Primaries Are Where Politics Happens Today, And That's Why The Amazon Deal Died
5h from now By Ben SmithThe old cliche is all politics is local. Today, our most meaningful politics happens during the primaries — and that's what doomed Amazon in New York. View Entire Post ›Trump's National Emergency Just Got Its First Legal Challenge
5h from now By Zoe TillmanLegal advocacy group Public Citizen filed suit on behalf of landowners in Texas and an environmental group. More lawsuits are expected. View Entire Post ›Mueller's Office Says Paul Manafort Is Facing As Much As 24 Years In Prison — In Just One Of His…
5h from now By Zoe TillmanProsecutors did not make a specific recommendation about how much time they think Manafort should spend behind bars. View Entire Post ›Trump Said He "Didn't Need" To Declare An Emergency To Build The Wall And Liberal Lawyers Are…
4h from now By Zoe Tillman"Keep talking mr president," Omar Jadwat, the head of the ACLU's Immigrants Rights Project, tweeted. View Entire Post ›Twitter Suspended A DC Think Tank For Violating Its Rules Against Fake Accounts
4h from now By Craig SilvermanBuzzFeed News previously revealed the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology was using fake accounts to promote its work. Now it's under scrutiny again. View Entire Post ›A Judge Ruled Roger Stone Can Still Talk To The Press, Just Not In Front Of The Courthouse
4h from now By Zoe TillmanStone's lawyers, prosecutors, and lawyers for witnesses are barred from making statements to the press or in public "that pose a substantial likelihood of material prejudice to this case." View Entire Post ›Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Got Dragged For Suggesting People Who Are “Unwilling To Work” Should…
3h from now By Paul McLeod“This idea that somehow people who are unwilling to work are bad or lazy is a horrible idea.” View Entire Post ›2020 Campaigns Are Prioritizing Sexual Harassment Policies In Response To #MeToo
2h from now By Tarini PartiFrom "exhaustive" legal reviews and custom trainings to ensuring more ways to report allegations, sexual harassment and misconduct policies are no longer an afterthought for high-profile campaigns. View Entire Post ›Rep. Lauren Underwood Says Gun Control Measures Are Long Overdue, 11 Years After A Mass Shooting In…
2h By Nidhi Prakash"I challenge Sen. McConnell and the senators in their Republican caucus to make sure they are bold enough" to pass gun control legislation, Underwood said on BuzzFeed News' AM to DM. View Entire Post ›Trump Will Declare A National Emergency To Build A Wall
2:10am By Paul McLeodThe move, which Trump will couple with signing a bill to avoid another government shutdown, is expected to face both legal and congressional challenges. View Entire Post ›Bill Barr, Who Told Senators He’d Protect Mueller’s Investigation, Has Been Confirmed As…
Thu 8:00pm By Dominic HoldenThe new attorney general would run a very similar Justice Department to his predecessor. He's also said he doesn’t believe special counsel Robert Mueller would engage in a “witch hunt." View Entire Post ›The Trump Administration Admits Disaster Relief For Puerto Rico Was Delayed By The Shutdown
Thu 5:44pm By Nidhi PrakashIn a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren, a HUD official said the funds could not be fully accessed until the shutdown was over. View Entire Post ›Who Is Tulsi Gabbard? She Doesn't Like What You've Probably Heard
Thu 5:25pm By Alexis LevinsonOn her first trip to Iowa, the Hawaii lawmaker did all the normal things before friendly crowds — answered questions, shook hands, posed for photos — but the first month of Gabbard’s campaign has hardly been normal. View Entire Post ›FEMA Director Brock Long Has Resigned After Two Years And Multiple Controversies
Thu 3:30pm By Nidhi PrakashLong was criticized for his management of the agency's response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and his use of government cars for personal business. View Entire Post ›A Judge Found That Paul Manafort Lied To Investigators After Signing A Plea Deal With Mueller's…
