Judge Roy Moore Bolsters Republican Party Credibility

To the dismay of Washington's Republican Senate leadership, Judge Roy Moore crushed Luther Strange in the runoff for the Republican nomination for the open Senate seat in Alabama, outpolling Strange by nine percentage points. The Republican establishment doesn't want their party branded with Moore's hardcore, outspoken Christian fundamentalism.

Coates promotes new book ‘We Were Eight Years in Power’

The award-winning author and journalist spoke before hundreds of people gathered Tuesday night at the New School in Manhattan, discussing his rise from obscurity to fame over the past few years and the country's transition from President Barack Obama to President Donald Trump. Coates, who turned 42 last week, was interviewed by his editor, Chris Jackson, as he discussed "We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy."

Trump: Puerto Rico put budget ‘out of whack’ but lives saved

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Confronting Puerto Rico's devastation nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump highlighted the island's relatively low death toll compared with "a real catastrophe like Katrina" as he opened a tour of the island Tuesday by focusing on the best of the reviews he and his administration are getting for the ... (more)

How we got played by the Russians on Facebook

Facebook and Twitter say organizations linked to the Russian government used their platforms to influence American voters during the 2016 election. The Washington Post reports that " Russian Facebook ads showed a black woman firing a rifle, amid efforts to stoke racial strife.

Trump heads to Puerto Rico to survey hurricane damage

President Donald Trump is heading to San Juan on Tuesday to meet with some of the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria, as criticism that the federal government's response has been sluggish continues. The president is expected to spend more than five hours on the island, meeting with first responders, local officials and some of the residents struggling to recover from a hurricane that, in Trump's words, left the island U.S. territory "flattened."

Bernie Sander’s legacy lingers over Ephraim Shay Dinner

From left: Dwain Reynolds, Keenan Pontoni, Shri Thanedar and Tiyi Schippers at the After 26 Depot Cafe during the Wexford County Progressives\'s Ephraim Shay Dinner. From left: Dwain Reynolds, Keenan Pontoni, Shri Thanedar and Tiyi Schippers at the After 26 Depot Cafe during the Wexford County Progressives\'s Ephraim Shay Dinner.

Trump condemns a oeact of pure evila in Las Vegas

President Donald Trump on Monday condemned the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history as an "act of pure evil" and said the nation was "joined together in sadness, shock and grief" after more than 50 people were gunned down in Las Vegas. He said he would be going to Las Vegas on Wednesday "on a very, very sad moment for me for everybody no matter where you are, no matter what your thought process."

Latest Scandal Too Much For HHS Secretary Tom Price. He’s Out.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday, amid controversy over his use of private jets for official and personal business. He promised a day earlier to pay back some of the $400,000 spent on those flights, but the offer came too late for the Trump White House.

Trump sticks to somber script, refuses to join guns debate

Protest leaders in St. Louis say the arrest of a clergyman who was taken to the ground and subdued with pepper spray is the latest incident in which police have been responsible for "unnecessary and dangerous... Protest leaders in St. Louis say the arrest of a clergyman who was taken to the ground and subdued with pepper spray is the latest incident in which police have been responsible for "unnecessary and dangerous violence" against demonstrators. The former chairman and CEO of Equifax says the millions of Americans affected by the data breach are not just numbers in a database, but friends, family, neighbors and members of his church.

Trump to point out efforts to undo Obama regulations

President Donald Trump has set out to upend some of President Barack Obama's regulations, which he says circumvented Congress in the first place and cost American businesses and the economy billions of dollars. Without any major legislative accomplishments to point to despite the advantage of a Republican-controlled Congress, Trump on Monday is giving a speech highlighting his own directives to agencies, which have been ordered to cut two regulations for every new one imposed.