Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer during a TV interview at the Capitol in Washington. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press) Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer says he won’t resign his post, despite pressure from some in his party after he voted to move forward with a Republican spending bill that avoided a government shutdown. … Read more
Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial in the Senate on Monday. (Senate Television via Associated Press) Celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who has sought to cast himself as a nonpartisan member of President Trump’s defense team, pledged Tuesday that he would not earn money from his work in the Senate … Read more
Billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg, in Norfolk, Va., a day after announcing his presidential bid. He plans to entirely self-fund his campaign. (Getty Images) Billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg announced his run for president on Sunday and immediately demonstrated the power of his wealth by launching a massive television ad campaign that cost tens of millions of … Read more
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2024. His Democratic colleagues in the Senate say he’s the architect of their new digital push. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) For weeks, Democratic lawmakers have met with and mimicked figures they believe may offer them a path back to power … Read more
The CIA ended 50 years of secrecy Wednesday surrounding how much the government spends to spy, announcing in response to a lawsuit that the annual budget for national intelligence is $26.6 billion. Disclosure came in a one-sentence legal filing by Lee Strickland, a CIA information officer: “In response to the referenced Freedom of Information Act … Read more
One pharmacist told her the drug she was taking was known as “speed” and that people who used it were sometimes called “freaks.” She immediately changed pharmacies. Another warned her that she was “doing a disservice” to her body. “I kind of looked at him,” the first lady of Massachusetts recalled. “I never went back … Read more
The National Organization for Women announced Friday that it would fight the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. “His nomination is an insult to the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall and everything that he stood for,” Patricia Ireland, NOW’s national vice president, declared. “He is an extremist. He is out of step … Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone apologized Friday to Americans for remarks he made that were criticized as racist slurs against blacks, Latinos and other minorities in the United States. In a message issued in Tokyo and presented by Japanese Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga to a closed joint session of the congressional black and Hispanic caucuses, Nakasone … Read more
When Havi Scheindlin signed on as the local Jewish community liaison for Michael Dukakis, she knew the hours would be long and the stress level high. But even Scheindlin, a Jewish activist and a veteran Democratic campaign coordinator, was not fully prepared for what followed. For the record: 12:00 a.m. Oct. 30, 1988 For the … Read more
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