Stacey Abrams to Deliver Democrat Rebuttal to State of the Union Address
The State of the Union is scheduled for February 5 and Stacey Abrams is slated to offer the Democratic rebuttal. President Trump took shots at READ MORE→
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CBC Chair Karen Bass on the Government Shutdown
The shutdown continues.White House Correspondent April Ryan talked with the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Karen Bass (D-CA) on the shutdown that is now READ MORE→
GOP Advisors Urging President to End Shutdown
A Republican lawmaker advising President Donald Trump said he is encouraging the president to reopen the government for several weeks to continue negotiating with Democrats READ MORE→
Day 12 of the Government Shutdown
The 116th Congress convenes tomorrow and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), along with Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), are working to open the government. Meanwhile, President READ MORE→
No End In Sight for Government Shutdown
An end to the 2018 government shutdown is not expected this week unless a Christmas or Kwanzaa miracle occurs. So, the expectation is that the READ MORE→
2019 Will Be Drastically Different for the President
2019 will be much different politically in Washington than when President Trump assumed office. In the midst of such change, what is to be expected? READ MORE→
GOP Senator Wins Divisive Mississippi Runoff
Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith won a divisive Mississippi runoff Tuesday, surviving a video-recorded remark decried as racist and defeating a former federal official who READ MORE→
New AG Whitaker Business Dealings Under Scrutiny
After being appointed last week by President Donald Trump to the nation’s top law enforcement job, Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s history as a former federal READ MORE→
Political Rhetoric Sparks Election Season Terrorism
The discovery of pipe bombs targeting prominent Democratic politicians and CNN is raising the threat of election-season violence largely unknown in the U.S. — and READ MORE→
Accusations of Voter Suppression in Georgia
A bitter political battle over access to the polls is consuming the final stretch of the hotly contested Georgia governor’s race. Secretary of State Brian READ MORE→
GOP Scrambles to Save Kavanaugh Nomination
Republicans thundered into an all-out campaign to save Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination Monday as a second woman accused him of a long-ago sexual assault. READ MORE→
Brett Kavanaugh Will Face His Accuser
Republicans are forging ahead with plans for a Senate hearing they had hoped to avoid on a woman’s claims that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her READ MORE→
President Obama Pushes Back Against Trump, GOP
Former President Barack Obama delivered a speech that went on direct attack against President Trump and Republicans who are challenging the norms of this nation’s READ MORE→
Three States Could Elect Black Governors
With Andrew Gillum’s upset victory in Florida, Black candidates have won the Democratic nomination for governor in three states this year in a historic turn READ MORE→
James Clyburn Eyes Democrat Leadership Post
There is much anxiety and speculation as to how Congress will settle out after the mid term elections. Republicans and Democrats are both looking at READ MORE→
Trump Tweet Calls For Harley-Davidson Boycott
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson both came out Monday against boycotting Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson, the day after President Donald Trump READ MORE→
GOP Uses “Anxiety Tactics” to Galvanize Base
Republican candidates in the nation’s premiere midterm battlegrounds have embraced a central message in their fight to maintain the House majority this fall — and READ MORE→
President Picks Supreme Court Nominee
President Trump on Monday selected Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a politically connected member of Washington’s conservative legal establishment, to fill Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s seat READ MORE→