Politics

Democrats are quite optimistic about the upcoming November election, when they hope to regain the majority of seats in the House of Representatives, but should that not happen, a Democratic leader said, a new leadership […]

Waffle House Shooting Suspect Had Previously Been Arrested

The suspect in an early Sunday Waffle House shooting in Nashville, in which four people died, was arrested last year for being in a restricted area near the White House, Tennessee authorities said. Travis Reinking, […]

Schumer Supports Trump’s Sanctions on China

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer pointed out that he is supporting the efforts President Donald Trump makes in order to pressure China on trade issues. Schumer told New York AM 970 radio host John Catsimatidis that […]

Romney Not Sure If He’ll Endorse Trump

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney stated Saturday that he hasn’t made the decision whether he is going to endorse President Donald Trump for reelection in 2020. “I will make that decision down the road,” Romney told […]

April 21, 2018 Focus Washington

Reporter Publishes Book Saying Clinton Expected to Lose 2016 Elections

Hillary Clinton reportedly accepted her defeat on election night by saying that “they” were “never” going to allow her to become a president. According to a new book by a New York Times reporter, the […]

April 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Trump Adds Giuliani to Legal Team After FBI Raid on Cohen

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined President Donald Trump’s personal legal team, adding a trusted ally and veteran prosecutor to a group that has struggled to attract and retain top talent, Bloomberg informed. “Rudy is great,” […]

April 20, 2018 Focus Washington

John Kasich to Run Against Trump in 2020, His Allies Reach out to Megadonors

Allies of Ohio Governor John Kasich have begun reaching out to Republican megadonors in order to garner support for him in a possible 2020 showdown with President Donald Trump. Even though Kasich has not decided […]

April 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Comey Memos Reveal President’s Comments on Russia, Flynn

Former FBI Director James Comey details in his memos the president’s “serious reservations” about then-national security adviser Michael Flynn as well as concerns about issues such as media leaks. The memos also detail President Donald […]

Cynthia Nixon: Trump and I Could Not Be Any More Different

Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon has pushed back on comparisons to “celebrity” politician President Donald Trump, stating she could not be more different from the billionaire businessman, Newsweek reported. The actress announced her run for New York governor […]

House Judiciary Chair Intends to Issue Subpoena to Get Comey Memos

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte intends to subpoena the Justice Department in order to get the memos of former FBI Director James Comey in which he memorialized his conversations with President Donald Trump, two […]

Republicans in Senate, House Battle over Campaign Funding

The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) attempts to save the majority in the upcoming midterm elections seem to have been faced with scrutiny in the Senate over whether the committee puts too much focus on saving […]

New York Attorney General Wants to Bring Criminal Charges Against People Pardoned by Trump

On Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislators received a request from New York’s attorney general where he asked that he and other local prosecutors be given the power to bring criminal […]

April 18, 2018 Focus Washington

Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies

Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92, ABC News reported. “A former first lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April […]

April 18, 2018 Focus Washington

Speaker Ryan’s Endorsement of McCarthy Backed Scalise Into a Corner

Majority Whip Steve Scalise was not notified by House Speaker Paul Ryan that he is endorsing Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to be the next speaker in Congress. According to GOP sources familiar with the issue, […]

April 17, 2018 Focus Washington

Sexual Awareness Month: Protesters Will Project ‘Rapist in White House’ Messages on Trump’s Hotel

The messages “Impeach Trump” and “There’s a Rapist in the White House” are set to be projected onto the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., Monday night, in light of Sexual Assault Awareness Month in […]

April 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Speaker Ryan Defends U.S. Trillion-Dollar Budget Deficit

The trillion-dollar deficits could not have been avoided by the GOP-controlled Congress said Speaker Paul Ryan as a response to the critics within his party who state that the Republican leaders have behaved irresponsibly. “That […]

April 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Comey: I Would Have Sent Clinton a Letter Even If I Knew It Will Help Trump Win

