Trump donates $100G from his salary to alcoholism research
President Trump has donated his 2018 third-quarter salary of $100,000 to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, The White House said late last week. In 2016, when he was still a...
View ArticleSchultz would not be spoiler for Dems the way Perot was for GOP
Howard Schultz, if he were to run for president in 2020 as an independent, would not be a spoiler for the Democrats the way businessman Ross Perot was to Republicans in 1992, longtime venture...
View ArticleKamala Harris vows to get rid of private health care plans: ‘Let’s eliminate...
California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, speaking during a town hall Monday night, vowed to eliminate all private health care insurance for approximately 150 million Americans if she is elected...
View ArticleMegadonor Haim Saban thinks Howard Schultz would guarantee second Trump term
Schultz caused some early turmoil in the 2020 race when he told the CBS program “60 Minutes,” in an interview that aired Sunday night, that he was seriously considering running for president as a...
View ArticleGenerational divide: Democrats’ 2020 field bares yawning age gap
Ray Buckley’s a baby boomer, but he thinks someone from the millennial or gen-x generations may become the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee. Buckley — the longtime chairman of the New Hampshire...
View ArticleHoward Schultz likely to visit early primary states as he considers 2020 run
Former Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz is gearing up to visit early caucus and primary states as he mulls an independent run for president in 2020, CNBC has learned. Schultz will likely...
View ArticleCalifornia bill would let homeless college students sleep in cars on campus...
With thousands of community college students in California either homeless or facing the threat of homelessness, the state assembly in Sacramento is considering a bill that would allow those students...
View ArticleTrump and Pelosi harden their positions in the latest border wall fight
Asked Thursday whether he would accept different kinds of “physical barriers,” like the kinds being suggested by Democrats, Trump replied, “No, because if there’s no wall, then it doesn’t work.”...
View ArticleRalph Northam’s resignation demanded amid yearbook controversy: ‘This...
Calls for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign poured in Friday night after the Democratic lawmaker apologized for appearing in a “racist and offensive” photo from his medical school 1984 yearbook...
View ArticleSen. Cory Booker says he’s running for president in 2020
Sen. Cory Booker launched a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday. He is the second black candidate to enter the race, following Sen. Kamala Harris of California. Friday is the...
View ArticleClinton, Ocasio-Cortez join Dem chorus calling for Northam to resign; medical...
Hillary Clinton and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday night joined a host of other prominent Democrats in calling for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign amid a firestorm over a photo...
View ArticleArizona lawmaker pushes porn tax to pay for Trump's border wall
An Arizona state senator, Gail Griffin, has proposed levying a $20 tax on internet users who want to view adult content. What you need to know about levies on your vices. Source
View ArticleVirginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax denies sexual assault claim, amid political...
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax speaks during an interview in his office at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax issued a...
View ArticleTwitter bots were more active than previously known during 2018 midterms
Bots, including thousands originating in Russia and Iran, as well as those created in the United States, were a much more active presence on Twitter during the November midterm elections last year...
View ArticleSen. Cory Booker says he is dating someone ‘really special’: ‘I got a boo’
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker revealed he is dating somebody “really special” to him as he leaps into the 2020 presidential race. Booker, 49, appeared on “The Breakfast Club,” a nationally syndicated...
View ArticlePresident Donald Trump’s second State of the Union Address
President Donald Trump addressed the nation Tuesday night to deliver the State of the Union, his third address to a joint session of Congress while in office. The speech came shortly after the...
View ArticleVirginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax retains lawyers used by Kavanaugh; accuser hires...
In the latest bizarre twist to the multiple scandals rocking Virginia government, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax has retained the same law firm that represented now-Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez contradicts herself on role of government in massive and...
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who announced a sweeping “Green New Deal” on Thursday that promises to render air travel obsolete, get rid of gaseous cows and ensure economic...
View ArticleSecond woman accuses Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault
A woman said Friday that Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax had raped her nearly two decades ago. Lawyers for that woman, Meredith Watson, made the accusation in a statement that also called on Fairfax...
View ArticleNew border-security deal in Congress would likely offer Trump just a fraction...
Details of a likely bipartisan border-security deal in Congress are being worked out after the White House indicated it will accept an agreement giving President Trump just a fraction of the money...
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