Alexander Nazaryan
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Ilhan Omar pushes to protect green-energy funding from Trump
The first-term representative from Minnesota is moving to stop the Trump administration from what she says is flagrant abuse of a Department of Energy loan program intended to promote renewable energy.
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Will Donald Trump and Steve Bannon reunite for 2020?
The real question is whether Steve Bannon will be back by Donald Trump’s side in 2020, after a two-year exile from Trumpworld.
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A furious Jon Stewart tells Congress to support 9/11 first responders: 'It's an embarrassment'
The former host of "The Daily Show" wins praise from members of the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution.
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Theatrics dominate at contentious Mueller report hearing
“In many ways, the Mueller report is to President Trump what the so-called Watergate roadmap” was to Nixon, he said. Democrats just want a do-over which they’ll never get!” Republicans echoes Trump’s message as the hearing began.
Yahoo NewsTrump made get-well call to Jerry Nadler in hospital
Putting aside his sharp political differences with one of his primary congressional tormentors, President Trump made a surprising get-well call to Rep. Jerry Nadler, who was briefly hospitalized in Manhattan in May, Yahoo News has learned. On May 24, Nadler was at an event promoting speed cameras at
Yahoo NewsTrump admits his Cabinet had 'some clinkers'
Adapted from “The Best People: Trump’s Cabinet and the Siege on Washington” by Alexander Nazaryan. I think he’s doing a good job. “That’s an interesting name,” he said sharply. That’s been going on from George Washington until the present, let’s face it. That’s what happens.”
Yahoo NewsWhite nationalist attacks should be prosecuted as terrorism, lawmakers say
“The only good Muslim is a dead one.” Rep Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., teared up as she read the chilling words from hate mail she had recently received.
Yahoo NewsTrump takes aim at district court vacancies as he remakes judiciary
By contrast, 118 district court judgeships remain open. Phipps was nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Senate as a district court judge last year. That wording is a clue to Stickman’s thinking on abortion. Stickman’s opposition to abortion appears to be grounded in his religious faith.
Yahoo NewsHow Sen. Mazie Hirono became Trump's toughest Democratic critic
Unapologetic disdain for the president has made Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, a hero to the left and, predictably enough, a villain to the right.
Yahoo NewsDiscounting climate change, EPA chief faults the media for the rise of bad environmental news
EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler said Monday it was wrong to think that "the environment is getting worse."
Yahoo News'It was a coup': Mueller critics demand 'deep state' investigation, Obama testimony
An hour before Robert Mueller prepared to give his public statement on the findings of his investigation into Russian electoral interference, calls for a very different sort of probe were taking place at an event organized by Trump allies.
Yahoo NewsAdam Schiff calls on Rod Rosenstein to testify
WASHINGTON — Speaking at a gathering of progressives, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., called on former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to testify on Capitol Hill about his involvement in Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Donald Trump presidential campaign.
Yahoo News‘We won’: Stacey Abrams makes the case for identity politics
WASHINGTON — “We won,” Stacey Abrams told progressives gathered in Washington for the annual Center for American Progress Ideas Conference, which functions as a casting call for potential national candidates. Abrams quickly acknowledged that she had not, in fact, won her bid to become Georgia’s governor
Yahoo News'Secret' voters favored Trump over Clinton 2 to 1
A new study found that “secret” Trump voters were twice as common as “secret” voters for Hillary Clinton. In fact, more than half of all secret voters were Trump supporters.
Yahoo News'Unfit for public office': Trump nominates loyalist who voted to defund Amtrak to sit on its board of directors
The candidate who ran the ad was Todd Rokita, who had steadily risen through the ranks of Indiana’s Republican establishment over the past two decades, serving as the secretary of state and, later, in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Yahoo NewsPruitt wasted $124,000 of taxpayer money on travel
Thursday’s report was a reminder of Pruitt’s penchant for first-class travel, which was perhaps the most prominent of the myriad scandals and controversies that engulfed him.
Yahoo NewsAOC, at Green New Deal rally, puts Joe Biden and other Democratic climate moderates on notice
Speaking at Howard University, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and other proponents of the Green New Deal, affirmed their progressive ideals while striking out at both conservative Republicans and moderate Democrats who have, according to her and other critics, done too little about global warming
Yahoo NewsWhy did right-wing troll Charles C. Johnson meet with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross?
Charles C. Johnson, a Holocaust denier who has been deemed “one of the country's most notorious Internet trolls,” had a surprising and markedly informal exchange with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in 2018.
Yahoo NewsFlorida's Gillum calls bill to limit voting by ex-convicts a 'poll tax'
Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor who last November lost a close race to become Florida’s governor, sharply criticized new restrictions placed on voting by people with felony convictions at a congressional hearing on Monday. “The unfortunate thing” about Florida, Gillum said, was that “we almost
Yahoo NewsWilliam Barr is the loyalist Trump always wanted
The attorney general's performance on Capitol Hill Wednesday seemed designed to appeal to his boss in the Oval Office.
Yahoo News'You lied to Congress': Mazie Hirono attacks William Barr
After a morning of dodging attacks, U.S. Attorney General William Barr caught one on the chin from Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, a Democrat who is known to aggressively question witnesses.
Yahoo NewsAt Mueller report hearing, Republicans shift to Clinton and Obama
Reference to the Strzok-Page texts was an early sign that the Republican members would try to shift the hearing to attack former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama.
Yahoo NewsWilliam Barr, in opening statement, defends handling of Mueller report
Mueller, however, appeared unhappy with Barr’s initial handling of the report.
Yahoo NewsHow to hijack a climate change hearing
A lone Republican witness hijacked a congressional hearing Tuesday about the public health effects of global warming, cutting off serious debate by drawing attention to his own controversial, disputed views.
Yahoo News'If God existed, I'd have gotten into Penn': Meet the Trump official working on higher education policy
In any other administration, the recruitment of Eli Nachmany, a 23-year-old with virtually no higher education experience, would have been remarkable.
