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Conservatives launch ad campaign against Pelosi drug-pricing plan, ‘socialized medicine’

A high-powered conservative coalition released a seven-figure ad buy Monday targeting a push by House Democrats to lower drug prices, saying the bill would set price controls, hobble medical research and increase taxes.

October 7, 2019

Jim Himes, Democrats say additional whistleblowers prove impeachment momentum

A surge of reports Sunday about more whistleblowers stoked the Democratic Party's impeachment momentum, even as Democrats sought to stave off rising Republican calls for a formal House vote and tried to deflect attention from former Vice President Joseph R. Biden.

October 6, 2019

Lindsey Graham says Trump whistleblowers will testify in public if House votes to impeach

Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham said Sunday that anonymous whistleblowers would be front and center for Senate hearings if House Democrats pursue articles of impeachment against President Trump.

October 6, 2019

Chuck Todd accuses Ron Johnson of ‘Fox News conspiracy propaganda’ on Ukraine

NBC anchor Chuck Todd on Sunday accused Sen. Ron Johnson of engaging in "Fox News conspiracy propaganda" after the Wisconsin Republican blasted efforts to sabotage President Trump and raised questions about Ukraine's role in 2016 election interference.

October 6, 2019

Donald Trump call for China to probe Joe Biden, son not ‘serious,’ Republicans say

Republicans pushed back Sunday against the uproar over President Trump's comment about China investigating the Bidens, saying the president wasn't making a serious request but was rather needling the media.

October 6, 2019

Amy Klobuchar says she wouldn’t let her vice president’s child sit on foreign board

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday she would not allow the child of her hypothetical vice president to sit on a foreign board, as former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's son did.

October 6, 2019

Mark Zaid: Second whistleblower emerges in Trump impeachment inquiry

President Trump took aim at reports that a second whistleblower has emerged, accusing his foes of "going to the bench" after the first complaint filed about his conversation with the Ukraine president.

October 6, 2019

Antifa calls for ‘America is Canceled’ protest to ‘disrupt’ Trump’s Minneapolis rally

Antifa activists Thursday announced a massive anti-Trump protest entitled "America is Canceled" at the president's scheduled speech next week in Minneapolis.

October 4, 2019

Michael Bennet fails to qualify for debate, vows to stay in 2020 presidential race

Michael Bennet vowed this week to stay in the race at least through the Feb. 11 New Hampshire primary. His strategy: Convince voters that his more moderate platform makes him the best candidate to defeat President Trump in 2020.

October 3, 2019

Antifa hit with backlash over ‘granny-bullying’ after blocking elderly woman

Antifa took a public-relations hit this week in Canada after activists blocked the path of an elderly woman using a walker as she tried to enter an Ontario college for a talk featuring a conservative politician.

October 3, 2019

Green New Deal’s 2030 emissions goal would require adding nuclear plant every other day: Professor

A University of Colorado professor says it's possible to reach net-zero U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, as sought by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal, as long as you bring on one new nuclear power plant every other day.

October 2, 2019

Jessica Reznicek, Ruby Montoya indicted for sabotaging Dakota Access pipeline

Anti-pipeline activists Jessica Rae Reznicek and Ruby Katherine Montoyahave been indicted on federal charges stemming from multiple 2016-17 attacks on the Dakota Access Pipeline in Iowa, including burning pipes and valves with torches. They each face up to 40 years in prison if convicted on the nine criminal counts against them.

October 2, 2019

William A. Jacobson, Cornell Law School professor, has Elizabeth Warren Wiki Facebook page restored

Facebook restored Tuesday a six-year-old page documenting Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee ancestry claims and other controversies, calling its removal a mistake.

October 1, 2019

Michelle Grisham embraces climate change push despite cash from oil

After decades as one of the nation's poorest states, New Mexico finds itself awash in revenue from the state's oil-and-gas boom -- so much so that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last month proposed free tuition for residents at state universities.

October 1, 2019

Ajit Pai declares ‘victory for consumers’ as court upholds net-neutrality repeal

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Federal Communications Commission can toss out rules that block internet providers from favoring some services, but it said the FCC cannot bar states from implementing their own net neutrality regulations.

October 1, 2019

Facebook shuts down professor’s page debunking Warren’s Native American ancestry claims

Facebook has removed an Ivy League professor's 6-year-old page, Elizabeth Warren Wiki, saying the site chronicling the Massachusetts senator's debunked Native American heritage claims violates the tech giant's rules against impersonation.

October 1, 2019

Hoax: Girl who accused white boys of cutting dreadlocks admits she made it up

It sounded almost too outrageous to be true: A black girl attacked during recess at a private Christian school by three white boys who cut off her dreadlocks. And at a school where Vice President Pence's wife Karen teaches, no less. As it turns out, it wasn't true.

September 30, 2019

Scientists tell U.N. Global Climate Summit: No emergency

Lost amid the coverage of Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg at last week's U.N. Global Climate Summit were the 500 international scientists, engineers and other stakeholders sounding a very different message: "There is no climate emergency."

September 29, 2019

Al Gore edges Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for top Climate Hypocrite Award

Former Vice President Al Gore edged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a high-profile climate award, although it's unlikely to earn a place on his mantel.

September 28, 2019

Tom Steyer’s climate plan calls for crackdown on ‘environmental crimes against humanity’

Like other Democratic presidential primary hopefuls, Tom Steyer seeks to make America carbon-free sooner rather than later, but he's the first to demand a crackdown on "environmental crimes against humanity."

September 27, 2019