- Feds: Coast Guard lieutenant compiled hit list of lawmakersProsecutors say a Coast Guard lieutenant is a "domestic terrorist" who wrote about biological attacks and had what appeared to be a hit list that included prominent Democrats and media figures... Read more »
- WATCH: Son of North Carolina congressional candidate warned about absentee votes"I warned him that collecting ballots was a felony," John Harris, son of Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris, said in court Wednesday.... Read more »
- WATCH: Son of North Carolina congressional candidate warned about absentee votes"I warned him that collecting ballots was a felony," John Harris, son of Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris, said in court Wednesday.... Read more »
- WATCH: Supreme Court limits states' abilities to seize property in criminal casesThe court ruled unanimously in the case of Tyson Timbs, a recovering opioid addict whose Land Rover was seized after a felony drug conviction.... Read more »
- What you need to know about the case against Michael CohenMichael Cohen pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to Congress.... Read more »
- Here's what you need to know about indictments against Paul ManafortPaul Manafort faced charges in two separate federal courts on a slew of financial crime charges related largely to his lobbying work in Ukraine.... Read more »
- WATCH: Who is Jeff Rosen, the new pick for deputy attorney generalJeff Rosen is the 21st Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation.... Read more »
- What you need to know about the indictment against Michael FlynnIn prosecuting Michael Flynn for lying to FBI agents, a felony, special counsel Robert Mueller secured a key witness and sent a message to others.... Read more »
- The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Snow News DayWhat We’re Following TodayIt’s Wednesday, February 20. Government offices in D.C. shut down today, this time because of a snowstorm. In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court limited state and local governments’ ability to seize the private property... Read more »
- Trump's New Red ScareThere are a lot of people talking about socialism these days. Senator Bernie Sanders, who on Tuesday launched a bid for the Democratic nomination for president, calls himself a democratic socialist, and so does Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Public... Read more »
- The Virginia Democrats’ Warring FactionsLast week, the drama in Richmond entered a new act. Protesters converged on the Virginia governor’s mansion on Wednesday, carrying Ralph Must Resign signs. The crowd wasn’t composed of the Republicans who have opposed Ralph Northam’s agenda as... Read more »
- The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Bern AgainWhat We’re Following TodayIt’s Tuesday, February 19. Sixteen states have officially signed on to a lawsuit against the Donald Trump administration over his plans to use emergency powers to divert funds to build a southern border wall. The... Read more »
- Bernie Sanders Is the Democratic Front-RunnerHe’s a 77-year-old socialist who’s abrasive when he’s in a good mood, and who’s still blamed by many Democrats for Hillary Clinton losing to Donald Trump. But go ahead, try to argue that Bernie Sanders isn’t the front-runner... Read more »
- The 2020 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat SheetThe Bern is back.Vermont’s democratic-socialist senator is running for president again, he announced Tuesday morning. With Joe Biden still waiting on the sidelines, Sanders immediately becomes the highest-profile Democrat in the race—even though, as his detractors like to... Read more »
- Andrew McCabe Couldn’t Believe the Things Trump Said About PutinIn the months before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, FBI counterintelligence agents investigating Russian election interference were also collecting evidence suggesting that Trump could be compromised by Russian President Vladimir Putin.Andrew McCabe, the former FBI... Read more »
- The Furor in Virginia Has QuietedThe bonfire of scandals in Virginia politics has seemingly burned down to embers as top Democrats have come to accept that their tainted leaders will not be leaving office, at least not anytime soon. While most party elites... Read more »
- The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Anything to Declare?What We’re Following TodayIt’s Friday, February 15. President Donald Trump signed a spending deal to avert a government shutdown.But Wait, There’s More: During his free-associative remarks from the Rose Garden, Trump said that he is officially declaring a... Read more »
- White House Panel Will Study Whether Climate Change Is a National Security Threat. It Includes a Climate Denialist.The Pentagon and federal intelligence agencies have said that climate change is a threat. Now, the White House is planning a panel to study whether or not that is true.... Read more »
- Supreme Court Limits Police Powers to Seize Private PropertyCivil forfeiture laws, a popular way to raise revenue, have been the subject of criticism across the political spectrum.... Read more »
- CNN Is Criticized for Hiring Trump Administration Aide as a Political EditorSarah Isgur Flores, a Republican spokeswoman who worked for Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department, is making the leap to a news role with the network.... Read more »
- Bernie Sanders Raises $6 Million After Announcing Presidential BidThe impressive early fund-raising haul by Mr. Sanders gives him bragging rights in a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates.... Read more »
- Trump Attacks The Times, in a Week of Unease for the American PressPresident Trump did not cite a specific article in his Twitter post, but it came a day after a Times report describing his attempts to undermine investigations around him.... Read more »
- On Washington: G.O.P. Ready to ‘Nuke’ Senate Democrats Again Over Nominee DelaysFor the third time in six years, a Senate majority is preparing to force through a change in rules covering confirmations, without a single vote from the minority.... Read more »
- Jeffrey Hart, Influential and Iconoclastic Conservative, Is Dead at 88He was an author, Republican speechwriter, National Review polemicist, Dartmouth Review provocateur and, to many, an antiwar apostate when he defected to Obama.... Read more »
- News Analysis: On Health Care, 2020 Democrats Find Their First Real Fault LinesOn one side of the debate, Bernie Sanders promises a single-payer revolution. On the other, Amy Klobuchar and Sherrod Brown are calling for incremental change.... Read more »
- O'Rourke supporters build student network ahead of possible White House bidA Democratic group seeking to persuade former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke to run for president will launch mobilization efforts on college campuses nationwide to coincide with what they believe will be his entry into the race by month's... Read more »
- House Democrats move to block Trump's emergency declaration on borderDemocrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce a resolution on Friday to end President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration on border security, according to aides to Representative Joaquin Castro. ... Read more »
- Ex-Trump campaign worker files lawsuit to kill non-disclosure pactsA former campaign worker for President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to invalidate all of the non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements that campaign workers were required to sign before joining the president's 2016 election campaign. ... Read more »
- North Carolina Republican's son says warned father about operative's pastThe son of the Republican candidate in a disputed congressional race in North Carolina said on Wednesday he warned his father to be suspicious of a political operative now accused of running an illegal ballot operation to sway... Read more »
