The Ukraine Scandal Is Bigger Than We Realized, Democrats’ Report Suggests
President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images A 300-page impeachment report released on Tuesday by House Democrats describes how President Donald Trump used “the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his…
Kamala Harris Just Never Got Serious Enough
Jack Kurtz/ZUMA As a proud employee of a 501(c)3, I have to be a little careful about expressing my personal support for political candidates. But now that Kamala Harris is out, I can say a bit more about her. Initially, I was tentatively in her camp. I’ve seen her in Senate hearings and she’s very…
How the Republicans Are Trying to Gaslight America With Their Impeachment Report
Anna Moneymaker/AP This just in: House Republicans are not being honest. In a slapdash fashion, staffers for Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, who has been implicated himself in the Trump-Ukraine scandal, and two other Republican ranking members—Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Michael McCaul of Texas—have cobbled together…
Democrats from Congress Tried to Reassure World Leaders at the UN Climate Summit
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers assured world leaders at the United Nations climate conference in Madrid that the United States will continue to be a leader in combatting global climate change, despite backward steps by the Trump administration. “The…
Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Hide His Finances From Congress
Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP A federal appeals court in New York ruled Tuesday that two of Donald Trump’s lenders must comply with subpoenas from congressional investigators seeking details about the president’s personal finances. It’s the latest court defeat for Trump, who has steadfastly refused to cooperate with congressional probes and in this case…
California Republican Pleads Guilty to Misusing Campaign Funds
Gregory Bull/AP After claiming for a year that he was the victim of a political “witch hunt” by federal prosecutors as part of a “deep state” conspiracy, disgraced Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of misusing campaign funds for extramarital affairs with lobbyists and congressional aides, family vacations, his children’s private school tuition,…