- Vote on Senate health care bill delayed amid lack of supportSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the call.... Read more »
- Vote on Senate health care bill delayed amid lack of supportSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the call.... Read more »
- Pro-Trump PAC pulls ad it launched against GOP senator who opposed health billThe PAC pulled its ad against a senator who opposed the Senate health care bill.... Read more »
- WATCH: Planned Parenthood protest against Senate health care billABC News' Serena Marshall reports from Capitol Hill.... Read more »
- WATCH: Trump says 'OK' if no vote this week on health billTrump's comment comes amid a delay in a planned procedural vote.... Read more »
- WATCH: Podesta defends Obama response to Russian hackingJohn Podesta attended a closed-door interview on Capitol Hill Tuesday.... Read more »
- WATCH: Ivanka Trump: 'I try to stay out of politics'"The View" co-hosts discuss the president's daughter's comments and her role in the White House.... Read more »
- WATCH: Inside today's White House press briefingABC News' Rick Klein, John Santucci and Arlette Saenz recap the briefing.... Read more »
- The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Art of the RepealToday in 5 LinesSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate will not vote on the new GOP health-care bill until after the July 4 recess. During a meeting with Republican senators, President Trump said he hopes... Read more »
- Democrats Don't Think Trumpcare Is DeadRepublicans backed off a plan to vote this week on legislation rolling back much of President Obama’s signature healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act. But Democrats don’t think this is the end of Trumpcare.“It’s far from over. McConnell... Read more »
- Privacy in the Information Age Is Not a Lost CauseIs privacy a relic of the past given the array of governments and corporations determined to hoover up information about all of us as fully as technology permits it?Julia Angwin doesn’t think so.The Pro Publica journalist argues that... Read more »
- How One Pastor Is Bridging the Partisan DivideA recent study found that Methodism is one of America’s most politically divided denominations, with both congregants and their pastors roughly split between the Democratic and Republican Parties. That makes rising partisanship a particular challenge for pastors like... Read more »
- Neal Katyal: Senate's Obstruction of Merrick Garland 'Was Unforgivable'In March of last year, then-President Barack Obama nominated the federal appeals-court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Spring passed. Summer passed. Fall passed. Senate Republicans, under the leadership of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, refused to hold... Read more »
- The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been About Civil RightsIt was a cold March night when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. turned his pulpit towards health care. Speaking to a packed, mixed-race crowd of physicians and health-care workers in Chicago, King gave one of his most influential... Read more »
- Senate Republicans Put Off Health-Care VoteUpdated on June 27 at 6:05 p.m. ETSenate Republican leaders have abandoned plans to vote on legislation overhauling the Affordable Care Act this week, bowing to opposition within their own party and demands from several senators for more... Read more »
- Sally Yates on Bob Mueller: ‘Folks Ought to Have Tremendous Confidence in Him’Sally Yates said on Tuesday that “folks ought to have tremendous confidence” in Bob Mueller, the former FBI director who is leading the Department of Justice investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Yates, the former acting... Read more »
- A Major Church-State Ruling That Shouldn't Have HappenedTrinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, the church-state case decided by the Supreme Court Monday, is a truly hard case. I can think of good arguments for either side, and even better arguments why—since there was no remaining dispute... Read more »
- Trump Campaign Chief’s Firm Got $17 Million From Pro-Russia PartyA Ukrainian political party tied to Russia had paid President Trump’s campaign chairman for help branding itself as warming toward the European Union.... Read more »
- On Senate Health Bill, Trump Falters in the Closer’s RoleThe president has largely remained on the sidelines, and some of the White House’s efforts to intervene have clearly been counterproductive.... Read more »
- Opponents of Health Law Repeal Vow to Keep Pressure On Over RecessAfter a Senate vote was delayed, Democrats warned against celebrating too early and complacency in the fight over the Affordable Care Act.... Read more »
- A Costly Retraction for CNN and an Opening for TrumpThe ferocious response on Tuesday to a breakdown in editorial procedures was a reminder of the network’s unique role as a nemesis for the president.... Read more »
- Vote Delayed as G.O.P. Struggles to Marshal Support for Health Care BillThe retreat by Republican leaders dealt another setback to their efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and set up a long summer of health care battles.... Read more »
- Supreme Court Ruling Could Shape Future of School ChoiceSchool choice advocates, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, see the decision in favor of a church in Missouri as a crucial development in the voucher debate.... Read more »
- E.P.A. Moves to Rescind Contested Water Pollution RegulationEnvironmentalists strongly supported the rule, which was a key conservation initiative of the Obama administration. But landowners and developers have bitterly opposed it.... Read more »
- McConnell’s Reputation as a Master Tactician Takes a HitBy assuming that conservatives and moderates would come together to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senator Mitch McConnell seems to have miscalculated.... Read more »
- Facing revolt on healthcare bill, U.S. Senate Republicans delay voteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leaders postponed a vote on a healthcare overhaul on Tuesday after resistance from members of their own party, and President Donald Trump summoned Republican senators to the White House to urge them... Read more »
- U.S. hopes to see Chinese activist Liu treated for cancer 'elsewhere'BEIJING (Reuters) - Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said on Wednesday the United States would like to see Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo treated elsewhere for cancer, and that the two countries must work... Read more »
- Trump growing frustrated with China, weighs trade steps: officialsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with China over its inaction on North Korea and bilateral trade issues and is now considering possible trade actions against Beijing, three senior administration officials told Reuters. ... Read more »
- Trump to nominate Textron executive for Pentagon acquisition postWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Textron Systems Chief Executive Ellen Lord for the position of under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday. ... Read more »
- Trump pushes U.S. labor board toward Republican control(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had picked an employment lawyer who has represented companies and business groups for a vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board. ... Read more »
- House overwhelmingly backs NATO mutual defenseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to reaffirm the NATO alliance's guarantee that all members defend each other, weeks after President Donald Trump raised doubts about Washington's support for the agreement. ... Read more »
- Clinton campaign chairman testifies in House Russia probeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, on Tuesday appeared before the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, which has begun interviewing witnesses in its probe of how Russia may have influenced the 2016 election. ... Read more »