- Trump-California rift widens as auto emissions talks failU.S. federal officials have decided to end negotiations with California over the Trump administration's plans to roll back fuel economy rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a government official said on Wednesday. ... Read more »
- Justice Department preparing to receive Mueller report: CNNThe U.S. Department of Justice may announce as early as next week that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has given the attorney general his report on the federal Russia investigation, CNN said on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. ... Read more »
- Trump says he expects to meet North Korea's Kim again after Hanoi summitU.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he expects to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again after their planned summit next week in Hanoi. ... Read more »
- Trump says release of Russia probe report up to attorney generalPresident Donald Trump said on Wednesday the release of any report on the Russia investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be totally up to U.S. Attorney General William Barr. ... Read more »
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- Midweek podcast: How is the Liberal caucus dealing with the SNC-Lavalin affair?This week, we talk to Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia about what effect the SNC-Lavalin controversy involving the PMO and former attorney general... Read more »
- Liberals to introduce federal budget on March 19The Liberal government will introduce the final budget of its current term in office on March 19, the finance minister told MPs... Read more »
- Death in Cat Lake First Nation shaking up community: Ontario NDP MPOntario NDP MP Charlie Angus says the death of a 48-year-old woman in Cat Lake First Nation is shaking up community residents.... Read more »
- Ottawa has met already with three-quarters of Indigenous communities during Trans Mountain consultation rebootThe federal Liberal government says its consultation teams have met already with more than three-quarters of all Indigenous communities affected by the... Read more »
- MPs invite Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO to Ottawa to talk fake newsA group of Canadian MPs is calling on the corporate titans of social media — including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — to... Read more »
- Wilson-Raybould waited more than 2 hours for permission to attend Tuesday's cabinet meeting: sourcesJody Wilson-Raybould spent more than two hours waiting outside the cabinet room on Tuesday while her former colleagues hotly debated her request... Read more »
- Wilson-Raybould tells Commons she wants to 'speak my truth' on SNC-Lavalin, tells Liberals she's still on-sideJody Wilson-Raybould told the Commons today she wants to tell her side of the SNC-Lavalin scandal now consuming official Ottawa, but she... Read more »
- CRTC report finds telecom companies use misleading sales tacticsThe CRTC says an inquiry has confirmed allegations Canada's telecommunications industry used unacceptable sales practices that misled consumers and harmed vulnerable members... Read more »
- House Democrats To File Resolution to Block Emergency Declaration(WASHINGTON) — House Democrats plan to file a resolution as soon as Friday that’s aimed at blocking President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the Southwest border. That could set up a vote by the full House by... Read more »
- ‘Not Here to Make Headlines.’ Meet the Lawmaker Quietly Unearthing Trump ScandalsPresident Donald Trump’s feuds with Democratic leaders regularly make news, but away from the spotlight he may have more to fear from the work of long-serving Rep. Elijah Cummings. The President’s Day weekend was bookended by two bombshells from... Read more »
- President Trump Has Nominated Jeffrey Rosen for Deputy Attorney General(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Jeffrey Rosen, a longtime litigator and deputy transportation secretary, to replace Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general. In his current post, the 60-year-old Rosen serves as the Department of Transportation’s chief... Read more »
- Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Says He Raised $4 Million in Half a Day(WASHINGTON) — Bernie Sanders’ campaign says he has raised more than $4 million in the 12 hours since announcing his 2020 presidential campaign. The Vermont senator said Tuesday that nearly 150,000 individuals had contributed to his Democratic bid. Previously, the... Read more »
- California’s Lawsuit Over Trump’s Border Wall Is the State’s Latest Act of ResistanceThere has always been friction between the federal government and the wildly divergent states it represents. Though the national government is the 800-pound gorilla in the room, it still depends on states, and the power of those smaller... Read more »
- The 4 Legal Challenges Facing Trump’s Emergency DeclarationLess than a week since President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to divert funds to build a border wall, multiple groups are already challenging the move in court. During the Rose Garden speech announcing his plan, Trump detailed... Read more »
- Bernie Sanders Admits Mistakes in Dealing With Sexism Allegations as He Launches Bid for PresidencyBernie Sanders used his first interview since announcing that he would be running for President in 2020 to address some of the doubts that plagued his unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 primaries. In a wide-ranging... Read more »
- President Trump Says He Had ‘Absolute Right’ to Declare an Emergency as California and Other States Sue HimWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that he would prevail over a multi-state lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he expected to... Read more »
- North Carolina State Board Of Elections Finishes Day 3 Of Public HearingNorth Carolina's state board of elections is trying to get to the bottom of what happened in the state's 9th Congressional district last year. The outcome of that race still hasn't been called.... Read more »
- Tom Barrack, Trump's Longtime Friend, Comes Under More ScrutinyTom Barrack is one of President Trump's oldest friends. He's also been the subject of unwelcome headlines recently, over comments concerning Saudi Arabia and his role in Trump's inauguration.... Read more »
- Second U.S.-North Korea Summit Likely Focus On Nuclear Weapons CenterThis month's summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is likely to focus on North Korea's main nuclear weapons center at Yongbyon.... Read more »
- What's Changed Between U.S. And North Korea Since First SummitPresident Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet for a second time next week. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with North Korea expert Frank Aum about what's changed since the last meeting.... Read more »
- Trade Talks With China Continue, As Trump Shies From A Hard Deadline For A DealMarch 1 "is not a magical date," President Trump said this week, about his self-imposed deadline when tariffs would spike. Whether a deal will resolve key structural issues isn't clear.(Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AFP/Getty Images)... Read more »
- 3 Conservative Politicians Abandon Party For Britain's Fledgling 'Independent Group'"The hard-line, the anti-EU awkward squad that have destroyed every leader for the last 40 years are now running the Conservative party from top to toe," lawmaker Anna Soubry said Wednesday.(Image credit: Alastair Grant/AP)... Read more »
