Trump Is Spoiling for Yet Another Big Fight Over Border Wall Funding
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving for Alabama to survey areas devastated by powerful tornadoes, in Washington D.C., on March 8, 2019. Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, President Donald Trump will again plunge the nation into a bitter fight and more uncertainty…
Jay Inslee Calls for the Nuclear Option to Combat Climate Change
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) launched his 2020 presidential campaign at a local solar energy company in Seattle on March 1.Paul Christian Gordon/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democratic presidential candidate focused on climate change, argued Sunday that the Senate will have to abolish the…
Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Flock to South by Southwest Festival
Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Presidential hopefuls are lining up in Austin, Texas, this weekend to appear at the trendy tech gathering known as South by Southwest (SXSW). The yearly weekend festival that features new technology, music, and film premieres attracts a young and liberal crowd that candidates…
House Dems Expect to Pass Their Top Bill on Friday. It Would Require Trump to Disclose His Tax Returns.
Mary Altaffer/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrats are opening another front in their effort to win the release of President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Their plan: Vote on legislation that would require the president and vice president, along with all future candidates for those offices, to disclose 10 years…
Bernie Sanders Officially Kicks Off His 2020 Campaign With a Return to Brooklyn
Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives on stage before launching his 2020 presidential campaign in Brooklyn.Craig Ruttle/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont kicked off his second presidential campaign at a rally on Saturday just a few miles from the Brooklyn apartment where he grew up. He told…
The 2020 Race Has Its First Climate Candidate
AP Photo/Mary Schwalm Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Washington Governor Jay Inslee joined the Democratic primary frenzy on Friday, launching a campaign with climate change as its central focus, an issue that conventional political wisdom, pointing to the polling, dismisses as a lower priority for voters than healthcare and stagnating…