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Category Archives: US Politics
Muslim candidates run in record numbers but face backlash
Attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., center, talks with Dondre Scott, right, during a visit to a community garden while campaigning in the Mason Square neighborhood of Springfield, Mass. Monday.
Nicholson says parents’ decision is sign of intolerance
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson says his parents' decision to support his Democratic opponent is a "true representation" of political intolerance. Nicholson wrote about his parents' support from Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in an op-ed for Fox News published on Monday.
See Trump and Putin give opening remarks
Kensington Palace has released the first official photographs from the christening of Prince Louis, the third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Hillary Clinton goes after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at the Women in the World Summit in New York.
Trump and Putin hold two-hour, closed-door meeting on trade, nuclear arms and China
President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart met for a longer-than-expected two hours on Monday, with Trump saying they would discuss "everything from trade to military to missiles to nuclear to China." One agenda item Trump did not mention, however, was Moscow's interference in the 2016 presidential election, a topic Trump had promised to press Russian President Vladimir Putin on after 12 Russian intelligence officers were indicted last week for stealing Democratic campaign emails.
Photos of Prince Louisa christening released
Kensington Palace has released the first official photographs from the christening of Prince Louis, the third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Kensington Palace has released the first official photographs from the christening of Prince Louis, the third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Hillary Clinton goes after al-Assad, Putin
Hillary Clinton goes after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at the Women in the World Summit in New York. Hillary Clinton goes after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at the Women in the World Summit in New York.
Produce platform’s status up in the air
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., wants more information about the status of a program that allows low-income people to buy fresh fruits and vegetables at thousands of farmers markets across the country.
Democrats’ calls for Trump to cancel Putin meeting absurd
Democrats had no issue with Russia when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did her infamous "Russian Reset" or gave the Russians 20 percent of U.S. uranium. They had no issue with Russia when former President Barack Obama was caught on a hot mic telling former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev he'd have "more flexibility" after the 2012 election.
People Versus Established Order: Contradiction Sharpens In New York And Elsewhere
Does the stunning victory of a 28-year-old Latino bartender in New York last week over a 10-term Democratic lawmaker bear any resemblance to AAP's victory under a political novice, Arvind Kejriwal in February 2015. He thrashed Narendra Modi's resurgent BJP and a Congress Chief Minister entering her fourth term? Of course, there are a thousand differences in detail but these are dwarfed by a basic similarity there is popular resentment with establishments everywhere.
Debating debates
Incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott agreed Wednesday to participate in a televised statewide debate with Democratic challenger Lupe Valdez, the first in the general election runup. Abbott said he has accepted an invitation from Nexstar Media Group for a statewide debate with Valdez in Austin from 7-8 p.m. on Sept.
The Artful Dodge That Saved Kavanaugh From Supreme Court Doom
In 2011, Judge Brett Kavanaugh was selected at random to rule on whether President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act, was constitutional. It was a career-defining moment for the aspiring Supreme Court justice, who was 46 at the time.
Commentary: Welcome to McCarthyism 2.0
McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklist were all a reaction to the Cold War - the key word being "war." They were responses - widely agreed to be bad ones - to the threat from an existential enemy of American democracy.
.com | WATCH: Obama dances to traditional music in his home village in Kenya
United States President Barack Obama is en route to Africa for a three-day visit to his father's homeland, Kenya. This is Obama's first visit to Kenya as a sitting president.
Gowdy: Trump Should Demand Extradition of Russian Military Hackers
Russian hacking and election meddling "is an attack on all of us," Rep. Trey Gowdy told CBS's "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan on Sunday. "Democrats and Republicans are free to fight among and with themselves, but that fight ends at the border.
Obama to make rare high-profile speech on Mandelaa s legacy
In a speech marking the 100th birthday of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, former U.S. President Barack Obama will urge youth around the world to work for human rights and fair societies, highlighting the late South African leader's example of persevering in the struggle for democracy and equal rights for all. The speech on Tuesday, one of Obama's most high-profile since leaving office, is meant to draw attention to values that today are under threat and to rally people in Africa and elsewhere to push for tolerance and justice.
Amid Investigations And Tensions, Trump-Putin Going 1-On-1Monday,…
President Donald Trump blamed the United States, and not Russian election meddling or the country's annexation of Crimea, for a low-point in U.S.-Russia relations hours before a summit with Vladimir Putin that played out against a backdrop of fraying Western alliances, a new peak in the Russia investigation and fears that Moscow's aggression may go unchallenged.
Amid investigations and tensions, Trump-Putin going 1-on-1
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit at the G20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. It's not an anti-Trump conspiracy and it's not fake news.
Trump plays golf ahead of Putin summit
Forget "Make America Great Again." What President Donald Trump truly cares about is "MTGA" -- "Make Trump Great Again," and we saw another example of this objective over the weekend.
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen pranks politicians
Sacha Baron Cohen has been punking people for the last 20 years in various guises, which at first blush made his Showtime series, "Who is America?," sound like just more of the same. But the provocateur has reeled in some big fish -- who have dutifully denounced him -- as marks, adding sizzle to what otherwise amounts to serving old wine in a new bottle.