- Republican tax code revamp hits House budget obstacleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican efforts to overhaul the U.S. tax code have hit a snag in the House of Representatives, where infighting over spending cuts is delaying adoption of a legislative tool they need to move a tax... Read more »
- Dem Rep: Trump Used Repeal, Replace as 'Applause Line'Sen. Patty Murray thinks President Donald Trump used his call for the repeal of Obamacare as an "applause line" – and never actually understood what is in the 2010 healthcare law.... Read more »
- Rep. Gianforte Raised $116K After Body Slamming ReporterThe GOP representative from Montana who assaulted a reporter raised $116,000 the day after the incident, The Guardian reported.... Read more »
- CNN's Camerota: Something 'Weird, Sexist' About TV Shows Banning ConwayCNN host Alisyn Camerota on Monday said there was "something a little weird," and a "little sexist" about news shows banning White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway from interviews.... Read more »
- Strategist Ana Navarro Slams PAC's Ads Against HellerRepublican strategist Ana Navarro on Tuesday ripped as "political cannibalism" a pro-Trump super PAC for spending $1 million on ads attacking Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada for his opposition to the Republican healthcare plan.... Read more »
- NYT: Pence Takes Health Bill LeadVice President Mike Pence has taken the lead on the healthcare bill as Senate Republicans have made it clear they would much rather negotiate with him over the president, The New York Times reported.... Read more »
- Conservative Group Cancels Ads Critical of GOP Sen. HellerA conservative group staffed with members of President Donald Trump's campaign has pulled an ad campaign that slammed a GOP senator for his opposition to the healthcare bill.America First Policies' ads that criticized Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., began... Read more »
- Bernie Sanders Rips Federal Probe of Wife's $10M Loan to CollegeSen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday slammed a federal investigation into his wife regarding a $10 million loan to a defunct in Vermont, blaming it on a surrogate of President Donald Trump.... Read more »
- Ted Cruz: Optimistic GOP Can Finalize Health BillSen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Republicans are making "steady progress" on healthcare, noting Tuesday the end goal is to lower the cost of premiums.... Read more »
- How Trudeau lost his way on electoral reformNearly five months after his government decided to abandon any thought it had of pursuing electoral reform, Justin Trudeau was asked on... Read more »
- Liberals meeting fiscal goals, but inherited $18B baseline deficit, Trudeau saysPrime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Tuesday that his Liberal government has been keeping its promise to be fiscally responsible and blamed the... Read more »
- Lawrence Cannon stepping down as ambassador to France in SeptemberCanada's ambassador to France will be stepping down at the end of September.... Read more »
- Former diplomat appointed climate change ambassador, with a revamped mandatePrime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped a long-time Canadian diplomat to step into a revamped role of Canada's ambassador for climate change.... Read more »
- Liberals lose bid to halt trial over solitary confinement in prisonsThe federal government has lost its last-minute bid to quash a trial challenging Canada's solitary confinement prison policies.... Read more »
- Trudeau accused of trying to abolish opposition in the SenatePrime Minister Justin Trudeau says his push to reform the Senate along independent lines is playing out as planned, blaming recent acrimony... Read more »
- Canadian sniper's shot 'entirely consistent' with non-combat role, Trudeau saysPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says a record-breaking shot by a Canadian special forces sniper is something that should be "celebrated" for demonstrating... Read more »
- MP Michael Chong back on the farm 1 month after Conservative leadership lossIt's been a month since Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong lost the Conservative leadership race to Andrew Sheerer - time Chong has... Read more »
- Sarah Palin Is Suing the New York Times Over an Editorial She Says Defamed Her(NEW YORK) — Former vice presidential nominee and Alaska governor Sarah Palin is accusing the New York Times of defamation over an editorial that linked one of her political action committee ads to the mass shooting that severely... Read more »
- Former Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort Registers as a Foreign Agent(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian political party, acknowledging he coached party members on how... Read more »
- ‘Extraordinarily Disappointed and Alarmed:’ Senate Democrats Attack Betsy DeVos on Civil Rights EnforcementSenate Democrats said they were “alarmed” about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ enforcement of civil rights laws aimed at protecting students in a letter on Tuesday. “We are extraordinarily disappointed and alarmed by recent actions you and your staff have... Read more »
- 3 Things to Know As Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Takes EffectThe Supreme Court on Monday announced it would allow parts of President Donald Trump’s proposed travel ban to go into effect until it hears arguments from both sides in October. The move will reinstate many restrictions on travelers seeking... Read more »
- President Trump Tells GOP Senators It’s ‘Okay’ If Health Care Bill Doesn’t PassPresident Donald Trump told Senate Republicans meeting at a White House meeting Tuesday that repealing the Affordable Care Act was a chance to benefit the American public, but it would be “okay” if the bill did not ultimately... Read more »
- Donald Trump’s Press Aide Attacks CNN During Briefing(NEW YORK) — President Trump’s press aide Sarah Huckabee Sanders urged all Americans to watch an online video posted by a conservative provocateur with a CNN producer commenting on his network’s coverage of Trump’s connections to Russia. Sanders, in... Read more »
- The Trump Administration Is Rolling Back Clean Water Protections for Half of America’s Streams(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is taking steps to roll back an Obama administration policy that protected more than half the nation’s streams from pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday outlined a... Read more »
- Can Mitch McConnell Save the Republican Health Care Bill?One of Washington’s unwritten rules is this simple maxim: never underestimate Mitch McConnell. Yet even the Senate Republican leader, regarded by both parties as one of Capitol Hill’s craftiest tacticians, proved unable to steer a wildly unpopular health care... Read more »
- Sarah Palin Sues 'New York Times,' Says Editorial Defamed HerThe Times editorial, which was corrected later, linked one of Palin's political action committee ads to the mass shooting in January 2011 that severely wounded then-Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords.(Image credit: Colin Young-Wolff/Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)... Read more »
- Ten Commandments Installed At Arkansas State Capitol; ACLU Plans LawsuitThe monument's key backer, state Sen. Jason Rapert, says it honors the "historical moral foundation of law." But the ACLU says it violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.(Image credit: Andrew DeMillo/AP)... Read more »
- Ethics Group Says U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's Retweet Violated A Federal LawHaley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, retweeted President Trump's support for a political candidate. CREW says that violated a law that bans federal employees from political activity. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)... Read more »
- Making U.S. Elections More Secure Wouldn't Cost Much But No One Wants To PaySecurity experts estimate it would cost roughly $400 million to replace voting machines and add paper audits. It's about the same amount the Pentagon spent on military bands last year.(Image credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)... Read more »
