It has been a crazy couple of weeks, even by the standards of the Trump administration. Every bit of news that has come out has seemed to put Trump's presidency on shakier ground, to the point where now not only Democrats, but even a handful of Republicans are starting to toss ...read more

• By Wes Williams
  Nov 9, 2018

Republicans have had a rough time getting to a vote on their shiny new American Health Care Act, (as of this writing, Paul Ryan just ran to the White House to tell Trump the bill doesn't have enough votes to pass) because even a number of their own members recognize it for the ...read more

• By Wes Williams
  Nov 9, 2018

The House Intelligence Committee hearing with FBI Director James Comey on Monday morning very quickly turned into a tale of two investigations. Democrats wanted to get to the bottom of Russian involvement in the election and possible connections to Donald Trump, while ...read more

• By Wes Williams
  Nov 9, 2018

Earlier this week everyone was talking about the Republican move to gut the independent Office Of Congressional Ethics (which they later rescinded). But few people noticed the GOP brought back an old rule that could have serious consequences for federal agencies and the people ...read more

• By Wes Williams
  Nov 9, 2018

Update: Republicans have abandoned (for now) their plans to sell themselves to the highest bidder after a combination of a massive public outcry, a disapproving tweet from Trump and the lack of support from House GOP leadership made the move to gut oversight politically toxic. ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Nov 9, 2018

"Thanks, Obama!" Regulations put in place by President Barack Obama are set to give tens of millions of Americans making less than $47,000 a year time and a half overtime pay starting December 1st. Politico has reported that this mandatory pay raise is on the list that the ...read more

• By Jen Froderman
  Nov 9, 2018