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Bernie Sanders turned heads during his 2016 presidential campaign when he drew an unlikely endorsement from Atlanta rapper Killer Mike. The two met over soul food in the fall of 2015, and Killer Mike, real name Michael Render, went on to campaign for the progressive senator. “I am here because …

President Trump is, once again, optimistic that he will be able to strike a trade deal with China — and soon. Speaking from the G7 summit of world leaders in Biarritz, France, on Monday, the president said that he had “very good calls” with China over the weekend, and that …

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), during an interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast this week, promised the host that he would expose what the government may know about aliens because his wife Jane would insist he do so. Rogan asked how a possible future President Sanders would handle what some …

Democratic candidate and senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren told the New York Times on Wednesday, “Yes,” when asked if she thought President Donald Trump was a white supremacist. The candidate went on to say that Trump “has given aid and comfort to white supremacists,” adding, “He’s done the wink and …

President Trump and Republicans have blamed the media, the internet, video games, mental health, and a lack of prayer in schools for the mass shooting epidemic in the United States, which was brought back into focus over the weekend after shootings in El Paso and Dayton that left at least …

This story was first published by the Brennan Center for Justice. The only surprising part of the Trump administration’s choice to restart federal executions is that it took the president this long to make it. As a matter of pure politics, Donald Trump would probably like nothing more than to …

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the World Cup Champion women’s team, stopped by Meet the Press to discuss equal pay and her thoughts about President Donald Trump. The conversation began with equal pay. The US Women’s National Team has filed a lawsuit to earn an equal amount of money …

President Donald Trump‘s attempts to fund his much-touted border wall were thwarted, at least partially, by a Friday evening ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam in Sierra Club v. Trump, Politico reported. The Sierra Club took Trump to court after he declared a national emergency and tried to …

Back in 2018, President Trump slapped tariffs on several imported products and raw materials. The taxes were imposed mostly in an effort to force foreign nations to renegotiate their trade deals with the United States, about which Trump has complained repeatedly. Most significant were the tariffs placed on imported steel …

WASHINGTON — After months of hinting and deliberation, after endless will-he-or-won’t-he stories, and after a potential campaign announcement in Charlottesville, Virginia, was leaked to the media and then scrapped, Joe Biden has made it official: He’s running for president. The former vice president and Democratic senator from Delaware announced his …