The United States agrees with Britain’s assessment that Russia was “likely responsible” for the poisoning in England of a Russian double agent and his daughter, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a statement said on Monday.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said on The Rachel Maddow that if Democrats win back the House and an investigation remains necessary, the Russia probe will be back. Video: Adam Schiff is coming after the Trump Organization for money laundering if Democrats take back the House. https://t.co/puNT5zEZhl pic.twitter.com/4uBwWakTOp — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 13, 2018…
Conservative commentator Larry Kudlow has emerged as a strong contender to succeed Gary Cohn as President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.
With all apologies to earnest, “sounds great on the JBL speakers in the Volvo” rock band Rooney, the question must be asked: “When did your heart go missin’, GOP?” Video: Speaking to CNN’s Erin Burnett today, House Intelligence Committee member Representative Tom Rooney (R-FL) had to concede that the panel has “lost all credibility” after…
The fact that Christopher Steele feels there’s an even chance that the much-hyped sexual contents of his dossier are true should strike fear in the heart of the White House.
Rep. Waters fought back: “This is a dishonorable human being. He is a con man. He came to this job as a con man.”
Ever since seventeen children were tragically killed and another sixteen injured last month in yet another school shooting at Marjorie Stoneman-Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the nation has been embroiled in a national debate which has been amplified by the survivors of that tragic event. Key to the debate has been the age requirement or…
The House GOP probe was a sham from the beginning, but Monday removed all doubt: The Republican Party is completely detached from reality. Â
The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) vowed that Republicans will be held accountable for their actions in ending the Russia investigation. Schiff said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA: Some will say that we should leave the investigation to Special Counsel Mueller anyway, since he has the resources and…
House Intelligence Committee Republicans will be writing a delusional report that claims that there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign and that Putin did not try to help Trump win. Manu Raju of CNN reported: NEWS: GOP on House Intel reach conclusion: No evidence of collusion between Trump camp and Russia. GOP…
Stormy Daniels’ lawyer devastated Trump by going after his cover-up during an interview on MSNBC. Video: Stormy Daniels' lawyer is now asking questions about the Trump cover-up. #TheBeat https://t.co/e4P3kwrngo pic.twitter.com/89E7OqD5Sr — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 12, 2018 Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti said on MSNBC’s The Beat With Ari Melber, “I have to believe that…
All the victims, including a 39-year-old man who died in the March 2 blast, were either African-American or Hispanic, Manley said.
“We cannot rule out that hate crime is at the core of this but we are not saying that that is the cause,” Manley told a news conference.
Senators like Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) are supporting calls for an FBI investigation into Trump’s payoff of porn star Stormy Daniels. Video: Support is growing for an FBI investigation into Trump's payoff of Stormy Daniels. https://t.co/iZtK3poYWR pic.twitter.com/vYIsujojeR — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 12, 2018 Sen. Cardin was asked about an FBI investigation into the…
Under pressure from gun rights groups, President Donald Trump backed away on Monday from raising the minimum age for gun purchases from 18 to 21, one of several measures he had supported after the latest U.S. school shooting.
Democrat Conor Lamb has a 51% to 45% lead over Republican Rick Saccone in the special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District which will take place tomorrow, according to a just-released Monmouth University Poll. Previous polls have shown the candidates in a virtual dead heat, so this latest poll may be a sign that the…
During the White House daily briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders falsely blamed Obama for Trump’s cave to the NRA on gun reform. Video: Sarah Huckabee Sanders found a way to blame Obama for Trump's cave to the NRA. https://t.co/7rLBgJNRHJ pic.twitter.com/RgPHSnIeoU — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 12, 2018 Transcript: Q: Sarah, picking up where…
The adult-film actress who says she had an affair with Donald Trump before he became U.S. president offered on Monday to give back the $130,000 that Trump’s personal lawyer paid her to keep mum about the alleged relationship.
According to his stated positions the Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 18th district sounds like a moderate, yet traditional, Democrat. He says he is for the following things: taking immediate action to fight the heroin crisis, creating and protecting good jobs, making health care more affordable, protecting Medicare and Social Security, and reforming our…
A new poll from Monmouth University shows Democratic candidate Conor Lamb leading Republican Rick Saccone in all potential turnout scenarios. According to the Monmouth University Poll, “Lamb holds a 51% to 45% lead over Saccone if turnout yields a Democratic surge similar to voting patterns seen in other special elections over the past year. Another…
Trump recently announced a set of tariffs that will soon be implemented on steel and aluminum imports, despite Republicans mostly opposing the decision. Steel will receive a 25% tariff, while aluminum will be hit with one of 10%. In recent days, numerous GOP legislators have publicly spoken about their intentions to undo these tariffs, which…
“It is extraordinary and confounding how little your administration is doing to counter Putin’s campaign to undermine our grand democracy, including the refusal to implement sanctions that passed Congress nearly unanimously,” top Democrats wrote to President Trump.
According to a Bloomberg report published Monday, Mueller might be temporarily putting aside his obstruction of justice investigation regarding President Trump’s attempts to stop the ongoing Russia probe in favor of looking into other pressing issues. Sources told the news outlet that Mueller has nearly wrapped up the obstruction of justice case, but he’s wary…
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Britain should work out what happened to a former Russian spy struck down by nerve gas in southern England before talking to Russia, a BBC reporter said on social media
The national Republican Party has spent about 15 times as much money as the Democrats on this special election for a House seat that on the surface appears to be meaningless.
Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg backtracked on earlier comments he made about the ongoing Russia investigation being a “witch hunt.” In an ABC News interview on Saturday, his first after spending over five hours testifying before a grand jury about his knowledge of the Trump campaign’s communication with Russians earlier the same day, he admitted…
The Trump administration set forth his plan to combat school shootings. Unfortunately it contains one of the dumbest ideas ever proposed in Washington, D.C.: he wants the federal government to help states pay for gun training for teachers.
Migrants separated from their children after they were detained for illegally entering the United States filed a class action lawsuit on Friday, claiming there are “hundreds” of parents in the same situation, and that the Trump administration is violating their due process rights.
