Power development company Invenergy LLC and General Electric Co on Wednesday announced plans to build the largest wind farm in the United States in Oklahoma, part of a $4.5 billion project to provide electricity to 1.1 million utility customers in the region.
Democrats won again as the straight up repeal of Obamacare was defeated in the Senate.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders couldn’t answer questions about what happens to transgender members of the military who are currently serving in Afghanistan because President Trump made the policy up and tweeted with no planning or real policy.
The White House has put the press briefings back on camera, and they are using the briefing to boost Trump’s mood by reading his fan mail to reporters.
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry optimistically discussed expanding American coal exports to Ukraine and other energy matters during a lengthy phone call this month with a Russian prankster who Perry thought was Ukraine’s prime minister.
Trump’s announcement of a transgender military ban has gone over like a lead balloon among his fellow Republicans who are opening breaking with their president on the policy.
The Trump White House is defending their transgender military ban as a move that will put Democrats on the defensive in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio. However, Democrats are welcoming the debate and can’t wait to discuss the issue.
Trump announced that transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve in the military while his Secretary of Defense was on vacation, and the Pentagon was told nothing about the decision in advance.
Trump followed up kicking transgender people out of the military by calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to fire acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe.
Trump announced on Wednesday morning that transgender individuals would no longer be allowed to serve in the military. With one swoop, Trump went overwhelmingly against popular opinion and solidified his place as the most out of touch and despised president in history.
President Donald Trump could trigger a political and legal backlash if he escalates his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions into an attempted purge of U.S. law enforcement officials, lawmakers and legal experts said on Tuesday.
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate warned President Donald Trump on Tuesday against any attempt to bypass Congress to appoint a new attorney general and undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe into alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
Democrats scored their first win of the Senate health care battle by denying the Republican version of Obamacare repeal and replace the 60 votes that it needed for passage.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that Democrats are looking at ways to prevent the Senate from going into full August recess to prevent Trump from replacing Jeff Sessions and stopping the Russia investigation. Video: Durbin was asked by Melber how Democrats would stop the Senate from going into full recess. He answered, “We’re exploring the…
An out of control Trump tried to put himself on Mount Rushmore at a rally in Ohio.
Someone needs to tell Donald Trump what a motion to proceed is, and that it is not the same as passing legislation on health care because Trump seems to think that Republicans have passed a health care.
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote overwhelmingly on Tuesday for a bill that would slap new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, potentially complicating President Donald Trump’s hopes of pursuing improved relations with Moscow.
At a press conference, Trump admitted that he is upset with Attorney General Jeff Sessions because he recused himself from the Russia investigation. Trump made it clear that killing the Russia investigation was a prerequisite for picking his attorney general nominee.
President Trump threw a fit at a press conference after the Senate voted to move forward with debate on health care because no Democrats voted to take people’s health care away.
Senate Republicans have decided to go it alone down a path of pain for millions of Americans and destruction of their futures by voting to move forward on a plan to take healthcare away from millions of Americans, and with one great move, Democrats made sure that Trump and the GOP own it.
The only thing that is certain about what will happen if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can move forward for debate on health care is that nobody knows what is going to happen next, but chaos is expected.
A Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives proposed legislation on Monday to bar the U.S. government from renting rooms at President Donald Trump’s hotels for official business.
Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine were captured by an open microphone talking about Trump. Sen. Reed called Trump crazy, and Sen. Collins expressed her worry for the country.
The White House is destroying itself in real time, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions is described as being enraged over President Trump’s attacks against him, but he has no plans to give Trump what he wants by quitting as AG.
When asked about Trump’s attacks on his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan took the totally spineless way out by saying that who is in his administration is up to the president.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called Trump suggesting an investigation into Hillary Clinton “highly inappropriate.”
After Manafort would only agree to one transcribed interview, the Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the former Trump campaign manager to testify on Wednesday.
Donald Trump had a freak out this morning after watching Sean Hannity on TiVo and used the Fox News program as his basis for demanding a criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton.
Republicans are admitting that they don’t know what they’re voting on – and the legislation could still pass.
Every American wished Sen. McCain well when the sad news of his cancer diagnosis broke last week. When he returns to Washington on Tuesday, he should vote to return the favor.
The MSNBC host warned that Trump could replace Jeff Sessions without needing confirmation if he made the appointment while the Senate is on vacation.
In the past, Cruz said that he didn’t think it was necessary to appoint a special counsel to look into Trump’s ties to Russia.
The president’s decision to give such a disturbing rant in front of preteen boys would be shocking if anybody but Trump was delivering the ramble.
