Politics

Tonight, President Trump officially kicks off his 2020 re-election campaign with a rally in Orlando. It’s sure to be a raucous event, with not a word – or not a serious word, anyway – about the biggest challenge of our time: climate change. Few places in America have more at …

California Congressman and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff appeared on ABC’s This Week Sunday morning and blamed the Republican-controlled Senate for the House not going ahead with impeachment proceedings. “One party—the Republican Party—has turned itself into a cult of the president’s personality and is not likely to act consistent …

The National Rifle Association is accusing its longtime public relations firm of “fomenting” an “executive coup” attempt, and the gun group is suing the agency for $40 million in damages, alleging a “total breach of contract” in the wake of what it calls “misleading, defamatory” leaks of confidential documents. The …

Sybrina Fulton, mother of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in 2012, announced Saturday she is entering the race for Miami-Dade County Commission. Fulton is running to fill a seat in District 1 vacated by term-limited Commissioner Barbara Jordan. The mayor of Miami Gardens is …

In the face of a “nationwide assault on women’s constitutional rights by ideological extremists” Democratic presidential candidates are strengthening their calls for federal action to protect reproductive rights. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand traveled to Georgia on Thursday, where she decried the attacks on women’s rights across the country and announced a …

While sea level rise may be the most talked-about adverse effect of climate change, there is virtually no aspect of life on Earth that isn’t under threat from global temperature rise — including life on Earth itself. The United Nations recently released a summary of a report written by 400 …

Update: President Trump announced on Thursday that Stephen Moore has withdrawn himself from consideration for a spot on the Federal Reserve Board. “Steve Moore, a great pro-growth economist and a truly fine person, has decided to withdraw from the Fed process. Steve won the battle of ideas including Tax Cuts …

WASHINGTON — Now that the bulk of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report is public, what happens next? Mueller ran his investigation largely as a fact-finding mission focused on two subjects: conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign, and possible obstruction-of-justice by President Trump. While Mueller did not uncover conclusive …

On Monday, Senate Democrats voted down a $13.45 billion disaster relief package because it only included $600 million for Puerto Rican food stamps. President Trump responded hours later by lashing out at the U.S. territory on Twitter, calling the “place” a “mess,” accusing its politicians of incompetence and corruption and dramatically …

The National Rifle Association is preparing to punish lawmakers for voting to protect women from their stalkers and domestic abusers. The gun lobby announced this week that it will dock its grades for politicians who vote to renew the Violence Against Women Act. The legislation, first passed in 1994, is …