- Trump Says Attorney General Barr Will Decide If Mueller Findings Will Be Made PublicPresident Trump says it's up to his newly confirmed attorney general, William Barr, to decide whether to make public the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.... Read more »
- The Power Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s AngerMartin Luther King Jr. dealt with anger in both his personal life and life's work. He often tried to turn his anger into constructive action, but he did occasionally struggle with that balance.(Image credit: William Lovelace/Getty Images)... Read more »
- Supreme Court Limits Civil Asset Forfeiture, Rules Excessive Fines Apply To StatesJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion and announced it on just her second day back at court after surgery for lung cancer late last year.(Image credit: Jessica Gresko/AP)... Read more »
- Gov. Cuomo proposes $25 million to prevent trucks from smashing into low parkway overpassesGov. Cuomo’s budget includes $25 million worth of bells and whistles. Cuomo is turning to “state-of-the-art technology” to prevent commercial motorists from slamming into parkway overpasses, officials said Wednesday. Large trucks, commercial vehicles, school buses, tractor trailers and... Read more »
- New York to hold census hearings on Trump admin plan to include citizenship questionNew York officials said Wednesday the state will host a series of public hearings to discuss next year’s federal census and how to ensure all its residents are counted. The statewide info sessions, to start next month, will... Read more »
- Upstate lawmaker wants to know economic impact of separating New York City and surrounding counties from stateAn upstate lawmaker wants to know if it makes cents to split New York in two. State Sen. Daphne Jordan (R-Halfmoon) introduced a bill last week that would create a panel within the state controller's office to study... Read more »
- New York Times publisher rips 'reckless' President Trump after his 'true enemy of the people' attackThe Grey Lady is pressing back. New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger painted President Trump as a “reckless” despot Wednesday after the commander-in-chief fired off one of his most inflammatory anti-media insults in response to a damning report... Read more »
- Judge allows Michael Cohen to stay out of prison for another two months to undergo 'post-surgical physical therapy'The fixer got himself a deal. Michael Cohen can remain a free man for a bit longer than initially planned so he can recover from shoulder surgery and testify before Congress, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled Wednesday.... Read more »
- Trump cheers Covington teen for filing $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Washington PostPresident Trump praised a Kentucky teen Wednesday for suing one his his arch nemeses. In an early-morning barrage of tweets, President Trump ripped The Washington Post and cheered the Covington teen’s lawsuit against the paper that alleges The... Read more »
- Ex-congressman Joe Crowley resigns as Queens Democratic Party chair after loss to Ocasio-Cortez: 'It's time to move on'Joe Crowley is leaving another elected office behind. The former New York congressman — who lost his longtime House seat to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in last year’s midterms — stepped down Tuesday evening as the chairman of the Queens... Read more »
- De Blasio says some progressives missed the point on AmazonMayor de Blasio said there’s plenty that unites him with his fellow progressives — but that on Amazon, some of them missed the forest for the trees. “I have very strong progressive values, but I think the best... Read more »
- Trump isn't colluding with Russians he's conspiring with PutinTrump’s Russia collusion didn’t stop with the election, what he’s done since taking office is even worse... Read more »
- Deutsche Bank feared Trump Organization would default on $340M loans while Trump was in officeExecs at German banking giant, concerned about default, considered extending repayment past Trump's term in office... Read more »
- Larry Hogan won't rule out challenging Trump: "I'm being approached from a lot of different people""I'm being approached from a lot of different people," Hogan said of interest in his potential 2020 candidacy... Read more »
- Is Whoopi Goldberg this year's secret Oscar host? Here’s the convincing theoryWhoopi Goldberg has hosted the Oscars four times, but not since 2001 where "A Beautiful Mind" won Best Picture... Read more »
- In the past year, Silicon Valley became even more dystopian, unequal: reportSexual assault rose, women suffered, residents fled, and poverty increased — but if you're rich, the news is good... Read more »
- 40 years ago, I fled South America for freedom. I am one of the lucky onesOn February 20, I became a single mother, a fugitive, and a refugee all at once... Read more »
- Prada, Gucci and now Burberry: Are brands under fire for offensive designs doing it on purpose?Why are these companies all making the same awful mistakes at the same time?... Read more »
- Writing middle-aged men in crisis: Novelists Lindsay Stern and Andrew Ridker in conversationThe authors of "The Study of Animal Languages" and "The Altruists" discuss failed fictional patriarchs and more... Read more »
- How Did Bernie Sanders Raise $5.9 Million in 24 Hours?Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $5.9 million in the first 24 hours after announcing his presidential bid. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains how a new campaign finance system is favoring democratic and populist candidates. Photo: Getty... Read more »
- ATF Agents Must Take Back More Guns Than Ever Before. Here's WhyATF agents are being sent to retrieve more firearms from people who should have never been able to buy them. Here is an in-depth look into the FBI background-check system and why things go wrong. Illustration: Laura Kammermann... Read more »
- What Are Stock Buybacks and Why Are There Calls to Restrict Them?Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have introduced proposals to restrict stock buybacks. WSJ’s Ken Brown explains the basics of buybacks and the economics of the plans. Illustration: Laura Kammermann... Read more »
- Trump’s National Emergency Declaration: Will It Hit a Legal Wall?President Trump has declared a national emergency to fund a barrier at the border with Mexico. But what constitutes a national emergency and how will the funding work? Jason Bellini reports. Photo: Getty... Read more »
- Trump on National Emergency Declaration: ‘I Expect to Be Sued’After declaring a national emergency, President Trump said he expected the declaration to be challenged in court. “I expect to be sued. I shouldn’t be sued,” he said. “I think we will be very successful in court.” Photo:... Read more »
- Trump Declares National Emergency Over Border WallPresident Trump declared a national emergency Friday to get more funding for border barriers. Downplaying the significance of past presidents declaring emergencies, Trump said “They sign it. Nobody cares.” Photo: Getty... Read more »
- Waiting for Biden: Why the 2020 Field Is Incomplete Until He DecidesThe Democratic presidential field for the 2020 election is taking off with remarkable speed. But the shape of it isn't really known because we don't know if Joe Biden will announce a bid yet. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib... Read more »
- Pelosi: "This Is Not an Emergency"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded Thursday to reports that President Trump will declare a national emergency to fund a border wall with Mexico, saying, "It's not an emergency, what's happening at the border. It's a humanitarian challenge." Photo:... Read more »
