Susan Collins (R-ME) has the dubious distinction of being the most unpopular member of the United States Senate, edging out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) by two percentage points — 52 to 50 percent — in a recent Morning Consult poll. Being that disliked means that Collins is facing a tough bid to keep […]
Since Donald Trump became president three years ago, members of his administration have repeatedly suggested in both word and deed that they believe they’re above the law, beyond congressional oversight, and not subject to the rules that apply to everyone else. Take, for example, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, who is drawing scrutiny for […]
Though she has a much less visible position than her husband, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Elaine Chao still has a lot of power in Washington serving as Secretary of Transportation in the Trump administration. And we now know that Secretary Chao has been using her position to make millions of dollars from both Russia […]
Something very strange is going on inside the Senate Judiciary Committee, and it could well sink the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be the next associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the official Twitter account for the judiciary committee (which is controlled by Republicans), posted two tweets: As part of Judge Kavanaugh’s […]
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan took the political world by surprise when he announced in April that he wouldn’t be seeking reelection to the congressional seat he’s held since 1999. At the time, Ryan said he was leaving Congress to spend more time with his family, but no one really believed that was the […]
If there’s one member of the Trump administration that makes a complete mockery of Donnie Dollhand’s campaign promise that he’d “drain the swamp” if elected, it’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt. Since being appointed by Trump, Pruitt has spent taxpayer money on a sound proof phone booth in his office, traveled on the public dime […]
It’s a question we’ve been asking ever since Donald Trump won the 2016 election and we later discovered the FBI had begun investigating the Trump-Russia connection since July of 2016: Why didn’t FBI Director James Comey tell us there was an active investigation into the Trump campaign and Russian operatives? As it turns out, the […]
Even though President Trump may insist that he isn’t involved in any of his business interests now that he’s in the White House, he’s never actually bothered to produce any proof of his promise, meaning that you can classify this as yet another of his many lies. Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean says he’s had […]
Nina Khrushcheva is an expert on Russia, Vladimir Putin, and Russian policy towards the United States. And she recently told MSNBC host Joy Reid that she thinks the relationship between Putin and Donald Trump has reached the point that Putin will soon be “pragmatically” cutting all ties to Trump by releasing whatever damaging information he has on the […]
The Russia investigation has taken some interesting twists and turns over the past several months, but with Special Counsel Robert Mueller now indicting people and speculation rampant about who might be the next arrested, we now learn that Mueller now has a sitting GOP Congressman in his sites. According to NBC News, the Mueller team is now focusing […]