A U.S. appeals court on Friday allowed Texas to implement a law requiring photo identification at the ballot box, reversing a lower court decision that blocked the measure on the grounds it could be discriminatory against racial minorities.
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – On top of the years in prison comedian Bill Cosby faces for sexual assault, his criminal conviction increases the likelihood he will have to pay hefty damages in civil lawsuits brought by women who say he assaulted or defamed them, legal experts said. “The idea that ‘I never…
“We have received multiple requests from multiple members of Congress, as well as other Office of the Inspector General Hotline complaints, regarding these same and related issues,” Inspector General Arthur Elkins wrote to Democratic Congressmen Ted Lieu (California) and Don Beyer (Virginia).
The pieces are coming together, and` here’s why the Trump Tower Russia meeting was a crime. Video: Ari Melber said, “A lot of this is coming together in public. Now, that is all about the Russians’ involvement in the trump tower meeting. Today we’re also seeing what Donald Trump junior, one of the key hosts…
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on Friday announced a deal with state legislative leaders to raise teachers’ pay 20 percent by 2020, as educators stayed away from classrooms a second straight day in a spreading revolt over salaries and school funding.
Christopher Wylie told the Senate Judiciary Committee about Steve Bannon’s use of Cambridge Analytica to suppress Democratic votes in a plan one can only describe as diabolical.
Adult-film star Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, will be put on pause of 90 days, the federal judge in the case ordered on Friday, saying that Cohen’s constitutional rights could be endangered if the lawsuit proceeds while he is under criminal investigation.
Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Friday that House Democrats will continue to investigate alleged Russian meddling in U.S. elections despite a report on the matter released by the House intelligence committee.
Republicans are refusing to investigate Speaker Paul Ryan’s firing of the popular House Chaplain because he advocated for the poor in a prayer.
More is being revealed about the ugly landlord side of Sean Hannity that Fox News and the host have tried to keep secret. For example, Hannity bought an apartment building in Georgia and increased evictions by 400%
Married father of three Representative Patrick Meehan (R-PA) resigned Friday to put an end to an ethics probe into sexual harassment after reportedly using taxpayer dollars in settlement with aide who alleged sexual harassment. Meehan says he will repay U.S. Treasury for the $39,000 payment.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, condemned the Republican Russia report released on Friday as the cover-up that both Trump and Putin wanted.
Adam Schiff (D-CA) says Democrats will not only continue with the Russia investigation but they found evidence of collusion. Schiff also said they have new documents from an important witness.
Trump told reporters that the American people need to get on with their lives and stop paying attention to the Russians trying to destroy US democracy.
Trump used the bogus report from the House Intelligence Committee Republicans on Russia to call for an investigation into Hillary Clinton collusion.
It’s time for some historical perspective so we can really understand what is going on with this year’s teachers strikes. A common thread in almost every state under Republican rule is that funding has been taken away from public schools, systematically and over a long period of time. The genius of GOP ideology came up…
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc’s proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co relies in part on that reinstated rule in order to meet regulatory requirements. Democrats say the FCC inspector general is investigating whether Pai took a series of actions to benefit Sinclair.
Many Americans are hoping that this November’s midterm elections will result in what is being called a ‘Blue Wave’ that would sweep into power so many Democrats in Congress that they would take back control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Some people think that the biggest impact of Democratic control would…
Europeans are now doing what Donald Trump is afraid to do: Accusing Russia directly for spreading fake news and interfering in the governments of western democracies.  They also are taking concrete steps to combat what they say is a rising threat from Putin’s government. Hopefully Trump and Congress will follow their lead and actually do…
