The Trump administration and Senate leaders reached a historic deal shortly after midnight Wednesday on a massive $2 trillion coronavirus relief package for workers and businesses. The bipartisan breakthrough in the Senate capped days of heated negotiations that had nearly been derailed by last-minute demands from House Democrats. “Ladies and gentleman, we are done,” White […] Read more

President Donald J. Trump said he’s using the Stafford Act to declare a major disaster response to the coronavirus outbreak. “I worked very closely with Governor Cuomo, and this is the first time in our nation’s history that a president used the Stafford Act to declare a major disaster response to a public health crisis,” […] Read more

In an increasingly rare showing of bipartisanship, Congress has moved very quickly to send two coronavirus-related spending bills to President Trump’s desk in two weeks and is feverishly working to put together a third, blockbuster package that could be worth upward of $1 trillion. Trump’s signing of the second coronavirus bill, which will provide $100 […] Read more

Sen. Bernie Sanders has not suspended his presidential campaign. Yet, despite his usual determined defiance about such decisions, there are mounting signs that he may soon do so. For one, the Sanders campaign currently has no active Facebook ads. A pause in digital advertising spend on Facebook has been a good indicator that candidates are […] Read more

In a rare show of bipartisanship, lawmakers in the House on Saturday, in a 363-40, vote approved a coronavirus response package negotiated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. All House Democrats supported the plan while 40 Republicans opposed it. Rep. Justin Amash, an independent from Michigan who is a former Republican, […] Read more

Former Vice President Joe Biden must really love the taste of his foot, after all, he inserts it into his mouth often enough! This time the gaffe-prone, current Democratic frontrunner, has appeared to endorse President Donald Trump for re-election! During a brief campaign address in Missouri on Saturday, the often-confused Biden, declared, “If you want […] Read more

Are Democrats setting themselves up to lose many “down ballot” races in 2020, so many that they are likely to lose control of the House? House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy thinks that will be the case, particularly if Bernie Sanders is the Democratic nominee. McCarthy said last week that Democrats will lose the majority in […] Read more

By official decree, Presidents’ Day is the first Monday in February.  It is generally viewed today as a celebration of all those men (so far) who have served as the nation’s chief executive. Celebrate?  Bah humbug! I say – boring a derisive from another holiday. I hate Presidents’ Day.  It fails to even properly celebrate […] Read more

The campaign of billionaire Michael Bloomberg is playing a little “damage control” in trying to quell rumors that he has been considering failed presidential candidate and GOP lightening rod, Hillary Clinton for his running mate in the 2020 election. The question of “will we see a Mike Bloomberg-Hillary Clinton ticket in 2020,” has been bandied […] Read more

It certainly seems that President Trump believes that a number of his folks have been subjected to prosecutorial abuse.  That raises the question of pardons.  Like it or not, the President has an unlimited power to grant pardons for FEDERAL crimes – not, however, convictions in state or local courts. Traditionally, if the federal prosecutors […] Read more