Michelle Obama calls out ‘nastiness of our politics’ during voting rally

Former first lady Michelle Obama said she hoped to get Nevada residents "fired up" on Sunday as she headlined her first rally for When We All Vote, the nonprofit voting initiative she launched over the summer. Add Michelle Obama as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Michelle Obama news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

DeSantis Blowing It In Florida-Hapless GOP Not Adjusting To Race-Based Politics

A recent poll finds black Democrat Andrew Gillum is building a comfortable lead over white Republican Ron DeSantis in the Florida governor's race. [ New poll shows Gillum leading DeSantis by 6 points , by Tim Swift, Local 10, September 19, 2018] As Conservatism Inc. never ceases to remind its dwindling constituency, Gillum is, like other Democrats this election cycle, essentially a socialist, and DeSantis is a "Reagan conservative".

Mandela: A life of soaring symbolism, now harnessed by UN

Nelson Mandela's South African journey from anti-apartheid leader to prisoner to president to global statesman - the "Long Walk to Freedom" of his autobiography title - is one of the 20th century's great stories of struggle, sacrifice and reconciliation. Now the United Nations is seeking to harness its soaring symbolism.

Obama turns focus on Pennsylvania, hopes to boost Democrats Source: AP

Barack Obama was turning his political attention Friday to a state that Donald Trump won as the former president prepared to campaign Friday in Philadelphia with two leading Pennsylvania Democrats running for re-election, Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. In the Nov. 6 contests, Democrats are trying to oust Republicans in four U.S. House districts and more than a dozen state legislative seats in the Philadelphia area alone.

Trump is beating up on Iran – and it’s making Obama look weak

President Donald Trump has outraged and defied establishment experts on Iran, but his policies are deeply hurting Iran without any tangible blowback to the US. President Barack Obama and his top officials had warned against many of the moves Trump has now made, but none of their gloomy predictions have come true.

Ron DeSantis Distances Himself From Racist Donor But Silent On Returning The Funds

DeSantis distanced himself from a donor who called President Barack Obama the N-word, but the candidate will likely keep the campaign funds. NewsOne did not receive an immediate response Thursday from DeSantis' campaign on whether the more than $20,000 from Steven A. Alembik was given back.

Rep. Hultgren talks Trump, tariffs and the upcoming election

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, listens to a question from the Northwest Herald Editorial Board on Wednesday at the newspaper's office in Crystal Lake. U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, voiced his thoughts on taxes, President Donald Trump's "2 a.m. tweets" and the key differences between himself and opponent Lauren Underwood on Wednesday.

How a lauded CIA veteran-turned-candidate got branded with terrorism claims

WASHINGTON How did a former undercover CIA operative who spent more than eight years fighting terrorism get branded as a teacher at "Terror High?" The strange ordeal for Abigail Spanberger, now a Democratic House candidate, began when U.S. Postal Service employees wrongly delivered her confidential personnel file to Republican operatives. Those operatives seized on Spanberger's stint teaching Bronte and Shakespeare as one way to sink her campaign against GOP Rep. Dave Brat in Virginia.

Democrats in key House races push against tax deduction cap

Congressman Leonard Lance voted last December with the interests of his northern New Jersey district in mind when he opposed his own party's sweeping tax overhaul. The cap on deductions for state and local taxes that was part of the Republican plan was bound to mean that many people in the high-tax state would pay more.

The Wall Street Journal: EU drops McDonald’s probe, rules its tax deal in Luxembourg is legal

European Union regulators said Wednesday that McDonald's Corp.'s tax arrangement in Luxembourg is legal, dropping an investigation against the U.S. fast-food giant while lauding efforts to close tax loopholes in the probe's wake. The closure contrasts with a slew of fines and tax bills slapped on other American companies, particularly tech giants.

Impeachment Call Shockingly Undemocratic

MONA WILLIAMS' ASSERTION that the 25th Amendment should be invoked to remove President Trump from office is dangerous and representative of how the progressive left has been rendered mentally unstable by his successful presidency and the subsequent destruction of Barack Obama's stagnant, debt-ridden, race-baiting legacy. The president is clearly able "to discharge the powers and duties of his office," and in doing so has restored economic growth by trusting the people to keep more of their money, restored a semblance of law and order at the southern border, negotiated fair trade deals with foreign powers, crushed ISIS, neutered Assad and Putin, and brought the hope of peace to the Korean Peninsula and the world.

In Iowa, McAuliffe says hea s not ruling out 2020 campaign new

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said in Iowa Tuesday he's not ruling out a 2020 Democratic campaign for president, as he took his national campaign to promote Democratic candidates for governor to the early presidential testing ground. And while he said a decision remains months away, the former Democratic National Committee chairman touted his term as governor as a model for his party nationally.

OPINION: The Orchestrated Disruptions Of Kavanaugh’s Hearings…

Beyond Judge Brett Kavanaugh's grace under assault and Senator Ben Sasse's brilliant lecture on the failure of the Congress to exercise and thereby protect its constitutionally prescribed legislative functions, there was little to admire in the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on the nomination of Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Democrats on the committee struggled desperately to condemn the process and portray the nominee as evil incarnate, while Republicans slow-pitched softballs to a nominee capable of hitting intellectual curveballs out of the park.

Are you ready for a Hillary Clinton TV series?

Honestly, considering the state of television and, you know, the world, it's pretty shocking that it has taken this long for someone to turn the story of Hillary Clinton 's campaigns for president into a TV series, but better late than never! Deadline reports that Warner Bros. TV has acquired the rights to Amy Chozick's memoir Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns and One Intact Glass Ceiling, which tells the story of Clinton's campaigns against Barack Obama and Donald Trump from Chozick's perspective.

Immigrant Rights Groups Sue Feds Over ‘Second Wall’ Of Citizenship Applications Backlog

STUDIO CITY - A coalition of immigrant rights groups is suing the federal government over what they claim is an intentional delay of the processing of naturalization applications, creating a backlog that has ballooned since President Barack Obama was in office. The lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, filed by the National Partnership for New Americans, UnidosUS and OneAmerica, among others, was announced Monday, Citizenship Day.

Brett Kavanaugh is accused of sexual assault. Here’s why…

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events If there is one reason Senate Republicans decide to keep Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination on track despite a credible, on-the-record allegation of sexual assault when he was in high school, it's this: the clock. Specifically, the countdown clock until Election Day in November, when Republicans' majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate could be in peril.