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Reply FAIRFIELD, CT —On Monday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. David Axelrod — American political consultant, strategist, CNN political commentator, and former chief strategist and senior advisor to President Barack Obama — will deliver the Bennett Lecture in Judaic Studies. Entitled "State of Play: The Political Future of the American Jewish Community," the livestream event will be delivered as a Zoom webinar. Register to attend at fairfield.edu/bennettprograms. The lecture is free and open to th...

GOP Air National Guardsman in Congress: Convict Trump and Save America Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 9 Feb 2021 An Air National Guard lieutenant colonel who also serves as a U.S. representative from Illinois wants to hold former President Donald Trump accountable by convicting him during his impeachment trial. In an Washington Post Op-Ed titled, "My fellow Republicans, convicting Trump i...

Republicans scramble to unify heading into next election cycle Max Greenwood © The Hill Republicans scramble to unify heading into next election cycle Republican leaders are scrambling to unify a deeply fractured GOP, fearing that a failure to do so quickly will ignite an intraparty battle that could sabotage their chances of recapturing the House, Senate and presidency in the coming years. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has urged members of his conference to...

Ms. Greene, who was elected to represent Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, has embraced QAnon conspiracy theories. She is facing renewed scrutiny over her social media history — including liking a comment in 2019 that “a bullet to the head would be quicker” to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and saying in 2018 the “stage is being set” in response to a post about hanging former President Barack Obama. Other videos have resurfaced showing her confronting a Parkland shooting su...

Kinzinger: Voting to impeach Trump could very well be terminal to my career Joseph Choi © Greg Nash Kinzinger: Voting to impeach Trump could very well be terminal to my career Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said in a podcast released Thursday that he was willing to lose his House seat when he voted to impeach former President Trump. "I did it knowing full well it could very well be terminal to my career," Kinzinger told host David Axelrod while speaking on "The Axe Files," CNN...

A measure of contrition and self-reflection from a host who boosted Trump's signal in the early months of his first presidential campaign.

AOC says the GOP just doesnt care about struggling Americans as stimulus talks get pushed into the weekend sankel@businessinsider.com (Sophia Ankel) © Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused the GOP of "fighting against" efforts to seal the deal on a $900 billion coronavirus relief ...

Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused the GOP of "fighting against" efforts to seal the deal on a $900 billion coronavirus relief package. "We have just an insane amount of food instability in our community, and it just feels like the Republican Party in the Senate just doesnt care," she said during a meeting with her New York City constituents on Thursday. Her comments came a day before Congress approved a two-day funding ext...

Was russia that interfered in the election. john kennedy continues to muddy the waters on this. >> i think both russia and ukraine meddled in the 2016 election. russia was very aggressive, and theyre much more sophisticated. the fact that russia was so aggressive does not exclude the fact that president poreshenko interfered. >> are you at all concerned that youve been duped? >> no. >> and now the president is thanking senator kennedy for the job he did in representing the republican party by pu...

Trial, president trump met with republican senators at the white house to talk strategy. what would a trial by senate look like. according to the "washington post," president trump is pushing republican allies to dismiss the case immediately, thats a non-starter with mitch mcconnell, after two historic weeks, will any republicans accept the facts that theyve heard over the last two weeks from the witnesses and the evidence. joining us now, cnns senior political commentator, david axelrod, host o...