Category Archives: Politics

Cillizza: Donald Trump just flat-out lied about Trump Tower wiretapping

On a sleepy Saturday morning back in March, Donald Trump dropped this bombshell on the political world: “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!”

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Report: Political aide signs off grant applications, awards at EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency has put a political aide in charge of reviewing grant funds that are distributed from the agency, according to a published report.

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Deputy AG Rosenstein: Charlottesville rhetoric ‘abhorrent to American values’

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein called the white supremacist rhetoric surrounding the protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month “abhorrent to American values.”

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Trump again raises specter of shutdown over wall

President Donald Trump on Monday once again insisted that Mexico will pay for a southern border wall, while still raising the specter of a government shutdown over funding for it.

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Ted Cruz: 2013 hurricane relief bill ‘filled with pork’

On Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz defended fellow Republicans who voted “nay” on a 2013 Hurricane Sandy relief bill — calling the legislation a “bill filled with pork.”

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