- Meghan McCain to Tulsi Gabbard: When I hear your name, I think “Assad apologist”This is the most John McCain thing she’s ever said on “The View.” It’s also the second straight day in which she’s greeted a prominent political guest by essentially telling them to their face that they suck. Which is... Read more »
- Smollett classified as a suspect, Nigerian brothers go before grand jury (plus video of them buying ski masks and a red hat)Things are happening fast today. First up, Chicago police are now officially classifying Jussie Smollett as a suspect and detectives are presenting evidence in the case before a grand jury according to CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi Case Update: Jussie... Read more »
- Anti-Semitism on the rise in France as nearly 100 Jewish graves marked with swastikasThere have been a string of high-profile anti-Semitic incidents in France over the last few weeks and there is evidence that’s part of a broader trend. Reuters reports the number of anti-Semitic attacks in France jumped 74% in... Read more »
- WaPo: Maybe Dems should ix-nay on ocialism-say in 2020Diversity of ancestry, the Washington Post laments today, does not equal diversity of thought. Democrats have the former by the bucketload in the 2020 presidential primaries, even after Bernie Sanders helpfully filled in the “old white dude” slot... Read more »
- 9-0: SCOTUS rules that Eighth Amendment’s “excessive fines” clause applies to the statesRemember the oral arguments in this case? Sure you do. They went so badly for the state of Indiana that Court-watchers took to predicting a lopsided defeat afterward, something they normally refrain from doing. It’s the justices’ job... Read more »
- Smollett lawyers up as charges appear imminent (Also, Smollett and ‘victimhood chic’)Reporter Rafer Weigel at Fox 32 in Chicago is reporting that attorney Mark Geragos has joined Jussie Smollett’s legal team. Top attorney Mark Geragos has joined #JussieSmollett legal team. He is assisting Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson. #CPD... Read more »
- Pelosi in Brussels: A reminder of who’s in charge and it’s not TrumpHey, guess who else went to the Munich Security Conference and then decided to announce to our European betters that President Trump is not the boss of her? Speaker Nancy Pelosi, that’s who. At least she waited until... Read more »
- Report: DOJ planning to announce as early as next week that Mueller’s investigation is finishedI am prepared for any eventuality in terms of the report’s findings. I am not yet fully prepared for the reality that we’ll probably never get to read the actual report, even though Bill Barr already alerted us... Read more »
- Breaking: Here's how Democrats plan to end Trump's national emergency declarationDemocrats reportedly plan to introduce a privileged resolution in Congress in to terminate the declaration of a national emergency at the border by President Donald Trump. The plan was reported by NBC News Capitol Hill producer Alex Moe... Read more »
- 'She fantasizes being raped by 3 men simultaneously': Bernie Sanders' bizarre 1972 essay about men, women and the 'typical fantasy'On Wednesday's radio program, Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere discussed a 1972 essay written by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) which resurfaced after the 77-year-old announced he's running for president again in 2020. The article, titled "Man — and Woman,"... Read more »
- Ohio music store owner 'would rather starve and close' than serve Trump supportersA music store owner in Ohio has made it known that he doesn't want any Trump-supporting customers, and that he'd "rather starve" than to take their money, according to The Hill.Joe's Music in Willoughby, Ohio, a suburb of... Read more »
- Breaking: Chicago police officially name Jussie Smollett as a suspectJussie Smollett, the "Empire" star who said that he was the victim of a homophobic and racial attack, has been officially declared a suspect by Chicago police. Evidence against Smollett was presented by detectives to a grand jury... Read more »
- California, federal government feud over $3.5 billion meant for high-speed rail 'boondoggle'The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration announced Tuesday that it plans to cancel $928,620,000 that it had promised to California for the construction of a high-speed rail project and that it wants to recuperate previous grants... Read more »
- Q&A: Activist Mommy Elizabeth Johnston on the upcoming 'Day of Mourning' event following New York's new abortion lawsThousands are expected to gather for the "Day of Mourning" event in Albany, New York, in response to the recent expansion of the state's abortion laws that allow a woman to terminate her pregnancy up to the moment... Read more »
- Mother blasts lenient sentence for transgender woman who sexually assaulted daughter, 10, in restroomA mother in Scotland ripped the lenient sentence handed down to a transgender woman who sexually assaulted her 10-year-old daughter in a supermarket restroom, the Courier reported. The mother — who isn't being named in order to protect... Read more »
- 'They're selling Utopia': Charlie Kirk on why students in America are lured by the false promise of socialismIn this episode of "Wilkow!" host Andrew Wilkow sits down with Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk to discuss how the decadeslong dominance of progressive thinkers in American schools has resulted in a generation of voters who view... Read more »
- Trump's new attorney general could announce end of Mueller investigation by next week: reportNew U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce the end of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, according to CNN. This could come as soon as next week.Here's what we knowCNN cited "people familiar with the... Read more »
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- Trump says timing of Mueller report up to attorney generalRobert Mueller may be close to presenting his report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. President Trump said Wednesday that it is up to Attorney General William Barr whether and when the report is released. Paula Reid... Read more »
- Coast Guard officer arrested, had hit list of Democrats, feds say"The defendant is a domestic terrorist, bent on committing acts dangerous to human life," prosecutors wrote... Read more »
- Young woman who joined ISIS won't be allowed to re-enter U.S.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Hoda Muthana has no legal basis to re-enter the country... Read more »
- Dems to introduce bill to block Trump's emergency declarationThe president's proclamation is already being challenged by a multi-state lawsuit led by California's attorney general... Read more »
- Mueller report expected before Rosenstein departs, sources sayThe president made the comments in a meeting with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz... Read more »
- Hogan casts doubt on GOP primary challenges by Kasich, WeldMaryland's Republican governor told CBS News the president may be vulnerable in the general election against the eventual Democratic nominee... Read more »
- Judge grants Cohen's request to delay prison sentenceHis lawyers had cited a recent shoulder surgery and congressional testimony as reasons to postpone his surrender date... Read more »
- McCabe says it's "possible" Trump is a Russian asset"I think it's possible. I think that's why we started our investigation," McCabe told CNN... Read more »
- Justices back man whose $40K SUV was seized over $400 drug saleRuling also could buttress efforts to limit the confiscation by local law enforcement of property belonging to someone suspected of a crime... Read more »
- Trump's China trade remarks leave wiggle roomPresident Donald Trump tells reporters March 1 deadline for agreement with China isn't a "magical date"... Read more »
