Mitch Landrieu, the co-chair of President Biden’s campaign, pushed back on recent polling that shows former President Trump doing well with Black voters, saying there is “no universe” where he will win 21 percent of the demographic's vote in November. "There's no universe in which Donald Trump is going to get 21 percent of the...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in a Sunday interview the Supreme Court seems poised “to fundamentally rewrite” the Second Amendment and raised concerns about the high court’s decision to strike down the Trump-era ban on bump stocks. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper, Murphy said he is worried the...
Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele is dismissing former President Trump’s statements that he is not racist because he has “so many Black friends.” Speaking Sunday on MSNBC, Steele said someone can be racist and still have Black friends, though it “says something about the relationship.” “I think we should take this as it...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the wartime Cabinet set up in the early days of the war in Gaza to coordinate and plan the military response to the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, according to The Associated Press. Netanyahu's decision to discard the wartime Cabinet comes just days after opposition leader and centrist...
Former President Trump’s plan to end taxes on tips could come with a price tag of $250 billion, a budget watchdog estimated in a new analysis. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated Sunday that exempting tip income from federal income and payroll taxes could lead to a decrease of $150 billion to $250...
Almost 18 percent of American say student debt will have a major influence on their vote in November, according to a survey from Bankrate. Among the sample of those who have outstanding student loans, who total more than 40 million, that number rises to 29 percent. President Biden and former President Trump have vastly...
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was blasted on social media by conservatives over his grilling skills in a Father's Day post he eventually took down.
EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are investigating whether the U.S. Office of Special Counsel has contributed to alleged retaliation against IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressing her Democratic colleagues not to let up on tax policy demands as lawmakers gear up for the expiration of part of Trump's tax cuts.