Month: September 2020

Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Ind., who last month set up a presidential exploratory committee, excoriated Vice President Pence over several conservative social policies he says “embarrassed” the state when he was governor. “I mean that he genuinely believes things that most of us would consider really far out,” Buttigieg, who would…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned Friday that the Trump administration’s new plan to privatize the two government-controlled entities that back half of the nation’s mortgages would make it even more difficult for working class families to purchase a home. “In the middle of a housing affordability crisis, when the gap between the black and white homeownership…

President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to suggest that the person who passed on information about his phone call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to a whistleblower should be executed, a striking escalation in rhetoric as the scandal over the July conversation between the two leaders continued to unfold.  “Very normal, healthy democracy we live in,”…

“Please save your praise. We don’t want it.” That was the blunt message 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered directly to U.S. lawmakers Tuesday during a meeting of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, which featured testimony from young environmentalists demanding that members of Congress treat the ecological crisis with the urgency it deserves.…

Workers are stuck “paying the ultimate price for executives’ poorly-timed deals,” said Our Revolution on Monday after General Electric announced it was freezing the pensions of roughly 20,000 employees with salaried benefits. The company is also offering a lump sum payout option to approximately 100,000 workers who’ve not yet begun taking pension payments, GE said…

President Donald Trump is expected to speak Friday about criminal justice at a historically black college in a scheduling decision that drew outrage from racial justice advocates. “What an unexpected, unpleasant situation for students, the community, and many citizens of this state to experience after his insensitive remarks regarding being ‘lynched’ by the Democratic Party,”…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested the Trump administration “focus more on cutting public assistance to billionaires instead of poor families” after news broke Friday that Amazon was expanding its presence in New York City without the state giving the company billions in tax incentives. The decision by the online giant to lease 335,000 square feet of…

Lewis Hamilton gave a big thumbs up to Sebastian Vettel’s decision to remain on the grid next season with Aston Martin Racing. Racing Point confirmed Vettel’s multi-year deal on Thursday, bringing an end to months of speculation about the future of Hamilton’s former arch-rival. “I was really pleased to hear it because that team has…

Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoPompeo: US response to Floyd protests a ‘stark contrast’ to authoritarian regimes Trump administration accuses international court of corruption at ‘highest levels,’ authorizes sanctions A crisis on the Korean peninsula reinforces the need for allies MORE’s decision not to seek a coveted Senate seat in Kansas has created…

The conservative group Club for Growth has launched a new advertisement targeting former Rep. Beto O’RourkeBeto O’RourkeBiden will help close out Texas Democrats’ virtual convention: report O’Rourke on Texas reopening: ‘Dangerous, dumb and weak’ Parties gear up for battle over Texas state House MORE (D-Texas) ahead of his possible White House bid. The commercial, titled…