Attorney General William Barr’s Justice Department dropped its criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The DOJ filed the request to drop the case with U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington, DC, on Thursday. Flynn, who Trump fired after only weeks on the job, …
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Last month’s $2 trillion bailout bill barred President Donald Trump, his family or other officials from benefiting from one of the law’s giant loan programs. But as reporters noticed, there was no such language included for other elements of the bailout. Some provisions of the bailout are particularly beneficial to …
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On Wednesday’s Late Night, Seth Meyers traced a clear throughline from the way President Donald Trump and his administration ignored repeated warnings about a dangerous pandemic to their recent promotion of unproven drugs to treat the coronavirus. Meyers opened his recurring segment, “A Closer Look,” by delving into Trump’s repeated …
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reiterated her appeal for more help fighting the coronavirus pandemic in her state and dismissed the political games she’s had to play with the Trump administration on The Daily Social Distancing Show Wednesday. Whitmer notably called into the show wearing a shirt that read “That Woman …
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The White House ordered the removal of language from a federal health coronavirus plan that recommended warning elderly and physically vulnerable Americans not to fly on commercial airlines. The reason for the change is unknown, according to the AP’s source who had direct knowledge of the original plan submitted by …
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Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh announced Sunday, on ABC News’ This Week, that he will launch a primary challenge to President Donald Trump in 2020. Walsh, a talk-radio host, is the second Republican throw his hat in the ring, the first being former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, who announced his …
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The first time I went into a Planned Parenthood, I was trying to find out my options for birth control. I was 19 and going to college, working toward my degree in Minneapolis, and knew it wasn’t the time to be pregnant. So I went to Planned Parenthood. Like millions …
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To mangle Twain, it’s better to remain silent and be thought a malignant narcissist than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. “I am the chosen one,” Donald Trump declared to reporters Wednesday on the White House lawn, looking toward the heavens. The president was reflecting on his trade …
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Bloomberg’s Jonathan Bernstein just published a new piece called, “Is Bernie Finished?” Citing Iowa poll numbers that show poor Sanders “essentially in a three person race for second” (he actually is in second, but whatever), its premise is that Bernie now rests “at the fringes of plausibility.” Worse, he could …
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What even is this world we are living in? British network Sky News promoted its upcoming coverage of President Donald Trump‘s visit to the United Kingdom with an ad featuring a giant baby balloon version of the president. In the ad, as an gigantic shadow looms over Britain, citizens look …
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