Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is using a lengthy filibuster speech to criticize President Donald Trump as Senate Democrats utilize the procedural tool to block passage of a GOP-backed measure to open the government. “I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy. We cannot pretend this is normal,” he said in a […]

TRUMP: ‘I DON’T WANT A WASTE OF TIME’: After Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his Russian counterpart and reported back that Russia has flatly rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal to freeze the battle lines in Ukraine, and “let history decide,” who won, Trump abruptly pulled the plug on a peace summit with Russian […]

Former Sen. John E. Sununu (R) has officially jumped into the race to reclaim New Hampshire‘s Senate seat, after he was ousted by current Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) in 2008. “Washington’s never been perfect. It’s not meant to be,” Sununu said in his campaign launch video. “When I was there, people with different opinions could […]

President Donald Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place, forced to balance the government shutdown-linked delay of promised emergency aid for American farmers with continued efforts to prop up a political ally in Latin America. The Trump administration had repeatedly promised to stand up a bailout of American farmers, who have been […]