Politics

It Took Trump to Make Superchunk Go Political

A band known for noisy, tuneful, hyperkinetic guitar rock has changed course for its 11th studio album.…

Voters sound off on sharks, Donald Trump's hair, and Paul Ryan

The latest national poll from Public Policy Polling offers important insights on sharks and Donald Trump’s hair … and echoes the worrying Republican polling uptick in some other recent surveys. But first, the headline news:

37% of voters think Donald …

Trump finally spoke out about domestic abuse and his answer was not great

President Trump broke his silence on issues of domestic violence during a meeting with local elected officials, entrepreneurs, and investors at the White House on Wednesday. The remarks were in response to an ongoing controversy over recently departed Staff Secretary …

Chris Murphy Storms The Senate Floor And Slams GOP Inaction On Guns After Parkland School Shooting

After the shooting in Parkland, Florida, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told Republicans on the Senate floor that they are allowing the mass atrocity of school shootings to take place through their inaction on common sense gun legislation, Video: Murphy said: …

Trump, a Week After Porter Resigned, Says He’s ‘Totally Opposed’ to Spousal Abuse

Mr. Trump’s statement, which members of both parties had said was long overdue, came as the president’s chief of staff faced new questions about his handling of the case.…

Reminder to Trump, Republicans: Your plan would probably deport Trump's in-laws

The details of first lady Melania Trump’s immigration to the U.S. have never been made clear by the White House, despite the promise months ago that all the documentation would be released. Setting aside the very real possibility that she …

Multiple states look to boost clean energy through the ballot box

Clean energy advocates have their eyes on three states — Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona — where they hope to strengthen renewable energy policies by getting voters to pass citizen-led ballot initiatives. As with previous battles at the ballot box over …

Parkland, Florida is the 18th School Shooting in the United States In 2018

This is the 18th school shooting in the U.S. in 2018.

While the Republican-led Congress offers nothing but weak prayers in lieu of actual legislation that might protect our children, there have been 29 mass shootings and 17 school shootings …

Riding an Untamed Horse: Priebus Opens Up on Serving Trump

Reince Priebus, the president’s first White House chief of staff, said his tenure was even more arduous than outsiders knew. “Take everything you’ve heard and multiply it by 50,” he says in new book.…

While Senate GOP is busy harming immigrants, the House GOP is going after the disabled

They’re just doing their sociopath thing this week, the Republicans in charge with Congress. If it’s not trying to rip families apart in the Senate, it’s rolling back the rights of disabled people in the House. Since 1990, the Americans …