Rachel Maddow gave viewers a raised eyebrows look that spoke volumes as she read from a Washington Post story about Trump consulting his lawyers about impeachment proceedings. Video: Rachel Maddow gave viewers a raised eyebrows look that spoke volumes as she read from a Washington Post story about Trump consulting his lawyers about impeachment proceedings….
Trump has been getting mad at his advisers anytime they mention impeachment, or as he calls it the “I-word” in the White House.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has introduced the largest anti-corruption bill since Watergate to kill the cancer on our democracy that has flourished under Trump.
With Trump’s legal troubles pushing him to take desperate and lawless measures, Don McGahn appears to be getting out before the ship goes down.
A new Suffolk University poll has found 55% of Americans trust Robert Mueller’s investigation and just 35% trust Trump’s claims of a witch hunt.
U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge for more time to decide whether to retry former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on 10 criminal charges that a jury deadlocked on last week.
(Reuters) – Detroit authorities on Wednesday ordered drinking water shut off at all 110 city public schools pending further testing after elevated levels of lead and copper were found in water at more than a dozen buildings. Over the weekend, supplies were cut at 16 schools and bottled water was provided until water coolers arrive,…
Trump is defending his administration’s response as “fantastic,” after the death toll in Puerto Rico from last year’s hurricanes was increased to nearly 3,000.
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) – Family, former colleagues and other dignitaries filed past the flag-draped casket of Senator John McCain inside the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday for the first of several memorial tributes planned for the war hero and two-time Republican presidential candidate. A hearse bearing McCain’s body arrived at the Phoenix statehouse with…
By Letitia Stein TAMPA (Reuters) – Florida‘s marquee governor’s race heated up on Wednesday, when the Trump-backed Republican candidate said the state should not “monkey this up” by electing his opponent, Democrat Andrew Gillum, who is African-American, in November. U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis, a staunch supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump who won his party’s…
Republican Florida gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis needed less than 24 hours before he launched a Trump-style racist attack on his Democratic opponent Andrew Gillum.
“The facts are going to come out about Russia. I hope they do. But there’s a lot more to this. Just like Russia, just like racism has been a thing, long before Trump. It pains me to say this, but Russia was a problem long before Trump too. And I think that in the same way we fail to confront racism, we failed to confront Russia.”
By Letitia Stein TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans loyal to Donald Trump scored victories in nominating contests for Florida and Arizona, giving momentum to the insurgent wings of America’s two main parties ahead of November elections. “Some worry that we are beyond a point in American politics where you can come…
A day after Trump attacked Google, Google Maps changed the name of the Senate office building to honor the late Sen. John McCain.
The Trump-supporting Republican Congressman who blamed his wife for mishandling their campaign finances is now telling the press to leave his wife out of their reports about the scandal. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), said in an interview on Tuesday that his wife should not be a target. “Indicted GOP lawmaker says to “leave my wife…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday said White House Counsel Don McGahn will leave his post in the fall, after shepherding the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. “White House Counsel Don McGahn will be leaving his position in the fall, shortly after the confirmation (hopefully) of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to…
Of all of the pressing issues facing the country, Republicans in the U.S. Senate have focused on one issue that is most important to them. They are asking that the new U.S. senator appointed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey help them by supporting legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as the ACA,…
In a shocking political upset yesterday in the Florida primary, a young African American mayor named Andrew Gillum beat a crowded field of wealthy establishment figures to win the Democratic nomination for governor of the Sunshine State. His opponent will be Congressman Ron DeSantis who won the GOP primary after advertising his closeness to Donald…
As President Donald Trump continues to brag about his great new trade deal with Mexico, the Mexican secretary of foreign affairs on Tuesday made clear that his country would never pay for a wall along the border between the two countries. “We just reached a trade understanding with the US, and the outlook for the…
President Donald Trump is really getting desperate to distract attention away from Russian involvement in his 2016 presidential election victory. On Wednesday morning he tweeted early that the email server of his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was hacked by the Chinese government. He also said Clinton’s emails were obtained illegally by China…
