Trump Seeks Meeting With Putin Even as Allies Seek to Isolate Russia

President Trump hopes to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in the next few weeks even as the American leader increasingly clashes with European allies over how to counter Moscow's assertive actions in Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Trump is sending his national security adviser, John R. Bolton, to Moscow next week to discuss a possible meeting.

HHS Official Called John Podesta a Pedophile and Claimed Liberals Abuse Children in Satanic Rituals

Mediaite conducted an extensive review of her social media posts and found that the HHS appointee pushed the baseless Pizzagate conspiracy theory even more than previously reported. Her tweets include smearing former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta as "a pedophile," accusing Democrats of hosting "Pedophile dinners," and claiming liberals abuse children during satanic rituals.

Is the blue puddle evaporating?

Since my last article on the declining support for the Democratic party agenda, there have been several more primaries and to date there is no significant evidence that this decline has lessened. We were led to believe by their base that the "Resists" would be highly motivated to go to the polls and the results would be overwhelming.

Former Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer tells Democrats: “Mueller is not going to solve your problems”

President Barack Obama's former communications director, Dan Pfeiffer stopped by Salon Talks this week to discuss how the most partisan Democrats have coped in the Trump era, the dramatic changes in the media that occurred while he was working in the White House -- which led to Trump's election -- and what Democrats can do now to move onward and prepare for the post-Trump era. Pfeiffer, who co-hosts Pod Save America, one of the most popular podcasts in the country - alongside a batch of former Obama staffers, including Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor -- offers his blueprint for Democratic success in 2018: Fight fire with fire.

Dems unleash kitchen-sink strategy on immigration

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., speaks as he is joined by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, second from left, and other House Democrats calling for passage of the Keep Families Together Act, legislation to end the Trump Administration's policy of separating families at the US-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. As the White House struggles to move past another self-imposed crisis, Democrats are fighting to ensure this one isn't quickly forgotten.

Obama Criticized in Senate for Not Doing More on Russia Meddling

The Republican and Democratic senators leading an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections joined in criticism of President Barack Obama's administration for failing to do more to stop the meddling. Republican Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr said at a hearing Wednesday that Obama administration officials have made clear they were operating "without a playbook" against a new threat with an undefined set of rules.

Marc A. Thiessen: But her emails? You’re dang right her emails.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks while appearing with First Lady Michelle Obama at a campaign rally at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Thursday. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks while appearing with First Lady Michelle Obama at a campaign rally at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Thursday.

a Roseannea spinoff making progress at ABC a ” without Barr

The network is close to securing a spinoff of the recently rebooted - and quickly canceled - comedy, without its controversial star, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Barr, whose show was axed after she called Valerie Jarrett, the former senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, the baby of the “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes,” has “tentatively agreed” to waive any financial and creative rights to the spinoff, according to the outlet.

Virginia school drops Confederate general’s name in favor of Obama’s

When students at J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond, Va., return from their summer break, they will no longer be studying at a school named after a Confederate general who fought for the rights of slave owners in the Civil War. Instead, members of the 400-strong student body, about 90 percent of whom are black, will be attending Barack Obama Elementary School.

Obama often the beneficiary of Confederate cleansing in South

The push to scrub the Confederacy from the public square has resounded in favor of President Barack Obama , a Chicagoan by way of Hawaii whose name is popping up on signs and structures throughout the South. The latest entity to be Obama 'd is J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond , Virginia, where the school board agreed Monday to swap the Confederate general's name with that of the 44th president, even though the kids voted to call it "Northside."

Trump’s long history of don’t blame me-ism

It's Democrats who wrote the laws, President Donald Trump argued, trying to explain why his administration is OK with the practice of separating families of undocumented immigrants at the border. "Congress could fix this tomorrow," DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in the administration's defense at the White House Monday.

MSNBC Wrongly Suggests Ohio Purges Voters After Two Years of Nonvoting

The myth of voter fraud has long been used to justify voter suppression tactics against minorities, and, this week, Republicans -- whose crusade has been to reduce voter access by claiming voter fraud received a huge victory when the Republican majority on the Supreme Court upheld one of the most aggressive voter suppression laws in the country. She soon went to guest Dale Ho of the American Civil Liberties Union who misleadingly asserted: "Ohio says if you don't vote in a two-year period, we're going to send you a postcard.

The Racist Trope That Won’t Die

The comedian Roseanne Barr resurrected one of the oldest and most profoundly racist slanders in American history when she referred to Valerie Jarrett, an African-American woman who served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, as the offspring of an ape. This depiction - promoted by slave traders, historians and practitioners of "scientific" racism - was used to justify slavery, lynching and the creation of the Jim Crow state.

Taxi Drivers in New York Are Struggling. So Are Uber Drivers.

After a growing furor among Uber drivers in New York City in 2016 over plunging incomes, Uber relented and made a rare concession: It agreed to recognize a local driver group. The group, the Independent Drivers Guild, was not quite a union, but it would meet regularly with Uber management and advocate for drivers .

Trump Taps Kraninger for Consumer Protection Post

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Kathy Kraninger, associate director of the Office of Management and Budget, to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which seeks to prevent financial abuses to consumers. In a statement Saturday, the White House said Kraninger would continue the efforts of the current CFPB chief, Mick Mulvaney, to scale back the agency's regulatory ambitions while continuing efforts to keep financial fraud in check.