- Rep. Seth Moulton Calls For New Leadership Of The Democratic PartyRep. Seth Moulton, Democrat of Massachusetts, has been calling for new leadership of the Democratic Party. NPR's Robert Siegel asks him why a change is necessary.... Read more »
- Senate GOP Leaders Postpone Health Care Vote Until After July 4thSenate Republican leaders are delaying a vote on their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, with many senators left to convince.... Read more »
- President Trump Looks To Slash Nearly 4,000 Interior Department JobsThe Trump administration wants to cut the number of federal employees across the government. One of the biggest reductions would be at the Department of Interior where 4,000 jobs would be cut, including at national parks and the... Read more »
- Kaiser CEO Grapples With Potential Impact Of Senate GOP Health Care BillNPR's Robert Siegel talks with Drew Altman, president and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, about his reactions to the health care bill proposed by Senate Republicans and why health care in America is so expensive.... Read more »
- Senate Republican Leaders Delay Vote On Health Care BillPresident Trump huddled with Republican senators on Tuesday to discuss the Senate's health care bill. Republican leaders decided to delay a vote on the measure amid concern it doesn't have enough support to pass.... Read more »
- Trump calls emergency health care bill meeting with Senate GOPWith the Obamacare repeal bill on life support, Trump called Republicans to the White House for a strategy session on how to keep it alive.... Read more »
- Charges against N.Y. senator over election law violation droppedA judge in Albany dismissed an indictment against an upstate Republican Senator who was charged with violating state election law.... Read more »
- Trump says reporter has 'nice smile’ while on phone with Irish PMThe President complimented a female reporter in the Oval Office full of Irish media during a call with the country’s prime minister.... Read more »
- NYC rent board approves 1.25% increase after two-year freezeTenants in the city's 1 million rent stabilized apartments will see their monthly payments rise 1.25 %.... Read more »
- Sarah Palin sues New York Times over ‘defamatory’ editorialFormer Alaskan governor Sarah Palin has filed a defamation lawsuit against the New York Times.... Read more »
- Fake Time magazine covers hang at Trump golf coursesHe never warned us about fake magazines.... Read more »
- Obamacare repeal bill would 'devastate' seniors, low-income kidsSenior citizens and kids from low-income families are among the New Yorkers expected to be hit hardest by GOP bills to replace Obamacare.... Read more »
- More than 100 N.Y. stores to improve access for disabledMore than a hundred stores in the city and its northern suburbs have agreed to modify their entrances and improve access for the disabled.... Read more »
- Cash is falling out of fashion — will it disappear forever?(Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) On June 27, the ATM turns 50. Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker once described it as the “only useful innovation in banking.” But today, the cash that ATMs dispense may be... Read more »
- Alaska honors black soldiers who helped construct WWII-era highway(Credit: iStockphoto/AdrianHillman) Nearly 4,000 black soldiers in segregated military units helped build a World War II-era supply road between Alaska and Canada in 1942. As the road’s 75th anniversary approaches, those soldiers are finally receiving the recognition... Read more »
- Ransomware attack spreads across Europe, Russia and U.S.This Wednesday, May 20, 2015 photo shows server banks inside a data center at AEP headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Like most big utilities, AEP's power plants, substations and other vital equipment are managed by a network that is... Read more »
- Comics writer Jason Aaron talks “Star Wars,” “The Punisher” and “Southern Bastards”: “The Confederate flag has no place flying over the state capital”Jason Aaron (Credit: WikiMedia/Marvel) Journalist Colin Woodard has suggested that American is not one country, but instead 11 different nations. Americans are one people separated by disagreements about how cosmopolitan and global the country should be, the role of religion... Read more »
- “Hood Adjacent with James Davis” explores the reality of black life versus the idea of black as fashionHood Adjacent wIth James Davis (Credit: Comedy Central) The hood is at the epicenter of American culture, says comedian James Davis in the opening monologue of his Comedy Central series “Hood Adjacent.” He then goes on to point out... Read more »
- My first drone kill: One of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq(Credit: Getty/Main_sail) A Ranger team operating in the same area happened to be watching our live drone feed. We had a vast interconnected network across the battlefield, and it was necessary to collaborate. That they were watching was no... Read more »
- WATCH: 5 summer reads that could change your life“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free” is a quote by Frederick Douglass — made in reference to the power of reading, a force so strong that even a person in servitude like him could slip into... Read more »
- EU antitrust regulators fines Google a record-breaking $2.7 billionGoogle's headquarters in Mountain View, CA (Credit: AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Google was slapped with a $2.7 billion fine on Tuesday after European antitrust officials found the company had been directing users to its online shopping platform services over that of... Read more »
- Yellen: Our Financial System Is ‘Much Safer and Sounder’In comments at the British Academy in London on Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said the U.S. financial system is “much safer and sounder” and that a crisis like the one in 2008 is unlikely “in our... Read more »
- Senate Republicans Delay Vote on Health BillSen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) announced on Tuesday that Senate Republicans have delayed a vote on their health-care bill until after the July 4 recess. McConnell added that President Trump has been "very involved" in helping push the... Read more »
- Supreme Court Developments: Five Key TakeawaysMonday was an action-packed day for the Supreme Court, which weighed on a range of issues, from President Trump's travel ban to corporate whistleblowers. WSJ's Tanya Rivero breaks down what you need to know. Photo: European Pressphoto Agency... Read more »
- How GOP Can Get Health-Care Holdouts on BoardCan Republican senators regroup and pass a health-care bill this week? WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains what it will take to assuage several GOP holdouts. Photo: AP/Getty... Read more »
- Ohio Sen. Portman Under Pressure on Health-Care BillEmotions are running high in Ohio over the Senate GOP health bill, with activists putting pressure on Republican Sen. Rob Portman as he decides how he will vote. Photo: Getty... Read more »
- Trump: U.S.-India Relationship Has 'Never Been Stronger'President Donald Trump met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time Monday and announced plans to expand cooperation between the two countries at a White House press conference. Photo: Getty Images... Read more »
- CBO Scorecard: Senate Health Bill Leaves Millions UninsuredThe Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Senate Republican health bill would leave 22 million more uninsured but cut $321 billion from the federal deficit. WSJ's Shelby Holliday reports. Photo: AP... Read more »
- Poll Shows Mixed Views on Russia Interference in ElectionA recent WSJ/NBC News poll finds public perceptions on Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign is complicated. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains what this means for President Trump. Photo: Getty... Read more »
- Pelosi: Let’s face it, this Republican health-care bill dishonors GodVia the Free Beacon, deep thoughts from a self-described devout Catholic with a 100 percent rating from NARAL. I’m firmly in the “crazy people are responsible for their own actions” camp when it comes to dangerous cranks assaulting... Read more »
