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Read MoreMitch McConnell Broke From Precedent Again To Confirm A Trump Judge
While most of Washington was focused on a House hearing to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, Senate Republicans on Wednesday confirmed another one of President Donald Trump’s picks for a lifetime court seat ― and once again broke from precedent to get it done. The Senate voted 54-42 to confirm Joseph […]
Read MoreCalifornia Wildfires Insurance Claims Topped $12 Billion
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance claims have topped $12 billion for the November wildfires in California, making them the most expensive in state history. The figure released Wednesday by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara covers the fire that largely destroyed the town of Paradise and two Southern California blazes. It’s up about $600 million from data […]
Read MoreAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Hit In The Head With An Egg By Protestor
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister was hit on the head with an egg and a woman was knocked off her feet Tuesday during a protest ahead of a general election next week. The egg appeared to strike Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the back of the head then bounce off without breaking as […]
Read MoreDonald Trump Asserts Executive Privilege On Mueller Report Materials
President Donald Trump is asserting executive privilege over Robert Mueller’s special counsel report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump “has asserted executive privilege over the entirety of the subpoenaed materials,” Attorney General William Barr wrote Wednesday in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.). The assertion of executive privilege is a major […]
Read More85% Of Americans Haven’t Changed Their Minds About Donald Trump Since 2016
The vast majority of Americans haven’t changed their minds about Donald Trump at any point since he won the presidency, a new study finds. According to the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group, which interviewed thousands of Americans four times between the winter of 2016 and this January, 85% expressed the same view of Trump each […]
Read MoreTrump Bragged Nonstop About His Success While Quietly Hemorrhaging Millions
President Donald Trump was perhaps the single greatest loser of money from 1985 to 1994, a bombshell New York Times investigation into his tax returns found Tuesday. But despite but the $1.17 billion he bled out on failed casinos, hotels and retail space during that time, he spent the decade telling Americans — the people […]
Read MoreTrump Would Have Been Charged With Obstruction If He Weren’t President, Former U.S. Prosecutors Say
President Donald Trump’s conduct as outlined in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report would have led to obstruction of justice charges if he were not a sitting president, hundreds of former federal prosecutors said in a statement Monday. “Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, […]
Read MoreSwastika Flyers Dropped By Drone On Ariana Grande Concert, Sacramento State Campus
A drone dropped flyers marked with swastikas outside an Ariana Grande concert in Sacramento, California, on Friday. Leaflets were also released over a Sacramento State University “Bites on the Bridge” outdoor dinner the same day, The State Hornet university newspaper reported. Grande’s concert was held at the Golden 1 Center arena in downtown Sacramento, a […]
Read MoreStates Sue IRS And Treasury Over New Shield For ‘Dark Money’ Donors
New York and New Jersey are suing the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department over a policy change that veils the identities of so-called “dark money” contributors to certain tax-exempt groups, including many with political agendas. The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses the […]
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