Aram Zucker-Scharff

“In deploying the so-called nuclear option, lawmakers are fundamentally altering the way the Senate handles one of its most significant duties — a sign of the body’s creeping rancor in recent years after decades of at least relative bipartisanship on Supreme Court matters. Both parties have likewise warned of sweeping effects on the future of […]

“In the past “there was an advertiser, an ad agency, and a publication,” he said. ‘Now you have lots of people in the middle. If one of those parts doesn’t want to change, it makes it all the more difficult for the other parts to change.’ Publishers are stuck ‘with using the same ads, the […]

“The top line findings: Florida’s police shot 827 people in those six years, or about one every 2½ days. More than half — 434 — were fatal. Each year had about the same number of shootings, an average of 138. […] “Nearly a fifth of the people shot — 156 — were unarmed; no gun, […]

“The Ethics Committee said Thursday that it was investigating public allegations that Nunes may have made “unauthorized disclosures of classified information” and to determine whether he violated House Rules. […] “Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, told BuzzFeed News there was “no doubt” the House Intelligence […]