Protesters Oppose Republican Senators’ Rigged Impeachment Trial
Protesters gathered outside of the U.S. Capitol ahead of the rigged GOP-led Senate impeachment “trial” of President Trump on Tuesday.
Protesters gathered outside of the U.S. Capitol ahead of the rigged GOP-led Senate impeachment “trial” of President Trump on Tuesday.
Among Britons, Trump is one of the least-liked foreign leaders, with just 21% of people surveyed by YouGov having a positive opinion of him. Among women, that figure fell to 14%.
A U.S. federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Democrats in Congress can move forward with a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating the law by accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments through his businesses.
“I intend to consult with House Counsel and Committee Members about scheduling a vote on contempt,” House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings said in a statement.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler called on Attorney General William Barr on Thursday to release any summaries of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report that were prepared by Mueller’s team. Nadler, a Democrat who is also demanding release of the full Mueller report to Congress, sent a letter to Barr citing…
By Jan Pytalski WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several hundred people gathered outside the White House and in New York’s Times Square in small rallies organized by liberal advocacy groups demanding the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s report on Russia‘s role in the 2016 presidential election. U.S. Attorney General William Barr, who received the confidential report…
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the letter, signed by four other lawmakers. It asked investigators to look into “public reports about alleged activities by Ms. Li ‘Cindy’ Yang and her apparent relationship with the president.”
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on his television show “The Apprentice” or delay it until after he leaves the White House. In a 3-2 decision in favor of former contestant Summer Zervos, the…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Two U.S. House Democrats on Thursday asked the White House and Justice Department to turn over documents that could show whether Republican President Donald Trump sought to intervene in the regulatory review of AT&T Inc’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc. In letters released on Thursday, House Judiciary Committee…
The documents listed 10 journalists, an attorney and 47 others, some of them labeled organizers and instigators from the United States and elsewhere. The NBC affiliate in San Diego, KNSD-TV, said it received the documents from an unidentified source in the Department of Homeland Security.
House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, said in the letters that the panel wants to ask about Trump’s legally mandated financial ethics disclosures.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Friday said President Donald Trump was violating Congress’ constitutionally granted power of the purse by issuing an emergency declaration to obtain funds to build a border wall, and they threatened potential legal action. The Congress will defend our constitutional authorities in the Congress,…
By Deborah Gembara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of furloughed federal employees chanting “we want to work” gathered for a union-led march to the White House on Thursday, the 20th day of a partial government shutdown over U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funding. “Hey, hey, ho, ho, shutdown’s got to go” protesters shouted…
Democrat Nancy Pelosi was elected on Thursday to be the new speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives as her party took majority control of the chamber following its election victory last Nov. 6.
By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nancy Pelosi said Democrats will begin to seek President Donald Trump’s tax returns – a move likely to prompt outrage from the White House – when they take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January. The House Ways and Means Committee will “take the first steps,” said…
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sounded the alarm Thursday morning that Trump is interfering in the Mueller probe right in front of our eyes.
A liberal-leaning California-based federal appeals court that has often ruled against President Donald Trump dealt him another setback this week in a major immigration case and soon could be asked to weigh in on a pipeline project he has championed.
Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives will likely put the leadership of many congressional committees into the hands of some of Republican President Donald Trump’s most prominent adversaries on Capitol Hill. Democratic party leaders in the House will decide on the heads of committees, with seniority…
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats on Friday asked the White House for more information about planning for a new FBI headquarters and released a government email that they said raises fresh concerns about the Trump administration’s handling of the matter. In the latest skirmish between top Democratic investigators in the U.S. House…
In a multi-front House inquiry of Trump, his business interests and his presidency, Nadler would link arms with Elijah Cummings, who would become head of the House Oversight Committee, and Adam Schiff, who would chair the House Intelligence Committee.
U.S. gun-control advocates have outspent by more than 40 percent gun-rights groups on next month’s congressional elections, reversing the National Rifle Association’s longstanding dominance in spending on gun politics.
On a recent Thursday night, more than 100 people in Hollywood turned their attention to politics. They mingled with Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti inside a hip piano bar lighted by a sign that screamed “OMG WTF.”
Female opposition to the Republican push to confirm Kavanaugh shot up by double digits since last month, from 42 percent to 55 percent.
With Christine Blasey Ford up against an all male panel being fronted by Rachel Mitchell, a registered Republican they brought in from Maricopa County in Arizona (home to injustice and cruelty), a fact depicted so brilliantly by a New York Times photo below, people flocked to send Christine Blasey Ford their support.
All ten Judiciary Committee Democrats tried to school Republican Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to “learn from past mistakes,” that is, to ease himself into the modern era where sexual assault is no longer something to be ignored.
