Major Obama fundraiser likely to support Beto O’Rourke in 2020 run
A leading Democratic bundler who helped former President Barack Obama raise money during his two presidential campaigns has been indicating to friends that he’s likely to support Beto O’Rourke in the...
View ArticleDe Blasio, Gillibrand polling poorly in home-state New York
New Yorkers apparently don’t think too much of a native daughter who’s running for the Democratic presidential nomination and a native son who’s also mulling a White House bid. A Quinnipiac University...
View ArticleSkeptical Dem donors tell Biden they will not raise funds for him
Several top Democratic donors have told former Vice President Joe Biden that they won’t help him raise funds in the early stages of the party’s 2020 presidential primary, CNBC has learned. Their...
View ArticleMueller submits long-awaited Russia probe report to Justice Department
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted to Attorney General Bill Barr his long-awaited report on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race and possible collusion with...
View ArticlePutin’s missile with ‘unlimited’ range is too expensive and hasn’t flown more...
Putin’s push to develop weapons of this caliber has sparked concerns of a budding arms race among China, the U.S. and Russia. What’s more, the latest revelations come a little more than a year after...
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Dems’ conference call grapples with Mueller report’s unknowns
A top Senate Democrat on the Judiciary Committee conceded in a conference call with reporters Saturday that when the special counsel’s principal findings are released by Attorney General William Barr,...
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AG reportedly won’t share Russia report findings with Congress on Saturday
Win McNamee | Getty Images U.S. Attorney General William Barr departs his home March 23, 2019 in McLean, Virginia. Attorney General William Barr will not be sending a summary of special counsel Robert...
View ArticleGraham sends ominous tweet to Comey: See you soon
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., posted an ominous reply to ex-FBI-Director James Comey on Twitter Sunday after Comey seemed to sum up the summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation by...
View ArticleRussia’s nuclear-armed underwater drone may be ready for war in 2027
WASHINGTON — An underwater drone armed with a nuclear warhead is slated to join Russia’s arsenal no earlier than 2027, people familiar with a U.S. intelligence assessment told CNBC. In November, the...
View ArticlePompeo announces expansion of US ban on aid to groups providing...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday that the United States is expanding its ban on giving aid to groups that either promote or provide abortions. In his announcement on the changes to the...
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AOC’s Green New Deal dies in McConnell-led Senate vote
Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, center, speaks to members of the media while departing a House Democratic Caucus meeting on...
View ArticleHuckabee: Schiff should ‘shut up’ if he doesn’t have evidence of collusion
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is the latest Republican to hit back at Rep. Adam Schiff. On “The Todd Starnes Show,” Huckabee said Wednesday that if the California Democrat has evidence of...
View ArticleDemocrats are seeking higher taxes on capital gains
John Delaney understands investing. Before entering politics, he made a fortune by founding finance companies that raised $20 billion in capital for businesses. Which lends extra credibility to one...
View ArticleTrump mocks Green New Deal, pokes fun at electric cars during Michigan rally
President Trump returned to a favorite campaign theme at his rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday night, mocking Democrats’ Green New Deal as “an extreme, $100 trillion government takeover” of the...
View ArticleLinda McMahon to resign as Small Business Administration head
Small Business Administration head Linda McMahon is expected to leave that job to become the chair of the pro-Trump America First organizations, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC on Friday....
View ArticleArizona’s GOP governor waging war against occupational licensing laws
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is leading an effort to get rid of the state’s burdensome occupational licensing laws, which he says cost many ordinary professionals hundreds of dollars and subject them to...
View ArticleTrump tries to kill Obamacare in lawsuit but replacing is hard
President Donald Trump has an Obamacare problem. His administration restarted its efforts to kill the health care law this week, backing a lawsuit that argues all of the Affordable Care Act is...
View ArticleDems publicly tout small dollar donations, while quietly courting big dollar...
Following the financial success of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential run in 2016, the growing field of Democratic candidates in 2020 are publicly all about the small dollar donations. But as...
View ArticleWilliam Barr expects redacted Mueller report to be released by mid-April
Attorney General William Barr expects a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to be sent to Congress by mid-April, “if not sooner,” he wrote in a new letter to Congress — which...
View ArticleJames Comey hints at presidential run, on April Fools’ Day
Former FBI Director James Comey turned heads on Twitter in a new way Monday — when he seemingly announced a White House run on April Fools’ Day. Comey, whom President Trump had fired in May 2017,...
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