- Plurality of Virginians say Northam should stay in officeA new University of Virginia Center for Politics/Ipsos poll finds 43 percent of Virginians say the governor should stay in office, despite controversy he's faced in recent weeks... Read more »
- From Coast to Coast, Republicans Are Drafting And Drifting From TrumpA congressional election in Ohio will dominate this week's political news. But three gubernatorial contests in Georgia, Massachusetts and Oregon speak to how Republican candidates are navigating the Age of Trump. The candidates' approaches? As different as the... Read more »
- Majority Wants Government Involved in Healthcare CoverageA new poll by John Zogby Strategies shows that 57% of likely voters in the United States prefer some form of direct government involvement in providing health insurance to Americans.... Read more »
- Brett Kavanaugh And Public Opinion On Supreme Court ConfirmationsWhat do Americans want their senators to consider when voting on President Donald Trump’s latest nominee to the Supreme Court? Have their views changed over time about the importance of the nominee’s resume or his views?... Read more »
- Can We Turn The Page On Candidates Writing Books?Once the November election is over, look for a flood of books by 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls -- some personal, some policy-oriented, all self-promotional. Not that it means a candidate is "bookish". Nor, as 2016 proved, is it... Read more »
- California Takes A Break From Breaking Up"Cal 3", venture capitalist Tim Draper's ballot measure to reconfigure California into three smaller states, has been removed from the November ballot by the state's Supreme Court. Will Draper continue his crusade? If not, who'll explain how California's... Read more »
- 2020 Can Be Joe Biden's MomentDemocrats have often chewed up and spit out their frontrunners. But this time, maybe the situation will call for a familiar face who has survived a lot of battles.... Read more »
- Why Does President Trump Balk At Attending Baseball Games?Major League Baseball's All-Star Game will be played in the nation's capital on Tuesday night, with President Trump likely not attending. Trump also twice passed on doing the Opening Day donors at an MLB ballpark. It begs the... Read more »
- Pollsters And Supreme Court Nominees: A Little HistorySince Franklin Roosevelt proposed enlarging the Supreme Court, pollsters have asked the public about the Court, but poll scrutiny of individual nominees is more recent.... Read more »
- Trump Once Again Takes His Talents -- And Another Supreme Court Pick -- To PrimetimeEight years ago, LeBron James gave America "the decision" -- a weeklong tease leading up to a big reveal on national tv. For the second time in two years, it's President Trump's turn to roll out his Supreme... Read more »
- Bernie Sanders’s second campaign: Strong start, big challenges aheadThe Vermont senator faces a far different contest than in 2016, when he was the sole alternative for those dissatisfied with Hillary Clinton.... Read more »
- Candidate’s son warned father of N.C. political operative’s tacticsDramatic testimony from the son undercut claims by father Mark Harris and his campaign strategist that they had not been aware of any red flags.... Read more »
- For Sanders, 2020 will present challenges that didn’t exist in 2016He enters with many assets after his first campaign but against much different competition and with a Democratic Party hungry to find a winner.... Read more »
- ‘That was my idea’: How Trump claims credit for nearly everythingPresident Trump never thinks he gets enough credit, even when touting made-up accomplishments.... Read more »
- ‘That was my idea’: How Trump claims credit for nearly everythingPresident Trump never thinks he gets enough credit, even when touting made-up accomplishments.... Read more »
- Stephen Biegun tutored Sarah Palin on foreign policy. Now he’s trying to clinch a North Korea deal for Trump.The U.S. special envoy arrived in Hanoi on a mission to close substantial gaps ahead of Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un next week.... Read more »
- Trump says Alabama woman who joined ISIS will not be allowed back into U.S.“I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country!” the president tweeted.... Read more »
- A more liberal Democratic electorate gets a more liberal primary field — to an extentThe 2020 field is shaping up to be a lot more ideologically broad than past years, too.... Read more »
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- UNNAMED: Music legend under investigation over alleged sexual assault on younger man...UNNAMED: Music legend under investigation over alleged sexual assault on younger man... (Third column, 15th story, link) Related stories:Spacey suicidal? ... Read more »
- Justice Department Preparing To Announce End Of Mueller's Russia Probe: ReportAttorney General William Barr may make an announcement on it next week, CNN reported.... Read more »
- Tucker Carlson Apparently Tells Historian To 'Go F**k' Himself In Spiked Fox News InterviewThe Fox News host appears to have called historian and author Rutger Bregman a "moron" with a "tiny brain."... Read more »
- Newspaper Publisher Who Wrote KKK Editorial Reprimanded By Alabama Press AssociationThe group is suspending the membership of Goodloe Sutton's newspaper, after he wrote an editorial arguing it was “time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again."... Read more »
- Polls: Many Virginians Aren't Happy With Ralph Northam, But Fewer Want Him To ResignIn two new polls, a third or fewer of Virginia Democrats want the governor to step down.... Read more »
- New York Times Publisher Slams Trump's Anti-Media Rhetoric As Tyrannical, 'Dangerous'A.G. Sulzberger wrote that Trump's rhetoric is "encouraging threats and violence against journalists."... Read more »
- New Watchdog Complaint Outlines ‘Pattern Of Ethical Misconduct’ At Interior DepartmentSix senior agency officials are named in a complaint filed Wednesday with Interior’s Office of Inspector General.... Read more »
- Wisconsin Lawmaker Refuses To Cut Hair Until Bill For Deaf Community Passes“My looks are important to me, but this is a priority and I’m not stopping this until we get it done," state Rep. Jonathan Brostoff (D) said.... Read more »
- Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Constitutional Ban On High Fines Applies To StatesThe ruling could help efforts to rein in police seizure of property from criminal suspects.... Read more »
- Capital Gazette Shooting Survivor: Trump's Media-Bashing Makes Me Fear For My LifeThe president tweeted his contempt for the media again, complaining "the press has never been more dishonest."... Read more »
- Trump's Unoriginal Nickname For Bernie Sanders Falls Flat: 'The Best You Can Do?'"Crazy Bernie is right up there with Trump's great nickname for Nancy Pelosi: Nancy," one person tweeted.... Read more »
- Alabama Woman Says She Was ‘Brainwashed’ By ISIS, Wants To Come HomeHoda Muthana, who married three ISIS fighters, left the U.S. for Syria to join the terror group when she was 19.... Read more »
- Brexit: Theresa May says 'time of essence' for backstop dealThe PM says "time is of the essence" as she stresses the need for legally-binding Brexit changes in Brussels.... Read more »
- Independent Group: Three Tory MPs resign to join groupThree Tory MPs have resigned from the party to join an independent group, set up by former Labour MPs. join from Tory part... Read more »
- Derek Hatton suspended by Labour days after being readmittedEx-Militant man was only readmitted to the party on Monday, more than 30 years after being expelled.... Read more »
- PM has a problem with immigration - SoubryOne of the Tory defectors tells Newsnight Theresa May "has a thing" against free movement of people.... Read more »
- What does it feel like to quit a party?Some felt sad, others excited - former Tory and Labour MPs react very differently to joining their breakaway group.... Read more »