On Capitol Hill, protesters of Brett Kavanaugh are making their feelings known on Thursday and getting arrested for it
#KremlinAnnex protesters place a sign referring to Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of a 1982 sexual assault, and spell out the word “AMORAL” on the 66th consecutive day of their demonstration out#KremlinAnnex protesters place a sign referring to Christine Blasey Ford outside the White House in Washington
House Judiciary Democrats are trying their best to protect the country from President Trump’s ongoing mental health and incompetency issues. Today they are trying to get three Judiciary Republicans to sign a notice to force a vote on the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, which they say is needed due to Trump’s “unhinged behavior toward law enforcement.”
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing in the Senate this week was frequently disrupted as protesters were removed from the hearing room by police, with more than 200 people arrested.
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) – Filmmaker Michael Moore compares U.S. President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler in his provocative new documentary, “Fahrenheit 11/9” that got its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday to a sold-out audience. The documentary examines the forces Moore believes contributed to Trump’s election victory in November…
Democrats pressed Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick, over newly released emails highlighting his views on abortion and race issues on Thursday during his Senate confirmation hearing after a tense partisan fight over the public release of the documents.
It isn’t just Democratic critics or the Never Trumpers in the Republican Party who are now questioning the president’s fitness to be in the White House.
Why is Leader Nancy Pelosi labeled “polarizing” when Republicans, with whom the majority of the public does not agree, are not? I asked her this in an exclusive interview and she told me “They’re afraid of me, they’re afraid of women.”
Photos: Protesters disrupted a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “Oversight of Immigration Enforcement and Family Reunification Efforts” on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.
Pointing out that Rod Rosenstein is a Republican appointee, Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) blasted the Republicans for having no shame. The Democratic Leader said that attack on Rosenstein is an attack on the Mueller investigation and attempt by Rep. Jim Jordan to deflect from the scrutiny he’s under in Ohio.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be U.S. President Trump’s “puppeteer” and demanded an apology for the American people on Thursday.
After a passionate speech by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer for more funding for election security, Democrats on the House floor erupted in chants of “USA!” on Thursday. Video: Hoyer and the House Democrats are protesting against the spending bill that eliminates new funding for election security grants to states. “It would be inaccurate to…
On the third straight night of protests over Trump’s Helsinki fiasco outside the White House, protesters chanted, “Lock him up!” “We the the people are the power!”, carried a flashing sign reading “TREASON” and signs about President Trump’s child abuse policies and others calling him a traitor. Video: They said Trump blamed everyone but himself…
This is day two of protests outside of the White House after President Trump returned from what was dubbed his “Treason Summit” with President Putin.
When it became clear that President Donald Trump was seriously considering nominating Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, the conservative judge’s former law clerks swung into action as among his most energetic public cheerleaders.
Speaking in Johannesburg on Tuesday, Former President Barack Obama spoke to 15,000 people in celebration of the 100 year anniversary since Nelson Mandela’s birth. Obama spoke with sadness about how some among us are still blaming those who are different from us for our troubles and warned of the dangers of “strongman politics” which are…
The blimp portraying Donald Trump as a snarling baby that flew over London last week during the U.S. president’s European tour could soon be in New Jersey’s skies after activists said they had raised enough money to bring it to the United States.
About 2,500 protesters demonstrated in support of human rights, democracy and the environment in Helsinki on Sunday, a day before U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a summit in the Finnish capital.
Chanting “Donald Trump has got to go,” tens of thousands of protesters marched through London on Friday waving banners and banging pots to demonstrate against the U.S. president on his first official visit to Britain.
President Donald Trump must seek a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end Moscow’s interference in American elections, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Friday after fresh indictments against Russian military officers.
A blimp depicting Donald Trump as an orange, snarling nappy-wearing baby flew outside the British parliament in London on Friday, launched by critics of the U.S. president who are demonstrating throughout his visit to the country.
The NFL players union filed a grievance on Tuesday over the league’s new requirement that players stand for the national anthem or wait in their dressing rooms, a policy that followed President Donald Trump’s denunciation of pregame protests.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fled from a restaurant as he was met by protesters chanting “vote you out,” and “where are the children.” Video: A group of Louisville residents, including several @DemSocialists members, had a message for Mitch McConnell as he left a local restaurant today. Powerful people like Mitch deserve no peace…
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to demand the Trump administration reverse an immigration crackdown that has separated children from parents at the U.S-Mexico border and sparked plans for military-run detention camps.
Several hundred activists gathered for an act of “mass civil disobedience” in the U.S. capital on Thursday ahead of weekend protests across the country against the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
Women activists are planning a “mass civil disobedience” act in the U.S. capital on Thursday ahead of weekend protests across the country against the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
Federal officers on Thursday removed protesters from the entrance of an office used by immigration authorities in Portland, Oregon, breaking up a days-long demonstration against the Trump administration’s immigration policies, officials said.
