A Top Democrat Just Set a Hard Deadline for Trump to Hand Over His Tax Returns
Evan Vucci/AP A top House Democrat stepped up the heat on Saturday in the fight for access to President Donald Trump’s tax returns, demanding that the IRS hand over the documents to members of Congress by a late April deadline. Rep. Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, first made the request…
Beto O’Rourke’s Vote to Lift the Oil Export Ban Looms Over His Climate Record
Now, as the United States is poised to surpass Saudi Arabia as the world’s No. 1 oil and gas exporter, his campaign has echoed that defense. In a lengthy statement to HuffPost, Chris Evans, a spokesman for O’Rourke’s presidential campaign, said former congressman believed the vote would ensure “the resources we consume—even as we work…
Ted Cruz Staged a Hearing on Tech Bias. Senate Democrats Weren’t Having It.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) shows false information about Sandy Hook on Google. She was the only Democrat present for most of a hearing on alleged conservative bias in tech. Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA This week, Senate Democrats signaled they might be sick of dealing with claims from their Republican counterparts that Silicon Valley tech companies…
House Democrats Just Passed a Bill to Revive Net Neutrality
Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call On Wednesday morning, the House of Representatives passed a bill to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections—but the effort is likely to stop there, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) saying his chamber won’t consider the measure and the White House threatening to veto the bill as well. The House passed…
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Scandal Just Got Bigger
An entranceway to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A Chinese woman arrested after breaching security at President’s Donald Trump’s private club in Florida had a signal detector, other electronics, and thousands of dollars stashed in her hotel room, federal prosecutors said during a court hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida on Monday.…
A 23-Year-Old Went on Fox News and Schooled Their Hosts on the Green New Deal
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Jack Vandeleuv’s Thursday night went like this: He went to a diner in Riverside, Missouri, ordered himself a vegetarian omelet and served up arguably the most clear-eyed defense of the Green New Deal yet broadcast on Fox News. In a…