RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday, protesting plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation that have become a key flash point in the national debate over gun violence. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: The size of the rally […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with quiet ceremony Thursday — senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of “impartial justice” as jurors, House prosecutors formally reciting the charges and Chief Justice John Roberts presiding. The trial, only the third such undertaking in American history, […]
Sen. Cory Booker weighs in on Trump's upcoming impeaching trial.
Iran has abandoned the Obama-orchestrated nuclear deal following the Trump-ordered hit on Iran, which killed Qasem Soleimani.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he ordered the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani because he was “plotting to kill” many Americans. In his first comments since the strike against the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force early Friday, Trump said Soleimani was also responsible for killing and wounding “thousands” of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump‘s campaign said Thursday that it raised $46 million in the last quarter of 2019 and had $102.7 million on hand as the election year begins. The sum far exceeds what Democratic candidates, who are embroiled in a hotly contested primary, have reported so far for the final three months […]
BAGHDAD (AP) — Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area in one of the worst attacks on the embassy in recent memory. SIGN UP FOR […]
Ending out the decade, Gallup Poll released the results of the annual most admired man of the year list, which resulted in an interesting find. Former president Barack Obama and Donald Trump both tied for the top spot, both garnering a total of 18 percent from respondents. This marks Obama’s 12th time as the most admired […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee abruptly postponed a historic vote late Thursday on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, shutting down a 14-hour session that dragged with partisanship but had been expected to end with the charges being sent to the full House for a vote next week. SIGN UP FOR OUR […]
If you haven’t been paying attention to the courts, you may not have noticed but Roland Martin points out that Republicans make elections about the courts. “They want to pack the federal bench with these young 35-40 year old right wing judges” he explains, that way they’ll control the courts for the next 50 years. Kristen […]
Russ got into what he calls a “little twitter debate” with someone about Kanye’s conversion. And he says some Christians are so judgmental it makes him wonder if these so called Christians follow the teachings of God. He asks, “can you be a racist and a christian too?” He doesn’t think so, because “how can you determine […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lack of notice. Past failures to level with the American people. A tough week for the White House as public impeachment hearings got under way. Add it all up, and President Donald Trump’s unscheduled weekend visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center raised suspicions about his health, despite White House […]
