Key races to watch Tuesday in Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia
The outcome of races in Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia on Tuesday could shed light on how the country is leaning in the middle of an impeachment…
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How to watch election night 2019
Voters on Tuesday will decide the next governors of Kentucky and Mississippi, and the makeup of the Virginia legislature. Follow along with live…
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Inside the room: Transcripts show Republicans are anything but sidelined in impeachment inquiry
Before the questioning even begins, Republicans call foul. “This is a partisan investigation,” declared Rep. Jim Jordan, an unofficial…
Continue Reading Key diplomat changes testimony and admits quid pro quo with Ukraine
In a significant reversal, a top US diplomat revised his testimony to impeachment investigators to admit a quid pro quo linking US aid to Ukraine…
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Quid, meet pro quo
This is the day when it became damn near impossible for any serious Republican lawmaker to deny that there was a clear quid pro quo proffered by…
Continue Reading Trump tax case poses a potential test for the Supreme Court
After two bruising losses in federal court, President Donald Trump’s private lawyers are poised to head to the Supreme Court in hopes that the…
Continue Reading Nobel winners: The only adult in the room was a child
The only adult in the room was a child. That’s certainly how it felt this fall as heads of state, captains of industry and other world leaders…
Continue Reading The biggest question facing voters in 2020
Don’t be fooled; the 2020 election isn’t about the economy, or health care, or whether America is finally willing to stop holding female…
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Judge rejects GOP effort to halt absentee ballot count in Las Cruces mayoral race
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — District Judge James Martin on Tuesday afternoon rejected a request for an injunction sought by New Mexico’s Republican…
Continue Reading Senate readies vote on Trump’s acting DHS chief pick — for a different role
The Senate is aiming to hold a vote on the nomination of Chad Wolf, the incoming acting Homeland Security secretary, early next week for the post he…
Continue Reading Where are these secret polls that Donald Trump keeps talking about?
Faced with a slew of national polls that show roughly half the country supports not only his impeachment but also his removal from office, President…
Continue Reading Summer Zervos says phone records ‘corroborate’ her allegations of sexual assault by Trump
Newly public cell phone records for President Donald Trump further corroborate allegations of sexual assault against him by former…
Continue Reading Ocasio-Cortez apologizes for blocking ex-NY assemblyman on Twitter
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized to a former Democratic New York state assemblyman who sued her for blocking him on Twitter. Her apology…
Continue Reading On Trump taxes, the Supreme Court should do the right thing
On Monday, President Donald Trump lost round two in his bid to keep his tax returns away from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, which…
Continue Reading 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,…
Continue Reading 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.…
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