Well, today an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage. That is the first sentence of a statement released by the family of a woman who accused the man who the British until today called Prince Andrew of raping her when she was 17 years old. The British press and the press around the world is reporting tonight what the New York Times calls quote an extraordinary punishment that that man named Andrew has now suffered at th ...

It's been almost a month since the residents of Arizona's seventh district elected Adalita Graava to represent them in Congress. And as we've covered extensively on this program, Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to seat her so that he can delay her deciding vote on a discharge petition to release the Epstein files. Now, because of that, Arizona's attorney general, Chris Maize, is now suing Mike Johnson.Here's part of an op-ed she wrote for MSNBC. com. Quote, "My message for Speaker Johnson is clear. Respect ...

Today marks day 20 of the Trump Republican government shutdown and still no progress. The House of Representatives was out of session again today, which means that since August, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has allowed just 12 legislative days for House members. 12 in three months.Democrats say there's a reason for that and it's to shield Donald Trump from the embarrassment of what's in the Epstein files. Speaker Johnson is still refusing to swear in Arizona's newly elected Congresswoman Adelita Graalva, ...

For those of you who have read these things and been offended, have read these things and seen someone that you don't recognize, I am deeply sorry. It's something that I see someone that I don't recognize either. Not in who I am today.It is somebody that I do recognize though. Somebody who is struggling, somebody who is having a very difficult time settling into a society that he felt betrayed by and left behind by after having to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm sorry for this.>> That right there is Grah ...

I feel like there's one branch of government we have left that hasn't failed us thus far, and that branch of government is the people. You know what I mean. We the people.>> Hi everyone and welcome to this week's episode of the Best People podcast. This guest is someone we've been hoping to talk to and wanting to talk to since the very first week that the Best People podcast existed. He's very busy. He's in a lot of demand. He's the host of the Smash Hit Podcast, The Breakfast Club.He's not afraid to go int ...

It's day 18 of the federal government shutdown. It's now the third longest in US history. No end in sight to this one.The Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has once again shuttered the lower chamber for the upcoming week, instructing GOP lawmakers to stay in their home districts and out of Washington. It's been something of a rolling recess instituted by Speaker Johnson since September 19th when the House passed its version of a short-term funding bill. House Republicans have been pretty much MIA since ...

The Republican controlled House of Representatives announced today that they will take a fifth straight week of previously unplanned vacation next week. Now, to be clear, there is nothing about the government shutdown that requires Congress to be out of session. They're supposed to be in session, but for a fifth straight week, they are calling in sick, cancelling class, refusing to convene the House, and perhaps not incidentally, refusing to swear in the new member of Congress from Arizona, Adalita Grihalva ...

It's been 23 days and counting since Adelita Grahalva won a special election to take over her late father's congressional seat in Arizona, but House Speaker Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in. He says it's because the government is shut down and out of session. She says it's because she'll be the deciding vote to release the Epstein files. She says that you're afraid of her being the 218th signed to the Epstein petition to release the files that if she were a Republican, you would have sworn her ...

As promised, joining me now for a joint interview, Congresswoman Electita Grahalva of Arizona and a ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, Democratic Congressman Robert Garcia of California. I'm just going to call you Congresswoman because that's what you should be called. So, let me just start there.I know you've had a very strange and frustrating um couple of weeks and obviously Mike Johnson's refusal to swear you in has turned into a real flash point for people and I know it's frustrating for p ...

It's day 11 and counting of the government shutdown and President Trump is making good on his threat of mass federal workforce firings. On Friday, Trump's budget chief, Russell Vote, said in reduction in force plans have started with court filings saying the agency intends to lay off more than 4,000 employees. Now, that's in addition to the 750,000 workers expected to be furled during the shutdown.It'll be a lot and we'll announce the numbers over the next couple of days. And I must tell you a lot of them h ...