Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg stuck up for NFL player protests during the national anthem, telling TMZ this week that his service in the military was partially about protected the right to protest peacefully. Buttigieg, a Navy veteran, shared his viewpoint on Thursday after a TMZ cameraman in New York asked him his thoughts on President […]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is set to have lunch with a prolific conspiracy theorist who argues the mass shooting in Las Vegas was an intelligence operation meant to distract from the Harvey Weinstein scandal — and who is also, by far, the most successful digital fundraiser for her campaign, according to a recent announcement from the […]
TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump is downplaying recent North Korean missile tests, tweeting from Tokyo that they’re not a concern for him — even though they are for Japan. Trump says, “North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me.” That message appears to contradict […]
CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta believes that President Donald Trump’s frequent attack on journalists as the “enemy of the people” began as an “act” to target a scapegoat and whip up anger — and more support for himself — among his backers, The Guardian reported. Acosta discusses Trump’s attitude toward reporters — and his […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A flood of laws banning abortions in Republican-run states has handed Democrats a political weapon heading into next year’s elections, helping them paint the GOP as extreme and court centrist voters who could decide congressional races in swing states, members of both parties say. The Alabama law outlawing virtually all abortions, even […]
President Donald Trump’s decision to vilify Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has had real, harmful effects not just on the first-year congresswoman, but on Muslim candidates running for public office at the state and local levels as well. In March, Omar faced significant criticism ― including from members of her own party ― for comments about […]
Hillary Clinton rebuked President Donald Trump and his “cronies” for spreading doctored footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in an effort to smear the congresswoman, calling it “sexist trash.” The former Democratic presidential candidate delivered the condemnation in a speech Friday at a Harris County Democratic Party event in Houston. “The president and his cronies […]
Even during a state visit to Japan, President Donald Trump still managed to deliver yet another gift-wrapped package of glee — and some horror — to Twitter critics. The president enjoyed what he characterized as North Korea leader Kim Jong Un’s dig at “low IQ” Joe Biden, Trump tweeted on Saturday. Except Trump spelled the former […]
Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), the third-ranking Republican in the House, dangerously claimed FBI officials who launched the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election could be guilty of committing treason. During an interview Sunday that likely appealed to President Donald Trump, Cheney pointed to Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, two FBI staffers who sent […]
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of leveraging his privileged background to avoid military service, calling Trump’s 1968 medical deferment during the Vietnam War “an assault on the honor of this country.” “There is no question, I think, to any reasonable […]