Politics

On Thursday night, we’ll find out which Democratic presidential candidates will share the stage during two nights of primary debates later this month. Related: Democratic Primary Policy Guide In 2016, when the Republican field was too big for everyone to share the stage, the candidates were divided into early, less-watched …

The “Salute to America” extravaganza on the National Mall this July 4th is poised to be one of the gaudiest, most over-the-top displays of jingoism in American history. President Trump wouldn’t have it any other way. According to the Washington Post, Trump has “demonstrated an unusual level of interest” in …

Listen to an audio version of this story below: It could have been an episode of The Apprentice. On a summer day in 2016, a group of businessmen and women descended on Trump Tower in Manhattan. They exited their black SUVs and rode the golden elevators to the 26th floor, …

President Trump recently cleaned house at the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement so he could take a more aggressive approach to immigration. He revealed part of this approach on Monday night, tweeting thatnext week ICE “will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens …

Former U.S. President Barack Obama was the keynote speaker at the VTEX DAY conference in Brazil this week. On Thursday, prior to Friday’s Virginia Beach shooting, he talked about America’s gun laws, according to The Hill. “The most difficult day that I’ve had was the day that there was a …

For anyone who thinks Fox News is in some way legitimizing itself by hosting town hall events with Democratic candidates,please direct your attention to the events of the past 24 hours. It began Sunday night, when the network hosted a town hall event with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. As …

More than 500 former federal prosecutors have signed on to an open letter declaring that President Trump appears to have has committed numerous felonies, and would already have been charged if he were not the commander in chief. The open letter, posted to Medium, had been signed by 566 former …

Presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke unveiled his environmental agenda in California’s Yosemite Valley Monday, declaring it “the most ambitious climate plan in the history of the United States” — only to have the proposal immediately assailed by environmentalists who said it does not go far enough. Under the plan — which …

Hillary Clinton and her husband, Bill Clinton, were featured in a video with Comedy Central’s Jordan Klepper during which Hillary read from the Robert Mueller report. Among other things, the former presidential candidate quoted a portion of the report, reading aloud: “The president slumped back in his chair and said, …

Pete Buttigieg is scheduled to officially announce his candidacy for president this weekend. The 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, mayor has been steadily climbing in the polls — and in our 2020 Democratic candidate leaderboard — since announcing in January that he was forming a committee to explore his chances of …