- ICE inquiry causes 30 workers to mysteriously disappear from Maryland restarauntA funny thing happened at the BoatHouse Canton restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland last week. It seems that on June 22 they received a letter notifying them that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was requesting copies of the I-9... Read more »
- Florida man arrested for threatening to kill Republican state representativeJose Diaz is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. Sunday someone left a death threat on his Facebook page and, with the recent shooting of Republican lawmakers in mind, Diaz reported the threat to police.... Read more »
- Chaffetz: House needs housing allowances?Are members of Congress underpaid? Jason Chaffetz has resigned from office effective this week, and in an outgoing interview with The Hill he suggests that financial considerations played a significant role in that decision. Chaffetz calls the salary... Read more »
- Huckabee: This health-care bill isn’t the end game Trump campaigned on or that Americans care aboutHe’s been a loyal Trump surrogate since the primaries but watch the clip below and tell me he isn’t enjoying a little sweet revenge for these 2015 tweets. I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state... Read more »
- Venezuelan president threatens to ‘liberate the fatherland with weapons’Socialist President Nicolas Maduro is under a lot of pressure. With triple-digit inflation, months of protests resulting in more than 80 dead, and demands he allow elections to resume he must be spending a great deal of time... Read more »
- “Beyond stupid”: Pro-Trump group now running ads against … Republican senatorsIt’s one thing to play hardball, it another to play hardball with your own party, it’s yet something else to play hardball with your own party while they’re still trying to reach a deal among themselves on the... Read more »
- McEnroe: No, I’m not going to apologize to Serena WilliamsGive John McEnroe credit for unintentional grandmaster trolling this week — and for sticking to his guns, advisedly or not. The former number-one men’s tennis player bluntly responded “no” when the CBS This Morning panel asked him if... Read more »
- Here’s how Michael Moore showed his support for the anti-Trump Shakespeare playLiberal filmmaker Michael Moore showed just how much he supports the controversial Shakespeare performance that featured a Trump-like figure being assassinated by posting a check on his social media account. It was made in the amount of $10,000 to... Read more »
- A man is smashed by a bus as he crosses the road — you have to see what he does nextSimon Smith, a 53-year-old English man, was struck by an out-of-control bus while walking in Reading, England on Saturday and the fracas was all caught on camera. CCTV footage from the Saturday morning accident shows Smith being struck... Read more »
- Maxine Waters tells supporters what she plans to do to Ben CarsonRep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) told a town hall rally of supporters, and a few Trump protesters, what she planned to do to President Trump’s Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. According to a Los Angeles Times reporter... Read more »
- Rush Limbaugh has a theory on what Trump’s legacy will be — and it involves CNNRush Limbaugh, nationally syndicated conservative radio show host, thinks there’s a possibility that the ruination of CNN could end up being part of Donald Trump’s presidential legacy. During the Tuesday airing of his show, Limbaugh’s opener said, “Could... Read more »
- This is why a triggered liberal says it’s ‘racist’ to use Obama’s middle nameA white Fairfield, Connecticut professor recently made remarks that if a person notes that former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya — and not in Hawaii — or uses the former president’s middle name — Hussein — it’s considered... Read more »
- Sarah Palin slaps the New York Times with a lawsuit – here’s whyFormer Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is suing the New York Times over an editorial that cause an online furor for suggesting that she was responsible for Jared Loughner attacking then-Congresswoman Gabby Giffords in 2011. In the stunning opinion... Read more »
- ‘Duck Dynasty’ star Sadie Robertson reveals terrifying ordeal involving three men“Duck Dynasty” star Sadie Robertson, 20, revealed that she was stalked by three men in a white van while at a local mall. Robertson, in a Monday Instagram post, detailed the incident and said that she had been... Read more »
- An annual Fourth of July boat parade was cancelled, and they’re blaming TrumpA popular boat parade celebrating the Fourth of July in New Orleans has been cancelled by its founder, and she says it’s because of President Trump. “When I think about wearing my flag dress and waving flags; I... Read more »
- This is what Antifa group is doing now to combat ‘increasingly violent’ Trump AmericaA Chicago Antifa group named “Haymaker” recently crowdfunded a startup for a “self-defense” training gym and this week, the group got their gym on its feet. Sort of. The Indiegogo fundraiser asked for a “flexible” amount of donations... Read more »
- Planned Parenthood Activists Wear 'Handmaid's Tale' Garb to Protest Senate's Health Care Bill at the CapitolThe protest was called the "People's Filibuster of Trumpcare."read more... Read more »
- Johnny Depp's Trump Remarks Dominate Talk Radio"How are you going to talk to the people who are shouting down and throwing Molotov cocktails? You're not," Glenn Beck told his audience Friday.read more... Read more »
- Judge in Murder Case Sues 'Gosnell' Filmmakers Over DepictionJudge Jeffrey Minehart says filmmakers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer have portrayed him "as a villain in their story of the righteous versus the wicked."read more... Read more »
- Late-Night Hosts Weigh In on Reports of Sean Spicer Stepping Away From Daily Press Briefings"Sean, I have so many questions. If you go, who will not answer them?" said 'The Late Show's' Stephen Colbert.read more... Read more »
- Cannes Lions: Halle Berry Says Social Media Can Be a "Brand Killer" for StarsAmid "this great divide in our country," the star will relaunch her Hallewood site, saying, "It's my obligation as an artist to start providing that forum for people to talk things out."read more... Read more »
- Steve Scalise Once Tried to Woo Hollywood — the Results Weren't PrettyThe congressman, who is in stable condition after he was shot Wednesday, was introduced to a group of Hollywood liberals at a gathering, one film producer recalls: "Before he was assaulted physically on the baseball field, he was... Read more »
- Dennis Rodman Gives North Korean Minister Trump's "Art of the Deal"The former NBA star gave the country’s sports minister a copy of Trump’s best-selling book, a present intended for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.read more... Read more »
- Australian Prime Minister Mocks Trump in Leaked AudioMalcolm Turnbull mimicked the president at a private event for local media at Parliament House. read more... Read more »
- Macron, Trump agree to partnership on Syrian chemical weaponsThey discussed the need to work together on a response in Syria in the event of another chemical attack, according to a readout from Élysée Palace... Read more »
- Pro-Trump group pulls ad against GOP senator who opposed health care billA pro-Trump group is pulling an ad against Sen. Dean Heller, a Nevada Republican who came out against the health care bill last week... Read more »
- Globally, opinions of Trump leadership, U.S. image dropInternational opinions on U.S. and on Trump himself have shifted significantly since his inauguration... Read more »
- Tension continues to flare between White House, mediaPresident Trump tried to make nice with the press Tuesday afternoon, hours after assailing CNN on Twitter... Read more »
- What states would face highest premium hikes if Senate bill passes?Kaiser Family Foundation found premiums, after tax credits, would rise under the Senate health plan. For all age groups, premiums for so-called silver plans would increase an average of 74 percent. Americans ages 55 to 64 would see... Read more »
