Tag: Democratic Party

$Joe Biden has not called for an outright ban of fracking for natural gas, and instead proposed tougher regulations on fossil fuel production.$ Beltway Confidential

Biden must do better than a lame video announcement

Tiana Lowe Doescher · April 23, 2019 5:34 pm

Piers Morgan poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Eddie the Eagle' in London, Thursday, March 17, 2016.

Piers Morgan: Democrats need to give up impeachment obsession and focus on 2020

Dominick Mastrangelo · April 23, 2019 2:14 pm

People hold up signs at a rally calling for the impeachment of President Trump. A new poll shows, 70 percent of Democrats believe Congress should move to impeach Trump and 7 percent of Republicans believe the same.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s why impeachment talk is dangerous for Democrats

Siraj Hashmi · April 22, 2019 11:48 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Jan. 18, 2018.

Pelosi leans on leadership team in urging caucus to set aside calls for impeachment

Naomi Lim · April 22, 2019 11:37 pm

Democratic presidential hopefuls from left, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., former Sen. John Edwards, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. and former Sen. Mike Gravel appear on stage for a debate at Dartmouth College Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007.

Mike Gravel says he hopes to make it to Dem presidential debate stage

Zach Halaschak · April 22, 2019 9:44 pm

President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the deployment of 5G technology in the United States during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, April 12, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump committed no crime; Democrats don’t care because the Russia investigation was always political

Eddie Scarry · April 22, 2019 7:39 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks to members of the media at the Capitol in D.C.

McConnell warns socialism ‘pervasive’ among Democrats

Daniel Jativa · April 22, 2019 7:23 pm

Support for Buttigieg growing in New Hampshire, dropping for Biden: Poll

Zach Halaschak · April 22, 2019 2:14 pm

President Donald Trump gives a 'thumbs-up' as he walks across the tarmac during his arrival on Air Force One, Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Trump, his businesses file lawsuit against House Oversight chairman

Caitlin Yilek · April 22, 2019 1:47 pm

Sri Lankan Navy soldiers stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine a day after the series of blasts, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 22, 2019. Easter Sunday bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites that killed hundreds of people was Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago.

Beltway Confidential

The problem with mealy-mouthed comments about ‘Easter worshippers,’ ‘very fine people on both sides,’ and ‘some people did something’

Tiana Lowe Doescher · April 22, 2019 1:36 pm

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., center, with Rep. Mike Thompson, left, and Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., all military veterans, speaks during a news conference about President Donald Trump's threatened strikes in Syria, where they called his social media rhetoric reckless and provocative, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 13, 2018.

Massachusetts congressman Seth Moulton announces White House bid

Naomi Lim · April 22, 2019 10:54 am

Members of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.

Finally, some transparency on public sector unions’ political spending

Charlyce Bozzello · April 22, 2019 4:00 am