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January 14, 2017

A new conventional wisdom is emerging among Very Serious People in Washington, D.C. It essentially holds that while Russia intervened on Donald Trump's behalf in America's election, questioning Trump's legitimacy only plays into Russian hands. Marco Rubio articulated the new line in his questioning of Mike Pompeo, Trump's choice for CIA chief, on Thursday.


January 14, 2017

A growing number of House Democrats say they won't attend Donald Trump's inauguration after he criticized Georgia Rep. John Lewis as "all talk" and insulted his Atlanta-based district.


January 14, 2017

A growing number of Democratic lawmakers are boycotting President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, particularly after revelations of Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election and his rebuke of civil rights icon John Lewis on Saturday.


January 14, 2017

Two Southern California congressmen have announced they will not attend president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremonies next week, joining at least 14 other Democrats in Congress who have indicated they will also not be attending the event.


January 14, 2017

A Democratic congressman representing the Westside and South Bay will boycott the inauguration of Donald Trump this coming Friday.


January 13, 2017

Whatever happened at the end of a classified briefing Friday morning has rattled Democratic members of Congress, leaving the American public to wonder what exactly is going on in the upper echelons of the U.S. government.


January 13, 2017

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform has called for more scrutiny of the Office of Government Ethics for its critical stance on President-elect Donald Trump's potential conflicts of interest prior to taking office.


January 13, 2017

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and other members of Congress sat for an intelligence briefing on Friday to review the classified information regarding claims by Russia of having "compromising financial and personal information" about President-elect Trump.


January 12, 2017

A Massachusetts judge has ordered Exxon Mobil to submit 40 years of documents regarding the company's studies of the impact of fossil fuels on climate change.