How do Democrats harness #DarkWoke? | Peter Rothpletz

Democrats’ current approach to political messaging is broken – and party leaders have no conception of how to fix it As Donald Trump stood in the Capitol Rotunda last week, blundering his way through his second oath of office, online liberals were preoccupied with debating another matter: who will be the first Democrat to call … Read more

‘This will delay medical breakthroughs’: US scientists demand to bargain over Trump orders

NIH fellows say policy changes including funding freeze would ‘severely limit’ researchers’ ability to do their work A union representing about 5,000 researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a legally binding demand to bargain over Donald Trump’s sweeping policy changes, including a funding freeze, a communications blackout and a staff travel … Read more

Trump says Reagan National Airport crash could have been prevented: ‘CLEAR NIGHT’

President Donald Trump suggested the horrific collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., late Wednesday could have been prevented.  “The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an … Read more

‘Fear hasn’t paralyzed us’: anxiety and action in Chicago amid immigration raids

Residents worry about leaving their homes, but many in the city are organizing legal aid, workshops and virtual services Some corners of Chicago have been unnervingly quiet this week. Residents who have lived in the city for decades without immigration documents have been worried about leaving their homes. Undocumented parents have been signing powers of … Read more

Trump plan to open migrant detention centre at Guantánamo Bay an ‘act of brutality’, Cuban president says – US politics live

US president signs executive order to prepare huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay he says could hold 30,000 immigrants Some of President Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks are set to appear before Senate committees as part of their confirmation process today. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the nominee to head the Department of Health and Human … Read more

Tension builds around Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation with key GOP Senators undecided

Tulsi Gabbard doesn’t currently have enough votes to advance out of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Fox News Digital has learned.  The former Democrat representative’s nomination to be director of national intelligence (DNI) under President Donald Trump is in danger as she lacks enough Republican support on the committee, sources confirmed. Before heading to … Read more