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Trump says 'nobody disobeys me' when asked if staff defy his orders, as Robert Mueller report claims
President Donald Trump dismissed questions from reporters on Monday about his staff's willingness to carry out his orders and the chances of impeachment proceedings in the U.S. Congress, days after the Mueller report highlighted both issues. The 448-page report from U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller ...
Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposes scrapping student-loan debt for millions
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren proposed eliminating student-loan debt for an estimated 42 million Americans with a wealth tax, seeking to show young voters she would ease one of their biggest economic burdens. The plan would eliminate as much as $50,000 in student debt for ...
Joe Biden aides blast 'right wing trolls' as another woman says he acted inappropriately
Aides to Joe Biden struck a more aggressive tone on Monday as the former vice president faced scrutiny over his past behavior toward women. In a statement, Biden spokesman Bill Russo blasted "right wing trolls" from "the dark recesses of the internet" for conflating images ...
Slavery reparations debate resurfaces in 2020 White House race
In January 1865, as the U.S. Civil War was drawing to a close, some freed slaves were promised "40 acres and a mule" to begin new lives. The audacious experiment was fleeting — repudiated within months by President Andrew Johnson, successor to the assassinated Abraham ...
Kamala Harris sends signal to Joe Biden on 2020: Every era has an end
California Sen. Kamala Harris sent a signal to the old guard of Democratic politics that every era has its end. At an Atlanta church service Sunday, the presidential candidate compared leadership to a relay race in which each generation must ask themselves "what do we ...
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a proposal to break up Big Tech on Friday, saying firms such as Amazon, Google and Facebook hold "too much power" in society. Warren said that as president, she would press for legislation to designate big online companies ...
Might the Democratic push for reparations benefit Trump?
Today's flippant talk about reparations illustrates a worsening pattern of behavior among congressional Democrats.
Climate change threatens U.S. bases and will fuel social disorder, top admiral says
Climate change and a deteriorating environment are likely to fuel social disorder and could threaten some U.S. military bases, a top admiral said Tuesday. Adm. Philip Davidson, who heads the U.S. military's vast Indo-Pacific Command, told lawmakers he concurred with a recent assessment from the ...
Democratic star Elizabeth Warren makes presidential bid official with call for change
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her bid for the presidency official on Saturday in the working-class Massachusetts city of Lawrence, grounding her 2020 campaign in a populist call to fight economic inequality and build "an America that works for everyone." Warren delivered a sharp call ...
Soak the rich: U.S. Democratic contenders vie to be the toughest on taxing the wealthy
The last Democrat to win a U.S. presidential election, Barack Obama, ran in 2012 on a platform of raising taxes for top earners to nearly 40 percent. Now a new crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls is signaling that they want to go even further. Massachusetts ...
Thanks for sharing? U.S. politicians target voters with unfiltered social media posts
Ex-Rep. Beto O’Rourke shared his dentist appointment on Instagram. Sen. Elizabeth Warren guzzled a beer on the same online platform. And an unfiltered Sen. Cory Booker sends video selfies to young users on Snapchat. These American politicians may or may not be running for president ...
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand who has taken on Wall Street and traded barbs with Donald Trump, on Monday became the most prominent Democrat to announce a challenge to the Republican president in 2020. Warren said she had formed an exploratory committee, which ...
