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What does Putin have on the president?
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after Special Counsel Mueller released a seven-count indictment of top Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone.
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U.S. government seen as most corrupt in 7 Years
The U.S. under President Donald Trump dropped six places to 22nd globally in the 2018 corruption-perception index published by the Berlin-based Transparency International.
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The economics of soaking the rich
What does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know about tax policy? A lot, says Paul Krugman in his New York Times column.
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MLB, Cuban Baseball Federation reach agreement; Trump administration may block it
Major League Baseball on Wednesday reached a historic agreement with Cuba’s baseball federation that would regulate and streamline the entry of Cuban players coming to the U.S.
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‘I was not sent to Washington to play nice’
A group of newly elected progressive House Democrats are protesting their own congressional orientation program at Harvard Kennedy School this week.
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Where does Marco Rubio stand on Alexander Acosta now?
A Miami Herald investigation on Acosta's role as prosecutor in a South Florida child-sex case has raised new questions about the Trump cabinet member.
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The backstory on the Pelosi leadership flap
No matter how intense the top-down pressure gets from Speaker Pelosi, we should insist from the bottom up that members of Congress stand their ground for progressive principles.
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Number of U.S. kids who don’t have health insurance is on the rise
After years of steady decline, the number of U.S. children without health insurance rose by 276,000 in 2017, according to a Georgetown University report.
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Melania Trump’s hotel charges were $174,000 for a day trip to Toronto
Melania Trump's 12-hour 2017 trip to Toronto cost taxpayers $174,000 in hotel bills. The first lady was in Toronto to help kick off the Invictus Games, which Britain’s Prince Harry…
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Trump warns that Florida recount could set dangerous precedent of person with most votes winning
“Democrats are going on and on about counting every last vote until they find out who got the most,” Trump said. “Since when does getting the most votes mean you win?”
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