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Ahead Of Arguments, Trump’s Legal Team Asserts He...

Are we really listening to what MLK had...

In 2020, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday falls in a national election year, one that reminds us of the importance of voting rights, citizenship and political activism to the...

Ex-RNC Chair Exposes ‘Un-American’ Hypocrisy Of GOP Senators...

Michael Steele ripped Republican lawmakers who raised “their damn hand to swear an oath that they know they’re not going to defend nor uphold.” Michael Steele tore into the GOP senators who...

Sen. Cory Booker suspends presidential campaign

Sen. Cory Booker suspended his presidential campaign Monday, the final act of a bid for the Democratic nomination defined by a persistent struggle to catch fire with voters and donors despite...

Defense Chief: No Hard Evidence of Embassy Threats...

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that he "didn't see" specific evidence that Iran was readying to attack four U.S. embassies, as President Donald Trump claimed last week, though Esper...

Justice Department Effectively Ends Clinton Investigation After Finding...

A prosecutor was investigating Trump’s claim that the FBI did not properly look into Hillary Clinton’s role in a uranium deal while she was secretary of state. A Department of Justice inquiry into Hillary...

TRUMP: NEW SANCTIONS — HINTS NO ESCALATION

The president addressed the nation for the first time since ordering the killing of Iran’s top general last week. resident Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday for the first time since ordering...

Ahead Of Arguments, Trump’s Legal Team Asserts He Did ‘Absolutely Noth…

20-01-2020

The filing says the two articles of impeachment brought against the president don’t amount to impeachment offenses. President Donald Trump’s legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong,” calling the impeachment case against him flimsy and a “dangerous perversion of the Constitution.” The brief from Trump’s lawyers, filed ahead of arguments expected later this week in the Senate impeachment trial... Read more

Are we really listening to what MLK had to say?

20-01-2020

In 2020, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday falls in a national election year, one that reminds us of the importance of voting rights, citizenship and political activism to the health of our democracy. King imagined America as a "beloved community" capable of defeating what he characterized as the triple threats of racism, militarism and materialism. The passage of the 1964... Read more

Ex-RNC Chair Exposes ‘Un-American’ Hypocrisy Of GOP Senators In Donald…

17-01-2020

Michael Steele ripped Republican lawmakers who raised “their damn hand to swear an oath that they know they’re not going to defend nor uphold.” Michael Steele tore into the GOP senators who on Thursday took an oath to serve as honest jurors in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump despite previously claiming they don’t care about the evidence against the president in the Ukraine scandal. “Don’t stand in the chamber... Read more

Sen. Cory Booker suspends presidential campaign

13-01-2020

Sen. Cory Booker suspended his presidential campaign Monday, the final act of a bid for the Democratic nomination defined by a persistent struggle to catch fire with voters and donors despite his relatively high profile and long-standing presidential ambitions. The news of the senator’s decision came weeks before the Iowa caucuses, where, despite a large field organization Booker, D-N.J., was expected to... Read more

Defense Chief: No Hard Evidence of Embassy Threats

12-01-2020

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that he "didn't see" specific evidence that Iran was readying to attack four U.S. embassies, as President Donald Trump claimed last week, though Esper said he shared Trump's view that such an attack was "probably" in the works. "What the president said was he believed that it probably and could've been attacks against additional embassies... Read more