Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to President Trump on Saturday and expressed concern over his plans for massive new strikes against Iran, according to two U.S. officials and a third source with knowledge of the call.
Why it matters: Trump is seriously considering attacking Iranian energy targets in the coming days in response to Iran's missile strike on a U.S. base in Jordan and its continued disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. He has yet to issue final orders. read more
Poll: Trump's MAGA voters would stick by a candidate through the most serious of scandals read more
We Now Have the Leading Charge in Trump's Next Impeachment
Why is the president willing to withdraw Todd Blanche's nomination? The answer constitutes a blatant high crime and misdemeanor.
One can sense that John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, the two outgoing Republican senators who have suddenly developed the backbone to maybe vote against the attorney general nominee now that they're not facing their voters again, represent a far more broadly (if privately) held view in the Senate GOP that the man is manifestly unqualified.
A team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin surveyed 21 grocery stores across Austin, Texas, and found that more than 80% of available toddler foods were ultra-processed. read more
Thom Hartmann: The policies under attack today once defined mainstream American leadership from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR and LBJ. read more
Corporations not paying a living wage is the reason most individuals have to rely on what are legitimate entitlements, which debt is what banks enjoy profiting from.
"I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale."
Thomas Jefferson