Politics

Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The case is being made today by Cliston Brown in the New York Observer, and it can be summed up in two words: Mike Pence. As they often do, Democrats are failing to see when they’ve got a good thing going and are looking for a way to screw it […]

“I’m like a smart person.” Mark Wilson / Getty Images Drip, drip, drip: WASHINGTON — President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly […]

“What? I wasn’t supposed to tell them that? Oops.” Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Washington Post: President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the […]

Could they please just not. Stefan Zaklin For the last couple weeks, we’ve been playing the will-they-won’t-they game with the Republican attempt to revive their failed Obamacare repeal bill / massive tax cut for the rich at the expense of the poor and elderly. On Tuesday, Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) answered that question by adding […]

Sean Spicer’s got problems. AARON P. BERNSTEIN Yesterday, Sean Spicer’s daily briefing was so bad, White House officials had to back-pedal on a claim that President Trump was ready to take further action if Syrian President Bahar al-Assad’s regime continued to bomb civilians. (“If you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bombing to […]

Seat thief. ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES The New York Times: With an announcement from Senator Christopher Coons, Democrat of Delaware, during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing to vote on Judge Gorsuch’s nomination, Democrats had found their 41st vote in support of a filibuster. WooooOOOooooo! For now. Despite the fact that Gorsuch sides with companies […]

Donald “Grab Them By the Pussy” Trump, everyone. MARIO TAMA In an announcement released today, President Donald Trump declared April 2017 to be National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. This is a standard thing that presidents do, and there’s a long history connected with this particular awareness-raising effort, but it’s a unique moment when […]

Getting ready to chat with the Senate Intelligence Committee. Getty Images Well, well: Senate investigators plan to question Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a close adviser, as part of their broad inquiry into ties between Trump associates and Russian officials or others linked to the Kremlin, according to administration and congressional officials. According to […]

Oops. We’re fucked. Zach Gibson / Getty What’s going in DC today? Who knows! House Speaker Paul Ryan is rushing to the White House to tell President Donald Trump that he doesn’t have the votes to repeal and replace Obamacare. But the White House says a vote is still happening, and is set to begin […]