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 on Friday accused his former lawyer Michael Cohen of “lying to reduce his jail time” in the wake of a bombshell report from BuzzFeed News that said the president himself directed Cohen to lie to Congress. Trump did not directly address the BuzzFeed article in his tweet, but added, “Watch” Cohen’s “father-in-law!” […] 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
Poland’s prime minister launched a heavy critique of the European Union, saying that Brussels can fail to treat different member states in a fair and balanced way. Mateusz Morawiecki, from the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, believes the EU has shown “discrimination” in how it deals with various countries, citing the examples of fiscal […] Read more
The new Democratic-held House voted Nancy Pelosi its speaker on Thursday, vaulting the representative back to the pinnacle of her power at a critical moment for her party. Pelosi, 78, starts her second stint leading the House after eight years of Republicans controlling the chamber. She will lead a Democratic majority at a time when […] Read more
Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, was ordered imprisoned Wednesday for three years for a range of crimes, including ones which helped cover up Trump’s “dirty deeds” and put the president in legal peril. “I take full responsibility for each act that I pled guilty to — the personal ones […] Read more
Six people have been arrested in connection to a foiled plot to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, an official said Tuesday. Suspects had an “imprecise and loosely-formed” plan for “violent action” against Macron, a source close to the matter told the Associated Press and Reuters. French broadcasters BFM TV reported that the six were members […] Read more
