Ilhan Omar, AIPAC, and the 2020 Democratic Presidential Contenders
The Democratic Party is having an internal battle over Israel and the BDS movement — and the 2020 contenders are paying attention.
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The Supreme Court Will Decide if Census Citizenship Question Is Legal. Democrats Should Also Work to Block It.
House Democrats should use their oversight power to expose the Trump administration’s nefarious reasons for asking about citizenship on the 2020 census.
Even for Washington, the Fight Over Online Gambling Has Been Unusually Shady
It's a fight that has Sheldon Adelson and Lindsey Graham on one side, and a questionable Obama-era Justice Department interpretation of a law on the other.
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Six GOP House Members Who Need to Resign for Anti-Semitism Before Ilhan Omar
Trump wants Ilhan Omar to resign from Congress over purportedly anti-Semitic remarks. Why hasn't Trump asked for these six Republicans to resign, too?
Rep. Ilhan Omar Went After Elliott Abrams for Lying to Congress. Then He Did It Again.
Abrams’s most notable lies came during an exchange about his actions as assistant secretary of state in the 1980s during the Reagan administration.
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Ralph Northam Still Doesn't Understand What It Takes to be Forgiven
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has spent more effort creating factual ambiguity around his yearbook photo than engaging in the hard work of penitence.
The War on Immigrants
Immigrant Rights Groups Trash Border Deal: “Immigrant Families Will Pay the Price”
Democrats had pushed for cuts to ICE's detention budget, but ceded that demand in the interest of moving negotiations forward.
As Giuliani Calls for Regime Change in Iran, Netanyahu Raises the Specter of “War”
It was supposed to be secret that the Middle East conference in Warsaw was really about confronting Iran, then Giuliani and Netanyahu showed up.
Goldman Lobbyist Turned Schumer General Counsel Is Hiding Most Former Clients’ Names
Former Sen. Jon Kyl pioneered a new tactic to get around financial disclosures. Now Sen. Chuck Schumer's general counsel is employing it.
Black Critics of Kamala Harris and Cory Booker Push Back Against Claims That They're Russian “Bots”
Angela Rye and Joy Reid have speculated that American descendants of slaves using the hashtag “ADOS” to critique Harris and Booker are Russian bots.