Republicans

Ted Cruz's latest dig at Beto O'Rourke on Twitter might be his vilest yet

Ted Cruz's social media team has reached a dark new low.<p>Right before Senate hopeful Beta O'Rourke's debate with Cruz last night, where the sitting …

Ted Cruz

Trump at war (with his own government)

<b>We’re starting to see</b> the worst collateral damage of President Trump's war with his own Justice Department. The rift has dominated (even defined) his …

Politics

Ford runs circles around hapless Republicans, who now have a second scandal

The Post reports:<p>Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, said Saturday that she has accepted the Senate Judiciary Committee’s request to testify about her allegation next week while …

Opinion

Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke clash in first debate for Texas Senate seat

01:26<p>One of the nation’s last manually operated bridges will soon be modernized<p>01:54<p>New lights installed along Florida’s coastline to protect vulnerable baby sea turtles<p>01:40<p>Officials say courthouse immigration arrests hamper their ability to prosecute crimes<p>03:13<p>Baseball brings hope and unity to …

Ted Cruz

BREAKING. You Aren't Going to Believe What the Senate GOP Just Did...Or Maybe You Will

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-iowa, looks at Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., during a markup hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee as they prepare to vote …

Conservative View

‘Master of the Self-Own’: People wonder why Ted Cruz tweeted popular video of Beto O’Rourke

Sen. Ted Cruz’s most popular tweet Friday night — the one with tens of thousands of likes, retweets and comments — ostensibly was meant to slam his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke.<p>“In Beto O’Rourke’s own words,” tweeted the Texas Republican, who has found himself in the midst of a …

U.S. Politics

Brits Warned Trump Against Releasing Carter Page Surveillance Docs

The United Kingdom implored President Donald Trump not to release an unredacted surveillance warrant application on his former campaign adviser, The …

U.S. Politics

Arizona congressman blasts siblings who endorsed opponent

PHOENIX (AP) — Six siblings of U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar have urged voters to cast their ballots against the Arizona Republican in November in an unusual political ad sponsored by the rival candidate.<p>The television ad from Democrat David Brill combines video interviews with Gosar-family siblings who ask …

Siblings

Kavanaugh pal who tried to pin sexual assault on someone else is lying about White House connections

Ed Whelan, president of the laughably named Ethics and Public Policy Center, was interviewed by the Washington Post on Friday evening. He refused to …

Liberal View

New Hampshire state lawmaker reveals sexual assault after Trump tweets about Kavanaugh accuser

A New Hampshire state lawmaker on Friday shared her experience of sexual assault in response to President TrumpDonald John TrumpHannity urges Trump …

New Hampshire

Ted Cruz is asked if he lost his dignity

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is asked during a debate with Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) if he lost his dignity by supporting President Donald Trump after Trump insulted Cruz and his family during the 2016 election.

Ted Cruz

Senate Judiciary Committee tentatively agrees to Thursday hearing with Kavanaugh accuser

Details remain, but Christine Blasey Ford has accepted a deal to testify on her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school.<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee tentatively agreed to a hearing on Thursday with Christine Blasey Ford regarding her allegation …

Politics

Beto O'Rourke's Eloquent Idealism and Command of the Facts Clobber Ted Cruz in First Televised Debate at SMU in Dallas

- Advertisement -<p>Watch Live: Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke face off in first debate Watch live coverage of Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke meeting for the …

Ted Cruz

The Fix - New York Rep. Chris Lee resigns from the House

New York Rep. Chris Lee has resigned his seat. Photo by Derek Gee/Buffalo News<p>Rep. <b>Chris Lee</b> (R-N.Y.) resigned from the House Wednesday evening effective immediately, an announcement that came just hours after a Web site reported that the married congressman had sent a shirtless image of himself to …

New York State

Donald Trump Might Be the ‘Client From Hell’

