Tent cities emerged across Austin this summer after the city effectively made it legal for homeless residents to camp under highway overpasses. The…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg has his sights set on Elizabeth Warren in Iowa
In the first few minutes of his bus tour that began Saturday, Pete Buttigieg said he misspoke. He hadn’t meant to say that the 2020 Democratic…
Continue Reading What Donald Trump and Rand Paul get totally wrong about whistleblowers
On Monday night at a campaign rally in Kentucky, home state Sen. Rand Paul stood beside Donald Trump and urged the media to out the whistleblower who…
Continue Reading ‘Harriet’ breaks open what we know about slavery
“Harriet” is a unique Hollywood offering that avoids the common pitfalls of blockbuster films about American slavery. Co-written and…
Continue Reading Impeachment politics face test in Kentucky governor’s election
The impact of impeachment faces a test on Tuesday as Kentucky voters head to the polls to select their next governor. Incumbent Republican Gov. Matt…
Continue Reading Tuesday’s elections are (mostly) about Trump
It used to be said that “all politics is local.” That’s not really the case anymore. Voters may be casting ballots for politicians…
Continue Reading Julián Castro lays off staff in New Hampshire, South Carolina
Julián Castro is laying off his campaign team in New Hampshire and South Carolina as he fights to keep his campaign afloat, a Castro aide tells CNN.…
Continue Reading New impeachment disclosures lay bare Trump’s power game
President Donald Trump seems to sense a chance to leverage expansive, uncheckable power everywhere he looks. A common thread is emerging from the…
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El Paso voters deciding on multi-million dollar bond that aims to improve public safety
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso voters were deciding Tuesday on a multi-million dollar public safety bond.. The $413 million bond will fund projects…
Continue Reading National Security Council official defies request to testify Tuesday in impeachment probe
Wells Griffith, a White House adviser on energy, is one of several witnesses called on to testify before House impeachment investigators this week…
Continue Reading Rand Paul issues fiery demand for media to reveal whistleblower’s identity
Republican Sen. Rand Paul, before a raucous crowd on Monday, demanded members of the media print the identity of the anonymous whistleblower at the…
Continue Reading New DOJ memo says executive branch witnesses must be allowed to bring lawyers to testimony
The Justice Department said attempts by impeachment investigators to compel testimony from executive branch witnesses about President Donald…
Continue Reading Tom Steyer aide resigns after accessing Kamala Harris volunteer data
A staffer on Tom Steyer’s presidential campaign in South Carolina resigned late Monday after accessing volunteer data from Kamala Harris’…
Continue Reading Groups sue over rollback of lightbulb regulations
A coalition including environmental groups has asked a federal court to consider invalidating the Trump administration’s rollback of…
Continue Reading Roger Stone’s trial will bring out memorable cast of characters
Investigators trying to determine whether Roger Stone obtained information from WikiLeaks first had to interview — and in some cases legally…
Continue Reading Big week ahead for Hill talks on spending deal to avoid shutdown
Bipartisan congressional spending negotiators have reached a critical stage in the closed-door talks to take a potential government shutdown later…
Continue Reading Giuliani associate in talks with impeachment investigators
An associate of Rudy Giuliani — Lev Parnas — has initiated talks with impeachment investigators through his attorney. The attorney,…
Continue Reading After a month of no refugee arrivals, flights to the US are set to resume
The United States will begin admitting refugees on Tuesday after a series of moratoriums on refugee travel led to no arrivals in October. President…
Continue Reading Senate beginning preparations for an impeachment trial
While senators await the House of Representatives to move into the public phase of their impeachment inquiry, aides and members are beginning to…
Continue Reading Construction of first new miles of border barrier began last week
Construction began last week on the first new miles of barrier along the US-Mexico border since President Donald Trump took office, according to two…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Trump’s California wildfire criticism
As wildfires swept across California, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to criticize the state’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom,…
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