A new world map of abortion laws shows an “overwhelming” trend towards liberalization, reproductive health experts said, despite a flurry of restrictions passed by U.S. states.
At Elizabeth Warren’s MSNBC townhall, two women who voted for Donald Trump said that they felt duped, betrayed, and conned by the president.
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Cory Booker on Wednesday proposed a tax credit for renters who spend more than 30% of their income on housing, an ambitious program that his presidential campaign estimated would benefit 57 million Americans. In addition to the tax benefit, the comprehensive housing plan calls for funding…
Impeachment of a U.S. president does not mean an immediate ouster from office, or as House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi put it on Wednesday, a “bye, bye birdie.”
By Ellen Wulfhorst VANVOUVER, Canada (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A U.S. policy banning government-funded aid groups from discussing abortion around the world has led to deaths from botched procedures and cut care to HIV-infected orphans and other children, researchers said on Wednesday. Non-governmental organizations working outside the United States must choose between accepting the ban…
A top U.S. House Democrat vowed on Wednesday to go to court quickly in his quest to obtain the full, unredacted Mueller report on Russian election interference, saying lawmakers would not be made “fools” of by an offer by the Trump administration to negotiate over the document.
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration is expected to appear in court on Wednesday to defend itself against claims that its proposed addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census was secretly orchestrated by a political operative seeking to boost Republicans’ voting power. The hearing in Manhattan federal court…
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that House Democrats are having a discussion, but they are united in stopping Trump’s lawlessness and obstruction.
Former Vice President Joe Biden leads Trump by four points, 48%-44%, in the Republican stronghold of Texas in a potential 2020 matchup.
Trump’s trade adviser couldn’t handle it when he was confronted with conservatives saying that the US pays Trump’s tariffs.
Donald Trump, arriving in Ireland for the first time as U.S. president on Wednesday, sought to reassure the country that Britain’s exit from the European Union would work out fine for its near neighbor.
In Ireland, Trump claimed that the US now has the cleanest air and water in the world through his being in the White House.
Trump is likely in violation of a court order by having his administration cancel English classes, legal aid, and soccer for detained children.
Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, once a close aide to President Donald Trump, has agreed to turn over documents related to his 2016 election campaign to congressional investigators, a top Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that Democratic lawmakers made clear to Mexican officials they wanted to move forward with the new North American trade agreement.
Trump has a negative approval rating in every single swing state, and his approval has now plunged to new lows in several states.
Trump claimed that if it wasn’t for Democrats and the media he would be leading in all of the 2020 polls by 15 to 25 points. Trump tweeted: If the totally Corrupt Media was less corrupt, I would be up by 15 points in the polls based on our tremendous success with the economy, maybe…
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Wednesday they would introduce 22 separate joint resolutions seeking to block President Donald Trump’s plan to sidestep congressional review and complete more than $8 billion in military sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
Beto O’Rourke issued an ambitious plan on Wednesday to revamp the U.S. voting system by cracking down on voter suppression and getting an additional 35 million people to the ballot box by the 2024 elections.
