Mark Kelly Helped Turn Guns Into a National Issue. But Will a State With Lax Gun Laws Elect Him?
Mark Kelly and his wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, push Congress to act on gun safety legislation on March 23, 2018.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Mark Kelly spent much of the past year on the campaign trail during the midterms, stumping for Democrats who pledged to push…
Iran Sanctions Aren’t Working and Never Will
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the LA Times today, Doyle McManus says that President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran accord has indeed caused them economic pain: But creating economic pain isn’t the goal. The goal is to force Iran to improve its conduct — to accept stricter limits on…
Saving One of America’s Last Black Women’s Colleges
Courtesy of High Point University Just two months ago, Bennett College looked like it might have to close its doors. One of the last two remaining historically black colleges for women, Bennett lacked the funds needed to meet its accreditation requirements. But over 55 days, the 146-year-old North Carolina school used social media and found…
McCarthy: Yeah, We Tried to Kill Protections for Preexisting Conditions
Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I would like to hear this recording: Speaking privately to his donors, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy squarely blamed Republican losses in last year’s midterm elections on the GOP push to roll back health insurance protections for people with preexisting conditions…
Eric Holder Sure Sounds Like He’s Running for President
Former Attorney General Eric Holder became the latest in a long line of Democrats to visit Iowa on Tuesday, giving a speech in Des Moines that increased speculation about a presidential bid. Since stepping down as the country’s first African American attorney general, Holder has chaired the National Democratic Redistricting Trust, which focuses on combatting…
How Paul Manafort Couldn’t Stop Colluding With a Suspected Russian Intelligence Associate
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, continued doing work in Ukraine after he was indicted.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A boatload of revelations produced by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has already yielded strong evidence that Paul Manafort was colluding with pro-Putin forces when he…