Tag: Democratic Party

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

Brazile's account of what she says is "proof" of an "unethical" DNC disappointed Democrats, laying bare all of the pent-up anguish over last year's election. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Donna Brazile ‘ripped open all the emotions’ dividing Democrats as party seeks to move on from 2016 primary

Laura Barrón-López · November 3, 2017 7:34 pm

From left, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., hold a news conference on Capitol Hill to respond to the Republican tax reform plan in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

This tax proposal is different, but Democrats’ rhetoric is same as it ever was

David Freddoso · November 3, 2017 6:30 pm

Democrats will only retake power, Ellison warned, if the party's core supporters trust the nominating process. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

DNC Vice Chairman Keith Ellison says Donna Brazile’s account ‘cannot simply be dismissed’

Laura Barrón-López · November 3, 2017 5:26 pm

"They are taking the American people for suckers," Pelosi, D-Calif., said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Democrats pledge ‘very graphic’ messaging against Republican tax plan

Susan Ferrechio · November 3, 2017 5:19 pm