President Donald Trump attended the Scout Jamboree where he ranted at the scouts about repealing Obamacare, and why Republicans had better pass his bill. Video: Trump introduced HHS Secretary Tom Price and said, “Hopefully, he’s going to get the votes tomorrow to start our path toward killing this horrible thing known as Obamacare that’s really…
Until last week, MSNBC had never beaten Fox News in primetime for an entire week in the history of cable news.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) who is battling brain cancer is trying to get doctors to approve him for travel so that he can come to Washington, DC tomorrow to vote to take healthcare away from 32 million Americans. Manu Raju of CNN tweeted: Cornyn tells reporters that McCain is "trying to get approval for his…
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) responded to Trump’s childish attack on him perfectly.
It was embarrassing to watch the President lie without pause, grovel, threaten his fellow Republicans, and claim that Obamacare is literally death itself.
As part of a lawsuit filed by protesters against Trump for inciting violence during the 2016 campaign, the plaintiffs want Trump to turn over documentation related to any psychological treatment that he has undergone. Politico reported, From the moment Plaintiffs filed their Complaint, it has been clear that their primary objective has been to use…
Jared Kushner tried to save his father in law’s troubled presidency by blaming Democrats for the Russia sandal in a statement to reporters.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) has introduced two amendments that would strip Jared Kushner of any federal funding and deny him access to classified information, while also prohibiting the federal government from spending money at Trump owned properties.
Jared Kushner tried to save himself from the Russia scandal by blaming everything related to the meeting with Russians on Donald Trump Jr.
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, said on Monday he “did not collude” with Russia and had roughly four meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition.
Trump is trying to use his presidential power to launch a criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton in an obvious effort to distract attention away from his own Russia connections and scandal. Trump tweeted: So why aren't the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes & Russia relations? —…
Donald Trump is lashing out in every direction as the Russia scandal heats up. The President attacked Congressional Republicans for not protecting him from impeachment, and on Monday attacked the top Democrat who is investigating Russia in the House, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).
In a move that is certain to make the scared president even jumpier, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is demanding that Donald Trump Jr. and Paul Manafort be required to testify under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Donald Trump told the Senate not to leave Washington until health care is done and then left Washington on Saturday and Sunday to play golf.
A tantruming Donald Trump lashed out his own party on Sunday for not doing enough to protect him from the Russia scandal and potential impeachment.
Trump’s new communications director can’t stop blabbing about his private conversations with the President, as Anthony Scaramucci admitted on national television that Trump discussed pardoning himself in the White House.
Anthony Scaramucci, President Donald Trump’s new communications director, said on Sunday that one of his first tasks will be to halt leaks and that staff on his team would be fired if the leaks do not stop.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) explained why Trump is freaking over the special counsel looking at his finances. The entire Trump Organization, meaning the Trump family could have been laundering money for Russia.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on ABC’s This Week that after the insurance markets are stabilized, Democrats will push for all options on the table including making Medicare and Medicaid available to all through a buy in a.k.a. the public option.
According to Gallup, Trump has set the record for the lowest average second quarter approval rating in the history of presidential polling.
A bad Sunday for Trump got worse when his own lawyer Jay Sekulow was asked about the President pardoning himself, and instead of denying that Trump committed any crimes, he said that the Supreme Court would have to decide if Trump can pardon himself.
On CNN’s State Of The Union, Anthony Scaramucci said that someone called him yesterday questioning Russia’s attack on the 2016 election. When host Jake Tapper pressed him, Scaramucci admitted that the person questioning whether or not Russia attacked the US was Trump.
Every major piece of legislation is fundamentally more than a collection of policy provisions, it is a reflection of the deepest moral values of our country.
The reason why Trump was freaking out on Twitter on Saturday is that US investigators are trying to flip Paul Manafort and get him to tell them everything he knows about Trump and Russia. Reuters reported: U.S. investigators examining money laundering accusations against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort hope to push him…
“It’s clear that Robert Mueller is getting closer. We don’t have just smoke now, we’ve got fire in this Russia investigation.”
“President Trump, I will tell you, you will get it, don’t worry about it,” Trump told the crowd aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford.
“He may not even know that he is an asset under your control until you pull that string, and then suddenly you need him to do things for you – and they do.”
This is a President of the United States who is unwilling or unable to accept criticism or responsibility for his own failures.
In an unstable rant, Donald Trump confessed to committing crimes while railing against the imaginary crimes “committed” by Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump has a new Russia defense, and that is that since the president has the power to pardon, he has committed no crimes.
Trump showed that he won’t take responsibility for anything ever, as he tried to blame the media for the fact that sent Sean Spicer in front of reporters and told him to lie every day.
Rachel Maddow blew up the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman’s scheme to save Donald Trump with conspiracy filled hearing on Wednesday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders has announced that he will challenge every single one of the side deals that Trump and Mitch McConnell cut with Republican Senators in an effort to get them to support the healthcare bill. In a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, Sen. Sanders (I-VT) said, “Today, the Senate parliamentarian made a determination that at…
Democrats scored a huge win as the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that major provisions of the Obamacare repeal bill will require 60 votes to pass.
