During a Sunday interview with host John Catsimatidis on his New York radio show called “The Answer,” former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is “winning” the battle to impeach President Donald Trump. Bannon says his motives for speaking out are to help fend off …
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WASHINGTON — Over the next few days, a curious piece of mail will land in the mailboxes of voters in northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and the suburbs of Richmond that is unlike any political campaign lit they’ve received before. There are no shadowy photos of “corrupt” politicians, no all-caps doom-saying …
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The chairmen of the House committees on Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, and Oversight are seeking a lengthy list of documents from Vice President Mike Pence in connection with the House’s impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Reps. Eliot Engel, Adam Schiff and Elijah Cummings officially requested from Pence on Friday “all documents …
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The UN Climate Summit kicks off in New York City next Monday, the Global Climate Strike begins on Friday, and on Wednesday a group of teenage activists were in Washington, D.C., to testify before the House Climate Crisis Committee and a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee. During the hearing, Rep. Garret …
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WASHINGTON — The nearly decade-old campaign to force major universities, investment firms, and insurance companies to divest from fossil fuels just notched one of its biggest victories yet. In a new op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, the chief investment officer for the University of California system and the chairman …
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With the world watching his news conference on Monday, President Trump blamed former President Barack Obama for Vladimir Putin‘s 2014 invasion of Crimea. “President Obama was pure and simply outsmarted,” Trump said from the G7 summit in Biarritz, France. “They took Crimea during his term. That was not a good …
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Like him or not, on Friday night Bill Maher did what he does best. He used his platform to cut through what he deems as nonsense, no matter the blowback or regard for political niceties. During his HBO Real Time monologue, Maher was brutal when speaking about billionaire David Koch, …
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WASHINGTON — They were called the “Mar-a-Lago Crowd” by people inside the government. A damning exposé dubbed them the “shadow rulers of the VA.” In the early days of the Trump administration, a trio of businessmen — one of whom was a member of the president’s private Mar-a-Lago club — …
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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 …
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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 …
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