In November 2016, Republicans in New Hampshire gained complete control of the state government. GOP Representative Michael Moffett was nonetheless displeased with the results. Moffett logged onto Facebook, where he griped that “[m]any out-of-state college students in Durham, Plymouth, Keene, Manchester, Henniker and Hanover registered late and most voted Democrat… …
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The wheel of investigations related to President Trump has spun back around to his inaugural committee. On Monday, federal investigators issued a wide-ranging subpoena for officials managing the nonprofit organization to turn over documents related to donors, contractors, disclosure filings and more. Reportedly of interest are a host of potential …
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President Donald Trump appeared in an interview with CBS’s Margaret Brennan that aired on Sunday. Topics ranged from another potential government shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a pardon for Roger Stone, protest in the NFL, and pulling troops from abroad. When discussing another potential government shutdown, Trump said, “I don’t …
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Scientists may someday find the edge of the universe, but there is no end to the delusional self-regard of America’s one-percenters, as former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz proved this week. Sunday night on 60 Minutes, Schultz announced he was considering a run for president as an independent. The Twitter reaction …
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President Trump and Nancy Pelosi have gone through a lot of government stationary hashing out the details of the State of the Union address. The latest — and hopefully last — piece of correspondence came from the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who on Monday invited the president …
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On Sunday, President Donald Trump woke up and must have decided there wasn’t enough fake news circulating on Twitter, so he sent out a tweet stating that 58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, where he claims 95,000 non-citizens are registered to vote. Except it’s not true. According to the Texas Tribune, …
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The Friday morning arrest of former Trump campaign official and longtime GOP operative Roger Stone marks a significant new chapter in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into links between the president’s 2016 election team and Russia. Mueller hit Stone with a seven-count indictment for lying to a congressional …
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People say the American mall is dying — but if so, someone forgot to tell La Plaza Mall. La Plaza is the largest shopping center in McAllen, Texas, a mid-size city on the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s the sort of establishment you’d find in any city or suburb — Foot Locker, …
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) made history in November when she became the first Muslim woman to win a seat in Congress. Not long after she and her new colleagues passed a continuing resolution to re-open the government without funding for a border wall, Tlaib on Thursday night spoke at a …
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Michael Cohen may have flipped on Donald Trump, offering federal prosecutors audio recordings and other evidence incriminating the President of the United States in felony campaign finance violations — but he likely won’t receive a get out of jail free card. “Cohen’s decision to plead guilty — rather than seek …
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