Boards cover the front end of an abandoned row of homes in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Democrats condemned Monday as racist President Donald Trump’s broadside at “rodent infested” Baltimore, but the blast also came as a reminder that most troubled major U.S. cities have been dominated for decades by one party, and it isn’t the GOP. Cities like Baltimore, […]

(AP) Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday mocked Democrats following special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress the previous day, saying Democrats should “quit lying and do their jobs.” “Almost feel sorry for the Democrats: they said @realDonaldTrump would lose-he won; said he’d ruin our economy-it’s booming; and when all else failed said he’s […]

Rep. John Ratcliffe (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) A leading Republican investigator put former special counsel Robert Mueller in the hot seat Wednesday for the obstruction of justice aspect of his sweeping Russia investigation. In a fiery five-minute session, Rep. John Ratcliffe said Mueller’s repeated insistence both in his report and in public that […]

(AP) Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that President Donald Trump is “on to something” with his attacks against four Democratic congresswomen of color, trying to paint the rhetoric as part of a larger political debate ahead of 2020.  “He’s right about the squad wanting to turn us into a socialist country . . . I think the […]

(AP) President Donald Trump’s attack on left-wing congresswomen, including a jab that they should “go back” to their homelands, created a furor. But former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says it may be an example of Trump’s strategic genius. “It is useful to remember Trump doesn’t play tic-tac-toe. He plays chess, and he’s very often setting […]