POLITICS

'Director, we need to get it right because I am not white...' (Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., accused the U.S. Census Bureau and its director, Steven Dillingham, of “erasing” Middle Eastern and North African immigrants. During a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, Tlaib asked Dillingham why the...

'I think that we have to let the system work its way out...' (Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed back on Bernie Sanders’s argument that a “plurality” of pledged delegates would be enough to win the Democratic Party’s nomination. "Here is how I feel about this:...

'As elected representatives of Utah’s citizens, we commend the President for his accomplishments...' (Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Utah’s state House and Senate issued a citation thanking President Trump on behalf of the state’s citizens, just weeks after Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, voted to impeach Trump. The citation was sent directly to...

'It can't be the case that a bunch of people keep them and only one or two don’t...' (Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Elizabeth Warren suddenly reversed her opposition to super PACs this week as she struggles to keep her presidential campaign afloat. Warren, who publicly denounced big money donations and super...

'Judges are explicitly prohibited from doing this, according to their own rules...' (Joshua Paladino, Liberty Headlines) After a three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals blocked enforcement of the state's voter ID law on Feb. 18, a conservative group filed an ethics complaint that claims two biased judges should have...

Jones has called these pro-life policies 'draconian...' (Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) When a constituent tried to ask Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., about whether abortion restrictions were necessary, Jones laughed off the question and called it “stupid.” “Do you think abortion should be banned after five months?” the man asked Jones as...

'Changes in fiscal policy must be made to address the budget situation...' (Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney called out Republicans for being “a lot less interested” in the federal deficit under President Trump than they were under former President Barack Obama. The GOP is “very...

'We understand just how important it is that we get this right...' (Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines, & Associated Press) Democrats won’t commit to releasing the unofficial results of Saturday’s Nevada caucuses on the day of the vote, as they emphasize accuracy over speed in the aftermath of the chaos surrounding the...

In contrast, had demanded Trump release all his tax records... (Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — a 78-year-old who suffered a heart attack four months ago — said his campaign will not be releasing any more medical records, arguing the information he has already released should suffice. “We...

'I see a revolution on the horizon...' (Ben Sellers, Liberty Headlines) The repercussions of California's union-backed legislation to regulate the emerging "gig economy" are starting to show, less than two months since the law took effect. According to City Journal, a quarterly publication from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, freelancers...

'He's not buying solar company stock or buying into an organic cattle farm. He is buying Fortune 500 companies...' (Ben Sellers, Liberty Headlines) Conservative investigative journalist Peter Schweizer has been most cited for his research into the Biden family's corrupt business deals. But his new research has also brought intense scrutiny...

'The times that I’ve spent to get a little bit more educated, all the options suck...' (Ben Sellers, Liberty Headlines) Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has sought to make claims of voter suppression her signature issue as she aims to ride indignation about disfranchisement all the way to the...