The Democratic Women’s Working Group, an association comprised of the women Democrats serving in the House of Representatives, sent a letter to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Monday demanding that it launch an investigation into sexual assault allegations made against President Trump. Fifty-six women lawmakers signed the request. The group asked that…
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee passed away unexpectedly early Tuesday morning. According to the city’s former Mayor Willie Brown, the cause of death was cardiac arrest. “It is with profound sadness and terrible grief that I confirm that Mayor Edwin M. Lee passed away on Tuesday, December 12 at 1:11 a.m. at Zuckerberg San Francisco…
On Monday, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand told CNN that, given the long list of sexual assault and harassment allegations against him, President Trump should resign. Shocking no one, Trump responded early Tuesday morning by attacking Gillibrand on Twitter with an off-the-wall tweet that many are interpreting to have sexual undertones. “President Trump has committed…
President Putin paid a surprise visit to a Russian military base in Syria on Monday, where he delivered a speech praising his country’s troops and announcing that his government would soon begin withdrawing a “significant portion” of its soldiers. Though some disagree as to whether the seven-year civil war in Syria is really over, numerous officials,…
Another prominent man in media is facing professional ramifications for alleged sexual misconduct. The latest is Ryan Lizza, New Yorker magazine’s Washington correspondent and a contributor to CNN — the former fired Lizza on Monday, the latter suspended him hours later. “The New Yorker recently learned that Ryan Lizza engaged in what we believe was improper sexual conduct….
A federal judge dealt yet another blow to the Trump administration — which, other than passing an almost universally-hated tax bill, has yet to accomplish anything — on Monday.
A fiercely divided Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Friday to lift an order filed by San Francisco District Judge William Alsup requiring the Trump administration to produce documents outlining the decision to end theDeferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The documents the order sought included “emails, departmental memoranda, policy directives, meeting minutes, materials considered by…
Vice President Pence is planning on visiting Israel, occupied Palestinian territories, and other countries in the nearby region later this month, but thanks to President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, multiple religious leaders have opted not to meet with Pence. The latest is Egypt’s Coptic Church. In a statement, a…
Yuba City in California has elected the first Sikh woman mayor in United States history. Preet Didbal was sworn in on Tuesday.Â
At least six female senators have asked Minnesota Senator Al Franken to step down.
The senator of Connecticut, says that there is a “credible case” against Donald Trump for obstruction of justice.
“What is needed, very bluntly, is protection for the special counsel, because what we see more and more of is the threats and intimidation from the White House that has to be stopped through legislation I’ve offered,” he said in a CNN interview.
In a normal administration, the question of whether or not the president thinks Muslims should be banned from serving in Congress would be an easy one for the White House press secretary to answer, but since it’s Donald Trump in office, Sarah Huckabee Sanders has no idea what the answer is. On Monday, Trump officially…
K.T. McFarland, Trump’s nominee for the Singapore ambassador position, lied when she claimed to have no knowledge of contact with Russians.
With new polls showing that accused sexual predator Judge Roy Moore has regained the lead in the Alabama senatorial race, some Republicans are scrambling to avoid having their party remembered as the one who put an alleged pedophile in office. One of them is Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, who tweeted a photo of a $100…
According to the New York Times, Trump has claimed that the tape is fake in separate talks with a senator and an adviser this year.Â
New polls show Moore regaining ground in the Alabama senatorial race and give him an overall lead of 3.2 points.
With just a little over a week to go until Alabama votes a new senator into office, President Trump officially endorsed Republican candidate Roy Moore on Monday.
Special counsel Robert Mueller removed an FBI agent, Peter Strzok, from the Russia investigation team for expressing anti-Trump sentiments.
Emails obtained by the New York Times not only contradict the White House’s claim that former national security advisor Mike Flynn went rogue by communicating with Russian officials during the 2016 election — they also prove that the Trump administration acknowledged that Russia contributed to the president’s victory and actively wanted to aid the foreign power in…
Trump’s latest tweet implicates him for obstructing justice.
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon will ignore sexual assault allegations against Roy Moore and campaign for him at a rally on December 5.
Multiple journalists revealed that they’d been investigating allegations against Lauer for months and that management at NBC News was aware.
Matt Lauer, host of NBC’s Today Show since 1997, has been fired following a sexual harassment complaint filed against him by a colleague.
After a morning tweet by Trump declaring that he didn’t see any deal coming, Schumer and Pelosi canceled a meeting with the president.
Russell Begaye, president of the Navajo Nation, slammed President Trump’s most recent instance of mockingly referring to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas.” This isn’t the first time Trump has used Pocahontas’ name as an insult toward Warren — he did so repeatedly during his presidential campaign — but on Monday, he hit a new…
If you’re wondering which GOP members are most likely to vote against the plan, here are six Republicans who have expressed views opposing or wavering on it.
Charles and David Koch, the billionaire brothers known for using their money to fund Republican politicians and conservative agendas, are now two of Time Inc’s new owners.
According to a new Vanity Fair profile of Melania Trump, she really did not want to end up being America’s first lady.Â
First daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner are apparently not looking to leave D.C. quite yet.
On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill allowing his government to register U.S. media as foreign agents.
A new report has revealed the first mention of Donald Trump’s name within the Panama Papers.
Data compiled from 112 funeral homes raised the number of hurricane-related deaths from 55 to 499.
The president has cast doubts on the allegations during “animated conversations” with White House aides and senior members of the Republican party.
Trump once again lashed out at LaVar Ball, father of UCLA basketball player LiAngelo Ball, who was detained in China earlier this month.
It appears that the Trump administration has been keeping a report conducted by the office of Inspector General John Roth at the Department of Homeland Security inaccessible to both Congress and the American public for several weeks.
When asked about the senatorial race between Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore, President Trump practically endorsed Moore.
On Sunday, thousands marched at the National Mall in Washington D.C. to urge the Trump administration and Congress to provide more aid for Puerto Rico. Hundreds of rally-goers waved Puerto Rican flags, carried signs, and chanted “Puerto Rico, Presente” and “Puerto Rico Se Levanta” — meaning “Puerto Rico is Present” and “Puerto Rico Is Rising.”…
Nearly 60,000 Haitians will be forced to leave the United States within the upcoming 18 months, thanks to a decision made by the Trump administration on Monday. In a press release, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would cease shielding 59,000 Haitian immigrants from deportation through the Temporary Protected Status program. The state of…