- Shamima Begum case: I have one citizenship, says IS brideShamima Begum is thought to be of Bangladeshi heritage - but the country says she is not its concern.... Read more »
- PMQs: Corbyn and May on Brexit, Churchill and HattonTheresa May challenges Jeremy Corbyn over his attitude to a "once proud Labour Party".... Read more »
- PMQs: Corbyn and May on Brexit and car industryThe Labour leader asks for the "certainty" of a customs union to protect UK jobs and industry.... Read more »
- Brighton councillor Anne Meadows quits Labour over 'anti-Semitism'Labour could lose control of Brighton and Hove City Council after Anne Meadows defects to the Tories.... Read more »
- Independent Group: Three MPs quit Tory party to joinHeidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston claim "hard-line anti-EU" MPs now run the Conservatives.... Read more »
- Independent Group: Minor tremor or political earthquake?Can a Tory/Labour centrist group change the political landscape and how will their former parties react?... Read more »
- PM's 'constructive' talks after EU official's close shaveTheresa May held a "constructive meeting" with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as she seeks to win changes to her Brexit agreement.... Read more »
- Ex-Militant figure Derek Hatton suspended by LabourLeft-wing firebrand Derek "Degsy" Hatton has been suspended by the Labour Party - just 48 hours after his controversial re-admission was confirmed.... Read more »
- 78% of Britons support revoking IS bride's UK citizenshipThe vast majority of the British public support the home secretary's decision to remove the UK citizenship of Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum, a Sky Data poll reveals.... Read more »
- PM bids to strike 'deal in the desert' on BrexitTheresa May is to fly 2,500 miles this weekend in a bid to strike a "deal in the desert" on Brexit at a summit in the luxury Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh.... Read more »
- Explained: How independent MPs become a political partyA remarkable few days at Westminster has seen 11 MPs leave their parties and sign up for the new Independent Group.... Read more »
- Three Tory MPs defect and slam party's 'anti-EU awkward squad'Three MPs have quit the Conservative Party and claimed Prime Minister Theresa May has failed to unite the country around Brexit.... Read more »
- Bangladesh says IS teen not their citizen in dispute with UKThe government has risked a diplomatic rift with Bangladesh over the fate of Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum.... Read more »
- Labour propose voters' rights to force out quitting MPsLabour has responded to the resignation of eight of its MPs by considering plans to allow voters to force MPs from their seats if they quit a party.... Read more »
- Independent Group 'more popular than Lib Dems': Sky Data pollThe newly-formed Independent Group of MPs who split from Labour on Monday are already ahead of the Lib Dems in popularity, according to a Sky Data poll.... Read more »
- 'Genie out of the bottle' on TV election debatesThe "genie is out of the bottle" and televised debates should become a regular fixture of election campaigns, MPs have heard.... Read more »
- Relax, Everyone: Robert Mueller Is Not DUMPING YOU, Just Kidding Maybe He IsWHOA THERE, it is a #HotScoop about something happening that portends the wrapping up of the Robert Mueller investigation, one that we can actually believe to a point, because of how CNN seems to have some receipts for... Read more »
- Eric Trump Gonna Tell His Deadbeat Dad You Called His Deadbeat Dad A Deadbeat Dad!You really have to feel sorry for poor Eric Trump, who has been having a crappy couple of weeks (fact check: you do not). Last week he and his idiot brother dropped plans to develop two new hotel... Read more »
- Clarence Thomas: Who Left This Pubic Hair On Trump's First Amendment?Freedom of the press is a pain in the ass for public officials and celebrities, because the damn liars in the media keep saying things that make them look bad. But in US America, we have this nice... Read more »
- Trump So Mad At Dan Coats He's Gonna Be A Chickensh*t Who's Too Scared To Fire HimUh oh, is somebody telling the truth and making Donald Trump cry again? Every time Trump accidentally picks a competent person, this seems to happen!It's not that Director Of National Intelligence Dan Coats is YOU'RE FIRED yet. First... Read more »
- Elijah Cummings Will F*ck Trump's Saudi Nuclear Grifting Up Six Ways From SundaySO MANY CORRUPTION SCANDALS THIS WEEK, we cannot even keep up. Is it Infrastructure Week again already? Remember how before Michael Flynn was unceremoniously removed from his position as national security advisor after approximately one and one half Scaramuccis,... Read more »
- North Carolina 9th District Vote Fraudy Fraud Fraud Hearings, Day Two!The North Carolina State Board of Elections continued its hearings into pervasive absentee ballot fuckery in last fall's congressional election for a second day yesterday, and while the testimony wasn't quite as explosive as the first day's open... Read more »
- CNN Hires Trump Staffer With No Journalism Experience To Run 2020 CoverageIn a move that has media watchers scratching their heads, CNN has hired Sarah Isgur, a Republican political consultant who served as Jeff Sessions's official spokesperson, as a political editor for the network. Isgur (formerly Isgur-Flores) has no... Read more »
- Trump Tried To Make Meatball Move On SDNY Like A Bitch, But He Couldn't Get There 🙁Everybody is PRETTY SURE Donald Trump only shoehorned Matthew Whitaker AKA "Meatball" in as acting attorney general after he fired Jeff Sessions, even though Meatball was nowhere near the DoJ line of succession, so that Meatball might act... Read more »
- Trump calls the New York Times an 'ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE' for exposing his obstruction of justiceTuesday's blockbuster New York Times report detailed Donald Trump’s "sustained" efforts to undermine law enforcement probes into Russian election hacking, its ties to the Trump campaign, and related criminal acts. Among the details presented: an attempt by Trump... Read more »
- EPA issued 'emergency' approval to spray 16 million acres with bee-killing pesticideSulfoxaflor is a systemic insecticide that works by destroying the nervous system. Insects exposed go into tremors, then spasms, then death. Unfortunately, insects exposed means essentially all insects, including bees. In fact, sulfoxaflor is particularly hard on pollinators. That’s why... Read more »
- Betsy DeVos' free rein at the Education Department is over with a Democratic HouseThe oversight-free party is over for Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, with Democratic Rep. Robert Scott now in charge of the House Education Committee. He's got a long and growing list of issues Democrats are going to hold DeVos... Read more »
- Coast Guard officer charged with plotting mass murder of Democrats, journalistsCoast Guard Lt. Christopher Paul Hasson was arrested last week in Maryland on drug charges and that investigation spiraled, revealing Hasson was in possession of 15 guns, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition and a hit list of people to murder.... Read more »
- Michigan governor blocks sale of former prison to private immigrant detention companyMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has canceled the sale of a former state prison site to a for-profit private prison company that sought to reopen the property in order to detain hundreds of immigrants. The Democratic leader said she made the decision after Immigration Centers of America (ICA)... Read more »
