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Trump warns Assad, Syrian allies on reported plan for Idlib province offensive
FILE 2013: smoke rises after a TNT bomb was thrown from a helicopter, hitting a rebel position during heavy fighting between troops loyal to president Bashar Assad and opposition fighters, in a...
View ArticleRead Brett Kavanaugh’s opening remarks in Supreme Court confirmation hearing
President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appeared on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first day of his confirmation hearings. Kavanaugh did not take questions...
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Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Gives $10 Million to Super PAC in First Major...
FILE – Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife donated $10 million to a non-partisan super PAC. (AP) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife are making their first major foray into politics with a $10...
View ArticleDemocrat Joe Donnelly has slim lead over Trump-backed Mike Braun: Poll
A Donnelly campaign ad released last week highlighted his vote “to build a wall and protect our borders,” over video of him shaking the president’s hand. It outlined his efforts to protect the health...
View ArticleBooker’s Kavanaugh email release during Supreme Court hearing draws fiery...
Sen. Cory Booker told Brett Kavanaugh during Thursday’s hearing he was willing to “knowingly violate” the rules of the Senate Judiciary Committee — and risk his position — in order to make the public...
View ArticleCory Booker’s Kavanaugh document release not as defiant as it seemed
There was a dramatic showdown on the floor of the Senate on Thursday morning — but it wasn’t quite as dramatic as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., made it seem. On the third day of raucous hearings for...
View ArticleCongressional hearings hit by broad array of rule-breaking, disruption
There are rules on Capitol Hill. Some are written. Many are not. It’s not unusual for lawmakers to banter with a committee chairman when they vehemently disagree about how they’re running a hearing....
View ArticleCalifornia prepares for fight over soda tax in 2020 election
In addition, the CMA and CDA measure seeks to unwind the state legislature’s compromise reached in June with the beverage industry. It would amend the state constitution to allow new local taxes on...
View ArticleObama says midterms are ‘chance to restore some sanity in our politics’
Former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail in California on Saturday, where he struck an optimistic note for Democratic Party activists ahead of November’s midterms — a day after a speech in...
View ArticleTrump risks midterm backlash if he expands China trade war with tariffs
Trump’s tariff policy has added challenges for GOP candidates as the party faces a difficult path toward keeping its House majority. Strong headline economic numbers have helped Republicans, but the...
View ArticleWho wrote the op-ed? Will the government shut down? Denials pile up in...
They’re in denial. Lots of them. About lots of things. A host of administration officials “deny” they wrote the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times which blistered President Trump. Leading...
View ArticleAvenatti objects Trump and Michael Cohen voiding Stormy Daniels deal
President Donald Trump can’t get rid of Stormy Daniels that easily — even by giving her something she asked for. Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn star Daniels, filed a scathing court document...
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New Hampshire primaries feature crowded House races, battle to challenge...
There are 11 Democrats vying for the open U.S. House seat in New Hampshire’s 1st congressional district. On the other side of the aisle, five Republicans are battling it out for the GOP nomination for...
View ArticleNRSC weighs sending more resources to help Ted Cruz against O’Rourke
Still, those close campaign fundraising numbers are not enough to calm the nerves of outside organizations determined to keep Cruz in office. The nonprofit conservative group Club for Growth...
View ArticleCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown a ‘hypocrite’ when it comes to oil drilling,...
LOS ANGELES – When it comes to climate change, America’s most passionate voice is not in Washington, but California, where Gov. Jerry Brown spent decades attacking global warming. But that perception...
View ArticleTrump says 3,000 people did not die in Puerto Rico hurricanes
The government cited an independent study it commissioned from George Washington University’s Milken School of Public Health, which analyzed the death rate in the five months after Hurricane Maria hit...
View ArticleBloomberg considering presidential run in 2020 as Democrat: report
Michael Bloomberg, the self-made billionaire and former New York City mayor, is reportedly making plans to run for president as a Democrat in 2020. The Times of London, citing an unnamed source,...
View ArticleRise and fall of Infowars conspiracy-theory pusher
After Jones’s main social media accounts were taken down last month, he shot back on his show: “The more I’m persecuted, the stronger I get.” Experts say it may be too soon to assess what comes next...
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Cruz challenger O’Rourke calls for firing of Dallas cop after apartment...
FILE: Beto O’Rourke speaks during the general session at the Texas Democratic Convention in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP) U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, the Democrat seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of...
View ArticleAlex Jones' 5 most disturbing and ridiculous conspiracy theories
After years of public pressure, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was largely barred from the world's largest social media platforms. Source
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