Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking more hits from critics who question whether the White House hopeful achieved anything of substance in his nearly 30 years in Washington. Michael Bloomberg launched an ad Wednesday listing the hundreds of bills the Vermont independent has introduced in his three decades in the House and Senate — pointing out only three […]
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Who are the members of President Trump’s Cabinet?
The president of the United States’ Cabinet serves as a group of advisers to the president, representing federal agencies and other offices in the executive branch. Traditionally made up of the vice president and heads of 15 executive branch departments, other officials currently have cabinet-level ranking as well. Here is the current makeup of President Trump’s […]
Biden leads in S.C. while Sanders, Steyer fight for second
**Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? Sign up here.** On the roster: Biden leads in S.C. while Sanders, Steyer fight for second – I’ll Tell You What: Bernie or bust? – Trump urges calm over coronavirus – Pelosi focuses on party unity, not 2020 candidates – Extra baggage service needed BIDEN LEADS IN […]
Pence rallies CPAC crowd for 2020 Trump reelection: ‘Freedom works. Socialism doesn’t’
Vice President Mike Pence rallied the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday against socialism, saying “freedom always wins” as he made the case for President Trump’s reelection. Pence was greeted with cheers and chants of “four more years” and “U-S-A” as he made his 14th appearance at the annual conference. GOP REPS WARN […]
Pence, tapped to lead coronavirus response, vows US ‘ready for anything’
Vice President Pence, on the heels of being named to lead the U.S. response to the coronavirus outbreak, on Thursday vowed that the federal government is prepared to confront any potential health crisis — while also declaring “this is not the time for partisanship,” in a bid to contain the political infighting surrounding that response. “We’re ready. We’re […]
Watchdog group files IRS complaint, says Bloomberg using charity as political tool
A watchdog group lodged a complaint with the IRS Wednesday arguing that billionaire presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has used his charitable organization as a tool to build support for his presidential run, in violation of federal rules for such groups. The conservative watchdog Government Accountability & Oversight – not to be confused with the U.S. Government […]
House Republicans introduce resolution condemning Sanders for Castro comments
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Fla., introduced a resolution on Wednesday to condemn Democratic presidential primary front-runner Bernie Sanders for his recent comments praising Cuba’s advances in health care and education under late strongman Fidel Castro. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist senator from Vermont, has taken heat from both sides of the political divide for remarks he […]
Bernie Sanders revisited: Candidate backs letting violent felons vote from prison
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who is now the front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, continues to stand by one of his more controversial proposals — which would allow even violent felons to have the right to vote while incarcerated. On his campaign website, amid a host of far-reaching policies that would extend more benefits and […]
Top GOP rep suggests Durham probe will lead to charges
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., suggested Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference that U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe will lead to criminal charges. Collins, who has served as the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee but is leaving the role after announcing a Senate campaign, described at CPAC what he […]
Cherokee citizens call on Warren to make amends for ‘dangerous’ heritage claims
More than 200 Native Americans, most of them Cherokee, have signed an open letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., stating that her past claims of Cherokee heritage were “harmful” and “dangerous” — and that her apologies and statements on the issue, while appreciated, leave much to be desired. Warren has said in the past that she […]