- Taxing the wealthy is popular. Democrats have figured that outCampaign Action Donald Trump pledged to raise taxes on the rich during his 2016 campaign; then he turned around after winning and signed a $1.5 trillion tax cut into law that mostly benefitted the nation’s wealthiest. That GOP tax law remains... Read more »
- Supreme Court issues unanimous ruling prohibiting excessive fines by state, local governmentsIn her second day back at the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg authored and announced a unanimous ruling Wednesday limiting civil asset forfeiture by prohibiting state and local governments from using excessive fines to raise revenues. NPR... Read more »
- Case of Mississippi prosecutor who routinely kicked black people off juries heads to Supreme CourtMississippi state prosecutor Doug Evans worked for more than thirteen years to send Curtis Flowers to jail. After the 1996 murders of four people in Winona, Mississippi, Flowers was tried by Evans a whopping six times until Evans finally got a... Read more »
- Bernie crushes 2020 Democratic field in first-day money chaseBernie Sanders' 2020 campaign is off to an impressive start: The Vermont senator crushed other Democratic candidates in his first day of online fundraising, and boasted social media stats that easily outstripped his competition, too.Sanders brought in more... Read more »
- Trump rolls out massive corporate-style campaign structure for 2020President Donald Trump is assembling a sprawling, corporate-style reelection campaign with 10 divisions reporting to a single senior adviser, campaign manager Brad Parscale — a top-down structure that represents everything Trump’s improvisational 2016 effort was not.The organization, described... Read more »
- ‘Sustained and ongoing’ disinformation assault targets Dem presidential candidatesA wide-ranging disinformation campaign aimed at Democratic 2020 candidates is already underway on social media, with signs that foreign state actors are driving at least some of the activity. The main targets appear to be Sens. Kamala Harris... Read more »
- The key Republicans to watch on Trump’s national emergencyIf as few as four GOP senators join Democrats, they could pass legislation to block the president.... Read more »
- House Dems move to block Trump’s emergency declarationHouse Democrats are expected to introduce legislation Friday to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, the first formal step to counter Trump and squeeze Republicans on the border wall. The office of Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas),... Read more »
- Beto's call to remove part of the wall provokes Trump's ireEL PASO, Texas — The feud between President Donald Trump and Beto O’Rourke over immigration resumed at a distance Tuesday, driving the politics of a border wall further into the 2020 presidential campaign.After O’Rourke said on MSNBC last... Read more »
- Coast Guard officer accused of plotting to kill Democrats, journalistsA U.S. Coast Guard officer has been arrested after federal investigators discovered a stockpile of illegal drugs and weapons in his home that they allege were part of a plot to commit acts of mass terrorism.Prosecutors say Lt.... Read more »
- Trump says he directed Pompeo not to let ISIS bride back in U.S.President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had directed the State Department not to allow the return of an Alabama woman who in 2014 joined the Islamic State terrorist group, days after the woman made public pleas to... Read more »
- Virginia voters — including African-Americans — have Northam's backVirginia Gov. Ralph Northam appears to have quelled any widespread public clamor for his resignation in the wake of his blackface scandal.Two new polls out Wednesday show pluralities say the Democrat should not quit or be forced out... Read more »
- Maryland Gov. Hogan leaves the door open for primary challenge against TrumpMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday did not rule out mounting a 2020 Republican primary challenge against President Donald Trump, further stoking speculation in a CBS interview about his plans for next year’s presidential race.While he cautioned that... Read more »
- 'Give these brown babies a shot': UNC defends its use of race in admissionsA legal battle that's engulfed the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill offers a rare window into how admissions staffers at an elite public university discuss applicants — and the extent to which race plays into those exchanges.“Can we... Read more »
- Kamala Harris shamed by Jamaican father over pot-smoking jokeKamala Harris made headlines last week when she joked in a radio interview that of course she smoked marijuana in her younger years: “Half my family’s from Jamaica, are you kidding me?”But the crack didn’t go over well... Read more »
- The Supreme Court Has Limited How Much Private Property States Can SeizeThe Eighth Amendment bars the federal government from imposing excessive fines. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court held that the limit also applies to states and cities. View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- Democratic Socialists Of America Is Preparing To Potentially Launch A National Campaign To Back Bernie Sanders’ 2020 Campaign“DSA could play an important role in supporting Sanders,” the organization told members after the senator announced his campaign. View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- A Former Trump Staffer Filed A Class Action To Invalidate All Of The Campaign’s Nondisclosure AgreementsJessica Denson, who worked for the Trump campaign in 2016, is arguing the language of the nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements that all staffers had to sign is unlawful. View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Back At The Supreme CourtThe justice attended Tuesday's arguments — the first time since having surgery for lung cancer in December. View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- Bernie Sanders Is Running For President"We began the political revolution in the 2016 campaign, and now it's time to move that revolution forward," he said in an interview Tuesday morning. View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- Roger Stone Posted A Photo Of The Judge Presiding Over His Case Next To CrosshairsStone deleted the post and published a statement saying, "any inference that this was meant to somehow threaten the Judge or disrespect court is categorically false." View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- Kamala Harris Says She'd Support Changing Columbus Day To "Indigenous Peoples’ Day"Harris also said in New Hampshire on Monday that she would support making Election Day a federal holiday as part of a new Voting Rights Act. View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- Twitter Suspended A DC Think Tank For Violating Its Rules Against Fake AccountsBuzzFeed News previously revealed the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology was using fake accounts to promote its work. Now it's under scrutiny again. View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- Who Is Tulsi Gabbard? She Doesn't Like What You've Probably HeardOn her first trip to Iowa, the Hawaii lawmaker did all the normal things before friendly crowds — answered questions, shook hands, posed for photos — but the first month of Gabbard’s campaign has hardly been normal. View Entire... Read more »
- Joe Biden Once Spoke At Strom Thurmond's Memorial Service. How Do People Feel About That Now?Nearly 20 years ago, Biden eulogized Strom Thurmond, who began his long political career as a segregationist. Some South Carolina Democrats still say that's a good thing — but politics has changed a lot. View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- Trump's National Emergency Just Got Its First Legal ChallengeLegal advocacy group Public Citizen filed suit on behalf of landowners in Texas and an environmental group. More lawsuits are expected. View Entire Post ›... Read more »