Thu 2:07am By Zoe TillmanProsecutors established that Manafort intentionally made false statements about his contacts with longtime associate Konstantin Kilimnik and another DOJ investigation, a judge found. View Entire Post ›A Florida Mayor Is Thinking About Running For President And It's Not Andrew Gillum
Thu 1:05am By Ryan C. Brooks“If a mayor from South Bend can do it, then why not a mayor from Miramar?” View Entire Post ›DOJ Employees Sent A Letter Highlighting The Lack Of Gender Diversity In Top Positions
Thu 12:49am By Zoe TillmanOf 50 senior posts across 11 offices at the Justice Department, one is held by a woman, according to a letter sent to DOJ leadership by an internal gender diversity group. View Entire Post ›Republicans Plan To “Wage War” Against The Green New Deal For The 2020 Elections
Wed 7:44pm By Zahra Hirji“This was a mistake by Democrats because it took an issue they have been winning on and turned it into a liability,” said a Republican strategist. View Entire Post ›Here’s Why So Many Americans Feel Cheated By Their Student Loans
Wed 4:25pm By Anne Helen PetersenA social and financial divide is forming — between those who have student debt, and those who do not — that will have ramifications for decades to come. View Entire Post ›After Shutting Down The Government, Trump’s Getting Even Less Wall Money Than Democrats Originally…
Wed 9:25am By Paul McLeodTrump blasted the deal Tuesday but also said he does not expect another government shutdown. He’ll have to sign off on the deal by Friday to avoid one. View Entire Post ›Kamala Harris Said Marijuana “Gives A Lot Of People Joy” As She Reiterated Her Support For…
Wed 1:25am By Ryan C. BrooksHarris, who recently announced her White House bid, told the hosts of The Breakfast Club she had smoked weed in college. View Entire Post ›Advocates Say The Repeated Threats Of A Government Shutdown Are Hurting Low-Income Tenants
Wed 12:55am By Nidhi Prakash“I am very afraid of the long-term impact the last shutdown has had — and heaven forbid this happens again.” View Entire Post ›Donald Trump Helped Give Beto O'Rourke A Hometown Send-Off
Tue 5:26pm By Lissandra VillaThousands of people came out to protest the president’s border wall — and spent a lot of time cheering for a Beto presidential run. View Entire Post ›Beto O’Rourke Calls The Green New Deal “The Best Proposal” He’s Seen For Addressing Climate Change
Tue 4:55pm By Lissandra Villa“I'm really excited about the leadership there to meet our commitment to the generations that follow.” View Entire Post ›Black Officials In Virginia Have A List Of Demands For The Governor And Attorney General If They…
Tue 4:30pm By Darren SandsLawmakers and activists in Virginia will protest at the governor’s mansion on Wednesday over Ralph Northam's refusal to resign amid a blackface scandal. View Entire Post ›One Of Donald Trump’s New Attorneys Recently Left His Global Law Firm
Mon 11:41pm By Chris GeidnerMarc Mukasey, a former law partner of Rudy Giuliani, left Greenberg Traurig in mid-January to launch his own firm. View Entire Post ›Ralph Northam Will Launch A “Listening Tour” About Race Amid Blackface Scandal
Mon 11:39pm By Darren SandsPlans to recalibrate the governor’s legislative agenda to focus on race are coming into focus. View Entire Post ›Rep. Ilhan Omar Has Apologized For Using “Anti-Semitic Tropes” In a Tweet After Democratic…
Mon 10:13pm By Ema O'ConnorOmar suggested in a tweet that support for Israel was “all about the Benjamins,” earning her criticism from both parties. View Entire Post ›Amy Klobuchar Announced She's Running For President, In A Snowstorm
Mon 9:11pm By Molly Hensley-ClancyThe Democrat has been elected by huge margins in Minnesota, where she's built a reputation for bipartisanship. Over the last week, her reputation as a very demanding boss has also emerged. View Entire Post ›Trump’s "Low-Profile" "Ultimate Loyalist" Now Has More Power Ahead Of 2020
Mon 7:10pm By Tarini PartiTommy Hicks Jr., a longtime friend of the Trump family, was recently named cochair of the Republican National Committee. View Entire Post ›
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