Politics

After President Donald Trump appeared to respond to a groundswell of public support for tougher gun sale background checks following recent mass shootings, his language — and possibly his stance — on new gun control […]

Everyone is debating “red flag” laws like they’re some new thing, but California has had variations of them for decades. We call them domestic violence restraining orders, civil harassment restraining orders, workplace restraining orders, elder […]

President Trump on Sunday accused the “Failing New York Times” of launching a “Racism Witch Hunt” after a leaked recording allegedly showed the newspaper discussing a pivot from its Russia collusion investigation to race. “The […]

In conversation with reporters on Thursday, President Donald Trump suggested that the solution to mass shootings would be to go back to the days when we locked people up in insane asylums. “We’re going to […]

Conservative author Ben Shapiro tore into two freshman congresswomen’s “manipulative” attempt to enter Israel and called out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for giving an “ideologically radical” person like Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., powers to […]

On “The Five” on Friday, Fox News’ Jesse Watters said that the apparent suicide of financier Jeffrey Epstein in federal custody is just another example of “government incompetence,” blasting those responsible for his death. “What […]

Republicans are going to terrify minority communities, ruin the integrity of elections, and monitor votes in order to secure a win. At least, that’s what failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams thinks. In a Tuesday […]

The Trump administration on Wednesday formally proposed a new rule to let businesses with federal contracts cite religious objections as a valid reason to discriminate against their workers on the basis of LGBTQ status, sex, […]

Former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D) isn’t running for president in 2020, but she said she’s open to being vice president for any of the candidates. Abrams, who was narrowly defeated in the Georgia […]

Hundreds came to support the “March for a United America,” organized by LULAC, including presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke joined a group on Saturday on August 10, 2019. Photo by Nick Oza, Gannett El Paso Times […]