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A complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday alleges that two political action committees founded by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s top aide funneled over $1 million in political donations into two of his own private companies. If true, the cash transfers from the PACs, which were overseen by Saikat Chakrabarti, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff, […]

(Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Hillary Clinton put to rest lingering speculation Monday night that she might launch another White House bid, but the former 2016 Presidential candidate vowed to remain active in politics, telling a local television station in New York that “I’m not going anywhere.” “I’m not running, but I’m going to keep on working […]

(Jon Kopaloff / Stringer / Getty Images) CNN analyst Van Jones praised conservatives for becoming “the leader” on criminal justice reform while speaking Thursday at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference. “The conservative movement in this country, unfortunately from my point of view, is now the leader on this issue of reform,” Jones said. “Republican governors are being […]

From CNBC: Congressional leaders — including Democrats — broadly praised President Donald Trump for walking away from his second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on Thursday. Talks in Vietnam between Trump and Kim abruptly ended Thursday before a planned lunch and signing ceremony for some kind of agreement. Trump said he cut the […]

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Speaking at a CNN town hall on Monday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders stopped short of calling Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a “dictator,” saying “there are still democratic operations taking place” in the war-torn country. Sanders’ comments followed news that Univision anchor Jorge Ramos and his production crew were detained in Caracas following an interview with Maduro. […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.,  took on “climate delayers” and defended the legitimacy of her proposed ‘New Green Deal’  in a bizarre Instagram live stream on Sunday. During the live stream in which Ocasio-Cortez is shown chopping vegetables and preparing chili, the freshman Congresswoman questioned whether people should still have children because of climate change and further warned […]

Good news! Senator Bernie Sanders is never going to be the President of the United States. From Politico: Florida Democrats are denouncing Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for refusing to call Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro a dictator — a politically explosive issue in the nation’s biggest swing state. Sanders also would not say whether he […]

Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe was interviewed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday about the discussion of Rod Rosenstein wearing a wire, the probe into President Trump, and whether Russia influences Trump. When asked if President Trump could be a Russian asset, McCabe answered, “I think it’s possible. I think that’s why we started […]

Meghan McCain is a tough one to categorize and evaluate. Do we love her or consider her a “problem”? From Fox News: “The View” co-host Meghan McCain confronted Andrew McCabe on Tuesday, asking the former FBI director point blank if he was a source for The New York Times. “I don’t believe you’re a reliable narrator and I’m not […]

No less than 16 states are sued President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to build a wall along the southern border, calling the move “unlawful and unconstitutional.” The states allege in their lawsuit that President Trump’s declaration exceeds the power of the president and unconstitutionally redirects federal money that Congress had set […]