Trump’s disruptive foreign policy will be tested in four major ways this month
February brings the most significant series of tests yet of whether President Trump can transform his disruptive U.S. foreign policy into concrete outcomes. The four to watch most closely are:...
View ArticleTrump did not leak messages between Bezos and mistress, AMI lawyer says
A lawyer representing American Media CEO David Pecker denied on Sunday that President Trump or Saudi Arabia leaked intimate messages exchanged between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his mistress ahead of...
View ArticleAmy Klobuchar top 2020 election Democratic primary policies
Klobuchar represents a farm state that relies heavily on trade with Canada. She has criticized American trade tensions with China — while showing support for some of Trump’s protectionist moves....
View ArticleTrump holds rally in Texas amid border wall debate
President Trump held a campaign rally Monday night in El Paso, Texas — just as possible 2020 contender and former U.S. Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke led a border wall protest roughly a half-mile away....
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Trump targets Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Green New Deal in campaign speech
Joe Raedle | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the El Paso County Coliseum on February 11, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. President Donald Trump took aim at the Green New Deal...
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Kentucky GOP candidate objects after nickname ‘Trump’ is blocked from primary...
Carl “Trump” Nett, a Republican candidate in Kentucky’s secretary of state primary, said Sunday that he will take legal action if his nickname isn’t restored to the ballot. (Facebook) A Republican...
View ArticleJoe Biden talks to Democratic donors about 2020 presidential run
People close to Biden have also heard from a few donors, as fundraisers are looking to teach Biden’s team about the best methods to appeal to online and small donors, according to people involved with...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez’s face painted onto New York’s Lower East Side fence
AOC is getting turned into B.I.G. A giant mural of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s face was painted on a Lower East Side fence, though not everyone in the area thought the freshman lawmaker...
View ArticleDemocratic president could declare national emergency on guns
“If the president can declare an emergency on something he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think about what a president with different values can present to the...
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McCabe, Rosenstein must testify to explain claim that DOJ discussed removing...
The top Republicans on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees are calling for former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to testify before their respective...
View ArticleAs Trump ponders auto tariffs, free-trade Republicans push back
Whether the Commerce Department took the president’s lead in recommending tariffs on all imported automobiles is unclear. But such a move would face resistance in the West Wing. “There’s not a whole...
View ArticleTrump’s declaration of national emergency was unnecessarily ‘dramatic’:...
The pending legal battle over the national emergency declared by President Trump may all center around “semantics,” Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson argued Friday. Earlier in the day,...
View ArticleDemocrats prepare for 2020 hiring blitz in crucial early primary state South...
Another 2020 hopeful that hasn’t official declared his candidacy but is looking at making inroads in South Carolina is Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. Mary Geren, a Democrat who recently lost in her own...
View ArticleCory Booker ‘withholding’ judgment on Smollett case after calling it...
Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker told reporters Sunday that he would withhold judgment on the alleged attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett after calling the incident “an attempted...
View ArticleI expect to support Joe Biden if he runs for president in 2020
Famed short-seller and Democratic donor Jim Chanos plans to support former Vice President Joe Biden if he runs for president in 2020. “Like many other Americans, I certainly hope Vice President Biden...
View Article‘Moderate’ a dirty word? 2020 Dems cringe at being labeled less than liberal
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is highlighting her work bridging the political divide as she embarks on a 2020 presidential campaign – just don’t call her a “moderate.” The day after the Minnesota Democrat...
View ArticleUS ethics agency won’t certify Wilbur Ross financial disclosure report
The government’s top ethics watchdog disclosed Tuesday that it had refused to certify a financial disclosure report from Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. In a filing, the Office of Government Ethics...
View ArticleDem Rep. Tim Ryan, weighing 2020 run, warns party perceived as ‘hostile to...
CONCORD, N.H. – Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who is considering a 2020 presidential run, said Wednesday that his party has to be “very careful” not to appear too anti-business as it tries to win back the...
View ArticleNew York Times publisher rips Trump over ‘enemy of the people’ accusation
While many digital media and local news outlets have suffered since the 2007 financial crisis, legacy media outlets, and particularly The New York Times, have performed well financially. The Times,...
View ArticleKamala Harris reacts to Jussie Smollett arrest: ‘Sad, frustrated, and...
Sen. Kamala Harris, who once labeled the Jussie Smollet attack claim an “attempted modern day lynching,” spoke out on Thursday after Smollett was charged and arrested with disorderly conduct for...
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