Month: September 2020

The most popular Democrat in the country is about to go on a highly anticipated book tour that is likely to remind the country of her political muscle. Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaThe Hill’s Morning Report – Treasury, Fed urge more spending, lending to ease COVID-19 wreckage Budowsky: Michelle Obama or Tammy Duckworth for VP…

Warning that it could threaten the ability to hold the department accountable, a watchdog group on Monday urged the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to refuse a request (pdf) from the Interior Department to destroy records including ones related to oil and gas leases and endangered species issues. “It’s unacceptable that Interior is already…

Two months after her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding her allegations of sexual assault against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford issued a rare public statement on Monday thanking supporters for their help in recent weeks—both financial and otherwise—and shared her plan to put the donations that have poured in…

A new poll out Monday points to a progressive mandate for the 116th Congress—it’s “extremely important” to do something about the crushing student debt crisis, now at a record high $1.465 trillion, a bipartisan majority says.  The Politico/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health survey asked Americans to prioritize six educational policy areas, and according…

A day ahead of a major march in Washington, D.C. and satellite events nationwide, the Women’s March on Friday unveiled a detailed 70-page agenda, a document the group describes as a first of its kind “intersectional feminist policy platform.” The “Women’s Agenda,” the group declared on Twitter, is “a roadmap for our movement, a workplan…

As President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed without a shred of evidence that “many” furloughed or unpaid federal workers support the ongoing government shutdown because they want “funding for the wall,” public employees and their family members who say they have been harmed by the lapse in government funding took to social media to set…

Rights groups celebrated a “historic rebuke” of an unconstitutional power grab Thursday after the Senate voted to terminate President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration by an overwhelming bipartisan margin. “Today’s vote is a major blow to President Donald Trump’s autocratic ambitions,” said Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen. “The American people don’t want a racist…

Mercedes has revealed that Valtteri Bottas’ request to be put on a different strategy than teammate Lewis Hamilton midway through the Tuscan Grand Prix was ultimately denied because of concerns over the integrity of the W11’s tyres. Bottas was trailing Hamilton at the mid-way point of the 59-lap race and believed that only an alternate…

SAN ANTONIO — Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump’s public standing sags after Floyd protests GOP senators introduce resolution opposing calls to defund the police MORE (R-Texas) and Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) clashed in a heated second debate on a cold and…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lara Trump, President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s daughter-in-law and senior adviser to his 2020 reelection campaign, says the president will not…