Controversial Republican Kris Kobach is seeking the U.S. Senate seat in Kansas being vacated by GOP incumbent Pat Roberts. Kobach’s campaign got off to a bumpy start on Monday morning when Kobach’s first name was misspelled on paperwork filed with the Federal Election Commission declaring his candidacy. The campaign rectified the misspelling ― it was filed as “Chris” ― about […]
President Donald Trump downplayed his assault on environmental protections and touted a short list of accomplishments Monday, in a bid to recast his record of deregulating polluters and aggravating the climate crisis ahead of next year’s election. In an afternoon speech at the White House, the president offered voters a counter-narrative to what the Sierra […]
The Congressional Budget Office released a highly anticipated analysis Monday projecting the effects of a $15 federal minimum wage, finding it would raise pay for 17 million workers but leave 1.3 million fewer jobs. The report from the nonpartisan research arm of Congress will give fodder to both conservatives and liberals in the debate over […]
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was formally charged with the sex trafficking of minors on Monday in New York City. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York filed a 14-page grand jury indictment accusing Epstein of paying dozens of girls as young as 14 to engage in sex acts with […]
The Justice Department abruptly announced Sunday it will replace the legal team that has represented the Trump administration in its efforts to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. “As will be reflected in filings tomorrow in the census-related cases, the Department of Justice is shifting these matters to a new team of […]