Former FBI Director James Comey in an interview stated that even if he had known it would help Donald Trump win the election, he still would have sent the letter that effectively reopened the investigation […]

April 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Poll: Almost Half of U.S. Citizens Think Their Taxes Are Too High

A new poll shows that almost half of U.S. citizens think that their federal income taxes are too high. Although since President Donald Trump took office Republicans are more satisfied with their taxes still 45 […]

April 14, 2018 Focus Washington

Democrats Blame Trump for Bad Economy

Democrats have indicated that President Donald Trump—not his predecessor Barack Obama—is responsible for the current state of the country’s economy, a tonal shift from earlier this year when top members of the party argued the economic […]

April 14, 2018 Focus Washington

Hillary Clinton Slams Ivanka Trump: No More Inexperienced Trumps in WH

Hillary Clinton slammed Ivanka Trump’s prospect of becoming the first woman president of the United States in an interview on Dutch TV last week. “That’s not going to happen,” Clinton responded. “No,” she said, shaking […]

April 13, 2018 Focus Washington

CBO Says 80 Percent of Economic Gains Will Go to Foreigners

A new report by the Congressional Budget Office indicates that 80 percent of the economic growth generated by the Republican tax cuts, which President Donald Trump touted in a speech on Thursday, will eventually go […]

April 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Trump Firing Mueller Will Trigger Nationwide Protests

Several U.S. progressive groups are getting ready for nationwide protests if President Donald Trump decides to fire the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, or even replace the Justice Department official […]

April 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Paul Ryan Has No Intention to Run for President

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday stated that he has no intention to run for president after he retires from Congress next year, insisting that another bid for political office is not likely in the […]

April 12, 2018 Focus Washington

House Receives Unredacted Version of Document That Started Russia Probe

The Justice Department has given House lawmakers access to a two-page document that the FBI used as the foundation for starting its original counterintelligence investigation into the possible collusion between Trump’s campaign’ and Russia. A […]

April 11, 2018 Focus Washington

Republican Group Airs Ad Defending Mueller from Being Fired

Special counsel Robert Mueller was defended by a Republican group against the attacks he faces from President Donald Trump in a TV-Ad that aired Wednesday morning on “Fox & Friends,” a show that Trump is […]

April 11, 2018 Focus Washington

Trump Lawyer Cohen Calls FBI Agents ‘Courteous’ and ‘Respectful’ after Raid

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Tuesday that FBI agents were respectful and professional when they raided his home and office on Monday, CNBC informed. Speaking to CNN in his first public comments since the raid, […]

April 11, 2018 Focus Washington

Democratic Senator Heitkamp Says Trump Asked Her to Switch Political Sides

Democratic Senator for North Dakota Heidi Heitkamp said that President Donald Trump at one point asked her to switch political parties during a December 2016 meeting in Trump Tower. “When I visited with him in […]

April 10, 2018 Focus Washington

FBI Raid Rargets Trump’s Attorney Michael Cohen, under Scrutiny over Stormy Daniels Payments

The FBI raided President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen’s home, office and hotel room Monday to obtain documents — a development that Trump slammed as “a disgrace,” Fox News informed. Federal agents reportedly collected documents concerning several […]

April 10, 2018 Focus Washington

Thousands of FBI Documents Turned over to House Committees

Officials said on Monday that thousands of internal FBI documents pertaining to the bureau’s decisions emanating from the 2016 election were handed over to congressional investigators in the latest document handover in the probe. The […]

April 10, 2018 Focus Washington

Mueller Is Reportedly Investigating $150,000 Ukrainian Billionaire Gave Trump’s Foundation

Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating a $150,000 payment that Donald Trump’s foundation received in 2015 from a Ukrainian billionaire, CNBC informed Monday. Victor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian steel magnate, paid the amount of money to the Donald J. Trump Foundation in September 2015 when […]