The Baltimore home of House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) was robbed early Saturday morning, a police report released Thursday revealed. On Friday morning, President Trump mocked Cummings over the incident. “Really bad news!” the president tweeted sarcastically. “The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!” Hours …
Read More »Court Smacks Down Funding of Trump's Beloved Wall
President Donald Trump‘s biggest campaign promise, to build a wall along the United States-Mexico border, looks less likely to ever happen thanks to Friday court rulings in two separate cases. Unless, of course, Mexico suddenly decides to pay for it. The US District Court for Northern California made permanent a …
Read More »Winners and Losers from the Second Night of Democratic Debates
Twenty Democratic candidates for president have now had a chance to say their piece on a debate stage. On Wednesday, Elizabeth Warren and Julian Castro turned in impressive performances from the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, while Beto O’Rourke, Tim Ryan, and John Delaney didn’t seem …
Read More »Trump's Deutsche Bank Problems Are Not Going Away
WASHINGTON —Here’s a useful motto to bear in mind any time you read about President Trump’s personal finances: It’s not what he owns —it’s what he owes. Trump took office in 2017 as the most indebted president in the history of America. Of his many debts, he owed the most, …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren's New Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
When Sen. Elizabeth Warren came forward in March to propose breaking up tech giants like Facebook and Google, the words “small business” were not necessarily at the tip of her tongue. She spoke of “freeloading billionaires” and “giant corporations,” but made no direct mention of their most immediate victims: the …
Read More »Why Are Trump's Businesses in Trouble? It's All in the Name
In his new book Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, Rick Reilly writes of visiting the president’s signature golf property, Trump Doral. He was shocked by how few people were patronizing the Miami, Florida, resort. “I went there and it was so empty you could shoot a machine gun,” …
Read More »Business Genius Trump Lost More Money Than Anyone in America Between 1985-1994
President Trump built his reputation on his business acumen and negotiating skills. On Tuesday night, the New York Timesprovided a trove of evidence that he doesn’t have much of either. The news organization obtained the president’s tax information from 1985-1994, and the numbers reveal that the only real skill possessed …
Read More »The 21st Democratic Presidential Candidate Has Entered the 2020 Race — Make It Stop
RS Politics Leaderboard: Ranking Crowded Field of 2020 Presidential Hopefuls Add another name to the list. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) announced on Thursday that he is running for president. He broke the news to John Dickerson on CBS This Morning. “I think this country faces two enormous challenges,” Bennet said. …
Read More »Where Will Trump's Obstruction Obsession End?
The Mueller report laid out a detailed, multi-pronged case suggesting President Trump obstructed the work of the government’s judicial branch on several occasions. Since the special counsel’s findings were released last week, the administration has been busy trying to obstruct the legislative branch’s authority to provide oversight. Their latest attempt …
Read More »Why Is Trump So Worried About His Finances Going Public?
President Trump really doesn’t want the public to know any details about how he conducts his business. During the 2016 campaign, he defied tradition by refusing to release his tax returns, claiming he couldn’t release them because he was under audit (which isn’t true). This was fine by Republicans, but …
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