Small groups of protesters in cities across the United States are camping outside offices used by federal immigration agents, seeking to disrupt deportations in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tough stance on illegal immigration.
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday urged a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction to block the Trump administration from routinely separating unauthorized immigrant parents from their children.
Several Democratic U.S. senators on Friday called on federal regulators to look into potential data leaks after President Donald Trump last week tweeted what some viewed as a tip about the big monthly U.S. payrolls report before its public release.
Purple Project is one of a number of informal groups in solidly blue states such as California, Vermont and Massachusetts that have mobilized this year to back candidates in distant swing districts. So far, it has endorsed six candidates and plans to endorse 14 more by the end of July.
Representative Keith Ellison, a Democratic National Committee official and the first Muslim elected to Congress, on Tuesday launched his campaign for attorney general of Minnesota.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators plan to introduce as soon as Tuesday legislation that would force President Donald Trump, or any U.S. president, to obtain congressional approval before imposing tariffs on national security grounds, a senior senator said on Tuesday. Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Foreign Relations…
Six Democratic U.S. senators have asked billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to explain how an Icahn-owned refinery secured a valuable EPA exemption from the nation’s biofuels law.
Dismayed European allies sought to salvage the international nuclear pact with Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the landmark accord, while Tehran poured scorn on the U.S. leader.
Pruitt testified that the EPA was not planning to revoke California’s Clean Air Act waiver that enables it to set more stringent fuel economy standards days ago, and then did exactly that.
It is a violation of the law to knowingly make false statements to a Congressional committee.
The media’s obsequious circling of the wagons around White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders over a brutal roasting by a comedienne is more troubling than anything Michelle Wolf said.
“We can choose isolationism, withdrawal and nationalism — this is an option. It can be tempting to us as a temporary remedy for our fears. But closing the door to the world, will not stop the evolution of the world,” he added.
Democrats have a $10.5 million fundraising advantage over Republicans in the 25 most competitive races for seats the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of the November elections, according to an analysis by Reuters.
Re Russia’s attack on 2016 election: ‘I recall Trump listening without interrupting, and asking only one question, which was really more of a statement: “But you found there was no impact on the result, right?” The intelligence team said they had done no such analysis.
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers asked embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday to provide documents about ethics issues they said were revealed to them by a former agency official, including spending on bulletproof vests, weapons and a contract with an Italian security service. The Democrats, including Senators Tom…
U.S. progressive groups are gearing up for nationwide protests if President Donald Trump fires the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, or replaces the Justice Department official overseeing the probe.
The source said investigators were looking into whether there was a broader pattern of tax fraud, wire fraud, tax evasion, money laundering and other crimes in Cohen’s private dealings, including his work for Trump and some real estate transactions that involved Russian buyers.
The 43-year-old stay-at-home mother, who suffers from diabetes, anxiety and depression, is one of more than 400,000 low-income Kentucky residents who obtained Medicaid coverage under President Barack Obama’s 2010 Affordable Care Act. Barr’s vote last year to repeal Obamacare scared Anderson.
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired by the Trump administration but has said he was terminated because he is a crucial witness in the Russia investigation, has raised more than $292,000 in seven hours to help cover costs defending against other ongoing government probes, the funding website showed.
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired by the Trump administration but says he was terminated because he is a crucial witness in the Russia investigation, is raising funds to help cover costs defending against other ongoing government probes, according to a copy of a draft website seen by Reuters.
The Democrats see the issue as one that is vital to their electoral strength. They believe the question will frighten census respondents who think that they might be deported by the Trump Administration. And of course, they believe the Republicans are doing this solely to give themselves more political power.
Thanks to the omnibus spending bill Trump signed on Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has canceled a set of efforts meant to tackle the issue of school safety. Since the bill slashed $1.3 billion from the department’s budget, there is no longer enough money to finance these projects, according to a statement put out…
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats on a congressional oversight panel accused Republicans on Thursday of failing to insist that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration comply with requests for records in an investigation of security clearance practices, use of private jets and private email accounts. Democrats said that at a committee meeting on Thursday,…
In an ominous sign for Trump’s Republicans eight months before national midterm elections, moderate Democrat Conor Lamb led conservative Republican Rick Saccone by a fraction of a percentage point in the race for the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The final result may not be available until Friday.
The firm’s presentation, viewed by Reuters and not previously reported, showed a significant “intensity gap” between the two parties, with 82 percent of Democrats strongly disapproving of the job Trump is doing as president, while just 56 percent of Republicans strongly approve of his performance.
