The New York Times on Saturday published a report detailing accusations of sexual misconduct by Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA), a Republican lawmaker who was given a leadership role in combating sexual harassment allegations in Congress. According to the report, Rep. Meehan used his taxpayer-funded congressional office fund to settle a misconduct case brought against him by […]
If there’s one good thing about the 24/7 cable news world we all now live in, it’s that there is no longer any reason why incredibly important and impactful stories should be ignored by the media. There’s enough time to cover everything with the gravity it deserves, right? Yeah, I know. If only. There’s no […]
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s sparsely-attended inauguration in Washington, DC, and the historically large nationwide protest of his administration the day after. The Women’s March drew half a million people to Washington, DC in 2017 and millions more to satellite marches in hundreds of cities around the country, and provided a […]
A former assistant police chief in Kentucky told a recruit who asked what he should do if he catches teenagers smoking marijuana, “If black shoot them,” according to new documents released Friday. The recruit, who has not been named, asked the former Assistant Police Chief Todd Shaw what “the right thing” to do would be, […]
The government shut down at midnight Saturday after the Senate rejected a measure that would have funded the government through February 16. It’s the first government shutdown since 2013 and it begins on the anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration. The shutdown comes after the Senate was unable to get the 60 votes needed to pass […]
A lot of ideas were batted around congress in the waning minutes of Friday night, as the government teetered on the edge of a shutdown. One of those things? Funding for Donald Trump’s infamous border wall. In the early hours of Saturday morning, Chuck Schumer revealed that in a 90-minute meeting with Trump on Friday […]
A little over six hours after the Republican-controlled Congress and Republican-controlled White House shut down their own government, Donald Trump was back on Twitter insisting that the shutdown was a “nice present.” This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present. #DemocratShutdown — Donald J. […]
Many federal government agencies and services officially shut down midnight Saturday, after the Senate rejected a short-term spending bill that would have funded the government through Feb. 16. The first government shutdown since 2013 came after months of confusing and contradictory statements by President Donald Trump, often on Twitter, and an unwillingness by Republicans to […]
As the nation inched closer to the first government shutdown since 2013, the New York Times figured out who to blame: Democrats. At around 10PM, the Senate took up a procedural vote to advance a Republican plan to fund the government four additional weeks. Under Senate rules it would require 60 votes for passage. Theoretically, […]
Lou Anna Simon will stay on as president of Michigan State University, the school’s board announced Friday afternoon. The board said it supported Simon, who has been in the spotlight in recent weeks during the ongoing Larry Nassar sex abuse trial. As a doctor with USA Gymnastics and MSU, Nassar abused more than 150 women, many […]
