Boeing CEO to land in Congress’ hot seat
When Boeing’s CEO lands in the hot seat this week, members of Congress have pointed questions for him, such as: “How the hell did this…
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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen have a favorite for president
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen have a favorite in the 2020 presidential race: Elizabeth Warren. In a Vanity Fair story published Monday, musician…
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Former North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan dead at 66
Kay Hagan, a former US senator from North Carolina and the first female Democratic senator to represent the state, died Monday, her family said in a…
Continue Reading Barr explains why he met with foreign officials on Durham probe
Attorney General William Barr shed new light on his role at the center of an investigation into the origins of the Russia probe in an interview…
Continue Reading For Gold Star families, the ultimate sacrifice comes heavily taxed
In early March 2006, two days after learning her husband had died in Iraq, Malia Fry was sitting at her kitchen table in North Carolina. She was…
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Trump equates the Smollett case to impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump on Monday equated the case of a hate crime allegation made by actor Jussie Smollett to the current impeachment process being…
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon announces he will not seek reelection
Republican Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced on Monday that he will not seek…
Continue Reading Fellow Republicans, please take the impeachment inquiry seriously
No one runs for Congress intending to serve on the House Ethics Committee. At least I know I didn’t. I served on the committee for eight years,…
Continue Reading What ‘Saturday Night Live’ got horribly wrong
“Saturday Night Live”‘s portrayal of Donald Trump’s presidency has ranged from hilariously insightful to downright…
Continue Reading John Kelly just said something very, very damning about Donald Trump
On Saturday, former White House chief of staff John Kelly told a conservative audience about this piece of advice he gave President Donald Trump…
Continue Reading Biden calls Trump an ‘idiot’ for dismissing Russian election interference
Former Vice President Joe Biden called President Donald Trump an “idiot” for saying Russian interference in US elections is a hoax, the…
Continue Reading White House: John Kelly ‘was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President’
President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House last year…
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Why booing Donald Trump doesn’t mean what you think it means
On Sunday night, President Donald Trump went to the World Series in Washington. And got booed. Loudly. And even was subject to a “lock him…
Continue Reading Former deputy national security adviser declines to show for impeachment inquiry deposition Monday
President Donald Trump’s former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman defied a congressional subpoena Monday, failing to appear…
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Justice Department appeals order to turn over Mueller grand jury materials
WASHINGTON, DC — The Justice Department on Monday asked a federal judge to put on hold an order requiring the disclosure of grand jury…
Continue Reading Former Bolton deputy who was on July 25 Ukraine call caught in middle of impeachment fight
Intrigue continues to swirl around President Donald Trump’s former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman, a key witness in the…
Continue Reading Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers
Democratic Rep. Katie Hill of California on Sunday announced her resignation from Congress days after she admitted to having an inappropriate…
Continue Reading Dem senator shuns ‘lock him up’ chants aimed at Trump during World Series
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons on Monday shunned chants of “lock him up” aimed at President Donald Trump by the crowd at World Series Game…
Continue Reading Dem senator says Trump disrespected Pelosi by not informing her of Baghdadi raid
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons criticized President Donald Trump on Monday for leaving top Democratic leaders in the dark about the US military raid…
Continue Reading A false ad claiming Republicans back the Green New Deal tests Facebook’s policy on lies
A left-leaning PAC ran a Facebook ad falsely claiming that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham endorsed the Green New Deal. The ad came after Rep.…
Continue Reading Mother of slain journalist hopeful Baghdadi’s death will end ISIS, but warns US to stay vigilant
The mother of James Foley, an American journalist who was abducted in 2012 by ISIS and later brutally murdered, said Monday that she hopes the death…
Continue Reading Triumph over top terrorist interrupts impeachment crisis engulfing Trump
The daring special forces raid that killed the leader of ISIS cannot have come at a better moment for a crisis-haunted President Donald Trump, but he…
Continue Reading The Baghdadi raid was named after ISIS victim Kayla Mueller. Her parents say they’re ‘grateful’
On the day that President Donald Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the parents of Kayla Mueller, who was kidnapped and reportedly…
Continue Reading How killing a terrorist affects the impeachment inquiry into Trump
If you think something like the sensational killing by US Special Forces of the world’s most wanted terrorist is going to quiet calls for…
Continue Reading Inside the dramatic US military raid that killed ISIS leader Baghdadi
President Donald Trump announced Sunday morning in a televised address at the White House that the “world’s number one terrorist…
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Trump gets cheers, ‘lock him up’ chants at World Series in DC
President Donald Trump received a mix of cheers and boos as he was shown to the crowd at the World Series. The President and First Lady Melania Trump…
Continue Reading Trump’s self-congratulatory end zone victory dance
In the coming days, President Donald Trump is likely to continue making direct comparisons between the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr…
Continue Reading Analysis: Death of Baghdadi leaves ISIS with no obvious successor
The killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a US raid in northwestern Syria Saturday night is a blow against the terrorist organization. While…
Continue Reading Rashida Tlaib joins Ocasio-Cortez, Omar in endorsing Bernie Sanders
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president at a rally in Detroit on Sunday night. She joins Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez…
Continue Reading The 41 most shocking lines from Donald Trump’s Baghdadi announcement
On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump announced that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had died as a result of a US raid in northern Syria. And…
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