The zeal among some Democrats, liberals, and progressives for the Georgia House special election were always emotional. Some are still dealing with an Election Night 2016 hangover and were desperate for a win, but the win that they should be looking for is to defeat Trump on healthcare, not a victory that would net them 1/435th of the House.
A Federal judge in Hawaii tweaked his previous injunction blocking Trump’s Muslim to allow studies and policy reviews on its impact. One of Trump’s versions of the truth about his Muslim ban includes suggests that this is “temporary†until the government has had a chance to study the issue. One could conclude Judge Derrick Watson…
U.S. senators called on Congress on Tuesday to take back its authority to determine whether the country goes to war, saying recent U.S. strikes in Syria were not covered by existing authorizations for the use of military force.
Meet Democrat Randy Bryce, an iron worker who launched a campaign against Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and raised $100,000 in the first 24 hours according to his campaign.
Video footage of the fatal shooting of a black motorist by a Minnesota police officer released on Tuesday showed how quickly the incident unfolded but shed no light on whether the victim had reached for the gun he told the officer he was carrying.
Federal investigators probing the lobbying work of ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn are focused in part on the role of Bijan Kian, Flynn’s former business partner, according to a person interviewed by the FBI.
Republican Karen Handel is the projected winner of the Georgia House special election.
Jim Galloway of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is warning that the heavy rain in the Sixth District could depress turnout for Republican Karen Handel in the House special election. Video: Galloway said on MTP Daily, “I don’t want to be a weatherman, but it’s pouring here. We’re in the middle of a deluge, two to four…
There is a report that seven current Senate Republicans are no votes on the secret health care bill, while three others are undecided. Topher Spiro of the Center For American Progress tweeted: I'm hearing at least 7 no's coming out of the lunch: Capito, Collins, Cruz, Lee, Murkowski, Paul, Sasse. Heller, Cassidy, Portman undecided. https://t.co/xrFtqXk1Yk…
The most expensive congressional race in U.S. history headed to a tight finish on Tuesday as voters in suburban Atlanta cast ballots in an election that was seen by many as a referendum on President Donald Trump.
Democratic Senators Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Chris Murphy of Connecticut are marching to the Congressional Budget Office in search of the secret Senate Republican health care bill. Here are the Senators filming their departure: Booker, Murphy and Schatz begin recording their march to CBO to find healthcare bill that…
The Ford plant that President Trump claimed he kept in the U.S. is actually going to China, Ford announced Tuesday
While meeting with tech CEOs, Trump again criticized the secret Republican health care bill, but the one thing that he hasn’t done is refuse to sign it if it passes through Congress.
When asked why the press briefings are held off camera, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon possibly sarcastically answered that more briefings are off camera because Press Secretary Sean Spicer got fatter. The Atlantic reported, “Neither Spicer nor deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders responded to queries about the changes to the briefings. Asked why the…
The Senate will vote next week on a secret health care bill without holding a hearing. However, what has leaked is that the bill will throw more people off of their health insurance than the House-passed version of Trumpcare.
Rachel Maddow’s excellent reporting on developments in the Russia investigation continued with the news that a Federal Grand Jury in the Eastern District of Virginia issued subpoenas related to Paul Manafort. This is the same district that is investigating Michael Flynn, which Maddow suggests is indicative of efforts to consolidate the investigation based on two…
