In early 1997, when I served as President Clinton’s special White House counsel, I was on my way to the daily morning meeting of the White House counsel’s office on the second floor of the West Wing. No non-attorneys were allowed to be there. My position as special counsel — a lawyer with media and political experience to speak for...
A group of GOP Wyoming state lawmakers want to end electric vehicle sales there by 2035, saying the move will help safeguard oil and gas industries. The measure, introduced to the state legislature on Friday, was sponsored by six state legislators, who said in it that electric vehicles will hinder Wyoming's ability to trade with...
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is reportedly set to draw his first 2024 Republican challenger as Matt Dolan, a state senator who lost a crowded GOP Senate primary last year, will soon announce a run, according to reports. Dolan is slated to announce his campaign next week, according to a report from NBC News, which was...
When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke at the March on Washington in 1963, he described a “fierce urgency of now.” Six decades later, we still find ourselves holding this same sense of urgency. Today, we’re facing a series of unprecedented and interlocking crises: a devastating global pandemic; upheavals in the economy; a national reckoning...
President Biden on Monday called Republicans “fiscally demented” and knocked GOP priorities during the keynote speech at the National Action Network's (NAN) annual breakfast to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. “They’re gonna talk about big-spending Democrats again. Guess what? I reduced the deficit last year $350 billion. This year, federal deficit is down $1...
The White House says no visitor logs exist for President Biden’s private residence near Wilmington, Delaware, where classified documents were found, after House Republicans called for the release of such records. "Like every President across decades of modern history, his personal residence is personal,” the White House Counsel's office said in a statement to numerous...
To be clear, the ordinary residents of South Dakota, Florida and other trust haven states don’t benefit from these changes.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said on Monday that he “won’t rest” until lawmakers pass national voting rights legislation, renewing his push for further reforms on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. “Nobody’s about to silence me on this issue of voting rights,” Warnock said in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." “We’re going to get this...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Sunday that he is “very optimistic” in the wake of being diagnosed with cancer, adding that he is "hanging tough." “I'm losing about 40 or 50 hairs a day, I would think, to chemo. So that's upsetting,” Raskin said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the...
Today is Religious Freedom Day, an occasion to recognize the fundamental role that freedom of worship has occupied throughout American history and to reflect upon the millions around the world who do not enjoy this basic human right. At a time when religious persecution is on the rise worldwide, some of the most alarming restrictions...
President Biden will deliver the keynote address on Monday at the National Action Network's Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast. The annual event will also honor Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Arndrea Waters King and other leaders who have worked to keep the slain civil rights leader's mission alive. The president spoke Sunday at Atlanta’s...
Republicans see a double standard when it comes to how President Biden's handling of classified documents is being treated compared to how a similar controversy has played out regarding former President Trump. Months after Democrats panned Trump relentlessly for his handling of classified documents, Republicans are returning serve after what the White House says was...
The eldest son of the late Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday that the country is “gonna get there on voting rights” and deliver on his father’s legacy. Martin Luther King III during an appearance on CNN critiqued restrictions that impede Americans from casting their ballots and said the country has work to do...
Republicans will make every effort to create a mirage of false equivalence between Trump’s and Biden’s cases.
Two in five people in a new survey of 28 nations say they believe they and their families will be better off financially in the future, a drop from previous years. The 40 percent of respondents who expressed economic optimism for their families five years from now is 10 points lower than the 50 percent...
Ron Klain: “They are going to try to cut Social Security and Medicare, it could not be clearer.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Sunday visited El Paso, Texas, and the country’s southern border with Mexico as tensions over U.S. immigration policies grow. “No city deserves this. El Paso does not deserve this. Chicago, Washington, Houston, Los Angeles, New York — no city deserves what is happening,” Adams said at a press conference...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with China's finance minister, Vice Premier Liu He, later this week in Switzerland to discuss the U.S. and Chinese economies as tensions between the two world powers grow. Yellen is expected to meet Liu in person for the first time in Zurich ahead of planned visits to three...
Voters largely don’t want Congress to punish companies for speaking out on certain social and political issues, according to a Morning Consult poll commissioned by the tech industry-backed Chamber of Progress and released on Monday. The survey found that a majority of voters wouldn’t want lawmakers to punish companies for speaking out against discrimination, openly...
What have we learned from this great visionary? That education is the key to bringing about a world where all people are treated equally.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) on Sunday thanked the first responders who treated her and her husband after the two were hit by a car while crossing a street in Portland, Ore. “Thank you to everyone for your well wishes, and to the first responders and health care workers who provided the care we needed. My husband...
NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson said the racial wealth gap is the “single greatest barrier” to realizing the civil rights dream of the late Martin Luther King Jr. “From voting rights and police reform to the ongoing fight for economic justice, there is much work left to be done to fully realize Dr. King’s...
When a lot of folks think of the civil rights movement, they think about segregated lunch counters and water fountains. They think about school integration and voter suppression. They think of burning crosses, fire hoses and dogs attacking marchers. They think of an Atlanta preacher charting out his dream in front of the Lincoln Memorial,...
Afghan women are finding avenues to pursue their education as the Taliban continues to crack down on women’s rights, recently banning female students from going to university. Since the Taliban took over in August 2021, women’s rights in education have been suppressed for girls of all ages, from secondary school to university. The Taliban’s harsh...
Senate Democrats are preparing to play defense in 2024 as they look to preserve their narrow majority in the upper chamber. The party is defending more than twice as many seats as Republicans, and it's already facing the possibility that some of its incumbents could retire, leaving open competitive seats. There are also few opportunities...
