The Associated Press Sen. Chuck Schumer threatened Thursday to keep a government shutdown running into 2019 unless President Donald Trump gives up on his push for a border wall. He said Thursday, “There will be no additional funds to pay for the wall — it is done.” Budget bills must originate in the House, and Schumer…
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Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee amid suspicion that a portion of the $107 million it raised was misspent, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal states the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is in the beginning stages of probing whether the committee’s most prominent donors made sizable contributions “in exchange for access to the…
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Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” the panel reacted to outgoing-Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) shrugging off the news that prosecutors have implicated President Donald Trump in crimes committed by his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen. Whoopi Goldberg said, “I don’t know if you can drain the swamp.” Joy Behar said, “I don’t know if you saw…
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On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said members of Congress have a “responsibility” to impeach presidents who commit high crimes and misdemeanors, and some members are “derelict in their responsibility.” She suggested that one possible reason for the hesitation to impeach President Trump is because some might “believe that Trump…
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Former Vice-President and environmental activist Al Gore says that President Donald Trump’s position on climate change could boost global efforts to tackle so-called global warming due to the president’s previous remarks on the issue. Gore, who has spent years raising awareness of global warming and advocating prevention strategies, said on Wednesday, “It may be a perverse…
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