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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) referred to packing the Supreme Court as an “interesting idea” on Tuesday during an interview with “Pod Save America.” Gillibrand appeared on the popular left-wing podcast to discuss her recently launched 2020 presidential campaign, and former Barack Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau told her the next Democratic president “needs to consider reforming […]

By Matt Spetalnick and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday, announcing U.S. recognition of the country’s opposition leader as interim president and signaling potential new sanctions against its vital oil sector. With street protests against Maduro underway across Venezuela, Trump said the United […]

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.) are testing the waters of the 116th Congress for support of importing drugs from Canada, an effort to combat exploding prescription costs. But the pair’s proposal is likely to face suspicion from Republicans, as well as strong public opposition from law enforcement, worried about how […]

The Los Angeles teachers union may have just ended a lengthy strike over a contract dispute, but could soon find itself back in court as a local educator filed a class action suit over forced dues. A public school teacher has filed a class action suit against United Teachers Los Angeles, alleging that it illegally […]

The annual tradition of the president delivering the State of the Union address from the floor of the House of Representatives is still in limbo with the ongoing government shutdown, with one prominent Democratic house member saying hosting the speech from the House chamber is “highly unlikely.” “It’s absolutely not clear about what this president’s […]

The Washington Post issued a correction on Tuesday to one of its stories that claimed Native American activist and veteran Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War. “Earlier versions of this story incorrectly said that Native American activist Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War. Phillips said he served in the U.S. Marines but was never […]

MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews asked on his show Tuesday night whether Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) “is seen as African American.” Harris announced this week she is running for president, putting her candidacy front and center in the 2020 conversation. Speaking to Democratic commentator Jamal Simmons in a clip flagged by Mediaite, Matthews led a […]

“The Daily Show” mocked Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) on Tuesday over backpedaling from her past views on immigration that match the “racist” ones today of President Donald Trump. In a clip flagged by the Daily Beast, Host Trevor Noah did a segment on the apologies being levied by various potential and declared Democratic presidential […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) sent out a tweet filled with falsehoods Tuesday about the viral confrontation between Catholic high school teenagers and a Native American man last week, which also included a de facto defense of a racist hate group. Linking to a tweet by President Donald Trump criticizing “fake news” for their initial […]

Rep. Peter Welch (D., Vt.) apologized Tuesday for making a comment about the partial government shutdown that was dismissive of the United States’ history of slavery. Welch made the comment in the context of an effort to protect federal workers from the adverse effects of a shutdown. Sharing a story covering his proposed legislation, Welch said […]

Things got a little bare on UK’s Sky TV when a panelist on the debate show The Pledge decided to strip off her top to protest Brexit. And it just so happens, the panelist was Rachel Johnson, the sister of Brexiteer and former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. It seems a Cambridge University professor named Victoria Bateman has been […]

At the end of his show Friday night, HBO’s Real Time host Bill Maher ripped Democrats for “swiping left” on good candidates. He started off by saying that nearly 45 million Americans now identify as Democrats and “all of them” are running for president. Maher then said this, drawing applause:  “This time, let’s give them a […]

Bill Maher tonight offered a defense of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Friday night on her tweets about Israel and AIPAC, asking why they’re considered anti-Semitic. Omar’s tweets were condemned by Democratic leaders for perpetuating anti-Semitic stereotypes and she put out this statement Monday: Listening and learning, but standing strong pic.twitter.com/7TSroSf8h1 — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 11, […]

On Thursday night’s All In on MSNBC, host Chris Hayes went to our southern border and interviewed former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who lost a Senate race to Ted Cruz, but is still being painted as a “rising star” in the Democratic sky. In a surprise, Hayes asked a question from the right to O’Rourke — […]

At the top of his show Friday night, CNN’s Don Lemon ripped Republicans for the hypocrisy which he said is “far beyond the hypocrisy on the Democratic side.” It happened during a conversation with Chris Cuomo over President Donald Trump‘s declaration of a national emergency to get wall funding. Lemon started by calling himself an […]

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Sean Hannity tonight went off on “lazy overpaid people in the hate-Trump media” for coverage of and speculation about his relationship with President Donald Trump. Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the White House called both Hannity and Lou Dobbs with a message on the compromise border bill that “Mr. Trump deserved […]

On Friday, President Donald Trump held a press conference at the Rose Garden where he announced his plans to sign a government funding bill and declare a national emergency in order to build his wall. During the presser, the president clashed with CNN’s Jim Acosta, who at one point presented Trump with statistics that don’t […]