The Pentagon Wants Congress to Vote on the Border Emergency With Blinders On
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Several weeks after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border, the Pentagon still has not finalized a list of projects that will be sidelined to build his wall. Despite several requests from Congress, acting defense secretary Pat…
Manafort Gets More Than 7 Years in Prison
Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing at US District Court on June 15, 2018.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to more than six years in prison on conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges on…
Devin Nunes Tweeted About Straws and a Lot of People Decided His Take…Sucked
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., listens during the House Intelligence Committee hearing in July, 2018. Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls debate the merits of socialism versus capitalism, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) warned Saturday night that socialism has already taken over…
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…
Watch Trump’s Financial Industry Watchdog Get Grilled by Congress’ Newest Members
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When news broke in January that a slew of Democratic House freshmen who have largely forsworn corporate PAC donations had snagged seats on the powerful House Financial Services Committee, Wall Street was not pleased. A Thursday hearing hosted by the committee…