Politics

Paul Erickson, the GOP operative and longtime boyfriend of criminal Russian national Maria Butina, has been indicted on 11 counts of federal wire fraud and money laundering, for what the U.S. Attorney’s office in South Dakota describes as a two-decade scheme to “defraud” investors and “personally enrich Erickson.” Each count …

Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Updatehosts Colin Jost and Michael Che opened their segment by mocking the president for ending the shutdown without getting funding for his beloved wall and caving to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “It’s pretty clear that Trump has not figured out how to deal with Nancy Pelosi …

According to a new poll, when it comes to taxing the rich, most Americans are “radical.” The majority of Americans, including 45 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of Democrats, expressed support for a proposal by newly-elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to increase the top marginal tax rate to 70 …

Eight-hundred-thousand federal workers weren’t paid on Friday because President Trump says he needs a wall to protect us. His case for continuing the partial government shutdown, repeated once more in his Oval Office fundraising speech last week, is that migrants from Mexico and Central America are poisoning our country with …

Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who has overseen Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation since Jeff Sessions’ recusal, is leaving the Justice Department. The confirmation hearings for William Barr, President Trump’s pick for attorney general, begin January 15th, and once Barr is confirmed, likely sometime in February, Rosenstein will step …

Felipe Gómez Alonzo was only eight years old when he died in custody of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. He is the second child to die while under the agency’s care. Seven-year-oldJakelin Caal Maquin also died in custody earlier in the month, and in response, CBP has ordered medical checks …

Arizona governor Doug Ducey announced Tuesday he will appoint Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) to the Arizona Senate seat previously held by the late senator John McCain. “With her experience and long record of service, Martha is uniquely qualified to step up and fight for Arizona’s interests in the U.S. Senate,” …

We are 23 months from the next presidential election, and that seems like even more of a political eternity with Donald Trump in office. His divine calling appears to be the exploitation of various American faults and fault lines, pulling at the nation’s cultural tensions while enjoying what many believe …

Three months have passed since that fleeting, anonymous New York Times op-ed from a Trump staffer claiming that she or he was busy trying to save us from the president’s agenda and “his worst inclinations.” The piece was largely useless, but it was entertaining. Conservatives who have remained silent about …

The seven-acre plot lies directly west of El Paso, Texas. To drive there, you need to head north of the city, where Artcraft Road crosses the Rio Grande river, over the New Mexico state line, then head south far enough where suburbs fade into desert, fields of sage brush and …