- Boy's hospital bill goes viral amid health care debate"It seems fitting that, with the #TrumpCare debate raging, I got this bill in the mail today," mom of sick child said on Twitter... Read more »
- Trump tells GOP senators if health care bill fails, he won't like it, "and that's OK"The president invited all Republican senators to a meeting at the White House to discuss health care... Read more »
- John Podesta meets with House Intel about Russia's efforts to influence 2016 electionHis personal email account was hacked during the election and WikiLeaks released batches of his emails last October... Read more »
- State Department rebukes China for human traffickingSecretary Tillerson, Ivanka Trump release report on human trafficking worldwide as they pledge action... Read more »
- Senate delays vote on contentious GOP health care billMitch McConnell is delaying the vote, he told GOP senators Tuesday. Republican senators have been invited to White House for meeting on health care... Read more »
- Medicaid cuts looming?As the GOP takes on health care legislation, here's what could be at stake for Medicaid... Read more »
- Commerce Is Replacing Politics At The Center Of Our DemocracyThrough markets, we are slowly and unintentionally instituting a form of pure democracy, in which we vote all day long, in dozens of transactions, that reward or punish actors for their values. As a sclerotic political system increasingly... Read more »
- Scott Rasmussen's Heroic Battle With Tyrannophilia Rex, The Love Of DictatorshipWhile Nixon is most remembered for the debacle of Watergate, Jonathan Rauch believes “Nixon’s most important legacy was as the “Great Regulator. It was he who built the modern regulatory apparatus.” Nixon’s lust to centralize power led him... Read more »
- Who Were Donald Trump's Voters? Now We KnowA new paper by Dr. Emily Ekins dispels the notion of Trump voters as a monolithic bloc.... Read more »
- The Democrats Have Lost Touch With Their Roots: My Advice For The Oldest PartyThe Democrats have clearly lost a connection with real people. While they maintain the support of interests and key democrats, I think they have lost their story.... Read more »
- The Two Parties Spent $50 Million In One Georgia Race, Yet Voters Still Got ShortchangedA record $50 million was spent in Georgia's 6th Congressional District and the result was the same as in previous House special elections -- a GOP win, another failed Democratic effort to gain by belittling President Trump. Still,... Read more »
- South Carolina's 5th Congressional District Special Election: Live ResultsRepublican Ralph Norman and Democrat Archie Parnell face off in Tuesday's special election for South Carolina's 5th Congressional District.... Read more »
- Georgia's 6th Congressional District Special Election Runoff: Live ResultsDemocrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel square off in Tuesday's special election for Georgia's 6th Congressional District... Read more »
- New Legislative Virus Spreads: Hide The Bill, Don't Read It, Fill In The Blanks LaterFrom Washington to California, legislatures are hiding the bill and obfuscating the details of health care legislation. Stealth bills and party-line votes don't encourage deliberation or make good, sustainable policy.... Read more »
- Democrats’ ‘resistance’ calls for a July 4 recess push to kill GOP’s billThe moment that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Republicans that there could be no vote on the party's health-care bill this week, Senate Democrats were in a familiar position — headed to a protest. In the... Read more »
- White House spokeswoman unloads on media over CNN retractionSenate Republicans have walked away from their plans to vote on their health-care bill this week, and the Trump administration believes the Syrian regime is planning another chemical weapons attack against its own people. But at the first... Read more »
- White House says Syria’s Assad preparing another chemical attack, warns of ‘heavy’ penaltyThe White House issued an ominous warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday night, pledging that his regime would pay a “heavy price” if it carried out another chemical attack this year. In a statement, White House... Read more »
- Senators take the health-care debate to Capitol stepsOn Monday night, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) gathered colleagues on the steps outside the Senate, where they talked for hours into a Facebook feed as activists filed in and out to watch the debate. The tone alternated between... Read more »
- Kushner adds defense attorney Abbe Lowell to Russia-investigation legal teamJared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and White House adviser, has retained storied white-collar defense lawyer Abbe Lowell to advise him in the ongoing Russia investigation, a White House official confirmed. Lowell, a lawyer at Chadbourne & Parke, has defended a number... Read more »
- Supreme Court allows limited version of Trump travel ban to go into effect and agrees to hear the case in the fallThe case was at the Supreme Court because two federal appellate courts had ruled against President Trump’s travel policy, which would impose a 90-day pause in travel from citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The... Read more »
- Supreme Court sides with Missouri church in major church-state decision over use of public fundsTrinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo., wanted to participate in a state program that reimbursed the cost of rubberizing the surface of playgrounds. But the state said that was not allowed. The exclusion raised big questions about how... Read more »
- Supreme Court will take case on baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to gay coupleThe Supreme Court said it will consider next term whether a Denver baker unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to sell them a wedding cake. Lower courts had ruled that Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece... Read more »
- SANDERS: FBI inquiry of wife is 'pathetic' attack...SANDERS: FBI inquiry of wife is 'pathetic' attack... (Third column, 2nd story, link) ... Read more »
- Spy agencies seek permanent authority for contested surveillance program...Spy agencies seek permanent authority for contested surveillance program... (Third column, 3rd story, link) ... Read more »
- Tied to chair, holding bottle of booze...Tied to chair, holding bottle of booze... (Third column, 12th story, link) Related stories:Outrage over kangaroo shot dead, dressed in leopard-print... ... Read more »
- Elizabeth Warren: 'Next Step Single-Payer'...Elizabeth Warren: 'Next Step Single-Payer'... (Third column, 8th story, link) Related stories:Trump growing frustrated with China, weighs trade steps...Congress' Inaction on Agenda... Read more »
- Left irked by Obama 'lifestyle of rich and famous' actions...Left irked by Obama 'lifestyle of rich and famous' actions... (Third column, 14th story, link) ... Read more »
- SECRETS: Podesta Meets With House Intel Panel BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...SECRETS: Podesta Meets With House Intel Panel BEHIND CLOSED DOORS... (Third column, 1st story, link) ... Read more »
- SNAP: Woman strangled pet Chihuahua after dog bit hand...SNAP: Woman strangled pet Chihuahua after dog bit hand... (Third column, 10th story, link) ... Read more »
- NASA super-quiet supersonic plane...NASA super-quiet supersonic plane... (Second column, 17th story, link) ... Read more »
- Facing Revolt On Healthcare Bill, Senate Republicans Delay VoteThe delay puts the future of a longtime top Republican priority in doubt.... Read more »
- Donald Trump Just Had The Weirdest Phone Call With Ireland's New LeaderTrump was put on hold for at least 90 seconds, then he pulled a reporter into the chat.... Read more »
- Warren Buffett Makes The Case For Single-Payer Health CareOne government insurer would be "more effective" at controlling costs, the billionaire says.... Read more »
