President Donald Trump’s longtime friend and advisor Roger Stone pleaded not guilty Tuesday to criminal charges related to his alleged attempt to hide his efforts to have WikiLeaks release information stolen from Democrats by Russian agents during the 2016 presidential campaign. Stone later appeared on a conspiracy theorist’s Internet show to call the case a […] Read more
Howard Schultz has hired ex-Obama aide Bill Burton as a communications advisor as the former Starbucks CEO mulls running for president in 2020, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Schultz’s team has been speaking with potential staffers as the former Starbucks chairman debates whether to run for president as an independent, […] Read more
Sen. Kamala Harris’ history with Wall Street and the banking industry is about to come under scrutiny in a big way as the California Democrat joins what is expected to be large group of candidates seeking to topple President Donald Trump in 2020. Harris, of California, has a history of squaring off with the banking […] Read more
President Donald Trump has been hailed as the greatest rule-cutter in modern American history. But despite his administration’s efforts to pare back federal regulations on business, in cases that have been challenged in court, Trump has fared quite poorly. More than 90 percent of the Trump administration’s deregulatory efforts have been blocked in court, or […] Read more
One by one, barriers to entry have fallen away. And now, in Democratic presidential politics, there are effectively none. Until the 2008 campaign, when Hillary Clinton lost to Barack Obama, only men had a realistic shot at their party’s nomination for the White House. This year, at least four women have serious prospects. Until 2008, […] Read more
Sen. Sherrod Brown will host events in Iowa and other early primary states in the upcoming months, a sign that the Ohio Democrat is serious about a potential presidential bid. Brown announced the “Dignity of Work Tour” on Tuesday night on MSNBC’s “All In.” The tour will kick off in Brown’s home state, before making […] Read more
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that she will run for president in 2020. Gillbrand, 52, said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that she is launching an exploratory committee. “I’m going to run for president of the United States because as a young mom, I’m going to fight for other people’s kids as […] Read more
As potential Democratic presidential candidates scramble to scoop up experienced staffers in Iowa ahead of the 2020 race, one election veteran who has worked on the Iowa campaigns for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has taken himself out of consideration. “I can tell you unequivocally that I am not talking to Senator Warren’s team — […] Read more
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Republican Rep. Francis Rooney proposed a Constitutional amendment on Thursday that would impose term limits on members of both houses of Congress. The amendment, co-sponsored by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and David Perdue (R-Ga.), would restrict senators to two six-year terms and House members to three two-year terms. A […] Read more
President Donald Trump scolded Democrats over his proposed border wall Thursday morning as a partial government shutdown carried into its sixth day. Some lawmakers will return to Washington from holiday travel Thursday when the Senate is set to convene at 4 p.m. to consider the spending bill. But Congress has so far failed to break […] Read more