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Trump Was Impeached, Will He Ever Be Convicted?

It is 2020, and thus much is happening all of the time. To catch you up: On July 25, 2019, President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate 2016 election interference based on a conspiracy theory, and to dig up dirt on his potential political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter Biden. This led to a whistleblower complaint abo..

Latinx Voters Want More Than Spanish-Language Catchphrases. Will Candidates Deliver?

By Andrew Padilla Any time Cory Booker, Beto O’Rourke, and Julián Castro discussed Spanish at the presidential primary debate in June, they established a historic first. Never before had a language other than English language been spoken at such span on a presidential debate stage. The task to smash at least one language barrier was revelatory for some viewers; others highlighted..

Facebook Helped Trump Win In 2016, Executive Says, And History Might Repeat Itself

On December 30, Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth published a memo on the company’s internal feed in which he argues that the tech giant is in part accountable for getting President Donald Trump elected in 2016... And that the organization should not limit its extensive reach in any way that would block his reelection in 2020, the New York Times first reported. The memo — ori..

What You Need To Know About The U.S. Strike On Iranian Military Leader Qassim Soleimani

Early on Friday (January 3), President Donald Trump authorized a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq that killed Corps Major General Qassim Soleimani, Iran’s senior commander in the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, the New York Times reported. The strike comes immediately after an attack killed a American contractor in December, the Times reported; ..

A Conspiracy Theorist Who Lied About Sandy Hook Has To Pay $100,000 In Court Costs, Judge Rules

A judge just sorted professional conspiracy theorist and leader of the right-wing site Infowars Alex Jones to pay more than $100,000 in legal fees related to a court case filed against him by a family member who lost a child in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, according to The Day-to-day Beast, which first announced on the ruling. This is just the newest victory in the long battle betwee..

Michael Bloomberg Already Wants To Redecorate The White House

Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg may have entered the 2020 Democratic presidential primary relatively late in the game, although he's already attempting to create a lasting impression. Furthermore to spending more than $100 million on campaign ads in roughly a month, the presidential hopeful is currently unveiling big plans to.... Redecorate the White Residence should he win? S..

Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis Hears Outpour Of Support After Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis

Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis (D-GA) reported on Sunday that he is undergoing treatment for cancer, the New York Times reported. “I have been in some sort of fight — for freedom, equality, generic human rights — for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” Rep. Lewis, 79, mentioned in a statement. He added that while i..

Even Republicans Are 'Disturbed' By Mitch McConnell's Impeachment Stance

President Donald Trump was officially impeached by the Residence of Representatives this month, on the grounds of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Nevertheless we won't know what will come of these votes up until soon after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate — and the Congresswoman seems to be holding on to them for the time being..

It Was A Historic Night On Campus — But For LMU Students, The Debate Still Fell Short

By Alejandra Alarcon Weeks before their final exams, students at Loyola Marymount University suddenly had something just as pressing on the horizon: They learned that, on Thursday, December 19, the school would step into the national spotlight as presidential candidates took the stage for the sixth Democratic primary debate. Isabelle Marin, a senior and political science major mentio..

Nearly A Dozen Protesters Were Arrested At Mitch McConnell's Office — And They're Not Done Fighting

On Wednesday (December 18), President Donald Trump was impeached from the Home of Representative. And on Thursday (December 19), Anthony Torres was arrested. That morning, the 25-year-old communications and political director for the activist categorize By the People had marched with about 50 other people to the capitol in a push to “set the terms of the public debate for [Presiden..

Meet Mondaire Jones: The Sci-Fi Fanatic Running For New York's 17th Congressional District

Once Mondaire Jones was growing up in Spring Valley, New York, he dreamed of becoming a science fiction writer. He thought he’d compose stories in the tradition of Stephen King’s psychological thrillers, starring characters like Christopher Pike’s murder-solving ghost teens or the children of R.L. Stein’s supernatural Goosebumps series. “I would spend summers [from childhood..

An Impeachment, A Prelude To A Messy Senate Hearing, And The Lie Of The Year

you could have heard the news: President Donald Trump is the third president in history to be impeached. That’s big! Nevertheless that’s not all that went down this week. To catch you up: Nearly six months back, President Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate 2016 election interference based on a conspiracy theory, and to dig up dirt on his potential ..

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