House Democrats postpone voting to condemn anti-Semitism after "an array of progressive groups" call for solidarity with Rep. Ilhan Omar. See also: Making tone-deaf remarks isn’t as bad as supporting de facto apartheid. A self-described neoliberal describes why the Democrats need to accept the
The House Judiciary Committee launches a sweeping investigation into whether Trump and his team have engaged in obstruction of justice, corruption, and abuse of power. FYI: The next several months will be a doozy. McConnell says there are enough disapproving votes in the Senate to block Trump’s national emergency
Massage parlors are a $3 billion-a-year industry with thousands of women “ensnared in a form of modern indentured servitude.” Teenagers who struggle to stay safe in their neighborhoods annotate a crime article to offer tips for journalists covering murder. The Pew Research Center moves its polling online as
After the Trump-Kim summit fell apart over disagreements as to who would give up what, don’t be surprised if Kim responds by accelerating production on his nuclear arsenal. Yes, pedophiles are using YouTube to spread child pornography and yes, there are videos on YouTube telling children to commit
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 loyalty to Mr Trump has cost me everything.” To prove that Trump is not racist, a North Carolina Senator invites a black
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 Trump take a call from Stone about the planned Wikileaks dump—and that Trump never wanted to win,
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 on a measure to undo Trump’s “national emergency.” It will probably also clear the GOP-controlled Senate. Britain’
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 approval against his 2016 margin of victory shows he's doing better in some states he
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 President Trump's emergency declaration. A wide-ranging disinformation campaign aimed at Democratic 2020 candidates is already underway on
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. The Supreme Court has ruled there are constitutional limits on civil forfeiture, in which states seize cash and other
