Biden says Dems should 'run on what we believe'
Vice President Biden looked to rally Democrats ahead of the 2014 elections, telling lawmakers and political operatives that the party can prevail if they focus on promoting their policy objectives."If...
View ArticleGOP's Gardner: Governing 'with maturity' will help 2016 nominee
More ABC US news | ABC Health NewsIncoming Sen.-elect Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) said on Sunday that reducing dysfunction in Washington would ultimately help the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. He...
View ArticleImmigration move roils Nevada
President Obama's executive actions on immigration threw gasoline on the fire of border politics — and nowhere is it burning hotter than in Nevada, where incoming Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid...
View ArticleEight Dem targets for 2016
After being clobbered in the 2014 elections, House Democrats are hoping 2016 will be their year.Although party leaders didn't expect to gain ground in last month's midterms, they'd hoped to keep their...
View ArticleIssa won't run for California Senate
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) won't run for Sen. Barbara Boxer's (D-Calif.) seat, two sources close to the congressman tell The Hill."It's just not going to happen," said one.Boxer announced that she...
View ArticleDeep in minority, Dems look to redistricting for hope
Facing long odds at retaking the House, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats are pushing hard for redistricting reform as a potential route back into control of the lower...
View ArticleLegal center asks SCOTUS to block Texas voter ID law
An advocacy group has asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block a Texas voter identification law from being enforced during the 2016 general election.The Campaign Legal Center said a D.C. district...
View ArticleDemocrats need return to ACORN-style organizing
In 2008, Barack Obama became America’s first black president and Democrats gained majorities in both the House and the Senate. So when I tell people that Republicans won in 2008, the response is almost...
View ArticleIs Donald Trump Jr. the Gordon Gekko of politics?
“Greed,” Gordon Gekko of Wall Street told us, “is good. Greed is right, greed works.”In the 30 years since “Wall Street” premiered, we seem to have taken that mantra to new heights, with many Americans...
View ArticleDems push for Homeland Security, FBI briefing on Russian attacks on voting...
A group of nearly two-dozen Democratic lawmakers wants the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FBI to brief the entire Congress on Russia’s efforts to target state voter systems ahead of the 2016...
View ArticleHearing date set for Stormy Daniels lawsuit against Trump
The lawsuit filed by adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, which aims to dissolve a nondisclosure agreement preventing her from discussing an alleged affair with President Trump, has been given a hearing...
View ArticleTrump-linked firm Cambridge Analytica had private data of 50M people: report
Cambridge Analytica, the data firm the Trump campaign used during the 2016 election, obtained the private information of more than 50 million people without their permission, The New York Times...
View ArticleDem rebuts Trump on House panel finding: 'The committee reached no such...
Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, rebuffed President Trump’s assertion that the committee has concluded there was no collusion between his campaign...
View ArticleRand Paul: 'I would not have appointed Mueller'
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday that he would not have appointed special counsel Robert Mueller, adding that special counsels wield too much power."I think special prosecutors have too much...
View ArticleDirector Rob Reiner says mainstream media failed America during 2016 election
Legendary film director Rob Reiner talks about how mainstream media failed America during the 2016 presidential race.“Yes, he had a lot of people at this rallies," Reiner says. "And yes, they were...
View ArticleFormer CIA official on FBI's 2016 actions: 'I'd call that...
The FBI's reported attempt to obtain information under false pretenses from former Trump campaign operative George Papadopoulos in 2016 constitutes spying, former CIA counter-intelligence chief James...
View ArticleNew Senate Intel report on Russia's election interference expected next...
A new bipartisan report from the Senate Intelligence Committee on Russia's election interference is expected to be released next week, lawmakers said Friday.The third installment of the panel's...
View ArticleSenior intelligence official warns Russia, Iran, China targeting U.S. elections
A senior intelligence official within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Friday warned that Russia, Iran and China were attempting to sway the 2020 elections.William Evanina,...
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