By Nataly Pak The two-term mayor could be the nation’s first openly gay presidential nominee. South Bend Mayor moves toward presidential bid Pete Buttigieg, more commonly known as “Mayor Pete,” has joined what will likely be a crowded field for the 2020 Democratic nomination. The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced his presidential exploratory committee […] Read more
LOS ANGELES — Two-term Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti ended months of speculation Tuesday evening about his 2020 intentions by announcing he won’t enter the ever-growing field of Democratic presidential candidates. Garcetti, 47, had openly acknowledged he was considering a presidential run and over the past year had visited several early primary states, including New […] Read more
President Donald Trump said another government shutdown is “certainly an option” as he expressed skepticism that Congress would reach a deal to fund the border wall he has requested, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Trump told the Journal in an interview that he thinks there’s a less than 50 percent chance such a […] Read more
Liberal billionaire George Soros on Thursday warned that the U.S. and China, the world’s two largest economies, are locked in a “cold war that could soon turn into a hot one.” His comments come at a time when investors are increasingly concerned about a serious economic downturn, with a long-running U.S.-China trade war souring business […] Read more
When President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017, he promised to put “America first.” Now, two years later, the country and the world have changed in several ways as the president enters the second half of his term. The federal government is stuck in its longest shutdown in history. The economy has grown […] Read more
President Donald Trump is hemorrhaging support amid a political standoff over his proposed border wall that has resulted in the longest government shutdown on record, according to polls. As the shutdown of about a quarter of the federal government lumbers toward its fifth week, the president even appears to be losing favor with his core […] Read more
The partial U.S. government shutdown has dragged on longer than any previous U.S. funding lapse, and government workers have started to miss paychecks. Even so, don’t expect Democrats to give ground on President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall as the closure enters its 24th day. A majority of Americans say the president bears more blame […] Read more
Democrat Tom Steyer, a billionaire who has been pushing Congress to impeach President Donald Trump, will not run for president in the 2020 campaign. CNBC confirmed with a Steyer representative that he wouldn’t run after The New York Times first reported the development. The Times obtained prepared remarks from a speech Steyer was scheduled to […] Read more
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg working from home for first arguments since cancer surgery
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not on the bench on Monday to hear arguments in the first case brought to the high court since she underwent cancer surgery last month. Ginsburg, 85, has not missed a day of argument since President Bill Clinton appointed her to the bench 25 years ago. This is […] Read more
John Delaney leaves Congress in a few days, but not in defeat like so many of his colleagues. The wealthy former financial executive is leaving to ramp up his campaign for president. Yes, you read that correctly. The outgoing representative from Maryland’s 6th House District seeks the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Indeed, Delaney has been […] Read more
