Freshman Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.), who admitted to having a relationship with a campaign staffer and was also facing a House ethics investigation involving another alleged improper relationship with a staff member, announced her resignation from Congress on Sunday evening. “It is with a broken heart that today I announce …
Read More »Democrats: You Have One Job
If the Trump White House’s “transcript” of the president’s now-infamous July 25th phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was the sight of the north Atlantic ice peak sitting above the water, the intelligence-community whistleblower complaint released on Thursday morning was the giant iceberg lying in wait to puncture the …
Read More »On the Trail With Bernie Sanders 2.0
Listen to an audio version of this story below: Madison, Wisconsin. A blustery Friday evening. A few thousand supporters of Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders are gathered in James Madison Park, along the shores of Lake Mendota. Though it’s April, it’s cold as hell. A group of Bern …
Read More »Joe Biden: 'It's the Way I've Always Been'
In a two-minute video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Joe Biden responded to the criticism that he’s overstepped boundaries and acted inappropriately with women who have come into his orbit. The debate was touched off last week when Lucy Flores, a former Nevada assemblywoman, wrote an essay recounting an uncomfortable …
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