Biden expedites aid to Kentucky flooding survivors as search and rescue continues in state

President Biden announced on Saturday that he is expediting support to the survivors of deadly flooding in Kentucky as search-and-rescue operations continue.  Biden said in a tweet that he added individual assistance to his major disaster declaration for the state Friday, which made emergency federal funds available to help recovery efforts.  Biden said in a comment to his original tweet that residents of five counties in Kentucky who have been affected by th

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Real vs. imposter: manipulation of election integrity

A group in Colorado conducted a so-called “audit” of voters for the purpose of proving fraud in the election process there. Volunteers signed up to ask voters a series of questions to verify their existence and compare with official public records. According to reporting

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Democrats hope DOJ holds Trump accountable after Mueller disappointment

For the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency, liberals and Trump critics who wanted to see him punished for criminal acts or substantial wrongdoing poured their hopes into then-special counsel Robert Mueller. Now, watchdogs, Democratic lawmakers and Trump opponents all have their eyes on Attorney General Merrick Garland as his Justice Department ramps up its investigation into the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. “I think all eyes are on Garland in the same way as they were on Mueller, with the major difference, of cours

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Sunday shows preview: Manchin and Schumer strike deal, GOP senators block burn pits bill

The deal between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on a climate, health care and tax package and Senate Republicans blocking a bill to expand care for veterans suffering from burn pit injuries are expected to dominate this week’s Sunday shows circuit.  After months of private negotiations, Manchin and Schumer announced Wednesday that they reached an agreement on a bill that will be part of a budget reconciliation package that Senate Democrats plan to bring to the floor this coming week. In a 50-50 Senate, reconciliation would allow D

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Kushner says Bannon told him ‘I will break you in half’ if Kushner crossed him: memoir

Jared Kushner, former President Trump's son-in-law and ex-senior adviser, claims in a forthcoming memoir that former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon told him “I will break you in half” if Kushner crossed him, according to CNN, which obtained an early copy of the book. "Steve, you gotta stop leaking on Gary," Kushner says he told Bannon in his forthcoming book, "Breaking History: A White House Memoir," referring to senior economic adviser Gary Cohn, who he says had told him that Banno

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