Howard Schultz was never going to be able to avoid what happened in that Philadelphia Starbucks. Over the past two nights, the billionaire former coffee chain chairman has been asked aboutthe arrests of two African-American businessmen, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, in a Center City Starbucks last April, and event …
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In a throwback to the rhetoric of Richard Nixon, would-be independent presidential candidate Howard Schultz insisted on Twitter Monday that he’s going outside the two party system to represent a “silent majority.” The phrase has a dark history. Nixon appealed to a “silent majority” in an infamous 1969 speech as …
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The anchor between Brett Kavanaugh’s eyes — a deep crease that turned upward at the ends as he got angry — this was new. At least to any of us who had yet to see the Supreme Court nominee this mad. But liars often attempt to cloak their deceit and …
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Before she won her primary in August, Jahana Hayes had never run for public office. She hadn’t even thought about it. “I spent the last two years waiting for someone to step up,” says Hayes, 45. “I wasn’t seeing it, and I just decided I’ll give it a shot.” Hayes, …
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Larry Harmon hadn’t voted in a while. He sat out the 2012 presidential election, supposedly because he was unimpressed by the choices of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The software engineer and Navy veteran also skipped the last two-midterm elections. That was his right, right? But when something in our …
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The Stormy Daniels affair just turned into a Category 5 hurricane. The FBI has raided the office of President Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, according to the New York Times.Vanity Fairreports that a team of feds also searched the Park Avenue hotel where Cohen has been staying. The agents reportedly …
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Over the past few days, most of the nation’s governors descended on Washington for their annual meeting with administration officials and the president. As the governors mingled about and chatted in between sessions, many of them were exchanging ideas and best practices on how to roll out a successful regulatory …
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What a difference a year makes. While in 2017 efforts to overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system seemed to fizzle out completely on Capitol Hill, this year it seems to be gaining momentum – and that’s in part because of the president himself. “As America regains its strength, this opportunity …
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