Republicans Should Be Panicking About the Blue Surge in the Suburbs

In seven special elections since the 2016 election, Democrats have overperformed in districts and states that Republicans have historically dominated, and they might add Arizona's 8th congressional district to that growing list. But the reason for this may have less to do with a Democratic wave and more to do with the fact that these districts are located in the suburbs, which are largely turning their support from red to blue.

Top Six Reasons Pompeo should not be Secretary of State

NBC is reporting that Mike Pompeo lacks the votes in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to have his nomination to be Secretary of State be favorably reported out of committee on Monday night. Democrats on the committee have expressed fears that Pompeo, a warmonger, will reinforce the worst tendencies of Trump.

DNC suit cites plot in email hacking

The Democratic Party sued Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks, and Trump's son and son-in-law Friday, accusing them of an intricate conspiracy to undercut Democrats in the 2016 election by stealing tens of thousands of emails and documents. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court seeks unspecified damages and an order to prevent further interference with computer systems of the Democratic National Committee.

Reed, HUD regional administrator tour Chautauqua County

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Regional Administrator, Lynne Patton, tours sites in Jamestown, NY and Dunkirk, NY that are annually provided HUD funding through Community Development Block Grants and other HUD programming. The City of Jamestown received $1,056,212 and the City of Dunkirk received $448,163 in direct CDBG funding as entitlement cities.

Hot potato: Dems shy from Steyer’s talk of impeaching Trump

Steyer is spending millions of his own money on a campaign arguing to remove President Donald Trump from off... . Mourners pause as former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush lies in repose during the visitation of former first lady Barbara Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Friday, April 20, 2018, in Houston.

Republicans left behind in blue Democratic wave of new women candidates

Dressed in a blue flight suit adorned with a US flag and her name, Martha McSally, the US Congresswoman representing this Tucson, Arizona crowd, scanned the airline hangar filled with supporters. Saluting, as the retired Colonel is well accustomed to doing from her 26 years in the US Air Force, McSally pledged to crack a political ceiling with a rallying cry that echoes her entire career.

GOP Lawmaker on Comey Memo Leaks to Media: “Was Rosenstein In On It?”

Media was set ablaze on Thursday night after the much-anticipated Comey memos were finally released by the DOJ to Congress. This didn't stop Comey from giving the memos to a friend to leak to the liberal press in order to prompt a special counsel investigation into Trump.

Impeaching Rosenstein? Some Republicans are talking about it

Rod Jay Rosenstein Republicans divided over legislation protecting Mueller The Hill's Morning Report: Inside the Comey memos Memos document Comey's interactions with Trump MORE - a move that would fire up the GOP base, but that could also turn off moderate and independent voters in the midterm elections.

Hot potato: Dems shy from Steyer’s talk of impeaching Trump Source: AP

Tom Steyer is on a multimillion-dollar mission to impeach Donald Trump, but Democrats whose campaigns the California billionaire is helping bankroll aren't keen to follow his lead. Steyer, whose appeals you may have seen on TV, is spending $40 million on his "Need To Impeach" roadshow, with advertising and town halls around the country.

I-940 should go on the ballot, but not the changes, judge rules – Fri, 20 Apr 2018 PST

Voters should get a chance to decide whether they want to approve Initiative 940, which puts new rules on the use of deadly force by police, a Thurston County judge said Friday. But they shouldn't get a chance to vote on the alternative approved by the Legislature in an effort to improve the initiative.

Marsha Blackburn (R, AT&T) Wants Fast Lanes ‘Like TSA Pre-Check’ –

As we've noted , you'd be pretty hard pressed to find a lawmaker more cozy with AT&T and Comcast than Tennessee Representative Marsha Blackburn. Blackburn played a starring role in helping industry giants kill net neutrality and broadband privacy protections , and has also supported letting ISPs write terrible state legislation banning them from owning or operating their own broadband networks.

Appeals court upholds national injunction against targeting ‘sanctuary cities’

A federal appeals court in Illinois upheld a nationwide injunction Thursday that blocks the Trump administration from withholding federal money to hundreds of "sanctuary cities" in the United States. The grant money, which comes from a program called the Byrne JAG, is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local governments.

Morning Headlines: UH Accused of Stalling Settlement; Big Fun Stays Open With Candy Shop Merger

Students mark 19 years since Columbine with walkouts supporting gun control Ohio students are once again preparing to walkout of their classrooms in support of stricter gun laws. The Friday walkouts, protests and marches will mark the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting, where 13 people were killed.

Some Positive First-Quarter Fundraising News for Republicans

From left, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, confer before a news conference on the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.

The Latest: Trump claims vindication after memos released

Former FBI director James Comey arrives at a Barnes & Noble book store to speak to an audience Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in New York. Former FBI director James Comey arrives at a Barnes & Noble book store to speak to an audience Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in New York.

D.C. abuzz over notes on Trump by Comey

The Justice Department sent to Capitol Hill on Thursday redacted copies of a set of closely kept memos written by former FBI Director James Comey about his interactions with President Donald Trump. The memos, running 15 pages in total, detail a series of phone calls and encounters between the two men in the months leading up to Comey's firing and offer an intimate look at interactions among the highest levels of government.