Politics

President Trump and Special Counsel Robert Mueller have been in each other’s orbit for months, but this week they seemed closer than ever. Tension is swelling as to whether the president will allow himself to be interviewed by the man investigating Russian collusion (and possible conspiracy) with his campaign.Trump’s legal …

When Georgia Republicans chose Brian Kemp, the state’s voter-suppressing Secretary of State, as their nominee for governor against Democratic supernova Stacey Abrams this week, they set up a November election that will be one of the nation’s most-watched and most entertaining. It will also be the nation’s most comically misunderstood. …

Scott Pruitt finally stepped downfrom his controversial perch atop the EPA on Thursday. Roughly 24 hours after attending a Fourth of July picnic on the White House lawn and only a few hours after the New York Times reported that he fired an aide for questioning the legality of deleting …

Director David Lynch accused President Donald Trump of “causing suffering and division” in a Facebook post in which he clarified comments he made about Trump that he claims right-wing media outlets took out of context. In an interview with The Guardian published Saturday, Lynch said that Trump “could go down …

Following the shooting that left 10 dead at Santa Fe High School, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced he would hold a series of roundtable discussions focusing on ways to curb gun violence in schools. Although some of the state’s leading gun reform proponents were not invited, the group Texas Gun …

Though he may have been too busy to buy his wife a birthday present last month, President Trump is a big fan of mothers. On Sunday morning, he tweeted a videoin which spoke of the “incredible spirit” of those who birthed us while marveling at “how they pioneered the West …

If you weren’t aware that Rudy Giuliani joined Trump’s legal team late last month, you are now. After not even two weeks on the job, the Trump confidant and former New York City mayor spoke to Sean Hannity Wednesday night about several ofthe president’s ongoing legal issues. It was an …

Harry Truman used to have a plaque on his desk –The Buck Stops Here, it said. It was a way of making clear the president is the final authority: If you’ve got a problem, you’ll have to take the issue up with him. “Every president is subject to quite a …

Update 2:27 PM:Police have arrested Travis Reinking, the primary suspect in the shooting, according to The Associated Press. Original post below. *** Early Sunday morning, a man opened fire on a Waffle House near Nashville, shooting multiple patrons before an unarmed customer charged him, seized his weapon and forced him …

It’s heading into the evening and it’s just been announced that if we continue on the current pace, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will still be testifying before the Senate after midnight. I’d hoped to post complete notes from the whole session, but I’m going to have to give up and …