- Sarah Palin Sues The New York TimesA Times editorial the former governor described as "sickening" initially suggested her political rhetoric helped incite a mass shooting.... Read more »
- Paul Manafort Retroactively Registers As A Foreign Agent For Ukraine LobbyingThe former Trump campaign chairman's firm received $17.1 million over two years for work benefitting a pro-Russian political party.... Read more »
- Director Of Media Company Donated To Journalist-Slamming GOP CandidateThe donation raises serious ethical questions.... Read more »
- Arkansas Installs Long-Disputed Ten Commandments Monument At Its CapitolThe ACLU of Arkansas has vowed to fight the display in court.... Read more »
- Rep. Chaffetz Wants To Give Lawmakers A $2,500 Monthly Housing HandoutMost House and Senate members make $174,000 a year.... Read more »
- Trump Hasn't Built A Wall Yet. He Hasn't Got A Prototype Wall Yet, Either.Still, construction will begin "later this summer," an official said.... Read more »
- Some Would-Be Immigrants Are Lost In Limbo After Supreme Court Reverses Travel Ban OrderMonday's SCOTUS ruling has led to confusion and anxiety among some immigrant groups.... Read more »
- Senate Republicans May Be Down On Health Care, But They’re Not OutA delay might actually work in Mitch McConnell's favor.... Read more »
- Queen's Speech: Labour to force vote on public pay capJeremy Corbyn says his amendment to the Queen's Speech is a "test case" on opposition to austerity.... Read more »
- British Attitudes Survey: More Britons 'back higher taxes'People are also becoming more sceptical of the EU and more socially liberal, a survey suggests.... Read more »
- Stormont power-sharing talks going down to the wireThere is just one full day left for parties to reach an agreement on restoring power-sharing.... Read more »
- Divisions in society leading to 'sour mood'Divides in British society are unsustainable, the Social Mobility Commission warns.... Read more »
- Lib Dems: Davey rules himself out of leadership raceThe former energy secretary says he is putting his family first by not running.... Read more »
- Reality Check: What does the Queen cost us?Reality Check looks at the Sovereign Grant, which is paid to the Queen, as it is set to increase next year.... Read more »
- Stormont power-sharing talks enter final phaseParties hold intensive talks with time running out to restore Stormont's power-sharing executive.... Read more »
- David Davis: Brexit 'as complicated as moon landing'Brexit secretary also suggests UK will not be in the EU's customs union during "transition" phase.... Read more »
- What was the role of Cambridge Analytica and psychographics in the EU referendum?Gabriel Gatehouse asks if, in the age of big data, our democracy is open to manipulation.... Read more »
- Lib Dem leadershipWho is in the running to replace Tim Farron, who has stood down as Liberal Democrat leader?... Read more »
- UK defence secretary threatens military strikes against hackersThe UK could carry out military strikes in retaliation for cyber attacks, the defence secretary warns.... Read more »
- Northern Ireland's devolution deadline nearsTime is running out for Northern Ireland's political parties to reach agreement on the restoration of devolved government at Stormont.... Read more »
- Corbyn to force vote on public sector payJeremy Corbyn is challenging the Conservatives to back his call for more funding for the police and fire service and for the 1% public sector cap to end.... Read more »
- DUP won't budge on key issues, Sinn Fein claimsSinn Fein has accused the DUP of refusing to budge on any of the key issues at the heart of the Stormont powersharing crisis.... Read more »
- Sir Vince Cable likely to become Lib Dem leaderSir Vince Cable looks likely to become Liberal Democrat leader after all the party's senior MPs ruled themselves out of the race.... Read more »
- UK to leave single market by March 2019The UK will be out of the customs union and single market after March 2019, David Davis has suggested.... Read more »
- Sturgeon puts IndyRef2 off until Brexit 'clearer'Nicola Sturgeon has said there will not be another Scottish independence referendum until "the terms of Brexit are clearer".... Read more »
- Scotland threatens formal dispute over DUP dealThe Scottish Government has threatened to invoke formal dispute procedures with the UK Government as the row over the Conservatives' £1.5bn deal with the DUP intensifies.... Read more »
- May wants 'major national inquiry' after GrenfellTheresa May has called for a "major national investigation" into the use of potentially flammable cladding in high-rise towers in the wake of the Grenfell fire.... Read more »
- Skills crunch fear as 1.2m workers mull UK exitA third of non-British workers in the UK - 1.2 million people - could leave the country over the next five years, according to a report warning of a possible post-Brexit brain drain.... Read more »
- Warning over 'unsustainable' NHS 1% pay capPatient care could suffer if the current 1% cap for NHS staff is not lifted, former Conservative health secretary Stephen Dorrell has told Sky News.... Read more »
- WONKETTE EXCLUSIVE! A Conversation With Lizz Winstead About Lady Parts Justice And Vagical Mysteries!Hi Wonkers! We have a special EXCLUSIVE REPORT for you right now, one that is way better than whatever EXCLUSIVE REPORT James O’Keefe just came out with. For one thing, ours is not fake news! Wonkette sat down... Read more »
- Mitch McConnell Short Some Votes For Murdering Your MomI wanted bipartisanship. And for my sins, they gave it to me. How grim are things looking for the Senate’s Fuck The Poors Agenda, Medical Care Division? Now that the Congressional Budget Office has estimated the Better Move To... Read more »
- James O’Keefe Releases EXCLUSIVE Video Of CNN Cleaning Lady Saying Trump-Russia Stories Are ‘Bullshit’journalist Oh my, “journalist” James O’Keefe is at it again, releasing edited videos of people saying VERY IMPORTANT SECRET THINGS. Springing off his recent successes, like the time he “caught” Hillary Clinton staffers not selling campaign t-shirts to Illegal Canadian... Read more »
- Pentagon Gonna Deport All The Troops For Loving America Too MuchYou want to be a citizen? Buy high-end NYC real estate. So here’s a fun wrinkle on “Extreme Vetting” and the New Cruelty: The Pentagon recruited a whole bunch of foreign-born people to fill specialties that U.S.-born soldiers just... Read more »
- Trump Achieves Best Boner In Years Over CNN’s Russia Story FuckupThis is his excited face. The nominal president of the United States appears to still be lying between his gold-plated sheets in his yellowed tighty-whities this morning, with his remote control in his left hand, his Twitter phone in his... Read more »
- Senate’s Obamacare Repeal Will Give 22 Million More Americans Opportunity To Explore Faith HealingOh, yeah, good old-fashioned Nightmare Fuel The Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the Senate’s plan to murder Obamacare (and a bunch of poor people) came out Monday, and confirmed that the Senate bill has “heart,” just like Donald Trump... Read more »
- Please, Republicans, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Dying To Hear Your Crackpot Legal Theories!Pity the poor Republicans! Every darn news cycle, the lamestream media pelts them with #FAKENEWS. If it isn’t 22 million people losing health insurance, it’s Robert Mueller nosing around in poor sweet Jared’s creative financing. Today they’re even... Read more »
- Open thread for night owls. Baker: Financial transactions tax would attack income inequalityDean Baker at Jacobin magazine writes—A Job-Killing Robot for Rich People: A financial transactions tax would attack income inequality by attacking the finance industry. Some excerpts: In the last couple years, the financial transactions tax (FTT) has moved from a... Read more »
- ISIS reportedly just about finished in MosulThe BBC and other outlets are reporting street to street fighting may finally be nearing an end in Northern Iraq. ISIS militants over ran Mosul in 2014 and enjoyed a brief period of rule until government led forces with... Read more »
