While most of the Mid-West swung back to Joe Biden this election season, the state of Ohio stayed red. That make Sherrod Brown’s 7% victory in his 2018 senate race all the more remarkable. The Ohio Democrat has remained in office the last 13 years largely due to the way he appeals to and protects…
In the last two weeks, an astonishing number of people connected to Donald Trump have come down with COVID-19. And the most important person to contract the illness, of course, is the president himself. While the country is desperate for information about the president and his health, neither his staff or his doctors have been…
As the U.S. government prepares to defend the 2020 presidential election from cyber threats, the federal agency charged with helping administer elections, the Election Assistance Commission, says it is “strained to the breaking point,†according to Chairwoman Christy McCormick.
“I do not know anyone who believes that the Trump administration is interested in enhancing the Voting Rights Act,” Cummings said, adding: “The administration has done everything in its power to suppress the vote.”
After Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday aides to the president expect to be inundated with a constant stream of subpoenas from House committees led by Democrats. According to a report in the Washington Post, a Trump ally said the White House is bracing for “a subpoena blizzard.†The report…
By Jeff Mason and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was seriously considering naming U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to succeed Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, adding he would make a decision on the posting soon. “She is under very serious consideration,” Trump told…
Trump tried to use a series of executive orders to gut the collective bargaining rights of federal workers, but a federal judge has struck down Trump’s actions.
The Republicans’ war on government continues unabated in the Trump Administration. By continuing to appoint cabinet members who are both corrupt and incompetent, President Donald Trump has succeeded in undermining Americans’ faith in their government. As a result (Republicans hope) fewer people will look to government for solutions to their problems. If the government doesn’t…
On Friday President Trump is expected to announce a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods that could amount to $60 billion per year. Business leaders are saying this could create a chain reaction that could lead to an economic disaster for the United States. The White House has said to expect tariffs covering a…
“There were more than 100 staffers in the Executive Office of the President who were operating on interim clearances more than a year after Trump was elected.”
In a White House led by Donald Trump, who has shown little regard for women throughout his own life, it’s no surprise that this is the culture of the West Wing.
The empty letter comes weeks after the president offended just about everybody with a conscience by referring to nations in Africa as “shithole countries,” a view which apparently guides his immigration policy.
“The chief executive of the United States, the commander in chief has racist ideas about America and this country, and the American people, all 320 million of us, better figure out what the do about it.”
There is not a holy book on the face of the planet – certainly not the Bible – that can justify Trump’s words or deeds.
In other words, it doesn’t matter how despicable Trump’s rhetoric is. If his base applauds with approval, then all is well in Trumpland.
President Donald Trump’s top national security aides pushed back on Monday against U.S. lawmakers calling for a new congressional war authorization, saying it would be a mistake to impose geographic or time limits on the campaign against Islamic State and other militant groups.
In a statement, Zinke claimed that he had nothing to do with his neighbor getting the contract to do a job the company is not suited for, that is priced so high it stands out for adding rampant waste to its naked corruption. Zinke says he welcomes all investigations into the allegations.
“As we all know, work is hard, and the Trump administration apparently forgot about the work part of their responsibilities here and they just didn’t do it.”
A United Nations rights expert voiced concern on Wednesday that Trump administration actions would be harmful to a free press in the United States.
There’s a case in which we’re seeing the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken the rights of women and immigrants at the same time.
Administration officials are trying to remain calm in public, but privately, they know the train is coming off the track.
She thinks biblically, She doesn’t need time to figure out how to vote because she sees the world through a scriptural lens. “We need more like her in office.”
“I’ve never seen behavior this bizarre on the part of the chairman,†Nancy Pelosi told TODAY
The president is quietly expanding his reach into every level of the executive branch of government.
Ben Carson says slaves were immigrant, only packed like sardines and chained in the cargo holds. Next, he’ll tell us this was ‘economy class’
Officials in the Obama administration preserved intelligence related to Russia’s connections to the Trump campaign.
“When a White House leans on the FBI, they’re in a cover-up mode,” John Dean said regarding the way the Trump administration is trying to lean on the FBI.
Due to the rise of Donald Trump et al, Human Rights Watch declared that the United States is now a global threat to human rights.
The ranking members of 16 Senate Committees issued a statement that outlined the principles that should be used to vet Trump’s nominees. The principles became necessary as reports are growing that the president-elect’s nominees are withholding information from Senate Committees.
Justice has not only been denied to a worthy Supreme Court nominee and the work of the high court. It continues to be denied to the American people.
The protective press pool that Trump ditched is meant to ensure that the American people know exactly what their president-elect is doing.
