By Quint Forgey

“The resulting confusion and inconsistency in operations at postal facilities compounded the significant negative service impacts across the country,” the inspector general wrote. In addition, the inspector general found that the documentation of the operational changes provided by USPS officials to customers and congressional lawmakers “was generally accurate but incomplete.” The “collective results” of the changes by DeJoy and USPS executives, “combined with the ongoing employee […]

The president’s criticism of his own Treasury secretary — who, along with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is representing the administration in relief talks — came after Mnuchin attacked Pelosi’s “all-or-nothing” approach to negotiations earlier Thursday morning. “She is holding out for an all-or-nothing. Whether you want to call that politics or something else, it’s unfortunate, but we’re going to keep trying,” Mnuchin said […]

The posters went on to write in a 10-part Twitter thread that Hill’s story “is also one of workplace abuse and harassment.” Hill “can be both a victim and perpetrator,” they wrote, arguing that she “is not a hero for women.” “Katie Hill was never investigated by the House Ethics Committee, nor has she been held accountable by anyone other than herself,” the posters wrote. “We […]

President Donald Trump also expressed openness Monday to investigating DeJoy, and even suggested he would be willing to oust his embattled appointee from the administration. “If something can be proven that he did something wrong, always,” Trump told reporters at a White House news conference when asked whether DeJoy should leave his job if he violated campaign finance law. A spokesperson for DeJoy told The Washington […]

“Of course he thinks about war selfishly. He thinks of it as a transactional cost instead of in human lives and American blood spilled, because that’s how he’s viewed his whole life. He doesn’t understand other people’s bravery and courage because he’s never had any of his own.” The press call Friday represented the Biden campaign’s latest effort to seize upon the damaging news stories which […]

Twitter flagged the video, which has since been deleted from Scalise’s Twitter feed, as “manipulated,” while Barkan called for its removal. The Medicare for All advocate has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the incurable disease known as ALS, and he uses eye tracking technology combined with speech-generating devices to help him communicate. “[email protected], These are not my words. I have lost my ability to speak, but not my […]

“Millions of people motivated simply by human compassion laid down the burdens of division. Around the country and the world you set aside race, class, age, language and nationality to demand respect for human dignity.” Lewis explained that the ongoing anti-racism protests compelled him to visit the newly established Black Lives Matter Plaza outside the White House last month, even though he was admitted to the […]

During an exchange with an undercover agent posing as an intermediary for a fictional Arab sheikh, Myers was infamously recorded saying “money talks in this business and bullshit walks.” He was subsequently convicted of bribery and conspiracy charges, and sentenced to serve three years in prison in 1981. Myers is now charged “with conspiring with and bribing” former Philadelphia Judge of Elections Domenick Demuro, who pleaded […]

The president’s repudiation of climate change activists before the assembly of business executives and foreign leaders represented yet another high-profile break between his administration and other Western powers regarding the grave nature of the threat. “They predicted an overpopulation crisis in the 1960s, mass starvation in the ’70s, and an end of oil in the 1990s,” Trump said. “These alarmists always demand the same thing: absolute […]

Cheney has grown increasingly vocal in her opposition to some actions by the Trump administration in recent weeks, challenging the president on his foreign policy and management of the coronavirus pandemic. Last month, amid controversy over Trump’s knowledge of reported Russian bounties on American troops in Afghanistan, Cheney openly questioned whether the president was briefed on the alleged intelligence and demanded a more aggressive posture toward […]

Cuccinelli also warned DHS would advance its law enforcement components into other American cities “if we get the same kind of intelligence” about threats to federal facilities or officers, saying: “We would respond the same way.” Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler urged the Trump administration Sunday to call off its federal intervention in the city, accusing the militarized government forces of “sharply escalating the situation” and employing […]

But the senator also acknowledged that “we do have blemishes in our history and we need to come together and have some very hard discussions about our past.” She added: “The great thing about this nation is that we can learn from those blemishes, learn from those hard times in the past, and continue to evolve as a continually blessed nation.” Pressed by host Dana Bash […]

Although senior military leaders including Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy have expressed openness to renaming the 10 Army bases and facilities named after Confederate military leaders, President Donald Trump has vocally opposed such revisions — even threatening last week to veto the NDAA if congressional lawmakers approve the measure with Warren’s amendment intact. But Reed, a former Army Ranger who served in […]

“This is causing panic that compromises our economic recovery,” Biggs said. “We can protect our most vulnerable from the COVID-19 outbreak while still protecting lives and livelihoods of the rest of the population. It’s time for the COVID-19 task force to be disbanded so that President Trump’s message is not mitigated or distorted.” The demand from a leading Republican lawmaker and fierce ally of the president […]

Top congressional Democrats unveiled on Monday a sweeping piece of police reform legislation in response to nationwide calls for racial justice after the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, by Minneapolis police last month. The measure includes provisions that would ban chokeholds, create a National Police Misconduct Registry, end racial profiling, bar the use of “no-knock” arrest warrants in drug cases and limit “qualified […]

The warning from America’s top diplomat comes after ICC judges in March authorized an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly perpetrated by Afghan government forces, the Taliban, American troops and U.S. foreign intelligence operatives. The inquiry marks the first time the court’s prosecutor had been allowed to scrutinize U.S. forces. Pompeo noted at the time that the U.S. is not a consenting “party” […]

A White House spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment on Kim’s criticism. Since the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, President Donald Trump has argued aggressively for reopening wide swaths of the country, warning repeatedly that “the cure” of lockdown orders “can’t be worse than the problem itself.” Following the expiration of federal social distancing guidelines at the end […]

President Donald Trump has contributed to the partisan divide, declining to cover his face in public despite his administration’s guidance and a recent White House directive requiring West Wing staffers to wear masks at all times in the building, except at their own desks. But Jones argued Wednesday it is the responsibility of elected officials to model best practices and healthy behavior as the United States […]