The House Ethics Committee needs to investigate the conduct of the House Intelligence Committee and its members, especially Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), CNN legal expert Steve Vladeck concluded after a shocking revelation that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen received inside information from the Russia probe that is supposed to be investigating Trump’s inner circle.
The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, said on Thursday she would step down from the job in May, joining a growing list of senior U.S. State Department officials to resign from the agency during the presidency of Donald Trump.
David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that left 17 dead, has become one of the leaders in the movement for stricter gun control laws after the tragedy. One of the ways he’s been fighting back is by using his now massive platform to urge companies with partnerships to the National…
The blue wave is taking shape as the country assesses the damage from the Putin-backed White House to the assault weapons stalking our citizens as they do innocent things like attend concerts or school.
Thanks to the chaos Trump continues to unleash with everything he does, five former federal prosecutors have decided to seek House seats — and they’re running as Democrats. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Chris Hunter resigned from the job he’d held at the Justice Department for over a decade in December, prompted by…
The massively hyped memo written by GOP congressman Devin Nunes has backfired in several ways, and on Saturday, the campaign of Andrew Janz, the Democratic candidate running against Nunes for his seat in the California House, revealed another way it blew up in the Republican’s face. According to Heather Greven, Janz’ campaign manager, the controversy…
Democrats from the House and Senate sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Friday warning him against using the recently released Republican memo as a “pretext” to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein or Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
One of the most important, if not the most important, goals of The Resistance movement is to get people to participate in local politics rather than just voting every four years in presidential elections. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to be taking this seriously, because on Monday, he announced that the site would begin showing users more…
Anti-capitalists marched through Swiss cities on Tuesday to protest a planned visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to the World Economic Forum (WEF) and broke through a security cordon in Davos.
Leftists organizers called for the protests under the mottos “Trump Not Welcome” and “Smash WEF!”
A rumor that Trump plans on firing special counsel Mueller on Dec. 22 has been circulating on Capitol Hill. California Rep. Jackie Speier first rang the alarm last Friday during a KQED Newsroom interview. Well, there is already a response effort ready to take to the streets if the president dares to try and shut down…
A federal judge dealt yet another blow to the Trump administration — which, other than passing an almost universally-hated tax bill, has yet to accomplish anything — on Monday.
Thousands of women who marched to protest Republican President Donald Trump’s inauguration gathered in Detroit on Friday to organize around issues like the viral “Me Too” movement exposing the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and violence.
The time has come to take a long hard look at abolishing the Democratic and Republican political parties. America stands divided politically, socially and economically and the seed of division has been planted in our government. Party affiliation has taken precedent over common sense and country. Republicans and Democrats alike, push and pull for power…
The Democrats point out that healthcare is a public policy most likely to to profoundly affect someone’s life, and should be done responsibly and transparently, and additionally they reminded the Republican Senator of regular order which he is ignoring once again, “Since February 1975, Congress, the press, and the citizenry have relied on the non-partisan CBO to produce formal cost estimates for nearly every bill approved by a full committee in either chamber of Congress.”
A planned far-right rally in California and expected counter-demonstration comes on the heels of massive protests in U.S. cities over the weekend in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last week.
When it comes to the scourge of White Supremacy, Donald Trump has been mistakenly labeled as an enabler. Donald Trump is not just that. He is an inciter, an igniter, a provocateur of intolerance and racial hate.
The NRA has used the example of a caustic Trump administration to raise their public profile from delusional to dangerous. No longer satisfied with having undue influence in our government, they’ve resorted to threats on media and denouncement of other civil rights platforms.
The Republican Party owes a debt to the public which it serves, however, nothing is owed to the Republican president who has proven that he is intent on serving only himself and his financial interests.
The greatest trick the devil ever performed was to convince the world that he did not exist. However, he was unable to carry out this illusion alone. Donald Trump has figured this out and enlisted his very own shepherd to spread his malevolent message. Fox News and it’s resident dolt, Sean Hannity, play the part of messenger of misinformation and political distortion.
The Koch brothers represent a problem that subverts and strangles the ideology of the democratic process. Charles and David Koch, owners of Koch Industries have thrust themselves in the midst of our government with the root of all evil: Money. Make no mistake, they have been welcomed with open arms by a government short on ideas and long on greed.
Democrats have one big, glaring downfall when it comes to the war against Republican obstruction and denial of the democratic process. It’s something that each one of you have control over
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi praised the “courageous voices” of the people taking to the streets to demand answers and facts, saying House Democrats were behind them and would not “stand down.”
Top Democrats sent a letter Wednesday to remind Donald Trump that it’s his obligation under the law to pay Obamacare’s subsidies.