Tag: Democratic Party

Nancy Pelosi: The focus on 2016 Democratic primaries ‘almost a waste of time’

Melissa Quinn · November 5, 2017 10:38 am

The Democratic National Committee issued a statement Saturday after it was revealed that former DNC head Donna Brazile considered replacing Hillary Clinton with then-Vice President Joe Biden as the party's presidential nominee in 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DNC responds to Donna Brazile thinking about a Hillary Clinton-Joe Biden swap in 2016 election

Daniel Chaitin · November 4, 2017 7:50 pm

Then-Democratic National Committee interim chair Donna Brazile's interest in finding a new nominee found an echo among other Democratic leaders after Hillary Clinton fainted at an event commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (Joe Raedle/Pool via AP)

Donna Brazile wanted to replace Hillary Clinton with Joe Biden as Democratic nominee

Joel Gehrke · November 4, 2017 6:23 pm

Mark Longabaugh, Sen. Bernie Sanders' former campaign liaison to the DNC, told the Washington Post that the Democratic National Committee gave them an inferior deal compared to Hillary Clinton's team. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sanders campaign officials: DNC offered us a raw deal compared to what Hillary got

Mandy Mayfield · November 4, 2017 2:55 pm

Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates delivers an address at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Sally Yates to Trump: Justice Department ‘not a tool’ to chase after Democrats

Daniel Chaitin · November 4, 2017 2:09 pm

In a new book, Donna Brazile, former interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, reveals there was not just informal collusion, but a formal cash-for-power agreement that made the DNC a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Trust Donna Brazile, Democrats: You’re better off without Clinton and Obama

Washington Examiner · November 4, 2017 4:01 am

Experts say the indictment of former Trump campaign associates has made the lobbying firms of Washington, D.C.'s K Street "very nervous." There is evidence, they say, that firms on both sides of the political spectrum have been violating federal regulations for years.

Why Robert Mueller is making K Street Republicans and Democrats sweat

Sarah Bedford · November 4, 2017 4:01 am

Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager, told CNN's Anderson Cooper Friday that the campaign team gave money to its lawyer to look into Donald Trump's international dealings after Trump's history of business dealings "overwhelmed" the campaign staff. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Robby Mook: ‘I didn’t know’ Clinton campaign paid firm that funded the ‘Trump dossier’

Diana Stancy Correll · November 4, 2017 3:27 am

This coming week, lawmakers intend to question Keith Schiller, President Trump's longtime bodyguard and confidant, regarding a trip he took with the president to Moscow back in 2013. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s longtime bodyguard to be questioned about trip to Russia: Report

Caitlin Yilek · November 4, 2017 2:31 am

According to a 2015 memo, the Democratic National Committee agreed to give the Clinton campaign control over certain DNC functions. The memo outlines that the agreement only applied to the general election, not the primary season. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Memo between Clinton campaign, DNC outlines fundraising arrangement

Diana Stancy Correll · November 3, 2017 10:59 pm

Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process were displayed as Google's senior vice president and general counsel, Facebook's general counsel, and Twitter's acting general counsel testified during House Intelligence Committee hearings on Capitol Hill this week. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Hey, Congress: National security is your job, not the job of social media companies

Charles Sauer · November 3, 2017 9:09 pm

Capitalist market systems improved productivity, socialist planned ones did not. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Beltway Confidential

Dear Bernie Bros: It’s not about socialism or capitalism, it’s about markets

Tim Worstall · November 3, 2017 8:27 pm