The president doesn’t seem to understand what lawyers do—including the ones trying to defend the presidency.<p>On the 268th page of the bestselling book <i>Fear</i>, Bob Woodward quotes President Trump: "I don't have any good lawyers. I have terrible lawyers. … I've got a bunch of lawyers who are not …

Donald Trump

Billionaire Ken Langone: Trump Accomplished ‘More In Two Years Than The Last Five Idiots’

'Whether you like it or not, he’s got something to do with the prosperity we’re experiencing right now. Big time.'<p>Billionaire Ken Langone, the …

Donald Trump

Stone Cold Mueller Is Taking Steps To Ensure Trump Can’t Pardon His Way Out Of Legal Trouble

Robert Mueller is Trump-proofing his special counsel investigation so the president of the United States can't skirt the law.

Donald Trump

First It Was a Hurricane. Then Pig Poop. Now It’s Coal Ash

After the storm comes the flood. Hurricane Florence poured 8 trillion gallons of rain onto North Carolina, and now the landscape between the Cape …

North Carolina

The whole world thinks Donald Trump is a flake

Looking for news you can trust?<br>Subscribe to our free newsletters.<p>Here’s an interesting tidbit that’s been sitting in my RSS feed for a few weeks. …

Donald Trump

Bill Maher: Trump's Narcissism Is a 'Serious, Dangerous Mental Illness' (Video)

“We have to stop treating that like it’s an unfortunate personality tick,” comedian says on “Real Time”<p>Bill Maher took a shot at President Trump’s …

Mental Disorders

President Donald Trump Tweetstorm – The Saturday Edition

Fresh off two successful giant rallies in Las Vegas and Missouri – or perhaps smarting from the online uproar over his questioning of Christine …

Donald Trump

Whoops, CNN just lost another pro-Trump commentator down the scandal chute

And so, the paradoxical quest to find a man who is somehow both a) willing to get on national TV and voice his aggressive support for Donald Trump, …

Offbeat News

Next crash will be ‘worse than the Great Depression’: experts

Ten years ago, it was too-easy credit that brought financial markets to their knees. Today, it could be a global debt of $247 trillion that causes …

Great Depression

Watch Beto O’Rourke’s Fire Response When Asked What He Can Do For Black Women

Image via Nathan Hunsinger-Pool/Getty Images<p>Beto O’Rourke Explains How He’ll Help Black Women In Texas<p>Beto O’Rourke is looking to unseat Senator Ted …

Women of Color

Beto Male

Robert Francis O’Rourke is running against Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. You may know the challenger better by the name Beto O’Rourke. The Scrapbook is …

U.S. Politics

Trump Just Babbled On at a World Leader About Hating Bob Woodward

As is usually the case, President Donald Trump made a big dumb fool of himself while meeting with a foreign leader. But on Wednesday afternoon in …

Donald Trump

Yale law professor denies reports she groomed Kavanaugh's prospective clerks

Politics News<p>The prominent Yale professor reported to have advised prospective female clerks of Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh to dress a certain way issued a statement on Saturday calling the allegations, "outrageous" and "100% false."<p>Amy Chua, a vocal supporter of Kavanaugh, denied …

Politics

Former federal prosecutor joins Kavanaugh accuser's legal team

Former federal prosecutor and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich announced Saturday he was joining the legal team for Christine …

U.S. Attorneys

Canada NAFTA Impasse Is No Near Miss

For all of the escalating trade tensions emanating from the Trump administration, optimists have taken reassurance from its apparent progress renegotiating NAFTA. Perhaps there would be at least <i>one</i> trade win for the administration to brag about heading into November midterms.<p>President Trump started …

Trump Administration

China 'cancels trade talks with US and won’t send delegation to Washington'

China cancelled trade talks with the US and will no longer send Vice-Premier Liu He to Washington next week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people briefed on the matter.<p>A mid-level delegation from China had been due to travel to the US capital to pave the way for Liu’s trip, …

Tariffs