Kelly Macias, staff writer for the Daily Kos, discusses President Trump's trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump is the first president to attend the conference since Bill Clinton in 2000.
Macias previews Trump's Friday speech touting his nationalist "America First" message. Will he be shunned as some think? Or will he be able to sell world leaders on his message?
President Trum[p will also meet with several world leaders including British Prime Minister Theresa May and Rwandan President Paul Kagame. The timing of Trump's meeting with Kagame comes just a couple of weeks after he allegedly criticized African nations.
Social media users take note: You won't be able to snap that fall foliage selfie at a popular Vermont spot. The town has temporarily closed the road to nonresidents due to overcrowding and “poorly behaved tourists.”
A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — sold at auction for $262,500, according to a Boston-based auction house.
President Joe Biden grabbed a bullhorn on the picket line Tuesday and urged striking auto workers to “stick with it” in an unparalleled show of support for organized labor by a modern president.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed. The new districts also could help Democrats trying to flip control of the House of Representatives.
With a government shutdown five days away, Congress is moving into crisis mode as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an insurgency from hard-right Republicans eager to slash spending even if it means curtailing federal services for millions of Americans.
