Actually, Robert Mueller Was Awesome  —  Former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony Wednesday has been described as “excruciatingly awkward,” “confused,” “struggling” and “a stammering, stuttering mess.”  —  I saw something completely different.  From my perspective …

Russian Hack of Elections System Was Far-Reaching, Report Finds  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time …

Treasury pick Monica Crowley spread Obama smears: ‘Can he be both loyal to Islam and loyal to the United States?’  —  Trump security pick plagiarized in 2012 book  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's pick for the top spokeswoman job at the Treasury Department repeatedly spread conspiracy theories …

We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial.  Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation.  —  OXFORD, Miss. — Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation …

Trump appeared in front of this doctored seal and now a TPUSA aide is fired  —  (CNN)An audiovisual aide for conservative student group Turning Point USA was fired this week after President Donald Trump appeared on a stage in front of a parody image of the presidential seal at its Teen Student Action Summit.

Biden Holds Large Edge  —  African American support boosts former VP  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Former Vice President Joe Biden is the clear front-runner among likely Democratic primary voters in South Carolina in the first Monmouth University Poll here for the 2020 cycle.

Pro-Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft  —  Exclusive: Danielle Stella, reported to support baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, held twice this year over alleged shoplifting  —  A pro-Trump Republican candidate for Congress who is aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar …

Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse  —  Attorney General William P. Barr Directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons to Adopt an Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and Schedule the Executions of Five Death-Row Inmates Convicted of Murdering Children

Democrats on 2020 Campaign Trail Offer Muted Response to Mueller's Testimony  —  A majority of presidential candidates support impeachment proceedings against Trump, but other issues dominate with voters  —  WASHINGTON—From the vantage point of many Democrats running for president …

Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sues Google for $50 Million  —  Representative Tulsi Gabbard, the long-shot presidential candidate from Hawaii, said in a federal lawsuit that Google infringed on her free speech when it briefly suspended her campaign's advertising account after the first Democratic debate in June.

Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark Calls for Impeachment Inquiry  —  July 25, 2019, Washington, D.C. - Today, Vice Chair Congresswoman Katherine Clark issued the below statement:  —  Throughout his life and presidency, Donald Trump has proven himself unfit to serve.

“She's Dangerous”: GOP Insiders Fear Kamala Could Be the Next Obama  —  Rattled by her deft vivisection of Joe Biden at the last debate, Republicans wonder how Harris might do against a real villain like Trump.  “She doesn't come across as a nutjob,” worries one GOP operative.

Mueller didn't fail.  The country did.  —  Being thousands of miles away from home in Portugal, a country that 45 years ago was in the grasp of a brutal dictatorship, gives me an interesting perspective on former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Wednesday testimony and on the now nearly forgotten …

Sweeping budget deal passes House despite weak GOP support  —  The House with limited Republican support passed a massive budget deal Thursday that would free lawmakers to hit the campaign trail next year without fretting about fiscal turmoil keeping them tied down in Washington.

Will Trump's Racist Attacks Help Him?  Ask Blue-Collar White Women.  —  Donald Trump's turn toward more overt racism in his “go back” attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color rests on an unspoken bet: that the women who are part of his core constituencies will respond to his acrimony as enthusiastically as the men.

It Is Not Enough to Condemn Trump's Racism  —  The nation's ideals are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them.  —  Ms. Omar is a Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota.  —  Throughout history, demagogues have used state power to target minority communities and political enemies, often culminating in state violence.

House Dems authorize subpoenas for senior White House aides' official communications  —  The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted on Thursday to authorize subpoenas for senior White House officials' communications via private email accounts and messaging applications …

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley grossly mischaracterized the views of 4 academics in his ‘cosmopolitan elites’ speech  —  The GOP's wunderkind doesn't appear to do his homework.  —  In his recent keynote address at the National Conservatism Conference, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) spoke about how a …

Black, Latino Dems torch campaign arm for lack of diversity  —  The House Democrats' campaign arm is locked in a long-simmering battle with prominent black and Hispanic lawmakers who believe the party committee and its chair have short-changed minorities.  —  Senior Hispanic and black members …

U.S. Rep. Pete Olson announces retirement  —  The Republican from Sugar Land was first elected in 2008.  His seat is being targeted by national Democrats.  —  U.S. Rep. Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land, announced Friday afternoon that he is retiring from Congress.

Rubio cries ‘racist’ after being duped by a misleading tweet and video  —  “I would say our country should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country, and so if fear was the driving force of policies to keep America safe …