Month: September 2020

The last of the first-quarter campaign finance reports were made public Monday, providing the most complete picture of who’s ahead and who’s behind in the presidential money race among declared candidates. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police…

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (Calif.) said Monday that the House should take steps toward impeaching President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands…

South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE (D) remarked Tuesday that Oprah WinfreyOprah Gail WinfreyMinnesota health officials say graduation ceremony exposed people to coronavirus The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented…

With just hours left in the COP 25 climate conference taking place in Madrid, Spain, international climate campaigners said Friday they are “furious” over rich countries’ refusal to adequately commit to addressing the urgency of and pay for their role in fueling the climate crisis. “Just as we thought the slow pace and weak ambition…

A multi-part World Health Organization report published Monday in the British medical journal The Lancet detailed the need to urgently transform the world’s failing food systems to combat the coexistence of undernourishment and obesity—or the “double burden of malnutrition.” “Without a profound food system transformation, the economic, social, and environmental costs of inaction will hinder…

If Sen. Bernie Sanders is the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, he can reportedly count on the backing of former President Barack Obama. That’s according to a source close to the 44th president, speaking to The Hill, who said that Obama is ready to “go to bat” for whoever wins the nomination.  Obama himself said as much in…

Warning that President Donald Trump cannot be defeated by an establishment Democrat running a “same old, same old type of campaign,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times editorial board published Thursday that Trump would have a field day with former Vice President Joe Biden’s record of support for the…

Women’s rights advocates called the first day of former film executive Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial on Monday a “moment of justice” and reckoning, more than two years after accusations of sexual assault and harassment against Weinstein set off the global #MeToo movement. Eight of Weinstein’s more than 80 accusers assembled outside a New York City…

President Donald Trump came under fire Tuesday from journalists after a meeting at the White House with Saudi Arabia’s Vice Minister of Defense Khalid bin Salman on Monday was not disclosed and only discovered after the minister posted pictures from the Oval Office online.  “A meeting with a foreign leader in the Oval Office should, at…

Progressive lawmakers on Tuesday welcomed the announcement by House Democratic leadership that the chamber will take up two measures later this month to rein in the White House march to war with Iran. One of the efforts is Rep. Barbara Lee’s (D-Calif.) proposal to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). The…