WASHINGTON — Putting her stamp on the health care issue that worries consumers the most, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to lower drug prices for seniors on Medicare and younger people with private insurance. Pelosi, D-Calif., would empower Medicare to negotiate prices for up to...
Christine Pelosi on Trump, Costa vs. Soria, and Kavanaugh
Christine Pelosi says the way to beat President Donald Trump in 2020 is on the kitchen table issues. The Democratic Party official, political activist, and author also opposes California's "jungle primary" system and recalls other times when the United States was mired in negative political discourse. Listen to this article: ...
Cokie Roberts, Longtime Political Journalist, Dies at 75
NEW YORK — Cokie Roberts, the daughter of politicians who grew up to cover the family business in Washington for ABC News and NPR over several decades, died Tuesday in Washington of complications from breast cancer. She was 75. ABC broke into network programming to announce her death and pay...
Congress Returns to McConnell’s Legislative ‘Graveyard’
WASHINGTON — Facing criticism that the Senate has become little more than what one member calls an "expensive lunch club," Congress returns for the fall session Monday with pressure mounting on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to address gun violence, election security and other issues. The Kentucky Republican has promised...
Where to Find Nunes, Dem Challengers Tonight in Fresno
Tonight you will have your pick to hear the candidates for Congressional District 22. Incumbent Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) will headline the Fresno County Republican Party's Lincoln Reagan Dinner. While the official announcement of his location won't be released until around 5 p.m, or an hour before the event's 6 p.m....
Progressive Pundit Cornel West Packs City College Event
Cornel West packed them in at Fresno City College for a speech Tuesday (Aug. 27) afternoon. The noted social commentator and frequent panelist on "Real Time with Bill Maher" drew an overflow crowd of 800 people, with hundreds more turned away from the Old Administration Building auditorium. His hour-long speech...
Impeachment Watch: Nearly Half of House Dems Support Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Nearly half the House Democrats now support an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump — a milestone but still probably not enough to push Speaker Nancy Pelosi to launch proceedings. A tally by The Associated Press on Wednesday showed 114 Democrats in the House, and one Republican-turned independent,...
What Comes After Mueller? Investigations, Lawsuits and More
WASHINGTON — After months of anticipation, Congress finally heard testimony from former special counsel Robert Mueller. So what now? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Mueller's appearance was "a crossing of a threshold," raising public awareness of what Mueller found. And Democrats after the hearing said they had clearly laid out the facts...
Lawmakers Return to Assess Budget and Debt Agreement
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers are returning to Washington to assess a budget and debt deal between Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump, but there's no evidence of any last-gasp drama that could upset the hard-won compromise. Reaction to the two-year deal, which would enable the government's debt-fueled...
House Condemns Trump's 'Racist' Words. 4 GOP Join Dems in Vote.
WASHINGTON — In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump's "racist comments" against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump's Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn't "a racist bone in my body." Two days after Trump tweeted that...