Stimulus negotiations: Republican venting session shows just how deep GOP rifts go
Senate Republicans and the White House are, on several fronts, further from coalescing around a unified $1 trillion stimulus proposal than they were at the start of the week. Link...
GOP congressman apologizes for confronting Ocasio-Cortez but denies profanity
Rep. Ted Yoho on Wednesday apologized to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for aggressively confronting her outside the Capitol earlier this week, but denied he used profanity to address the congresswoman. “I rise to apologize for the abrupt manner of the conversation I had with my colleague from New York. It...
Trump has made it very, very easy to believe he tried to leverage his position to benefit his golf club
More than three years in and with — a lot going on — it’s easy to lose sight of the scale of Trump’s self-promotion. Philip Bump Link...
Trump may not be as in line with his base on cultural issues as he believes
The president is finding himself on the opposite side of many of his supporters on the day’s biggest culture issue. Eugene Scott Link...
NFL owner and Trump ambassador to UK sparks watchdog inquiry over allegations of racist and sexist remarks and push to promote Trump business
The billionaire NFL owner who serves as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Kingdom was investigated by the State Department watchdog after allegations that he made racist and sexist comments to staff and sought to use his government position to benefit the President’s personal business in the UK,...
‘Hope In Darkness’: Early relationship helped lay foundation for Holts’ prison release
Clockwise from left: Thamy Holt, Josh Holt, attorney Carlos Trujillo, Thamy Holt’s daughters Marian and Nathalia celebrate the finalization of the legal process to allow Marian and Nathalia to stay in the United States in mid-2019. | Holt family This is the latest in a series of articles related...
GOP congressman: Trump’s Ghislaine Maxwell comments were ‘unacceptably obtuse’
Rep. Chip Roy on Wednesday blasted President Donald Trump’s well-wishes for alleged Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell as ‘unacceptably obtuse.’ Trump was asked about Maxwell’s case at his Tuesday evening news conference and said “I wish her well, whatever it is.” The comment quickly sparked outrage on social media...
Liz Cheney defends pro-Trump bona fides after GOP attacks
Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, defended herself Wednesday against criticism from her conservative colleagues that she was not sufficiently supportive of President Donald Trump. In an interview on “Fox & Friends,” the Wyoming congresswoman said she votes in favor of Trump’s legislative priorities “something like 97 percent...
Matt Gaetz appears to run afoul of House ethics rules
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has privately engaged in several spending practices in his nearly four years in office that appear to be in conflict with the House’s ethics rules, a POLITICO investigation has found. Gaetz, a close ally of President Donald Trump from the Florida Panhandle, improperly sent tens...
Why the Black Lives Matter movement doesn’t want a singular leader
In 2015, thousands of Black activists gathered in Ohio for the first national Black Lives Matter convention to consider where the movement would direct its energy. Attendees in the crowd held up red construction paper to signal “no” to a handful of narrow options, like focusing only on policy...