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ALTERNATE UNIVERSE—U.S. journalists and other liberals attended a mock funeral for the First Amendment in front of the White House on Wednesday to protest President Donald J. Trump's violent assault on CBS News correspondent Ed O'Keefe.…

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is warning the Georgian government that an ongoing campaign of repression by the country's ruling political party is endangering the Eastern European ally's pro-U.S. opposition and threatening to sweep the country back into…

Failed Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is urging Democrats to move beyond past elections and focus on the future. Abrams's Wednesday remarks to a crowd of University of New England students came despite her refusal to concede to…

Democratic presidential candidates have eagerly embraced radical pro-abortion stances, but two-thirds of Americans want to vote for political candidates who favor "significant restrictions" on abortion, according to a recent poll.…

Media interest in Jeffrey Epstein, the sexual deviant and Democratic donor who was most likely murdered in his jail cell in 2019, has ticked up amid scrutiny of the late pedophile's environmental record.…

A group founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) was hit with a complaint alleging that it violated campaign finance laws by accepting contributions that exceed federal limits as it works to propel the senator's presidential ambitions.…

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.) in a new ad released Wednesday pledged to fire Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos within her first 100 days as president—a likely unnecessary move given that DeVos would depart with sitting President Donald Trump.…

Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday officially announced the formation of a presidential commission on criminal justice, revitalizing an influential body that in the 1960s fundamentally altered the American criminal justice system.…

On this day in 2005, President Donald J. Trump married the love of his life, Melania Knauss, in a tasteful church ceremony in Palm Beach, Fla. A grateful nation wishes them all the best as they celebrate 15 happy years together.…

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii) on Wednesday filed a defamation lawsuit against twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for "carelessly and recklessly" accusing her of being a Russian asset.…

Joe Biden said he finds it "amazing" that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) used decades-old statements to criticize Biden's entitlement spending record before criticizing Sanders's record on gun control in the 1990s.…

A Virginia Democrat said Tuesday that Second Amendment supporters who protested new gun control legislation at the Virginia State Capitol had "terrorized Richmond."…

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One of the country's top liberal labor unions is spending dramatically less on political activities and lobbying in union stronghold Oregon, according to its annual report. The state's Service Employees International Union (SEIU) chapter reported just $1.6…

A group of Montana mothers will take their religious discrimination battle to the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a landmark case that could affect millions of schoolchildren.…

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Sen. Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) on Tuesday said Republicans are spreading a "weird conspiracy theory" that Democrats wanted to impeach Donald Trump since he became president.…

Democrats and journalists—to the extent that there is a meaningful difference—can't stop coming up with nicknames for Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) that make the Senate Majority Leader sound like a total badass, which he is.…

John Harwood announced he has left CNBC for CNN on Tuesday, as the network adds to its deep bench of White House reporting talent. some personal news: this is my first day at @CNN as White House Correspondent. honored and proud to join a team of journalists…

Former South Bend (Ind.) Mayor Pete Buttigieg channeled Jeb Bush on Tuesday, pleading with a crowd of Iowans to support him with a "come on." The post Mayor Pete’s ‘Please Clap’ Moment appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.