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Ralph Northam is still the governor of Virginia. The Democrat has yet to step down in the wake of a bizarre blackface controversy that has led nearly every prominent party leader to call for his resignation, including his state’s two senators. But if and when Northam does step aside, the …

President Trump has called it a “witch hunt,” but Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia‘s interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with the Kremlin has yielded 37 indictments or guilty pleas and four prison sentences over the past year and a half. The …

On December 20th, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act cleared the U.S. Senatein a rare unanimous vote after it was introduced by the chamber’s three African-American members — Sen. Kamala Harris (D-NY), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) — introduced it earlier in 2018. It means, …

President Trump doesn’t have many tentpole accomplishments to tout as his presidency enters its third year. He does have the economy, though, which has boomed since he assumed office back in January 2017. He might not have it much longer. On Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that the company …

President Trump’s primary campaign promise was to build a “big, beautiful” wall along America’s southern border. Construction has yet to begin nearly two years into his presidency, and with Democrats set to take control of the House of Representatives next month, it doesn’t look like Congress is going to OK …

W ASHINGTON —John Podesta has given it a lot of thought and believes the best way to deal with the trolls is to ignore them. His wife, Mary, however, takes a different approach. When angry people call their home in the middle of the night, she has a conversation with …

One week after the 2016 election, employees at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., pitched dozens of foreign diplomats on the property and all it had to offer. Not that much of a spiel was required, since the chief advantage was obvious: it belonged to the president. As one …

November 6th was a bad night for President Trump, no matter what he says. He now has to deal with a newly empowered opposition party with a mandate to check his myriad abuses and scandals. The rebuke wasn’t as harsh as it needed to be, though. Trumpism, which is essentially …

The race to become the next governor of Florida is among the most heated contests of the upcoming midterms. It may also be the most emblematic of the national political climate in 2018. Democrat Andrew Gillum is an unabashed progressive, supporting universal healthcare, higher corporate taxes and abolishing ICE “in …

Dave Chappelle told CNN’s Van Jones that Kanye West “shouldn’t say all that shit,” referring to the rapper’s praise of President Donald Trump. West recently made news with a rambling Oval Office visit this past week where he spoke at length on topics ranging from a new design for Air …