Tag: Democratic Party

"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)

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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)

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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

Democrat Doug Jones is running against Republican former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former Senate seat. In a new 30-second TV spot, Jones describes himself as a "right-to-lifer" only after a baby has been born. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Steve Bannon-backed PAC rips Alabama Dem for ‘extreme’ abortion views in first TV ad

Gabby Morrongiello · October 19, 2017 5:34 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., right, accompanied by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

In tax debate, Ted Cruz aims to make Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren the face of Democrats

Joseph Lawler · October 19, 2017 3:31 am

Maybe what America needs right now is Oprah Winfrey, an award-winning daytime television host and nationally syndicated life coach who smells like rose water and warm laundry. Come 2020 the electorate could look under their chair and find Winfrey on the ballot. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Don’t believe Oprah when she says she’s not running for president

Philip Wegmann · October 18, 2017 5:28 pm

The Republican National Committee is gearing up for the 2018 midterm elections, where they will work to maintain control of the House and Senate, but has also been focused on next month's governor's election in Virginia. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

RNC raised $104 million in first nine months of 2017

Melissa Quinn · October 18, 2017 4:11 pm