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EDITORIAL The best thing Elizabeth Warren can do — what she needs to do — is put all the facts about her past in front of voters and stop the drip-drip-drip of fresh revelations.  SCOT LEHIGH Bill Weld says Donald Trump has done more to undermine the rule of law than Richard Nixon.  Small-dollar donations — the renewable resource that Democratic candidates will depend upon to fuel their campaigns — are expected to be a huge deal in 2020.  Speaking in Lawrence, Warren began her campaign by recognizing the women who had gone on strike there more than a century ago, connecting themes of labor

EDITORIAL The best thing Elizabeth Warren can do — what she needs to do — is put all the facts about her past in front of voters and stop the drip-drip-drip of fresh revelations.  SCOT LEHIGH Bill Weld says Donald Trump has done more to undermine the rule of law than Richard Nixon.  Small-dollar donations — the renewable resource that Democratic candidates will depend upon to fuel their campaigns — are expected to be a huge deal in 2020.  Speaking in Lawrence, Warren began her campaign by recognizing the women who had gone on strike there more than a century ago, connecting themes of labor

EDITORIAL The best thing Elizabeth Warren can do — what she needs to do — is put all the facts about her past in front of voters and stop the drip-drip-drip of fresh revelations.  SCOT LEHIGH Bill Weld says Donald Trump has done more to undermine the rule of law than Richard Nixon.  Small-dollar donations — the renewable resource that Democratic candidates will depend upon to fuel their campaigns — are expected to be a huge deal in 2020.  Speaking in Lawrence, Warren began her campaign by recognizing the women who had gone on strike there more than a century ago, connecting themes of labor

EDITORIAL The best thing Elizabeth Warren can do — what she needs to do — is put all the facts about her past in front of voters and stop the drip-drip-drip of fresh revelations.  SCOT LEHIGH Bill Weld says Donald Trump has done more to undermine the rule of law than Richard Nixon.  Small-dollar donations — the renewable resource that Democratic candidates will depend upon to fuel their campaigns — are expected to be a huge deal in 2020.  Speaking in Lawrence, Warren began her campaign by recognizing the women who had gone on strike there more than a century ago, connecting themes of labor

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Democrats who took uncompromising stands against racism and sexual harassment and assault find themselves questioning just how far their idealism goes as Virginia’s top three officeholders struggle to weather political storms that threaten their careers. After a racist photo showed up on Virginia Gov.

MORE on Friday touted plans for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, predicting that the isolated nation could see an economic boost under Kim. "North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, will become a great Economic Powerhouse," Trump declared on Twitter. "He may surprise some but he won’t surprise me, because I have gotten to know him & fully understand how capable he is.

A second woman has come forward to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) of sexual assault, spurring numerous calls from members of his party for him to resign. A lawyer for Meredith Watson said in a statement Friday that Fairfax raped her in 2000 when they were both students at Duke University. The alleged attack was "premeditated and aggressive," the statement said.

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was grilled by House Judiciary Committee lawmakers for close to six hours Friday in an explosive hearing dominated by partisan clashes. During the hearing, Whitaker fielded a slew of questions on special counsel MORE’s investigation, which he repeatedly declined to answer directly, infuriating House Democrats in their first crack at a top Trump administration official since recapturing the chamber in last year’s midterm elections. The conclusion of the tense and highly dramatic hearing left Democrats unsatisfied and pledging th

Specifically, Republicans–as they have demonstrated for three consecutive legislative days–intend to push for a floor vote against Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s wishes on a piece of legislation from Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) that would ensure babies who are born alive following an abortion attempt are given the same medical treatment and care any other newborn baby would receive. “Protecting innocent life shouldn’t be a partisan issue and it shouldn’t be difficult.