Democratic Party has helped Biden cover his legal bills
The Democratic National Committee has helped cover some of the legal fees that President Biden incurred over the last year amid a special counsel probe into his handling of classified…
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The bad talking point comparing student loan forgiveness to PPP loans
Few things are as core to our political debates these days as whataboutism and charges of hypocrisy. It’s much easier to accuse the other side of ceding the moral high…
House GOP manage to reauthorize surveillance bill, but divisions remain
House Republicans managed to find a path to restructure a surveillance mechanism used by government agencies, momentarily overcoming divisions within the fractious conference that for months have foiled leadership plans…
Judge Cannon skeptical of Trump co-defendants’ arguments to dismiss charges
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon on Friday seemed skeptical about dropping charges against Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case and suggested that…
Leo rejects Senate subpoena from panel probing gifts to Supreme Court justices
The Senate Judiciary Committee sent a subpoena Thursday to conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo as part of a months-long inquiry into undisclosed gifts to Supreme Court justices and he promptly…
What Donald Trump wants in his next vice president — and who he’s considering
Donald Trump’s perfect vice president looks the part: attractive and telegenic. They are ideally Black or a woman, though that’s not required. And they are most certainly not taller than…
Gag orders are still hampering federal whistleblowers, agency warns
Donald Trump is no longer president, but Washington’s problems with nondisclosure agreements remain. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is forcefully instructing federal agencies and employees that NDAs do not…
GOP Senate candidate in Montana builds campaign on once-secret Navy exploits
When Tim Sheehy completed training as a Navy SEAL in 2009 and shipped off to Iraq, the elite fighting force was not a household name. People in airports were perplexed…
Biden team increasingly hopes to ride the abortion issue to victory
Seven months before Election Day, President Biden still faces widespread concerns about his age. Hundreds of thousands of voters have lodged protest votes against him in Democratic primaries. And with…
Where 2024 voters moved since 2020 — and how they registered
Between any two presidential elections, there is an enormous amount of churn in the electorate, both nationally and at the state level. A lot of this is obvious: People die,…