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In the latest Qunnipiac poll, dated between September 19 and the 23rd, shows Elizabeth Warren (D, MA) has a slight edge over former Vice President Joe Biden for the first time in the bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Warren now has 27 percent of the vote of Democratic voters and independent voters […]
Florida Rep. Donna Shalala (D), who is considered to be one of the more ‘moderate’ liberal Democratic House members, issued a statement supporting the impeachment inquiry shortly after the Acting Director of National Intelligence’s appearance before the House Intelligence Committee.
In his opening remarks of the House Intelligence Committee's interview of Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, Chairman Adam Schiff (D) embarrassed himself and made a mockery of the proceedings by lying about what was actually said during the phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
With congressional Democrats completely focused on impeaching President Donald Trump, it appears as if Congress has stalled.
Rep. Ted Deutch (D) has challenged Senator Marco Rubio (R), a member of the Senate Committee on Intelligence, to tell Floridian’s where he stands on impeaching President Trump.
During a joint press conference with President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the newly elected Zelensky told reporters that he was not pressured by anyone into probing vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
The transcript of the call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky has been released and it appears as if House Democrats have jumped the gun over their reason for starting an impeachment inquiry of the president.
After President Trump admitted to asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to probe vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter, it was the last straw for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D), who today announced that she would start a formal impeachment inquiry into the president.
Florida Congressman Charlie Crist (D) has announced he is now on board with Democratic calls to impeach President Donald Trump over the president allegedly endangering "America's national security for his own political gain."
As Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) is said to be “all out of options” over whether or not to impeach President Donald Trump over the recent allegation that he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to look into vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Former CNN Anchor Soledad O'Brien took issue with what Sen. Marco Rubio (R) said during an interview with reporters on Capitol Hill about impeaching President Donald Trump, calling the junior senator an "absolute coward."
After CNN anchor Chris Cuomo lost control over being called “Fredo” by a group of men in New York City a couple of months back, who would have thought that he would forever be stigmatized as the weaker, older brother of Michael Corleone?
When he isn’t tweeting about how bad his beloved Miami Dolphins are playing, or tweeting Bible passages, Senator Marco Rubio (R) is calling out Venezuelan despots, Russia’s spying, and the Chinese governments will dominate the world economy, and beyond.
Both Republican and Democratic members of Congress want to make prescription drug prices more affordable for Americans, as does President Donald Trump, who asked for bipartisan legislation to cut drug costs for Americans.
With the 2020 Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Democratic primary less than five months away, the latest presidential polls in those to respective states do not look good for vice president Joe Biden. For months, Biden has held a double-digit lead over the field of presidential candidates, but the latest Des Moines Register poll […]
Liberal groups are taking credit for former Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen canceling her planned appearance at the annual The Atlantic Festival, where she was slated to be interviewed by the group.
Today, Reps. Donna Shalala (FL-27), Ayanna Pressley (MA-7), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) (pictured) introduced the Protecting Student Aid Act of 2019 (PSA Act), as a response to fraud and federal student aid programs. “However, since assuming office, Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration have dramatically cut the resources available at the Student Aid Enforcement Unit," […]
The U.S. Congress’ foremost advocate for gun violence awareness, Rep. Ted Deutch (D), has called President Donald Trump a “coward” for not pushing gun “gun safety negotiators” to expedite the legislative negotiation process the president himself says is “going very slowly.”
