Tag: Democratic Party

While the Democrats could've taken the high road in all of this, they've decided to go the route that exploits the controversy with an unsavory fundraising push. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Myeshia Johnson’s future, unfortunately, involves being a pawn for the Democrats

Siraj Hashmi · October 24, 2017 3:16 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that she knows that Democrats want to make the Niger attack on U.S. troops "a big negative attack piece" against President Trump, but said it's simply a "cheap attempt" to taint the president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Sarah Sanders: ‘Cheap attempt’ by Democrats to compare Niger to Benghazi

Anna Giaritelli · October 24, 2017 2:39 pm

Democrats came to the White House after the historic impeachment vote in 1998 as a show of support for former President Bill Clinton. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Feminists gave up the high ground in the Bill Clinton era; they can’t get it back

Noemie Emery · October 24, 2017 4:10 am

President Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy react after Mrs. Reagan sat down after speaking and forgot to introduce the President at the Capital Center in Landover, Md., Monday, Jan. 21, 1985, during an event held for those who would have participated in the inaugural parade, which was canceled because of bad weather.

Washington Secrets

Mainstream Scream: ABC analyst claims Reagan’s party ‘is gone’

Paul Bedard · October 23, 2017 6:55 pm

"I think the Democrats are crazy to not try and deal with him directly," Hatch said, according to the Washington Post. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Sen. Orrin Hatch: ‘Doesn’t take any brains to realize’ Trump would be open to working with Democrats

Kara Zupkus · October 23, 2017 4:03 pm

Congressional Republicans should return to the table with a simple demand that if Democrats get subsidies for insurance companies, states get the freedom to set up a free market in health insurance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP’s chance to get health insurance market freedoms

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during during a ceremony on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Washington.

Harry Reid makes ‘surprise’ appearance at DNC meeting in Las Vegas, attacks Trump

Daniel Chaitin · October 21, 2017 7:09 pm

On Friday, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke tweeted an image of Obama crying next to an image of President Trump giving a thumbs up. "OBAMA would have been found in a closet SOBBING if he had to deal with ESTABLISHMENT'S attacks. @realDonaldTrump has the metal to withstand," he captioned the graphics. (Anthony Behar/Pool via Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

David Clarke took a strange shot at Obama

Emily Jashinsky · October 20, 2017 6:13 pm

Scott Courtney is the vice president of the Service Employees International Union. The union is a liberal political powerhouse, but former employees claim sexual harassment is pervasive there and the union has a "broad environment of misogyny." (Fight for 15/YouTube)

Beltway Confidential

Amid ‘Fight for 15’ executive’s suspension, SEIU grapples with reports of sexual harassment

Emily Jashinsky · October 20, 2017 5:20 pm

Democratic donor Tom Steyer has said he's launching the campaign to "demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment" and says a GOP-led Congress previously impeached a president "for far less." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Democratic donor Tom Steyer launches campaign calling for Trump’s impeachment

Melissa Quinn · October 20, 2017 4:52 pm

White House chief of staff John Kelly explained in an emotional briefing Thursday that he advised Trump to praise a fallen soldier's bravery when calling the soldier's family (although he advised Trump against calling at all), because it was what his son's friends told him over the phone when his son died in Afghanistan in 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s counterproductive counterpunching

Washington Examiner · October 20, 2017 4:01 am

White House chief of staff John Kelly addressed reporters at the White House press briefing on Thursday, where he discussed how families of fallen service members are notified of their loved one's death. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Kelly: Sanctity of Gold Star families gone ‘in the convention over the summer’

Melissa Quinn · October 19, 2017 8:46 pm