WASHINGTON – There are about two weeks until large sections of the government could shut down again, but neither President Donald Trump nor House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appear ready to back off their positions on funding for Trump’s proposed southern border wall. “There’s not going to be any wall money in the legislation,” Pelosi, D-Calif., […] Read more
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
A federal judge Monday canceled former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort’s sentencing in his Virginia case, which was scheduled for Feb. 8, according to a filing. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis wrote that Manafort’s “current dispute” in a separate federal case in Washington, D.C., makes it “prudent and appropriate to delay sentencing in this case.” […] Read more
Billionaire and liberal philanthropist George Soros has been telling his aides that he may not back a candidate during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary as the potentially large field sorts itself out. “He doesn’t plan to pick a horse in this race,” Michael Vachon, Soros’ chief spokesman, told CNBC in an email after being asked […] Read more
This marks the seventh Republican-held seat lost in California. And now Democrats won every GOP seat in a Clinton-won district in the state. By Gideon Resnick On Thursday afternoon, a month after the midterm elections, Republican Rep. David Valadao finally conceded in his race against Democrat TJ Cox. With California’s 21st congressional district going blue, the Democrats […] Read more
Clockwise from top left, Ayanna Pressley, elected to Congress from Massachusetts; Ilhan Omar, elected to Congress from Minnesota; Marsha Blackburn, elected to the Senate from Tennesee; and Janet Mills, elected governor of Maine. (Michael Dwyer/AP; Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images; Mark Humphrey/AP; Robert F. Bukaty/AP) If we gain nothing else from the 2018 midterms, my fervent wish […] Read more
Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate with the Social Liberal Party, waves after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Oct. 28, 2018. LIMA, Perú — From the fate of the Amazon to LGBT rights and even the future of democracy itself, Jair Bolsonaro’s historic victory in Brazil’s presidential election could have […] Read more
Recently, a two-time BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Indian Parliament), Chandan Mitra, also the owner and editor of an English-language daily, left the saffron party and joined the Bengal-based All India Trinamool Congress. His desertion is seen as a signal that a section of those who celebrated Narendra Modi’s victory […] Read more
