Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Monday suspended his run for the Democratic presidential nomination, days after failing to qualify for a debate that his campaign had hoped would bolster his campaign’s struggling finances. Booker follows former candidate Julián Castro, who also left the race this month, leaving the Democratic field …
Read More »Democratic Debate to Go Forward Amid Progress in Labor Dispute
The union representing 150 cooks, dishwashers, cashiers, and servers at Southern California’s Loyola Marymount University has reached a, agreement with the multinational corporation that employs them, breaking a labor impasse that threatened to derail Thursday’s Democratic debate. The three-year deal, which was ratified by the union members on Tuesday, includes …
Read More »Report: Biden Signaling He'd Only Serve One Term
Joe Biden has signaled to aides that if elected president in 2020 he would only serve one term in office, Politico reported on Wednesday. Speculation that Biden would be better served to occupy the White House for a single term has surrounded the former vice president since he was considering …
Read More »House Democrats Investigating Whether Trump Lied to Mueller
House general counsel Douglas Letter on Monday told a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., that President Donald Trump is being investigated for lying to former special counsel Robert Mueller. Letter’s statement, first reported by CNN, came during arguments where Congress is seeking secret grand jury evidence from the Mueller …
Read More »The 'Steele Dossier' and the WMD Story Came Out the Same Way
This morning, I wrote in Rolling Stone, “Why is Christopher Steele still a thing?” The British ex-spy reappeared as a contributor to a British intelligence report, and I argued his “dossier” tale was a press fiasco similar to the Weapons of Mass Destruction affair. “The WMD affair showed what happens …
Read More »Watch Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Play 'Face Your Mother' on 'Corden'
If you ever wondered how well Hillary and Chelsea Clinton know each other, James Corden has the answer. The Late Late Show host brought the mother and daughter together to play a round of “Face Your Mother,” a segment where guests have to get matching answers to personal questions. In …
Read More »The Secrets of a Right-Wing Dark-Money Juggernaut — Revealed
WASHINGTON —Anonymous campaign cash is as much a fixture of American politics nowadays as yard signs and awkward photos of presidential contenders eating corn dogs. Dark money may have existed well before Citizens United, but that 2010 Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates for untraceable money to soak our elections. …
Read More »GOP Congressman Open to Impeachment on Friday, Retires on Saturday
On Friday, Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) seemed to express openness when asked if he’d consider the impeachment of President Donald Trump. On Saturday, Rooney announced his retirement. During an interview on Friday, Rooney was pressed by CNN’s Poppy Harlow while discussing acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s Thursday admission …
Read More »Mnuchin Confronted About Trump's Nonsensical Kurds 'Didn't Help us in Normandy' Comment
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made a Sunday appearance on ABC’s This Week to talk about the developing situation in northern Syria. Host Jon Karl asked the secretary about reports of ISIS prisoners now set free, Kurdish citizens executed and thousands displaced because of what many say were caused by President …
Read More »Trump Abandons America's Key Ally in Fight Against ISIS, Drawing Bipartisan Condemnation
On Sunday, President Trump spoke on the phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Sunday night, the White House announced the United States will endorse a Turkish military offensive across Turkey‘s border with Syria, a de facto sign off on attacks of the U.S.-allied Kurds who have helped battle …
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