- Republican voters, come closer—this is a message for your eyes onlyRepublican voters, this message is for your eyes only. I grew up with so many of you. I’ve lived next door, played with your kids, cheered alongside you for our favorite sports teams, eaten delicious burgers and hot dogs at your... Read more »
- Disney's Hall of Presidents in limbo as theme park tries to work out what Robot Trump might sayYou know how Team Trump manages to screw up everything it touches through a combination of bombast, incompetence, and obsessive narcissism from the hairy citrus in charge? You'd think that even they could manage something as simple as... Read more »
- Is Seattle's minimum wage hurting low-wage workers? Not so fastJust days after a study of the effect of a minimum wage increase on Seattle’s restaurant industry found no negative impact, another study says that the raise has been terrible for low-wage workers—worse even than sworn opponents of... Read more »
- Federal agencies routinely fail to report hate crimes to the FBI—including the FBI itselfIn a country where hate crimes are on the rise, partly due to the xenophobic rhetoric of racist-in-chief Donald Trump, it appears that we have no idea how extensive and widespread hate crimes really are. This is because the federal... Read more »
- Fox News gives Dear Leader the softball interview he was looking forDonald Trump returned twice in the past week to his favorite place for softball questions. Fox News rewarded him with exactly what he was looking for—these questions weren’t even softballs. They were little fluffy clouds of cotton candy wafted... Read more »
- Hillary Clinton and EMILY's List announce 15,000 women interested in running for officeIn the wake of the 2016 elections, EMILY’s List renewed its efforts to recruit women to run for office, and apparently a lot of women are interested: @HillaryClinton: For more than 30 years, @emilyslist has paved the way for... Read more »
- Inside the GOP’s surprise health care flopSenate Republicans had no inkling of what they were walking into on Tuesday afternoon as they filed into the Mike Mansfield room on the Capitol’s second floor.Mitch McConnell’s 51 colleagues, from his most junior members to his closest... Read more »
- Senate GOP seethes at Trump impulsivenessTop GOP officials and senators say White House chaos and impulsiveness are crippling efforts to expand the Republican Senate majority in 2018, unraveling long-laid plans and needlessly jeopardizing incumbents.There's a widespread sense of exasperation with the president, interviews... Read more »
- 5 changes McConnell can make to get repeal bill on trackMitch McConnell has little margin for error as he tries to salvage the Senate’s Obamacare repeal effort over the July 4 break.The majority leader has to craft a compromise that tears down enough of Obamacare to satisfy the... Read more »
- Senate GOP yanks Obamacare repeal billSenate Republicans on Tuesday delayed their plans to vote on repealing Obamacare this week amid strong resistance from moderate and conservative Republicans to even starting debate on the GOP bill. Republicans plan to rewrite their health bill over... Read more »
- Emboldened industry lobbyists try to scale back Medicaid cutsHospitals, doctors and nursing homes have one last chance to shape a Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare they say will hurt millions of old, poor and sick Americans — and their own bottom lines.After being on... Read more »
- How the GOP Turned Against MedicaidIn May 1965, just weeks before Lyndon Johnson signed Medicaid into law, his administration launched Head Start, an enrichment program for pre-school aged children from poor families. The program’s administrators were appalled by the poor health of their... Read more »
- Trump: Obamacare repeal bill 'will be great, if we get it done'The Senate Republican bill to repeal Obamacare “will be great, if we get it done,” President Donald Trump told GOP lawmakers shortly after party leaders delayed a vote on the legislation Tuesday.“This will be great, if we get... Read more »
- Live blog: Senate Republicans delay vote on health billSenate GOP leaders are delaying a vote on their Obamacare repeal bill after a number of Republican senators signaled they wouldn't support the plan without major changes. Senate Republican leaders had been hoping to quickly wrap up work... Read more »
- Manafort registers as foreign agentThe firm headed by Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, made more than $17 million working as a foreign agent of a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party, according to newly filed disclosure reports.Trump forced Manafort to step... Read more »
- Pro-Trump group pulls ads criticizing Heller over ObamacareA pro-Trump outside group will pull its ads assailing GOP Sen. Dean Heller over his opposition to the now stalled Obamacare repeal bill — a move that follows massive backlash from senior Republicans who called on the organization... Read more »
- Sinclair VP donated to Gianforte after 'body-slam' incidentThe vice president and director of Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which has often been criticized for its conservative slant, donated to Rep. Greg Gianforte's campaign the day after the Montana Republican was charged with assaulting a reporter.The donation of... Read more »
- Pro-Trump Group Pulls Ad Against Nevada Republican Over Health Care BillSen. Dean Heller Ethan Miller / Getty Images A group aligned with President Donald Trump ignored the protests of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and bought airtime for an ad targeting Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada on Tuesday.Then... Read more »
- Jared Kushner Has Reportedly Hired A New LawyerNicholas Kamm / AFP / Getty Images Jared Kusher reportedly has a new attorney on his personal legal team — Abbe Lowell, considered one of the premiere white-collar criminal defense lawyers in the country.Lowell will join Jamie... Read more »
- Mitch McConnell Was Unhappy With Pro-Trump Group's Attacks On Nevada RepublicanSen. Dean Heller David Calvert / Getty Images Tense conversations between members of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s political team and allies of President Donald Trump may have forestalled a big television attack planned against Sen. Dean Heller,... Read more »
- The Ruling In A Church Playground Case Suggests Splits Within The Supreme Court On ReligionChris Geidner/BuzzFeed On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled on what might seem like a local dispute — the funding of playground resurfacing.The case, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, concerned a Missouri rule that barred... Read more »
- Nobody On The Supreme Court Is Retiring (At Least For Now)These are still your Supreme Court justices. Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images The nine justices left the Supreme Court bench on Monday morning. None of them announced that he or she plans to retire at this... Read more »
- Supreme Court Partially Allows Trump's Ban Against Travel From Six Muslim-Majority Countries And RefugeesPeople protest the travel ban in January. Bryan R. Smith / AFP / Getty Images The Supreme Court will review President Trump's travel ban, the court announced on Monday morning.In the meantime, the court allowed the federal government... Read more »
- Supreme Court Decides Cases Affecting Immigrants And Landowners’ RightsChris Geidner/BuzzFeed The Supreme Court issued decisions in three cases on Friday — with Chief Justice John Roberts announcing that Monday of next week will be the last decision day before the court recesses for the summer.While... Read more »
- Sessions Backs LGBT Pride Month Event Where Employees Plan To Honor Transgender StudentShannon Stapleton / Reuters A day after an LGBT employee group at the Justice Department announced plans to honor lawyers and a student seeking to advance transgender rights at a pride month program next week, Attorney General... Read more »
- "Making A Murderer" Nephew Should Be Released Or Retried, Rules Federal Appeals CourtHandout / Reuters Brendan Dassey, the nephew of the man at the center of Netflix's Making a Murderer series, must be released from prison if the state of Wisconsin does not choose to grant him a new... Read more »
