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During a conversation that was secretly recorded, the House Democratic whip said he supported Jason Crow in the Democratic primary for Colorado's 6th congressional district "because a judgement was made very early on." Progressives riled by secret tape of Steny Hoyer asking candidate to drop out of race During a conversation that was secretly recorded, the House Democratic whip said he supported Jason Crow in the Democratic primary for Colorado's 6th congressional district "because a judgement was made very early on."
It's faded into the background noise by now, as does anything in politics today that's older than about 12 hours. But it's worth occasionally remembering that the sitting president of the United States disparaged the media as "the enemy of the American people" within his first month in office.
Women standing outside the courtroom broke down and cried when they heard news that Bill Cosby was found guilty of all charges raised against him. Cosby was accused of engaging in a pattern of assault where he would drug women to incapacitate them and then sexually assault them.
Choose your news! Select the text alerts you want to receive: breaking news, prep sports scores, school closings, weather, and more. Michael Cohen, personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, exits from Federal Court in New York on April 16, 2018.
In the past few weeks, two instances of racial bias-one at a Starbucks in Philadelphia, the other in an Alabama Waffle House-caught national attention. On this episode, Igor speaks with Clint Smith, teacher, writer, and Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University, about the historical roots of racism and black criminalization that have created deep racial disparities such as in school discipline and policing.
Protesters hold an anti-refugee banner during a rally, organized by far-right, nationalist groups, to mark the 99th anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw, Nov. 11, 2017. Poland's government is criticizing the claim of a U.S. congressman that a new Polish law glorifies Nazi collaborators and denies the Holocaust.
When Katy Tur was assigned to cover Donald Trump's presidential campaign in June 2015, she assumed it would be over in a matter of weeks. The property developer and reality TV star had announced his candidacy with a speech denouncing "morally corrupt losersa selling the country down the drain" and accusing Mexico of sending drug-dealers and rapists across the border.
All of a sudden, you can't turn around in progressive Washington policy circles without bumping into a jobs guarantee proposal. The most prominent version is a bill introduced this week by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., with heavy hitting Democratic co-sponsors including Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York , Kamala Harris of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
The Latest on Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt and his appearances on Capitol Hill : Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt concedes he did have some knowledge of big pay raises awarded to two close aides. At a hearing, Democrat Rep. Paul Tonko of New York pressed Pruitt on whether he knew about the raises for 30-year-old senior legal counsel Sarah Greenwalt and 26-year-old scheduling director Millian Hupp.
Amber Rudd has faced repeated calls to resign amid claims that her department is "out of control" for using removal targets for illegal immigrants. The Home Secretary said she never agreed to use removal targets for migrants, adding that those used by her department "were not published targets against which performance was assessed".
The percentage of women in the federal judiciary is the same as there are men with the names David, James, John, Joseph, Michael, Paul, Richard, Robert, Thomas and William. Both groups make up 27 percent, the New York Times reports in an Upshot article titled, "The Top Jobs Where Women Are Outnumbered by Men Named John."
In this June 18, 2014, file photo, boys wait in line to make a phone call as they are joined by hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children that are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. The Associated Press has learned that a Senate subcommittee has found that the government risks placing migrant children in the custody of human traffickers because federal agencies have delayed crucial reforms needed to keep the children safe.
This file photo taken on June 19, 2013 shows then Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller testifying before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Special counsels like the one named to oversee the probe into Russia's alleged election interference are rare super sleuths with more power and independence than regular US investigators.
President Donald Trump's pick to lead Veterans Affairs, Ronny Jackson, withdrew Thursday in the wake of late-surfacing allegations about overprescribing drugs and poor leadership while serving as a top White House doctor, saying the "false allegations" against him have become a distraction. In a statement the White House issued from Jackson, he said he "did not expect to have to dignify baseless and anonymous attacks on my character and integrity."
Or just CLICK THIS LINK to start shopping for anything. Don't worry - anything you buy through it will pay Daily Pundit a commission! Thanks! As for larger strategic moves, Chozick notes dryly of a March excursion, "That was Hillary's last trip to Wisconsin."
Lawmakers assailed Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday for the ethics and spending scandals that have prompted bipartisan calls for his ouster. On the defensive, the EPA chief blamed "half truths" and "twisted" allegations, an effort to undermine the Trump administration's anti-regulatory agenda.
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt testified Thursday in potentially make-or-break hearings on Capitol Hill, where he faced questions about spending and ethics scandals that have triggered bipartisan calls for his ouster. Pruitt read a prepared statement about his agency's fiscal year 2019 budget priorities to begin the first of two back-to-back hearings before House subcommittees.
An illegal immigrant cop killer, who made headlines when he burst into laughter in court and said he regretted not killing more people, was sentenced to death Wednesday for the 2014 murder of a California sheriff's deputy and detective -- but not before he was again booted from the courtroom for an outburst. Luis Bracamontes shouted a racial slur at motorist Anthony Holmes, who he shot five times during his rampage four years ago, and used profane language at former Placer County Deputy Chuck Bardo during the hearing, the Sacramento Bee reported.
Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group, discusses his latest book and the divide in the United States. He speaks with Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)