By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Republican National Committee criticized the conservative Koch network of donors on Thursday for threatening to back Democrats, escalating tensions between the party and its core business backers before November’s congressional elections. Officials with the Koch network, which was founded by billionaires Charles and David Koch…
The U.S. government told a federal court judge on Thursday that volunteers and non-profit groups, rather than government officials, should take the lead in locating more than 400 immigrant parents who were separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border and deported from the United States.
A group of immigrant fathers, recently reunified with their sons and detained in Texas, have gone on hunger strike to demand their release, an immigrant rights group representing them said on Thursday.
During a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, the president said that his initial racist insults of immigrants didn’t go far enough.
Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman said proof of Donald Trump’s guilt has been staring all of us right in the face.
Like a drunk man sitting alone at the end of a bar muttering nonsense, Trump tore into a slurring 15-minute ramble about his 2016 victory in Pennsylvania.
The NRA has been unable to renew their media liability insurance because they are a reputational risk which means that they may have to close down NRA TV.
Senate Democrats have announced a plan to force a vote on legislation that would kill Trump’s junk insurance plans rule and protect coverage for people with preexisting conditions.
Prosecutors on Thursday pressed their bank and tax fraud case against Paul Manafort, presenting testimony and documents to try to prove U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman deceived his lead bookkeeper and a bank about his finances.
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some records sought by U.S. senators about the prior White House service of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will not be available until the end of October, the U.S. National Archives said on Thursday, though it was unclear whether this would delay his confirmation process. The…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s verbal attacks on the media run the risk of triggering real violence against journalists, the U.N. rapporteur for freedom of expression said on Thursday.
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interference in U.S. elections and its activities in Syria and Ukraine.
Former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY) said that Donald Trump is a coward who will never sit down with Robert Mueller because he is afraid.
Sarah Sanders had a full self-pitying meltdown and refused when asked to state that the press is not the enemy of the people.
The Director Of National Intelligence was asked during the White House press briefing about Trump and Putin discussing Russia’s attacks on the United States during their summit, and he said that he wasn’t in a position to know what they talked about.
Four major U.S. cities filed a lawsuit on Thursday contending that President Donald Trump’s administration is unconstitutionally seeking to undermine Obamacare by failing to faithfully execute the healthcare law.
Prosecutors in the trial of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort hammered away on Thursday at his lavish spending as they sought to prove fraud charges, while they also confirmed plans to call a key witness to testify.
(Reuters) – The attorneys general of 19 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. on Thursday announced their intention to sue over a Trump administration plan to roll back federal limits on tailpipe pollution from cars and trucks, referred to as the clean car rule. According to a statement from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, the expected…
The Republican senator is due to lead a U.S. delegation to the Russian capital and to meet Russian members of parliament, Russian agencies cited a senior lawmaker as saying earlier on Thursday.
By Sarah N. Lynch, Nathan Layne and Karen Freifeld ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – Two witnesses in the trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified on Wednesday that invoices purporting to bill a company tied to Manafort appeared to be fake. It was the first time that prosecutors from Special Counsel Robert…
Morning Joe was quick to react to President Donald Trump‘s latest tweet attacking their popular early-morning talk show for its ratings. On Thursday morning hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, assuming the president was watching, addressed their comments directly to him, and seemed to be having a lot of fun doing it. Scarborough, for example,…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he still wants to shut down the United States government over his immigration and border security demands. Although almost everyone in his party thinks it’s a bad idea, he said, “I think it’s a good thing, politically.†To justify this misguided action which would harm the country and millions…
Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas on Wednesday took a stand in support of the U.S. Constitution and the separation of powers when he said that Attorney General Jeff Sessions does not have the legal authority to stop the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller. “Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Sessions doesn’t have the…
According to lawmakers and independent analysts interviewed by the Washington Post the United States “has done little to protect itself against a renewed effort to influence voters in the coming congressional midterm elections.†It’s been over two years since Russia first interfered in the American presidential campaign and although some changes have been made in…
The Texas Senate race between incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz and Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke has grown extremely close and is within the statistical margin of error, according to a new poll released Wednesday. “Poll: Beto O’Rourke within 2 points of Cruz in Texas Senate race†Poll: Beto O'Rourke within 2 points of Cruz…
