Trump Throws A Tantrum After His Immigration Bill Gets The Fewest Votes In The Senate
Trump threw a fit and blamed Chuck Schumer and the Democrats for his immigration bill getting the fewest votes of any immigration legislation considered by the Senate. You can almost hear the tantrum in this statement by Press Secretary Sarah …
Diplomats in Cuba Suffered Brain Injuries. Experts Still Don’t Know Why.
After examining 21 American diplomats said to have been victims of a mysterious “attack” in Havana, medical experts found concussion-like damage but no obvious causes.…
NBA’s Steve Kerr: ‘We can vote people in who actually have the courage to protect peoples’ lives’
The Golden State Warrior’s head coach Steve Kerr has been very vocal about the injustices inflicted by those in power in our country. After the terrible school shooting in Florida on Wednesday, Kerr was asked by reporters for his …
PA Special House Election: Democrat Pulls Even In District Trump Won By 20 Points
While this district is clearly Republican-leaning, Democratic engagement and widespread disappointment in Donald Trump is giving Conor Lamb a chance to pull off another Democratic upset.
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New Health Secretary Faces First Test as Idaho Skirts Federal Law
Alex M. Azar II, the health secretary, told Congress he would scrutinize Idaho’s plan to allow sale of insurance that does not comply with the Affordable Care Act.…
Open thread for night owls: Net neutrality politics is local, and locals are fighting for it
Timothy Karr is the senior director of strategy for Free Press. At CommonDreams, he writes—Net Neutrality Politics Is Local:
It’s easy for cloistered Washington politicos to assume that Net Neutrality is dead, undone in December by the …
Rubio goes to Senate floor to argue against gun control after Parkland massacre
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) responded to the horrific mass school shooting in Parkland on Wednesday by claiming that gun violence prevention efforts were a waste of time.
“If we do something, it should be something that works to stop …
Florida victim’s mom screams: ‘Trump stop guns getting into children’s hands’
The anguished mother of a girl slain with 16 other people by a gunman at a Florida high school took to national television on Thursday to angrily demand that U.S. President Donald Trump “do something” to protect school children from …
U.S. Condemns Russia for Cyberattack, Showing Split in Stance on Putin
The attack was aimed at Ukraine but crippled computers around the world.…
Senate Republicans steamrolled Sen. Tammy Baldwin to push a hyper-partisan nominee
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee moved forward with the nomination of Michael Brennan to the Seventh Circuit, the federal appeals court for Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, despite a troubling record—and over a home state senator’s objections.
What’s so bad …