Politics

President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law and close advisor Jared Kushner likely paid zero dollars in federal income taxes between 2009 and 2016,new documents obtained by theNew York Timesreveal. Kushner used a “common tax-minimizing maneuver,”Times reporters Jesse Drucker and Emily Flitter wrote, to make it look like his company was losing money …

October 7th, 2016 was the day that Hillary Clinton appeared to win the presidential election. She was ahead in the polls in every contested state, with twice the field offices as Donald Trump and twice the cash on hand. She had been blanketing the airwaves with ads and was on …

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Tuesday that Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee would enlist the help of a “female assistant” to question Christine Blasey Ford, the professor accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while they were in high school. Later Tuesday, Sen. Chuck …

Roy Moore’s Alabama Senate candidacy sank last year after the rootin’, tootin’ judge was bombarded with allegations of sexual misconduct just over a month before the election. Not surprisingly, he has some thoughts on Brett Kavanaugh.The man responsible for a Democrat now holding a Senate seat in one of the …

Though lawmakers invited her to speak at a public hearing next Monday, Christine Blasey Ford said through her lawyers on Tuesday that she believes the FBI should investigate her sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before she testifies publicly. The request makes sense; it’s also not without …

For the last 18 months, the GOP largely dismissed as a liberal fantasy the idea that Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) might pose a real threat to incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) 2018 reelection bid. But with just eight weeks left until election day, the long-held notion that a Democrat can’t …

On Wednesday, the Washington Post published a storythat delved inside the complicated relationship between White House spokesperson Kellyanne Conway and her husband, George. Though George once supported Trump, he has since publicly turned against the president, most notably through his Twitter account. Conway, meanwhile, remains Trump’s most loyal on-camera surrogate, …

President Trump has spent the majority of this week attempting to reassure Americans that he has faith in the U.S. intelligence community. He has said he accepts their conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. He has said he accepts that Vladimir Putin is responsible. He eventried but failed …

Barack Obama hasn’t made many public appearances in the 17 months since he left office. However, Democrats are likely to see plenty of their party’s most prominent figurehead in the coming months as he hits the campaign trail before November’s midterm elections. Though he’s not expected to make many appearances …

Move over Roy Moore: Republican voters have unleashed a new nightmare candidate on America. Corey Stewart nabbed the win Tuesday night to become the GOP‘s senate nominee in Virginia. Stewart has gained Republican followers in old-line Virginia by wrapping himself in the Confederate flag and by fiercely defending Confederate monuments …