Omarosa Manigault Newman, who used to be a Trump favorite, is out with a book that makes sensationalistic claims about the Trump Administration. The real story, though, is what she has on tape and how she got it.
White supremacists held a rally in Washington on Sunday, and almost no one but their opponents and the police showed up.
Laura Ingraham has responded to the deluge of criticism to her foolish and disturbing commentary. This response is also disturbing. Her attempt to walk back the racist tone of her monologue falls flat. Her statement trying to make her views more clear reveal more of her limited thinking on this matter and in general.
One year after Charlottesville, it’s clear that President Trump still doesn’t understand what happened there, or that he just doesn’t care.
Two months after the Singapore Summit, there’s no sign that anything substantive has been accomplished on the Korean Peninsula.
A new study finds that a majority of the UK population—and of UK Parliamentary seats—support remaining in EU.
There has been a deluge of responses to Laura Ingraham’s recent diatribe about culture and immigration, but I want to look at her rhetoric from a different perspective. The perspective I want to look at is statements by Ingraham about cultures changing over time and the implications in regards to policies about these changes.
Just days after being indicted on insider trading charges, New York Congressman Chris Collins is suspending his campaign for re-election.
The legal fight over DACA could end up posing problems for Republicans in November.
A new study claims voter ID laws may disenfranchise the demographic, potentially swinging several Congressional races.
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination appears to be on track for confirmation before the new Supreme Court term begins in October.
Another Federal Judge has ruled in favor of a transgender student seeking the right to use the gender that conforms to the gender they identify with.
Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.
Nominating Corey Stewart is beginning to look like the biggest mistake Virginia Republicans have ever made.
The first night of games in the N.F.L. pre-season included some sporadic protests during the National Anthem, and prompted a predictable response from the President.
The race for the Republican nomination for Governor between Governor Jeff Colyer and Secretary of State Kris Kobach is even closer than ever and will likely remain undecided for weeks.
The Republican Party’s nominee for Senator in Virginia really is as bad as you’ve heard, probably worse.
President Trump appears to be ready to expand his ignorant, counterproductive trade war with China.
Another milestone set to be crossed.
There’s been a noticeable drop in foreign tourism to the United States since Donald Trump became President.
New York Congressman Chris Collins, who was the first Congressman to endorse President Trump, has been indicted for what amounts to one of the dumber and most obvious cases of securities fraud ever seen.
In a rare red-state victory for labor unions, Missouri voters rejected a right to work initiative by an overwhelming margin.
Kris Kobach, the controversial Secretary of State of Kansas who is also a Trump ally, holds on to a slim lead in the GOP Primary for Governor.
Republican Troy Balderson holds a narrow lead in a Special Election in Ohio. Even if he wins, though, the way this election played out does not bode well for the GOP in November.
Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Paul Laxalt, the former Nevada Senator who was one of President Reagan’s closest confidantes outside the White House, has died at 96.
Another Federal Judge has dealt a legal blow to President Trump’s effort to shut down the DACA program.
The Trump Administration has taken the latest step in a process that began in May with the withdrawal from the JCPOA. Where it takes us is anybody’s guess, but the probability of something going wrong is quite high.
Corey Stewart rose to become the Republican Party’s Senate nominee in Virginia with blatant appeals to racial division. Now his party fears they’ll be the ones who end up paying the price.
The noose around the Trump Administration just keeps getting tighter.
A Special Election tomorrow in suburban Columbus, Ohio could tell us a lot about where the midterm elections might be headed.
Washington, D.C.’s Metro system has scrapped any plan to give participants in next week’s white supremacist rally private train cars.
Total compensation has been going up and the non-wage portion of said compensation is basically “eating up all” of the past increases since approximately 1974 resulting in a stagnant hourly wage.
Next week, some of the same groups that rallied in Charlottesville last year will be gathering in Washington, D.C. and the D.C. Metro is considering a transportation plan that is causing controversy.
The Trump Administration continues to insist that North Korea is violating promises that it clearly never made.
The Texas Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke is looking close, but Democrats should not hold out much hope of flipping this seat.
Jobs growth fell short of expectations in July but was still relatively decent. Wage growth, however, remains stubbornly stagnant.
You might say he body slammed the opposition.
A Federal Appeals Court has found that a Trump Administration policy purporting to punish so-called sanctuary cities is unconstitutional.
In what amounts to a significant, albeit not surprising, change in Catholic doctrine, Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is unacceptable in all circumstances.
President Trump says he wants to talk to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but his own lawyers clearly don’t trust him enough to allow that to go forward.
Another morning, and another unhinged Twitter attack on the Mueller investigation by a President who claims the entire investigation is a “hoax” and “Fake News.”
The Trump Administration is falsely claiming that the North Koreans made commitments at the Singapore Summit that they clearly didn’t agree to.
A Federal Judge in Washington State has, at least temporarily, blocked the release of files that would allow anyone to make a 3-D printed gun. The First Amendment seems to clearly indicate that this ruling is wrong.
After one year at a job that has to be among the most frustrating in Washington, John Kelly has agreed to stay on through the 2020 election.
A Federal Judge in Oregon has rejected an efforts by a parent’s group to block a school district policy that allows transgender students to use the restroom facilities that conform to their gender identity.
Yet another sign that the Singapore Summit didn’t really accomplish much of anything.
A powerful political network is distancing itself from the Trump-dominated Republican Party.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she’d like to stay on the Court at least until she turns 90, but it’s unlikely she’ll go anywhere voluntarily as long as Donald Trump is President.