- Better Trump than TrumpAlec Baldwin on SNL is doing a better job of being Donald Trump than Trump himself does. If you don’t believe me, watch this video, also from SNL, that has actual clips of Trump from his declaration of... Read more »
- A Nation of Immigrants!© Jen Sorensen Not to mention that these same (white) folks have committed more terrorism than any minority group. Law and order starts at home, especially if your home is espousing hatred, racism, and misogyny. Related posts: A nation of immigrants... Read more »
- What we stand forElectoral Vote has a good piece talking about the importance of Democrats taking a stand on big issues. They chastise a recent column by Chris Cizzilla titled “How Democrats are handing Donald Trump a viable path to a... Read more »
- Q&ALast summer, somebody asked on Quora “Why do many British people not like Donald Trump“. They got back 43 answers. Here’s one of them: A few things spring to mind.Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.For instance,... Read more »
- Surveying RacismAn ironic twist in the scandal rocking Virginia governor Ralph Northam coming from a new poll. Overall, Virginians are deadlocked, with 47% saying that he should step down as governor, and 47% saying he should not (6% with... Read more »
- What’s in a name?An 11-year-old boy named Joshua Trump was invited by Melania Trump (no relation) to the State of the Union speech Tuesday night. He was invited because he had to drop out of school in Maryland after he was... Read more »
- The Right to be Offended?I fully expect I’m going to get a bunch of pushback on this one. I welcome discussion about this. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is being pressured into resigning because of a photo from his 1984 yearbook, showing two people,... Read more »
- The End of The WallI doubt if anyone knows how it will end. Including Donald Trump. Previously, he didn’t seem to care if they called it a wall or even something silly like “peaches“. Now he is back to insisting that everyone... Read more »
- Just InNew DC-area domestic terrorism case involving an alleged white nationalist who was working at Coast Guard headquarters and who, prosecutors say, was planning “to murder innocent citizens on a scale rarely seen in this country.”... Read more »
- FBI Arrests White Nationalist In Coast Guard Allegedly Planning Terror AttackA U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant who is an alleged white nationalist with a hit list and a plan “to murder innocent citizens on a scale rarely seen in this country” has been arrested by the FBI in the... Read more »
- Jussie Smollett Now Considered A Suspect ‘For Filing False Police Report’CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago detectives suspect that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett filed a false police report when he said he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in downtown Chicago late last month, a police official said... Read more »
- House Dems Will Introduce Resolution Blocking Trump Emergency FridayWASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats will file a resolution Friday aimed at blocking the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump has issued to help finance his wall along the Southwest border, teeing up a clash over billions... Read more »
- NC GOPer Mark Harris Disregarded His Son’s Warnings, Hired Dowless AnywayJohn Harris, the son of the Republican candidate in North Carolina’s 9th District House election, testified Wednesday at a board of elections hearing that he alerted his father to the dubious tactics of political operative Leslie McCrae Dowless... Read more »
- Tucker Carlson Lost It After Historian Called Him ‘Millionaire Funded By Billionaires’Fox News host Tucker Carlson cursed at a guest and called him a moron during an interview for his Fox News show recently after the guest, historian Rutger Bregman, said that Carlson was “a millionaire funded by billionaires,”... Read more »
- Susan Collins: I’d Back ‘Clean’ Emergency Disapproval ResolutionSOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Wednesday that she would vote for congressional resolution disapproving of President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to build a wall on the southern border. Collins is the first Republican... Read more »
- Trump Says ‘Totally Up To’ Barr If Mueller Report Will Be Released In FullPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that it’s “totally up to” Attorney General William Barr whether to release special counsel Robert Mueller’s report in full to Congress and the public. “I guess from what I understand that will be totally... Read more »
- Sounds Totally Legit!This is fascinating. Six days into Bill Barr taking over the Justice Department we have an announcement that the end of the Mueller investigation will be announced as early as next week with a “summary” of Mueller’s report... Read more »
- O'Rourke supporters build student network ahead of possible White House bidA Democratic group seeking to persuade former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke to run for president will launch mobilization efforts on college campuses nationwide to coincide with what they believe will be his entry into the race by month's... Read more »
- House Democrats move to block Trump's emergency declaration on borderDemocrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce a resolution on Friday to end President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration on border security, according to aides to Representative Joaquin Castro. ... Read more »
- Ex-Trump campaign worker files lawsuit to kill non-disclosure pactsA former campaign worker for President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to invalidate all of the non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements that campaign workers were required to sign before joining the president's 2016 election campaign. ... Read more »
- North Carolina Republican's son says warned father about operative's pastThe son of the Republican candidate in a disputed congressional race in North Carolina said on Wednesday he warned his father to be suspicious of a political operative now accused of running an illegal ballot operation to sway... Read more »
- Trump-California rift widens as auto emissions talks failU.S. federal officials have decided to end negotiations with California over the Trump administration's plans to roll back fuel economy rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a government official said on Wednesday. ... Read more »
- Justice Department preparing to receive Mueller report: CNNThe U.S. Department of Justice may announce as early as next week that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has given the attorney general his report on the federal Russia investigation, CNN said on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. ... Read more »
- Trump says he expects to meet North Korea's Kim again after Hanoi summitU.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he expects to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again after their planned summit next week in Hanoi. ... Read more »
- Trump says release of Russia probe report up to attorney generalPresident Donald Trump said on Wednesday the release of any report on the Russia investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be totally up to U.S. Attorney General William Barr. ... Read more »
- Trump's former lawyer Cohen gets two-month delay to report to prisonU.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen will now report to federal prison on May 6 after a judge granted him a two-month delay to allow him to recover from a surgical procedure, according to a... Read more »
