The New York Times reports President Donald Trump’s love of no-bid contracts with connected contractors and flunkies have ruined another Washington, DC., project, this time at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.Whistleblowers say renovations at the center “were rushed to meet the dea…
Dispatch writer Nick Catoggio says it really throws a corrupt man when other people don’t respond to bribery. This is the confusion facing President Donald Trump in his doings with more principled international leaders — even in the terrorist state of Iran.Someone like Trump believes “everyone has t…
The Guardian reports mystery is still surrounding the health of Sen Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as Congress prepares to return from recess next week.McConnell, 84, has not been seen in public since he was admitted to a Washington hospital in June 14. Nearly a month later, the Kentucky Republican’s offic…
It was one of our nation’s darkest times, and Trump wants a re-enactment for the midterms.
President Donald Trump has loudly criticized the roughly $2.5 billion renovation of the Federal Reserve headquarters. Yet, when it comes to another costly Washington project — refurbishing a “free” Air Force One jet gifted by Qatar — talk around the White House goes silent, the New York Times noted …
AlterNet, America’s oldest independent progressive news site, is conducting an urgent national online poll about how the public views the Mitch McConnell’s health scare and what he owes the public as an active Senator.
“Several days later and I can’t help it. It’s too funny,” said comedian John Fugelsang of white supremacist militia group, the “Patriot Front,” marching through the streets of Capitol Hill on the 250th birthday of the United States. Videos showed that a few hundred men showed up with face coverings,…
President Donald Trump may think he’s found a Trojan horse to seize the midterms, but security expert Miles Taylor says that horse isn’t riding off anytime soon.Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency …
CNN chief national correspondent John King says Trump may have irritated U.S. voters with his refusal to sign the popular bipartisan housing bill that the Republican majority sent to his desk, but he’s done even more trouble to endangered Republicans in dicey swing districts.The state of Michigan vo…
Former George Bush speechwriter and GOP insider Tim Miller is quick to say how thoroughly Senate and House Republicans have surrendered Congressional power to President Donald Trump and the White House since his return to office more than a year ago.In fact, Miller says the only way the party has ac…