Senate Republicans released their coronavirus relief legislation on Monday after much anticipation, and buried in the bill is a non-pandemic related provision — $1.75 billion to build a new FBI headquarters in Washington, DC. Democrats MORE
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the National Defense Authorization Act that calls for renaming military bases that honor Confederate officers. Trump has threatened to veto the bill, but the Senate passed it with a 86-14 vote, MORE
Ocasio-Cortez, who said Wednesday that Yoho’s remarks did not amount to an apology, said Thursday he went to the House floor to “make excuses for his behavior.” “And that I could not let go. I MORE
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called Wednesday for the impeachment of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) over his handling of the state’s coronavirus outbreak, saying, “the people we are lauding are actually making catastrophic decisions.” MORE
LONDON — The American ambassador to Britain, Robert Wood Johnson IV, told multiple colleagues in February 2018 that President Trump had asked him to see if the British government could help steer the world-famous and MORE
Rep. Ted Yoho (Idiot-FL) had unkind words for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez when they met on the Capitol steps on Monday. In a brief but heated exchange, which was overheard by a reporter, Yoho told Ocasio-Cortez MORE
The Texas Supreme Court in a 7-1 decision delivered Monday rejected the state Republican Party’s appeal to force an in-person convention in Houston after city officials cancelled the event due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The MORE
The top writer for Fox News show Tucker Carlson Tonight resigned after it was discovered that he had been posting viciously racist, sexist, and homophobic comments on an online forum using a pseudonym CNN: According to MORE
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, is retiring from the US Army after more than 21 years of military service because he determined that his future in the armed forces MORE
Billionaire property developer Joe Farrell, a prominent Republican fundraiser, received up to $1 million in taxpayer coronavirus relief funds, according to federal data released Monday. Other players in the world of celebrity and influence who took MORE
Just like in 2016, a faction of the Republican party has emerged to try to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. But unlike the last presidential race, where the effort never truly took off, this MORE
In recent days Trump has told others that he regrets listening to some of his son-in-law’s political advice, including supporting criminal justice reform, and plans to follow his own great instincts. One person who spoke MORE
Trump said Wednesday that reports of Russia paying bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. troops and coalition forces in Afghanistan is a hoax, even as his administration continues to brief members of Congress on MORE
Pastor Vice President Pence on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday refused to say Black Lives Matter, and defended his refusal to say it. He said that all of his life he was inspired by MORE
During a pro-Trump golf cart parade a few weeks ago, a group of elderly MAGAts can be seen on film clashing with a group of elderly anti-Trumpers. Sunday morning, Trump thought it be a great MORE
House Democrats are poised to approve a bill to admit Washington, DC, as a state on Friday, which will mark the first time either chamber of Congress has advanced a DC statehood measure. The bill, MORE
Prosecutor says he was pressured to cut Roger Stone ‘a break’ because of his ties to Trump Politico: A prosecutor who withdrew from the Roger Stone case after Justice Department leaders intervened to recommend a MORE
“It’s treason,” Trump said. “Look, when I came out a long time ago, I said they’ve been spying on my campaign. I said they’ve been taping, and that was in quotes, meaning a modern day MORE
One Friday afternoon in August of 2018, lawyers for President Trump’s longtime fixer, Michael D. Cohen, made a final bid for leniency to federal prosecutors in Manhattan. He was facing charges including that he paid MORE
California House of Representative Eric Swalwell challenged his GOP colleagues to say, out loud, ‘Black Lives Matter.’ Of course, Rep. Matt Gaetz had some ‘words of wisdom’ to offer while Rep. Louie Gohmert actually said, MORE
The Washington Post: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period. The reason they didn’t try is because they had no idea how to do it. Before MORE
Some GOP lawmakers who benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program also opposed legislation requiring lending transparency. At least four members of Congress have reaped benefits in some way from the half-trillion-dollar small-business loan program they MORE
“This is a brain-washed cult here and our country is going down the drain,” she said. “We have a pervert, a lying piece of garbage for president, and we need to get rid of him.” MORE
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday predicted that President Trump will come around to understanding professional athletes who kneel in protest during the national anthem, even as he indicated as recently as MORE
President Trump, in a highly unusual new effort, has begun making significant staffing changes inside top federal agencies without the consent — and, in at least one case, without even the knowledge — of the agency MORE