- What's Happening With The Travel Ban At The Supreme Court?Chris Geidner/BuzzFeed The Supreme Court justices met Thursday in their private conference to discuss what to do with pending requests before them.What do we know?One big request before the justices comes from the Trump administration, which has... Read more »
- Democratic Mayor Launches PAC Aimed At “Politics Of The Everyday”Sound Bend, Indiana, Mayor Peter Buttigieg Derek Henkle / AFP / Getty Images Pete Buttigieg, the 35-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is pursuing a new ambition in national politics: changing the vocabulary of the Democratic Party.Buttigieg, known... Read more »
- On the road againI’m going to be traveling for a week, and probably won’t be able to post much while I’m gone. Related posts: The Long Road The Road to Recovery For Whom The Road Tolls ... Read more »
- Game OverThere’s something that has been keeping me up at night thinking. Let me walk you through it. Donald Trump has been claiming over and over that reports of Russian interference in the presidential election are “fake news”. He, and... Read more »
- Late Night Political Humor[Jokes from Jun 6, 2017] A highly classified document was just leaked, and it suggests that Russia may have hacked into our voting systems before the election. You could tell the report was “highly classified” because it was marked,... Read more »
- Depp?On Thursday, Johnny Depp put his foot in it at a film screening in the UK. It started with him making jokes about Donald Trump, who is rather unpopular in Europe. But he took one joke too far,... Read more »
- Obama on Health Care Repeal[This was posted to Facebook yesterday by Barack Obama.] Our politics are divided. They have been for a long time. And while I know that division makes it difficult to listen to Americans with whom we disagree, that’s what... Read more »
- Trump Embarrassed?Yesterday, Donald Trump finally admitted that he didn’t make any recordings of his conversations with James Comey. This was an issue because Trump tried to threaten Comey by implicating that there might be such recordings. So there are two... Read more »
- Late Night Political Humor[Jokes from Jun 5, 2017] Last week, President Trump announced the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. Trump said he wants the entire country to be the same temperature as a Florida golf course. – Jimmy... Read more »
- Promising the Moon© Tom Toles The Republicans are still trying to repeal Obamacare. It is ironic that back when Obama was president, the Republicans didn’t have any problem passing bills to repeal the ACA, because they knew that Obama would veto... Read more »
- Good Journalism Requires Clarity, AccuracyBefore discussing the events of today in the Senate, I want to note a subsidiary issue, a matter of press coverage. But this is not a secondary issue in terms of importance. Let me also preface this by... Read more »
- WaPo: Manafort Registers As Foreign Agent For Ukrainian Lobbying WorkA firm owned by former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Tuesday filed documents disclosing money it received for lobbying in favor of a Ukrainian political party whose leader fled to Russia in 2014, according to the Washington Post. The... Read more »
- Yep. This Again. Still ImportantI’m about to write up some thoughts about the collapse (for now) of the Senate Trumpcare effort. But we still need to make this June goal for membership sign ups. Long day. Good day. But we still need... Read more »
- The Jared DocketWhat are investigators investigating about Jared Kushner? A lot. Here’s our run-down of the different categories of things they’re looking at and why he’s picked up one of the DC lawyers you hire when you’re probably going to... Read more »
- 'Trump International Hotel' In Toronto To Get A New NameA Toronto hotel owner has reached a deal with the Trump Organization to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the building. The deal, several outlets including Bloomberg and the New York Times reported Tuesday, will strip Trump’s name from what... Read more »
- McConnell: It'll Take GOP 'A Little Bit Longer' To Pass Obamacare RepealSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday said it will take Republicans “a little bit longer” to get their Obamacare repeal bill through the Senate, after the vote was delayed until after the July 4 recess. McConnell told reporters... Read more »
- Trump Running For Re-Election While Governing Raises Ethical ConcernsWASHINGTON (AP) — Barely five months into office, President Donald Trump keeps taking time out from governing to run for re-election. On Wednesday night, he’ll attend his first 2020 campaign fundraiser, rubbing elbows with some of the Republican Party’s... Read more »
- Some GOP Senators Come Out Against Health Bill Only After Announced DelayAfter Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced a delay on the vote for the health care bill Republicans introduced last week, a few GOP senators, who were reluctant to come out against the bill before the announcement, said... Read more »
- Trump: 'Getting Very Close' To Repealing Obamacare, But 'OK' If We Don'tPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed optimism hours after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he would delay a vote on Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. Despite the President’s complaints about Democrats’ lack of participation in the repeal... Read more »
- Facing revolt on healthcare bill, U.S. Senate Republicans delay voteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leaders postponed a vote on a healthcare overhaul on Tuesday after resistance from members of their own party, and President Donald Trump summoned Republican senators to the White House to urge them... Read more »
- U.S. hopes to see Chinese activist Liu treated for cancer 'elsewhere'BEIJING (Reuters) - Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said on Wednesday the United States would like to see Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo treated elsewhere for cancer, and that the two countries must work... Read more »
- Trump growing frustrated with China, weighs trade steps: officialsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with China over its inaction on North Korea and bilateral trade issues and is now considering possible trade actions against Beijing, three senior administration officials told Reuters. ... Read more »
- Trump to nominate Textron executive for Pentagon acquisition postWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Textron Systems Chief Executive Ellen Lord for the position of under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday. ... Read more »
- Trump pushes U.S. labor board toward Republican control(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had picked an employment lawyer who has represented companies and business groups for a vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board. ... Read more »
- House overwhelmingly backs NATO mutual defenseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to reaffirm the NATO alliance's guarantee that all members defend each other, weeks after President Donald Trump raised doubts about Washington's support for the agreement. ... Read more »
- Clinton campaign chairman testifies in House Russia probeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, on Tuesday appeared before the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, which has begun interviewing witnesses in its probe of how Russia may have influenced the 2016 election. ... Read more »
- Republican tax code revamp hits House budget obstacleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican efforts to overhaul the U.S. tax code have hit a snag in the House of Representatives, where infighting over spending cuts is delaying adoption of a legislative tool they need to move a tax... Read more »
- Pence says Trump-Modi meetings 'historic and productive'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday hailed a first meeting between President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "historic and productive," and said Trump recognizes U.S. ties with India as "one... Read more »
