Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged with the sex trafficking of “dozens” of underage girls in federal indictment unsealed Monday morning in New York in advance of a court appearance there by the one-time friend of President Donald Trump and ex-President Bill Clinton. Epstein, 66, is accused in the indictment of sexually exploiting many “minor […] Read more
Sen. Kamala Harris’ top fundraisers are fielding calls from influential donors who were originally on the fence in backing her but are now open to meeting the California lawmaker and potentially assisting her 2020 campaign for president. Since Harris took on former Vice President Joe Biden during last week’s debate in Miami, her bundlers in […] Read more
Ariana Grande’s “Sweetener” tour, which began in March, is already breaking records — at least for registering new voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Grande announced she would be partnering with non-profit voter registration group HeadCount in March via Instagram, telling fans to “use your voice and get your ‘thank u, next gen’ sticker.” […] Read more
The top Democratic candidates in the 2020 presidential race wasted little time in their first primary debate before taking heavy swings at President Donald Trump. Vice President Joe Biden said that “Donald Trump put us in a horrible situation.” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders called Trump a “pathological liar” and “a racist.” California Sen. Kamala Harris […] Read more
Ten Democratic presidential candidates offered contrasting views on the biggest threats facing the U.S. in their first debate Wednesday. While multiple Democrats highlighted China and the global threat of nuclear proliferation as major challenges, no two candidates gave the same answer when asked to identify the greatest geopolitical threat America currently faces. Four candidates — […] Read more
The stakes and unpredictability of presidential debates make compelling television. The more candidates, the more unpredictable they become. This week’s Democratic debates, staged by NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, feature more candidates than the party has ever fielded. That might leave all 20 delivering brief, introductory versions of their stump speeches, or provoke long shots to […] Read more
Recent massive Hong Kong protests against the territory’s China extradition bill has bolstered Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s political position. Tsai won her party’s nomination for the 2020 presidential election, overturning previously unfavorable polls. China prefers the opposition Kuomintang party, which avoids talk of going it alone and instead, stresses economic ties with the mainland. “Developing your […] Read more
President Trump tells Fox News that if Iran were to block the Strait of Hormuz, “it’s not going to be closed for long.” Trump was responding to a hypothetical question following the attacks Thursday on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, south of the strait, for which the United States has blamed Iran. […] Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., refuses to say at what point she would support impeaching President Donald Trump. “Everybody in the country should be totally appalled by what the president said,” Pelosi says. “But he has a habit of making appalling statements,” she added. Even if Trump was found to have accepted a foreign government’s […] Read more
Top Democratic presidential candidates are calling for a $15 per hour federal minimum wage. A lot has changed since the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, when slight differences emerged between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders on the minimum wage. Democrats see the policy as one way to win over working-class voters as they try to […] Read more