
Mother Jones - 20 hours 33 min ago
President Donald Trump has knocked off another GOP dissident in his effort to cleanse the Republican Party of anyone who has even modestly challenged his agenda. Rep. Thomas Massie lost Tuesday's Kentucky primary to challenger Ed Gallrein, following a bitter race full of dirty tricks and astonishing amounts of money. At upwards of $35 million, […]...

The Guardian - 20 hours 48 min ago
Russian president is welcomed to Beijing with an honour guard after saying relations with China have reached an unprecedented level' Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for a state visit, four days after Donald Trump left China. Putin was greeted by China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, when he landed on Tuesday evening, with an honour guard alongside Chinese youths waving China and Russia's national flags in a welcome ceremony on the tarmac. Continue reading...

CNBC - 20 hours 57 min ago
President Donald Trump had targeted Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., for opposing GOP priorities.

Daily Signal - 21 hours 12 min ago
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky lost to a primary challenger backed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, denying the libertarian rebel an eighth term in Congress and reaffirming the president’s dominance of the Republican Party. The Associated Press declared Ed Gallrein the victor shortly before 8 p.m. when he held an almost eight-point lead...

Huffington Post - 21 hours 18 min ago
Ed Gallrein beat Massie thanks to Donald Trump's endorsement.

The Guardian - 21 hours 20 min ago
Victory for Ed Gallrein, former Navy Seal hand-picked by Trump, shows strength of president's grip on party Donald Trump displayed his supremacy over the Republican party on Tuesday when voters in northern Kentucky rejected the maverick congressman Thomas Massie in favour of the US president's hand-picked challenger. Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy Seal and farmer who was recruited into the race by Trump, defeated the seven-term incumbent in a primary election in Kentucky's fourth congressional...

NBC News - 22 hours 16 min ago
Rep. Andy Barr, riding an endorsement from President Donald Trump, has won the Republican primary in the race for retiring Sen.

NBC News - 22 hours 44 min ago
The Senate voted to move forward with a resolution to force President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran, a breakthrough for the Democratic-led effort.

The Guardian - 22 hours 52 min ago
President says $400m building costs to be funded by private donors, but has asked for taxpayers to cover security costs Shouting over the banging and clanging sounds from heavy construction equipment, Donald Trump on Tuesday gave a group of reporters a closer look at the construction for the White House ballroom he's building on the site of the former East Wing to mount a defense of the project that has hit a speed bump in Congress. The administration has asked for $1bn from taxpayers for security...

The Guardian - 22 hours 54 min ago
Chamber advances bill for first time as four Republicans join all but one of Senate's Democrats in favor The Senate voted on Tuesday to advance a war powers resolution aimed at forcing Donald Trump to end the war in Iran unless he receives congressional authorization to continue it. Tuesday's 50-47 vote marks the first time the chamber has advanced the bill, the eighth attempt at doing so since the conflict began in February. Continue reading...

Mother Jones - 23 hours 43 sec ago
A new addendum to the so-called settlement agreement between Trump and Trump that is, the Department of Justice and Donald Trump’s personal lawyers will “forever” prohibit the United States from seeking any claim or initiating any IRS enforcement action or audit against Donald Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and the Trump Organization, based on any […]...

The Hill - 23 hours 1 min ago
President Trump is set to give remarks Tuesday evening at the annual congressional picnic. Trump earlier Tuesday touted his $400 million ballroom project during an impromptu presser from the construction site near the now-demolished East Wing, telling reporters, "All of this paid for by myself." The project has been a point of contention on both...

Huffington Post - 23 hours 18 min ago
The Senate has advanced legislation that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war.

Fox News - 23 hours 24 min ago
Senate Democrats scored a big win on their eighth try to curtail President Donald Trump's war powers in Iran, gaining another Republican defector.

Huffington Post - 23 hours 42 min ago
The 13-time Grammy winner slammed the man in charge, just like she famously did decades ago.