7 Senate Democrats report half their staff is ‘non-Caucasian’
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, a former presidential candidate, reported having the most racially and ethnically diverse staff, atContinue Reading
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Kentucky Senate Democratic primary between McGrath and Booker to decide who challenges McConnell too close to call
The Kentucky Senate Democratic primary race to determine who takes on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November is too close to call, NBC NewsContinue Reading
Rand Paul holds up anti-lynching legislation as he seeks changes to bill
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said Wednesday he is holding up popular bipartisan legislation to make lynching a federalContinue Reading
State Senator Zellnor Myrie attacked while at the Barclay Center Protest in New York
He was handcuffed and pepper sprayed while protesting in NYC.
Wendy’s faces backlash after a franchisee donates more than $440,000 to Trump, as #WendysIsOverParty explodes on Twitter
Wendy’s is facing backlash online after Business Insider reported that a franchisee on President Donald Trump’s restaurant-recovery roundtable donated more than $400,000Continue Reading
Biden: ‘If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black’
Joe Biden told a popular African-American radio host Friday morning that anyone struggling to decide whether to support him or President DonaldContinue Reading
Trump address sparks chaos as coronavirus crisis deepens
President Donald Trump set out to steady a rattled nation and a diving economy in a solemn Oval Office address, but insteadContinue Reading
Senate overturns DeVos rule limiting debt relief for defrauded students
Senate Republicans joined Democrats Wednesday to overturn a rule backed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that would have limited the studentContinue Reading
Lindsey Graham backlash powers Democratic Senate challenge in red South Carolina
South Carolina is a red state, without question — but that didn’t stop one man from yelling out the rallying cryContinue Reading
These are the democratic socialists backing Bernie Sanders
Connor McClelland is a democratic socialist. He says it’s because of where he’s from.”I’m originally from West Virginia, and so everyContinue Reading
Minnesota’s constitution still allows slavery as a punishment for crimes. Now lawmakers are trying to change that
When slavery was abolished over a century ago, America was ready to leave that harrowing part of its history behindContinue Reading
Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison amid Trump complaints against prosecutors
Roger Stone, a longtime showman, political strategist and friend of President Donald Trump’s, was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison. StoneContinue Reading
Her son was killed in a ‘stand your ground’ shooting. Read her message to him on what would have been his 25th birthday
Lucy McBath celebrated her son’s 25th birthday on Sunday without him.In 2012, 17-year-old Jordan Davis was shot and killed when Michael Dunn inContinue Reading
Mike Bloomberg in 2010 called Obamacare legislation ‘a disgrace’ and ‘another program that’s going to cost a lot of money’
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said the final Obamacare bill would do “absolutely nothing to fix the big health careContinue Reading
Bloomberg defended stop and frisk, throwing minority kids ‘against the walls’ in 2015 audio
Michael Bloomberg is heard defending his controversial stop and frisk policing policy in stark terms in snippets of audio that wereContinue Reading
Vindman, who provided key impeachment testimony, ‘escorted’ from White House, attorney says
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council who testified during the House impeachment inquiryContinue Reading
Senate acquits Trump on both impeachment charges
The Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump almost entirely along party lines on charges of abusing his power andContinue Reading
Standing behind Trump, Nancy Pelosi rips up a copy of his State of the Union speech right after he finishes
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore a copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech in half Tuesday shortlyContinue Reading
Trump administration reveals it’s blocking dozens of emails about Ukraine aid freeze, including President’s role
The Department of Justice revealed in a court filing late Friday that it has two dozen emails related to PresidentContinue Reading
Virginia law prevents state lawmaker from being arrested
A Virginia state law that makes legislators immune from misdemeanors for part of the year stopped police from arresting aContinue Reading
