Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) showed a special level of spinelessness as he begged House Republicans not to bully Trump on his tariffs. The Washington Post reported, “The morning meeting came as Republican lawmakers grasped for a strategy to persuade Trump to change his mind, with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.),…
Rachel Maddow calmly and coolly decimated Trump by using his own behavior to show how an unstable man is winging economic policy. Video: #Maddow uses facts and calmly shows how Trump's instability is wrecking the economy through winging economic policy. https://t.co/JYU93PItBO pic.twitter.com/tILKX8xx3I — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 7, 2018 Maddow said, “And just to…
Beto O’Rourke was on MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes where he delivered the perfect message that already has Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) worried and on the defensive. Video: This interview with @BetoORourke shows why Ted Cruz is so worried. #AllIn #inners https://t.co/Q0xY30MWrU pic.twitter.com/xC1XrJ5aHe — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 7, 2018 O’Rourke was asked…
Stormy Daniels is suing Trump because he never signed their hush money agreement which means that it is invalid and Daniels is free to talk about their affair. NBC News reported: Stephanie Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, signed both the agreement and a side letter agreement using her professional name on October 28, 2016,…
Below is a list of some previous incidents in which critics or enemies of Moscow have been victims of poisoning or suspected poisoning, or have cried foul after suddenly falling ill.
Trump has no plan and no candidates in place to replace former top economic adviser Gary Cohn because people are leaving so quickly that he can’t get replacements together. Jonathan Swan of Axios tweeted: White House has nobody set to replace Cohn. We’ll hear plenty of names floated in next 24 hours but they’ve done…
In the first weeks after President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban was implemented on Dec. 8, around 100 waivers were granted to thousands of applicants for U.S. visas from the eight countries subject to its restrictions, according to State Department data provided to Reuters.
Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, resigned shortly after Trump claimed that everybody wanted to work for him. Trump said everybody wants to work for him: After Trump claims everybody wants to work for him Gary Cohn resigns. https://t.co/5AboJ81kSQ #garycohn pic.twitter.com/W9q2dcdpeH — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 6, 2018 Then Gary Cohn resigned, “It has…
While talking about Russian election interference, Trump ominously promised that Republicans are going to do better than expected in 2018. Video: Trump all but comes out and says that Republicans are counting on Putin to help them keep their House and Senate majorities in 2018 https://t.co/3sYhqA1Xz2 #Trump pic.twitter.com/QTKxDVcMTm — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 6,…
At a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Sweden, Trump proclaimed that trade wars aren’t so bad and revealed that he has no idea how trade works. Video: This video of Trump explaining why trade wars "aren't so bad" is humiliating for the nation. https://t.co/e9fzRe9Opa #TrumpTrade pic.twitter.com/chSmISZcM2 — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March…
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), argues that the state law violates the National Voter Registration Act by requiring voters who do not have a driver’s license to show documents such as a birth certificate or U.S. passport for voter registration.
The House Ethics Committee needs to investigate the conduct of the House Intelligence Committee and its members, especially Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), CNN legal expert Steve Vladeck concluded after a shocking revelation that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen received inside information from the Russia probe that is supposed to be investigating Trump’s inner circle.
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren promised to fight a U.S. Senate bill easing bank rules introduced following the 2007-2009 global financial crisis as the chamber moved on Tuesday to begin debating the draft bipartisan legislation.
Norm Eisen, who served as a special assistant to President Barack Obama on ethics and government reform, criticized the moonlighting revelations.
“I even made people quit uncompensated non-profit outside positions because of conflicts risks,” he wrote on Twitter. “This is FOR profit work that could conflict with official duties.”
A new Quinnipiac University poll found that voters overwhelmingly oppose Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports. According to the Q Poll, “American voters oppose 50 – 31 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum and disagree 64 – 28 percent with President Donald Trump’s claim that a trade war would be good…
Trump’s nominee to lead the National Security Agency, Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone, told Senate Armed Services he did not think Russia expected much of a U.S. response to cyber attacks. Admiral Mike Rogers, the current NSA director, told the panel Trump had not granted him authority to disrupt Russian hacking.
After record-high early voter turnout, Democrats hope Texas’ primary election on Tuesday will show that anger over U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies could help them flip congressional seats from Republican control in November.
The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) has determined that Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act by endorsing candidates while appearing on television in her official White House role. Here is the release from the OSC: Conway’s guilt gives Democrats more ammo for future investigations There are an endless series of investigations that…
(Reuters) – A strike by West Virginia teachers ended on Tuesday with a deal to raise pay for all state workers by 5 percent after more than a week of protests across the Appalachian state, the governor and educators’ union said. More than 277,000 students were out of the classroom for nine instructional days as…
Trump opened the door for Democrats to win even more House seats by causing a civil war with House Republicans, who are looking to stop him on tariffs. Video of Paul Ryan at his weekly press conference: Republicans are plotting to stop Trump's tariffs, which is great news for the Democratic effort to take back…
By Zachary Fagenson PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida’s Republican-controlled Senate voted on Monday to exclude most classroom teachers from a plan to allow school staff to carry firearms as part of a package of measures in response to a school shooting that took 17 lives last month. The amendment was designed in part to increase…
