Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s campaign hired a contractor that used prison labor to make phone calls for the former New York mayor’s White House bid. The Intercept first reported that ProCom, a New Jersey-based company hired by the Bloomberg campaign through a third-party vendor, operates two call centers out of state prisons in Oklahoma. […] Read more
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that Republicans have not ruled out calling witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. In a Fox News interview, he also said the Senate trial should mirror that of President Bill Clinton, the last president to be impeached. “Fair is fair,” McConnell said. Trump was impeached in the […] Read more
Sen. Kamala Harris dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary just a day ago, but members of her wealthy finance committee are already seeing outreach from allies of rival campaigns in an effort to recruit them to their cause. Harris’ most affluent fundraisers, spanning from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, have been receiving calls and […] Read more
Another month brings another Democratic primary debate — and another referendum on “Medicare for All.” Disputes about how quickly to expand health insurance coverage have dominated the first four 2020 Democratic presidential debates. Opponents of a single-payer system will likely use the fifth Democratic debate in Atlanta on Wednesday night to try to poke more […] Read more
President Donald Trump’s top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, hinted at a middle-class tax cut Tuesday as the president searches for an edge in his 2020 reelection bid. With just under a year until voters decide whether Trump gets a second term in the White House, the National Economic Council Director said “the president has asked […] Read more
Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg unveiled plans on Friday to invest more than $1 trillion in child care and affordable housing over the next decade as part of a package of proposals targeting the middle class. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor also provided more details on how he would lower the cost of college, saying […] Read more
A gun-control lobbying group funded largely by billionaire Michael Bloomberg just helped Democrats take over the state government in Virginia – right in the National Rifle Association’s backyard. In Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats tipped the Virginia House and Senate in their favor, giving them full control of the state government for the first time since […] Read more
Apple announced Monday with California governor Gavin Newsom that it will donate $2.5 billion toward building affordable housing in California. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is skeptical. In a statement on Monday, Sanders said Apple is not fixing the affordable housing problem — it’s becoming a real estate lender. He criticized Apple for not […] Read more
President Donald Trump is making his move to Florida official. His home state of New York may not let him go without a fight. The president, a Queens, New York, native, tweeted on Thursday night that he and his family will be making Palm Beach, Florida, their permanent residence. “I cherish New York, and the […] Read more
Argentina’s Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner secured a comfortable victory in Sunday’s presidential election, prompting fresh concern about another bout of economic turmoil. With almost all of Sunday’s votes counted, Fernandez secured roughly 48% of the vote, while the center-right incumbent Mauricio Macri received around 40%. It marks a return of the left […] Read more
