WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday said he regretted telling off-color jokes and defended his company’s record on the treatment of female employees, saying he tried to make the company a good place to work. FILE…
Elise Stefanik, who antagonized Schiff in impeachment hearings, named Trump NY campaign chair
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who saw her profile rise during the Trump impeachment hearings, is being named an honorary New York State chair for President Trump’s reelection campaign, officials said Wednesday. Stefanik made waves during the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings last year…
U.S. Democrat Buttigieg campaign’s top cybersecurity official quits over differences
FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg listens at the seventh Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top cybersecurity…
Dems rush to blame Trump for anti-Semitic violence
Saturday’s stabbing during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, N.Y., the latest in a spate of anti-Jewish violence in the region, drew bipartisan condemnation. But the attack also became a political football in a matter of hours, with several on…
The most memorable political gaffes of 2019
Biden’s Blunders Former VP Joe Biden had multiple gaffes during the last Democratic presidential debate; Sarah Sanders and Katie Pavlich join Watters’ World to discuss. The political climate in 2019 – between a presidential impeachment and the launch of the 2020…
Texas Republican credits church security team, change in state law after shooting
The deadly shooting inside a Texas church on Sunday prompted Republicans there to credit the changes in state law that permitted concealed firearms inside places of worship after it was revealed that the gunman was fatally shot six seconds after opening fire. CHURCH SHOOTING LATEST…
U.S. lawmaker and civil rights hero John Lewis has pancreatic cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Representative John Lewis, a hero of the U.S. civil rights movement, said on Sunday he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Lewis, 79, who endured beatings by white police and mobs during the 1960s…
U.S. promises action on any North Korea missile test: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States would be very disappointed if North Korea tested a long-range or nuclear missile and would take appropriate action as a leading military and economic power, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on…
Twitter system ‘outage’ briefly blocked Trump whistleblower tweet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump that identified an intelligence analyst as the alleged whistleblower who helped spark his impeachment was temporarily blocked at the weekend, with Twitter blaming an outage that affected a number of…
Chaotic 2020 primary battle raises prospect of brokered convention: Could it really happen?
With less than six weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses kick off the presidential nominating calendar, there’s no clear front-runner in the Democratic race. And that’s fueling speculation America could see something not witnessed in more than a half-century – a…