11+ hour, 8+ min ago   (219+ words) Democrats are not yet in control of the House, but they’re already past the point of measuring the drapes — they’re pulling information and hunting corruption. “Favored to regain the majority in November’s midterm elections — and with little official business to…...

14+ hour, 31+ min ago   (130+ words) “House Democrats are eagerly preparing to wield a power they do not yet have,” the Washington Post reports. ”Favored to regain the majority in November’s midterm elections — and with little official business to consider in the handful of days left…...

15+ hour, 57+ min ago   (22+ words) Jim Jordan plans to step down as House Judiciary chairman, saying his focus is helping Republicans win and stop the left’s agenda....

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (116+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Democrats hope to retake control of the House, and to use that…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (207+ words) “If Democrats win control of the House in November, party leaders plan to turn the final two years of the Trump era into a barrage of investigations over alleged corruption and contempt for the law,” Time reports. “Much of the…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (164+ words) An Amazon-branded cargo plane crashed just outside Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon. The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft overran the runway around 2 p.m. ET while it was landing, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Posted by retort at 07:24 PM | 1 COMMENT | permalink | Comment…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (270+ words) “House Democrats are planning for a slew of investigations targeting President Donald Trump, his Cabinet, and his family if they win the midterm elections,” Fox News reports. Think You Know Politics? A new game every day. Goddard spent more than…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (152+ words) U.S. government investigators have put roughly 50 Joint Staff members to polygraph tests in the Pentagon's hunt for leaks to journalists, The New York Times reported on Friday. Posted by reinheitsgebot at 04:30 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | There have been…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (46+ words) Longtime "Wheel of Fortune" announcer Jim Thornton has been fired after Sony investigated disturbing allegations that he spent nearly an hour accessing a website associated with child exploitation material during a flight — and his explanation for it only raised more…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (335+ words) The former Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer had an "inappropriate relationship" with a member of her security detail and created a "toxic" work environment, according to a report from the department's Office of Inspector General. The long-awaited report quietly released…...