The Open Thread for March 14, 2018
Democrat Conor Lamb has defeated Republican Rick Saccone in the special election in the 18th Congressional District in Western PennsylvaniaContinue Reading
Democrat Conor Lamb has defeated Republican Rick Saccone in the special election in the 18th Congressional District in Western PennsylvaniaContinue Reading
“House Intelligence Committee Republicans have completed a draft report in their year-long Russia probe that states they found no evidenceContinue Reading
Stan Collender: “The State Department and its secretary, Rex Tillerson, so far have gotten all the criticism for not spending theContinue Reading
New York Times: “The Republican tax bill does not pass the postcard test. It leaves nearly every large tax breakContinue Reading
Politico: “Democrats haven’t given up hope of stopping the Republican tax plan on the 1-yard line — relentlessly flogging theContinue Reading
“Congressional Republicans finished rewriting their massive plan to overhaul the tax code on Friday, adding in a significant expansion ofContinue Reading
“In the final days before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his inner circle pleaded with himContinue Reading
“House and Senate Republicans have reached an agreement, in principle, on a consensus tax bill on Wednesday, keeping the partyContinue Reading
Doug Jones (D) has defeated Roy Moore (R) in Alabama’s special election U.S. Senate race. The defeat is a massive blowContinue Reading
With former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) running for the seat being vacated by Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), he handsContinue Reading
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn told a former business associate that economic sanctions against Russia would be “ripped up”Continue Reading
Time magazine has named “The Silence Breakers,” representing people who came forward to report sexual misconduct, as its Person of the Year.Continue Reading
John Dowd, President Trump’s outside lawyer, outlined to Mike Allen a new and highly controversial defense in the Russia probe: A presidentContinue Reading
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) told NBC News that a Senate investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election has revealed aContinue Reading
President Donald Trump in a tweet on Saturday said he fired his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn because FlynnContinue Reading