Category: News

Voters Highly Politically Attuned, Support Immigrants, Survey Finds
Voters are following politics in ways not witnessed before — three quarters at the highest level on a 0 to 10 ladder scale.

How Trump’s Political Appointees Overruled Tougher Settlements With Big Banks
After talks with well-connected lawyers for Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland, senior Justice Department officials in Washington last year told career prosecutors who’d been investigating the banks’ misdeeds to settle for less than they wanted.

New Documents Raise Ethical and Billing Concerns About the NRA’s Outside Counsel
A former senior employee questions billings from the law firm of William A. Brewer III, which totalled $24 million in a year.

Will Congress Take Action on Gun Laws After This Weekend’s Mass Shootings?
Two mass shootings within 24 hours over the weekend not only left more than 30 victims dead, but raised real questions whether the nation's political leaders could ever adequately address the crisis of gun violence.

Many Sides Blame Tough Trump Rhetoric for Mass Shootings
A variety of sources point at least some of the blame for this past weekend's dual mass shootings at Donald Trump and the kind of hateful rhetoric Trump has become known for.

‘It’s Borderline Panic Both in Texas and in National Republican Circles’
Rep. Will Hurd's retirement announcement this week goes beyond the simple numbers--Hurd is the sixth Republican and the third from Texas to decline to seek re-election next year--the 41-year-old was seen both as a GOP rising star, and was the only black Republican in the House.

It ‘Amazes Me’ They Spent More Time Attacking a ‘Wildly Popular’ Obama than Talking About Trump
A variety of political observers and strategists expressed confusion and dismay with how much President Barack Obama and his legacy came under fire from other Democrats during this week's CNN Democratic presidential debate.

Gabbard, Harris Continue Feud Off Stage
Democratic presidential rivals Tulsi Gabbard and Kamala Harris kept up the argument that began Wednesday evening during the Democratic presidential debate off-stage this week, as well.

Extreme Weather and Climate Change Threaten to Worsen the Affordable Housing Crisis
Homelessness and the lack of affordable housing are already at crisis levels in the United States, but extreme weather events, fueled by climate change, threaten to compound these problems.

ACLU Asks Federal Court To Halt Ongoing Family Separations
The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge Tuesday to block the Trump administration from continuing to separate hundreds of families in defiance of a previous court order.

