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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday criticized President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would cut funding to the World Health Organization. “The President’s halting of funding to the WHO as it leads the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic is senseless….This decision is dangerous, illegal and will be swiftly challenged,” Pelosi said in a statement. …

Senator Susan Collins walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 27, 2017. Senator Susan Collins is taking issue with President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, calling it “very uneven” as she struggles to maintain approval in her home state of Maine ahead of her reelection bid this November. “It’s …

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2019. Representative Drew Ferguson (R., Ga.) on Monday endorsed fellow House member Doug Collins in the intra-Republican battle for Kelly Loeffler’s Senate seat. “Doug is a proven leader—a steady hand in tough times,” Ferguson said in a statement …

U.S. attorney general William Barr implied in an interview Thursday that U.S. Attorney John Durham is prepared to prosecute former intelligence community officials if evidence shows they illegally surveilled the 2016 Trump campaign over allegations of collusion with Russia. Barr, who tasked Durham last May to review the origins of the Russia investigation, told Fox …

Rose McGowan has slammed fellow #MeToo advocate Alyssa Milano for endorsing 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after he was recently accused of sexual assault by a former staffer. “You are a fraud,” McGowan, 46, tweeted the former “Charmed” star. “This is about holding the media accountable. You go after Trump & Kavanaugh saying Believe …

Stephanie Grisham will be leaving her current role as White House press secretary to return to the East Wing as First Lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff, as new White House chief of staff Mark Meadows conducts an ongoing reassessment of the administration’s personnel. Here is the official release from @FLOTUS regarding @PressSec‘s return to …

Jennifer Lawrence thanks healthcare workers in a new PSA she filmed in isolation to push for people to vote at home. The 29-year-old Oscar winner appears in a video posted today on social media for non-profit political advocacy group Represent Us — and also challenges Amy Schumer to get on board. Lawrence says on the …

Cash-strapped Americans — even those who lost their jobs — can’t expect to catch a break on their credit report if they miss a loan, rent or mortgage payment because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report said Tuesday. The powerful financial industry successfully lobbied Congress to reject a moratorium on recording missed and late …

Cash-strapped Americans — even those who lost their jobs — can’t expect to catch a break on their credit report if they miss a loan, rent or mortgage payment because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report said Tuesday. The powerful financial industry successfully lobbied Congress to reject a moratorium on recording missed and late …

Senate Democrats blocked a massive emergency coronavirus funding package from moving forward Sunday evening on the grounds that the package favored corporations over working Americans. The Senate voted 47-to-47 on moving forward with a “shell” bill, a placeholder that the actual final text of the emergency funding bill would eventually fill, short of the 60-votes …