Speaking from his hometown of Burlington, Vermont, on Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Bernie Sanders addressed the Super Tuesday results, the speculation about Sen. Elizabeth Warren‘s plans for the future, Michael Bloomberg’s decision to drop out of the race, and a new campaign ad featuring President Obama praising Sanders. Sanders won four …
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WASHINGTON — The decision by Trump appointees at the Justice Department to overrule career prosecutors and recommend a more lenient prison sentence for Trump adviser Roger Stone has left lawyers inside the U.S. Attorney’s Office that brought the case fuming, dejected, and looking for the exits. Former federal prosecutors and …
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Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said in two separate interviews that Trump was in on the entire scheme to get Ukraine’s government to announce that they were investigating former Vice President Joe Biden. “President Trump knew exactly what was going on. He was …
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America is on the brink of war with Iran, largely as a result of President Trump’s reckless decision to assassinate Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani. An excellent way to understand how and why this happened is to read Peter Bergen’s new book, Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos …
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren‘s (D-Mass.) presidential campaign released documents Sunday detailing the legal consulting work Warren did while she was a professor at Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. The fees Warren collected over more than two decades amounted to $1.9 million, or approximately $75,000 per year between 1986 and …
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Michael Bloomberg has made clear he doesn’t care about missing the next Democratic debate, or any that may come after that. Confronting his remaining primary opponents, at least those who meet the DNC’s qualifications, doesn’t seem to mean much when he can use a personal fortune well in excess of …
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“The world is laughing at us!” Both on the campaign trail and since taking office, President Trump has insisted repeatedly that prior to his presidency the United States was the laughing stock of the world. But now that he’s calling the shots, he’s said, “we’re respected again.” Reality tells a …
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On the morning of September 29th, six weeks before the 2016 election, Donald Trump was in a conference room at Trump Tower in New York talking to leaders of the religious right about sex-reassignment surgery. In a way, he was bringing about his own transformation. Having quashed the idea that …
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For years now, Russia has sought to frame Ukraine for its own actions interfering with the 2016 presidential election, the New York Times reported, citing three American officials. And, despite being briefed on Russia’s efforts, some in Congress are pushing these conspiracy theories, as seen in Republicans’ questions and speeches …
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Fox News’ Chris Wallace was at it again on Friday, filling the void of truth-telling on a “news” network that defends President Donald Trump regardless of the facts. Fox News host Sandra Smith asked Wallace about White House advisor Kellyanne Conway’s claims that the president isn’t being treated fairly regarding …
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