President-elect Joe Biden, whose transition team is still being stonewalled by a Trump administration unwilling to relinquish its grip on power, was briefed today by a group of outside advisers on matters of national security. Among those experts were several Obama administration alumni, including former U.N. Ambassador Samatha Power, retired …
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In the immediate wake of someone suspending her or his campaign, both our elected officials and we in the press who cover them focus too acutely on the question of endorsements. It is an ugly, gossipy trend that distorts the very purpose of public service, placing more emphasis on what …
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Sen.Elizabeth Warrensaid that funds being used to construct the president’s border wall with Mexico should be redirected to help containcoronavirus, a quickly spreading epidemic with origins in China. “I’m going to be introducing a plan tomorrow to take every dime that the president is now taking to spend on his …
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It was a light moment in a tense Democratic debate. The Iowa caucus — with its botched vote count and (for now) split decision — had left many progressives with jittery nerves, worried that a factionalized Democratic party, with no clear frontrunner, might fail to unite in the face of …
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On Thursday, yielding to Trump once again, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, launched a probe into the baseless claims alleging Joe Biden was involved with corruption in Ukraine. On Friday, the presidential candidate spoke with CNN’s Don Lemon and expressed anger and disappointment in his …
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