A party line vote in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a subpoena to Blue Star Strategies, a Democratic public-relations firm that did consulting work for Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company whose MORE
Approximately 10,000 people have been asked to evacuate their homes in Midland, Michigan, after two dams were breached. Midland is a city of about 42,000 citizens, approximately 140 miles north of Detroit. Several tributaries converge MORE
The protester from Michigan, who showed up with an axe and a doll with a noose around its neck isn’t a virus denier. Instead his problem is with the restrictions on public gatherings and the MORE
Fifteen state Republican attorneys general told a federal judge on Monday that they support the Trump administration’s request to drop charges on Michael Flynn, and warned the judge of overstepping his authority. The Republican AG’s MORE
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she didn’t think it was a good idea for Trump to take hydroxychloroquine because of his age and his weight group, which she characterized as “morbidly obese.” Trump is 73, MORE
Fox News host Neil Cavuto earned the ire of Trump on Monday night after telling viewers that hydroxychloroquine can kill you. By evening, Trump had retweeted half a dozen attacks on Cavuto and Fox News MORE
Slain Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery was rapping in his car alone when officers harassed him for being in a park known for drug activity in 2017. Arbery refused to allow an officer to search his MORE
The Saudi Air Force trainee who carried out a deadly attack on a military base in Pensacola, Fla., was working with al Qaeda operatives as far back as 2015, the FBI announced on Monday. The MORE
Doug Sosnik, who was the White House political director during President Clinton’s successful re-election race, writes for Axios that during President Trump’s first term, the country completed a political realignment that began in 1992. Sosnik says the electoral MORE
Former New York mayor, presidential candidate, and billionaire Mike Bloomberg is looking to spend a lot of money in support of Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, as CNBC reported on Friday. The former New MORE
It’s been a while since I’ve sat at an actual bar or roundtable for a group cocktail. Probably longer than I’m willing to admit, and definitely longer than a national lockdown has kept most of MORE
The CDC released new watered down guidelines on Thursday for businesses and organizations to reopen safely, after the White House rejected at least two earlier versions with more details. For instance, a 63-page unpublished draft MORE
Barack Obama spoke out on Wednesday after Mitch McConnell suggested he was “classless” and “should have kept his mouth shut.” The former president urged a better government response to the pandemic, a response that would MORE
Tucker Carlson called Anthony Fauci the “chief buffoon” in a meltdown rant after the epidemiologist warned about a premature opening of the country before a Senate Health Committee on Tuesday. Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham MORE
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have named leaders and members of a joint unity task force to promote unity in the Democratic Party ahead of the November election. The action follows through on Sanders’ pledge MORE
Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been released from federal prison and is serving his sentence in home confinement. One of Manafort’s attorneys said the 71-year-old was released Wednesday morning due to concerns over the MORE
While another protest is planned for Thursday at the Michigan Capitol, Governor Gretchen Whitmer reacted on Monday to the threats of violence directed at herself and others by urging lawmakers to do what they can MORE
In a live chat with soccer star Megan Rapinoe on April 30, Joe Biden declared he’s been speaking to a lot of Republicans who say they want to help him win. “Matter of fact, there’s MORE
Former acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary McCord said top officials were “disingenuous” with words she used to explain the DOJ’s motion to dismiss the case against General Mike Flynn, in an op-ed to the MORE
Reflecting on Mother’s Day this weekend, Trump says that his mother thought he could do no wrong, and maybe that had something to do with how he turned out. “I had a great mom. I MORE
It’s indeed 5:00 somewhere, and the News Views Lounge is open, friends. So, speaking of “friends”….. I’ve been thinking today about us. We’ve become regulars here, with a few random guests who stop in for MORE
An aide to Vice President and Coronavirus Warrior Mike Pence has tested positive according to a senior administration official. A spokeswoman for Pence did not answer questions. Pence was scheduled to travel to Des Moines, MORE
A black Michigan lawmaker came to the Capitol with an escort of armed black citizens, days after white protesters entered the building with guns and cries of “tyranny.” Sarah Anthony, 36, is a Lansing area MORE
The Federal Communications Commission who regulates the television industry has fined the Sinclair Broadcast Group a record $48 million, the largest fine in its history –ever– for deceiving the government. Sinclair owns and controls 190 MORE
The State Department has continued to provide Senate Republicans with over 4,000 pages of documents regarding Joe Biden and Ukraine during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on one MORE