13 Russians Indicted in First Charges on 2016 Election Interference
The special counsel charged 13 foreigners associated with Russia and three Russian organizations with illegally using social media platforms to sow political discord.…
Trump's first attempt at legislation fails miserably, while Senate slips further into dysfunction
The White House’s first attempt at writing legislation netted precisely 39 votes, all 36 of them Republicans. That’s 39 percent, and would be a big fat “F” on anyone’s grading scale. In the few other legislative pushes during …
What Mitt Romney wants you to forget
Mitt Romney would like you to know he’s running for Senate to represent the state of Utah, and, just to be sure, he says “Utah” 14 times in his two-minute announcement video released Friday morning.
…I am running for United
Trump’s Russia Woes Worsen As Rick Gates Flip Could Confirm Crimes
The cooperation of Rick Gates with the Mueller investigation opens the door for the Special Counsel to confirming Trump collusion with Russia and financial crimes. Video of attorney and former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman on MSNBC: The flip of #RickGates could …
Encounters: A Melania Trump Impersonator’s Downtime With Her Daughter
Laura Benanti, the cabaret performer and Broadway star, keeps a low profile in her Harlem neighborhood.…
Paul Ryan calls for gun violence data while blocking CDC from collecting gun violence data
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s classic evasion of responsibility for or reckoning with the Parkland school massacre included this deceptive line:
Congress, Ryan said in a radio interview, needs to “take a breath and collect the facts.” The …
Media implores White House to take action on gun control following Parkland shooting
The pattern most politicians followed in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, which left 17 people dead, was infuriatingly familiar: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tweeted his prayers for the victims while quickly taking to the Senate floor to argue …
Trump Pouts And Blames Democrats For His Decison To Deport Dreamers
Trump revoked Obama executive action on DACA. Trump blew up the bipartisan deal to protect Dreamers, but he is blaming Democrats for his decision to deport people from the only home that they have ever known. Trump tweeted: Cannot believe …
Mitt Romney Announces Senate Run
Mr. Romney, a critic of the president, officially confirmed that he would run to fill the seat of Senator Orrin G. Hatch, who is retiring.…
Five decades after the Fair Housing Act, people of color are still denied access to homeownership
Most Americans think of racism as limited to interactions between people—in which one person targets another because of the color of their skin. Every once and a while, folks will also admit that racial hate groups exist, though there is …