Month: December 2019

Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler in 2019 sounds a lot like Republican Rep. James Sensenbrenner did in 1998. “Abuse of power” is what Nadler calls President Donald Trump’s actions, declaring them impeachable. He “obstructed and abused power,” is what Sensenbrenner said of President Bill Clinton’s actions back then. The Wisconsin Republican now rails against Democrats as

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog sharpened his criticism of the FBI on Wednesday, telling lawmakers he was alarmed that “so many basic and fundamental errors” occurred in the early months of the FBI’s probe into potential Trump-Russia collusion. “I think the activities we found here don’t vindicate anybody who touched this,” DOJ Inspector General Michael

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has revived his alter-ego “Ron Vara” to bolster his case that the US should proceed with a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods, The New York Times reported Wednesday. According to the Times, Navarro supplemented his argument for the tariffs in a memo purportedly sent from an email

The House of Representatives passed an annual defense authorization bill on Wednesday with a provision that provides all federal workers with 12 weeks of paid parental leave for the first time in American history. The paid parental leave provision was added after a significant push from Democrats, who during the course of the negotiation saw

A government analysis after the first Boeing 737 MAX crash last fall found the jets were at a significant risk for future crashes, but the agency did not ground the planes until after a second one fell from the sky. Those two crashes — a Lion Air jet into the Java Sea in October 2018

In some ways he’s been expecting it for years. But the imminent prospect of impeachment is still weighing heavily on Donald Trump, who is likely to join the small club of presidents to face a formal impeachment vote as early as next week. It’s not the history-making Trump prefers. While he’s been quick to downplay

Donald Trump is looking to survive impeachment the same way he built his powerful presidency — by assaulting facts and seeking to expand the limitations of the office he is accused of abusing. On the day that Democrats proposed two articles of impeachment against him, the President and his courtiers laid down a fresh fog

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests dropped this year as resources and attention were diverted to the surge of migrants arriving at the southern border, according to newly released data. ICE made around 143,000 arrests in fiscal year 2019, down around 10% from nearly 159,000 arrests the previous fiscal year, which starts on October 1 and

The barrage begins now. Less than two months before the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential contenders are ramping up their spending with television ads that sell themselves and take aim at President Donald Trump. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has slipped in some recent polls, has reserved $7.4 million in television advertising in the four