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The president’s former lawyer tells Congress that the president manipulates financial records, pays to cover up extramarital affairs, and says racist crap, among other things. Basically: “My...
Michael Cohen is set to publicly testify today before the House Oversight Committee. Among the many assertions in Cohen's opening statement for today's testimony is that he heard...
The president’s former lawyer will detail to Congress this week how he witnessed "lies, racism and cheating" during a decade with Trump. US House members will vote today...
The US Dept. of Health and Human Services releases a draft of its Title X revisions, which would effectively defund Planned Parenthood. A state-by-state comparison of Trump's current net...
Venezuelans need help, but the international community agrees that the US should stay out; its motive is provocation, not aid. House Democrats will file a resolution today seeking to block...
A US Coast Guard lieutenant and self-proclaimed white nationalist has been arrested for illegally stockpiling weapons with the intent of launching a terrorist attack targeting media figures and Democratic politicians. ...
A sweeping report on Donald Trump’s two-year war on the investigations encircling the White House. Sen. Bernie Sanders raised more than $4 million in 12 hours after announcing his 2020 presidential...
California, joined by 15 others states, is suing the Trump administration for using emergency powers to divert taxpayer funds "lawfully set aside by Congress for the people of our states." Additionally,...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to essentially shutter the state’s high-speed rail project is disappointing to supporters of the Green New Deal. “The United States...
Trump is expected to sign the new funding bill today—avoiding another government shutdown—as well as declare a national emergency in order to pay for his wall. ...
Since the Parkland massacre one year ago, there's basically been another Parkland every five days. "Most gun stores face no legal requirements to secure the weapons they sell." How...
Another partial government shutdown will be triggered Friday if Trump doesn't approve the new funding bill currently making its way through Congress. In addition to falling well short of...
Eight-one percent of American adults believe Robert Mueller’s report should be released, including 79 percent of Republicans. About 34% of Americans say putting on blackface for Halloween is always or...
Since the beginning of Trump's Bedminster golf club in 2004, dozens of undocumented workers from Costa Rica—with management's knowledge—have worked there. Some even helped build...
The United Kingdom has started to recruit civilians to work in an emergency crisis center in the aftermath of a potential no-deal Brexit. One London radio host has become famous...
After Virginia's attorney general admits he wore blackface at a party, the state's Democratic leadership appears in peril, and Republicans look to capturing a state Trump lost in 2016. ...
President Donald Trump used his second State of the Union address to make repeated calls for bipartisanship, much to Democrats’ puzzlement. Last week the president called bipartisan negotiations a ...
In violation of US agreements, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have given American-made weapons to al Qaeda, Iran-backed rebels, Salafi militias, and other factions waging war in Yemen. Federal prosecutors...
Trump pulls the plug on a decades-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia, saying Moscow’s been violating it “with impunity.” "At least we have a secretary-general who...
The US has suspended a nuclear arms treaty with Russia that's been in effect since 1987, accusing the Kremlin of violating the terms of the agreement. At least 21 people have...