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Graham Platner’s wife warned campaign staff about his sexting

Graham Platner's wife reportedly alerted his Maine Senate campaign about his sexually explicit texts with several women days before he announced he was running for the office.

Trump blasts performers exiting Freedom 250 concerts

As a wave of concert cancellations for America's 250th anniversary celebrations is upsetting President Trump to the point that he's considering giving a speech instead.

Sunday shows preview: Will Trump greenlight a new Iran deal?

All eyes are on an emerging deal between the U.S. and Iran that would extend the current ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but it remains unclear when — or if — President Trump and Tehran will ultimately sign off. The two sides reached a tentative agreement this week that, if approved, would mark...

Reports: Platner’s wife told campaign staff he sent sexual messages to other women

The wife of Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner (D) alerted campaign staff last year that he had exchanged sexually explicit messages with other women, according to reports. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal on Saturday reported that his wife Amy Gertner told former senior campaign staffer Genevieve McDonald about sexually explicit messages...

Political tensions run high as America 250 set to take over DC

Security preparations are underway across Washington ahead of a number of celebrations commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary this summer as the threat of political violence looms. The first of the events, the UFC fight at the White House, will take place just weeks after a shooting outside of the complex and two months after the...

Former AG Pam Bondi says she was diagnosed with cancer

Bondi said she has been going through treatment, including surgery, and is "doing well, though."

8 of the 10 most common jobs pay below average, federal data shows

The 10 largest occupations in the U.S. account for more than 30 million workers.

Joy Behar on Jaxson Dart support of Trump: ‘The definition of stupidity and racist’

ABC pundit Joy Behar slammed New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart for voicing his support of President Trump during an event last week in the Empire State. Behar condemned the professional athlete for "backing a guy like Trump," adding that the president has a "history of discrimination and racism." She cited housing discrimination in the ’70s,...

Ebola outbreak risks becoming ‘deadliest on record’: Aid group

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said Tuesday the Ebola outbreak in Congo risks becoming one of the “deadliest on record” if global health groups don’t prioritize containing the viral disease.  The global nongovernmental organization (NGO) said the outbreak is spreading faster than the response as Congo and Uganda have already documented more than 900 suspected...

ABC plays the victim in FCC complaint over ‘The View’

The FCC is trying to enforce Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934, which requires over-the-air broadcast stations to provide equal on-air opportunity for political candidates. But is "The View" a bona fide news program?

Trump appoints former Attorney General Pam Bondi to White House science panel

President Trump has appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to his panel on science and technology, nearly two months after he fired her as the head of the Department of Justice.  Bondi will serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), joining several business and technology leaders, a White House official confirmed. It...

Judge blocks West Point from enforcing faculty speech restrictions 

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Trump-era restrictions that prevent faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA) from speaking to external groups without permission. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel agreed with a longtime law professor that the policy likely violates civilian professors’ free speech rights under the First Amendment. “And even affording Defendants due deference in the realm of military affairs, their stated...

Cuba is trapped between US pressure and Chinese apathy

The signs are clear: The oldest dictatorship in the Americas is about to fall. 

Biden sues to block release of audio, transcripts in special counsel investigation

Former President Biden on Tuesday sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) to block the release of audio and transcripts of private interviews with a ghostwriter used in a special counsel investigation into his handling of classified documents. Biden's lawyers filed the lawsuit in federal court in Washington D.C., ahead of the DOJ's upcoming release of...

Trump, GOP put pressure on ABA over rolling back DEI initiative

The American Bar Association (ABA) is moving closer to rolling back a key diversity initiative in an effort to hang on as the nation’s law school accreditor while the Trump administration and Republicans ramp up pressure on such DEI initiatives. In recent years, conservatives have looked to sideline the ABA over concerns it leans politically...

Democrats must stop talking about autopsies and start showing signs of life

Democrats must focus on voters and not themselves, and their campaign message strategies should not be composed by obituary writers, in order to win the upcoming midterm elections.

The blueprint is done: Now build America’s sovereign wealth fund

Build the fund. Invest it wisely and hand the next generation something worth inheriting.

Revisiting Bernie’s ‘Democratic Socialism’ speech, ten years later

Before 2015, the term "democratic socialism" was foreign to the American political lexicon. It was certainly not cool among the chattering class, to say nothing of the politically powerless. Then, something happened that thrust democratic socialism into the national limelight, where it has remained ever since. Bernie Sanders, the septuagenarian independent U.S. senator from Vermont,...

Democrats see red meat in Paxton primary blowout

In today's issue: ▪ Dems get their desired target in Texas ▪ Trump says physical went ‘perfectly’ ▪ Cabinet meeting amid Iran negotiations ▪ Southern states’ redistricting tit-for-tat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may have trounced Sen. John Cornyn (R) for the GOP nomination for Senate, but Democrats are feeling like the big winner from Texas’s primary results Tuesday...

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