Donald Trump’s refusal to speak to the NAACP is not about race as many would readily assume. Trump’s reluctance is centered on an acute emotional frailty.
Republicans are saying that it isn’t a coincidence that damaging information about Jeff Sessions’ communications with Russians was leaked days after the Trump said he wants him out. It is suspected that the leak about Sessions came from Trump. Journalist Garrett Graff tweeted: Every GOP figure I've spoken to at #AspenSecurity assumes Trump leaked this…
US spy agencies intercepted Russian communications that detail Attorney General Jeff Sessions discussing Trump campaign related issues with the Russians. Sessions is not only a perjurer, but he has been caught working with the Russians to help Trump win the election.
In 40 states, Indivisible groups gathered for what they say were 170 actions to tell their Senators to Kill the Bill.
A U.S. decision to halt a CIA program equipping and training certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not done as a concession to Assad ally Russia, a top U.S. general said on Friday.
The number of asylum seekers walking across the U.S. border into Canada rose in June after dropping in the previous two months, according to government figures released on Friday.
Hundreds of people, including LGBT activists and business leaders, are expected to urge a Texas Senate panel on Friday to scrap legislation they deem discriminatory because it would limit bathroom access for transgender people.
Anthony Scaramucci makes good GIF. Maybe better than Sean Spicer. The new White House communication director is slick Hollywood mobster meets a reality TV show star on the red carpet.
“I sort of feel like I don’t even have to answer that question. I hope you can feel that from me just from my body language that’s the kind of person that I am,” Anthony Scaramucci said in response to being asked if he will commit to being accurate and truthful.
New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said in a press briefing Friday that he predicated a win for Donald Trump because “the President has really good karma.”
Trump’s new communication director has admitted in an interview that Trump lies. He lies to sound good, Scaramucci said.
White House officials are calling Trump’s hiring of the unqualified Anthony Scaramucci to his new communications director a joke.
Sean Spicer officially quit as press secretary, but the real story according to MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace is that Trump hired amateur Anthony Scaramucci as communications director because he wanted better-looking men pushing his message on television.
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) tried to blame the media for the Russia scandal, but MSNBC hosts Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle called out Cramer for using GOP talking points and got him to admit that he doesn’t know what they cover because he has not seen their show.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers are reviewing ways to limit or undermine the special counsel investigation of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including by examining the backgrounds of the investigators, according to newspaper reports.
Two tour agencies that arrange trips to North Korea said on Friday the U.S. government will soon ban its citizens from traveling there, after the death of a U.S. student arrested there while on a tour.
If Republicans won’t do their job, the United States has no protection from Trump firing Mueller and pardoning himself. Checks and balances do not execute themselves. They require and depend upon patriots upholding their oath of office. Thus, we face a new level of crisis.
The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 U.S. presidential election counted Russia’s FSB security service among her clients for years, Russian court documents seen by Reuters show.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) was asked what Republicans are voting next week in the Senate on healthcare, and his nearly five-minute answer on process avoided the basic question and showed that even Senate Republicans have no idea what they are getting into. They are going to throw a bunch of amendments against the wall and see what sticks.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s outside legal team spokesman has resigned amid media reports the team is being reorganized as investigations continue into alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. election and possible collusion with Trump’s campaign.
Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, hammered Trump for trying to destroy checks and balances while mentioning the potential Trump crime of money laundering for Putin.
The recent actions by Trump suggest that he is running scared as Robert Mueller’s investigation zeroes in on the White House.
It’s no surprise that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is currently investigating the Trump family finances in relation to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
The Speaker said more Americans will be without insurance because it’s what they want, not because the GOP health care plan is bad.
It appears the Trump himself has given up pretending to care about American workers – even during “Made in America Week.”
When asked about health insurance, Trump rambled about plans people could get for $1 a month that would be really nice when they are 70 years old, which leads one to conclude that Trump got his health care knowledge from life insurance ads that he watched on Fox News.
U.S. Senate Republicans, scolded by President Donald Trump for failing to overturn Obamacare, tried to salvage their seven-year effort for a new healthcare law on Thursday, but leading senators indicated frustration over shifting goal posts.
What is the most repeated lie Trump tells? Naturally, it’s about Obamacare being dead.
U.S. Senator John McCain on Thursday vowed a quick return to Washington despite his newly diagnosed brain cancer in a show of the fighting spirit that has come to define the war hero and which prompted a wave of support across the political spectrum.
Trump averaged 4.9 false or misleading claims a day after the first 100 days. Now, at the six month mark, Trump is averaging 4.6 false or misleading claims a day.
During an off camera gaggle, Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders threw Attorney General Jeff Sessions under the bus and said that Trump regrets appointing the AG.
It is by no means clear if Trump’s pressure can help Republicans overcome sharp differences between moderates who want to preserve health insurance for their constituents and conservatives insisting on lower costs.
