Former Ohio Governor John Kasich — a prominent figure in the “Never Trump” wing of the GOP — says he doesn’t see an opening to challenge the president for the Republican nomination in 2020. Speaking at a political conference in Michigan on Thursday, Kasich said, “there’s no path for me …
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since he was appointed two years ago to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election and any Trump campaign coordination with Russia. “I am speaking out today because our investigation is complete,” he began. “The attorney general has made …
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Withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement was only the beginning. According to a new report from the New York Times, the Trump administration is poised to enter a dangerous, politically motivated new front of its war on climate science. “It reminds me of the Soviet Union,” Philip Duffey, …
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WASHINGTON — The American people will hear directly from Special Counsel Robert Mueller about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The question is when. So says Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) anyway. On Sunday, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee went on ABC’s This Week and told …
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Despite his best efforts, Michael Cohen reported to prison on Monday. The former personal attorney and “fixer” for President Trump will serve three years for a host of crimes, most notably violations of federal campaign finance law stemming from pre-election hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, both …
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Democratic congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA), an Iraq war veteran who announced his candidacy for president early this week, wants you to know that presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who are trying to push America towards more progressive policies are bad for our country, and he’s running to …
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[UPDATE: A federal judge has sentenced Butina to a term of 18 months.] As Maria Butina awaits sentencing on conspiracy charges, the feds have released a redacted version of the document where she laid out her plot to influence the Republican Party, seeking to make it more friendly toward Russia. …
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On HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday night, the host talked about socialism in a way that most of the media refuses to. Maher connected his explainer of sorts with the United Nations’ latest annual World Happiness rankings and asked, “If socialism is such a one-way ticket to …
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After a day of speculation and writer’s block jokes by journalists, resistance-grifters and news junkies, the world learned about 5 p.m. ET Friday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had indeed delivered his final report to Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General William Barr. Barr, in turn, sent a letter …
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Comparing the not-gonna-happen rematch of President Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton in upcoming 2020 presidential election to the movie Rocky, Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost first expressed his disappointment that Clinton, this week, announced that she would not run. “First of all, I think she would be …
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