Lies, lies, lies: How Trump’s fiction gets more dramatic over time
President Donald Trump told a story in January about the farmers, ranchers and builders who stood behind him at a 2017 event where he signed an…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump told a story in January about the farmers, ranchers and builders who stood behind him at a 2017 event where he signed an…
Continue ReadingThere is no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim, made repeatedly this past week, that top US diplomat to Ukraine Bill Taylor is…
Continue ReadingBy withdrawing US troops from Syria, President Donald Trump is playing a kind of Russian roulette, entrusting dangerous players with key US national…
Continue ReadingActing Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker testified in the impeachment inquiry on Saturday that he did not find out there was a push by Trump…
Continue ReadingOne year after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting claimed 11 lives, and nearly three months after President Donald Trump promised decisive action…
Continue ReadingAriana Grande is feelin’ the bern. Bernie Sanders replied to Grande’s tweet Friday in a move that delighted many involved. The superstar…
Continue ReadingSometime after he disappeared in 2017, Tashpolat Tiyip, a Uyghur leader, Communist Party member and the president of Xinjiang University, was…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats are threatening to hold Charles Kupperman in contempt after the former deputy national security adviser filed a lawsuit Friday asking…
Continue ReadingDemocratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced Saturday that she would attend the “Second Step Presidential Justice Forum” at…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — A Dallas judge has ruled that both parents should have joint custody of a 7-year-old whose gender identity became central to…
Continue ReadingA convoy of about 18 US military vehicles departed northern Iraq and headed into Syria on Saturday morning, rumbling through Rmeilan town, past…
Continue ReadingA new biography of former Defense Secretary James Mattis reports President Donald Trump personally got involved in who would win a major $10 billion…
Continue ReadingWhen Colin Jost stepped onto the Studio 8H stage in Pete Buttigieg’s trademark rolled-sleeved white button down and blue tie, he wasn’t…
Continue ReadingFirst things first: The theme song of the week is the closing credits to “Head of the Class.” Poll of the week: A new Marquette…
Continue ReadingA company with ties to President Donald Trump‘s brother was awarded a $33 million government contract earlier this year, and a rival bidder…
Continue Reading“Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not.” Those are the words that stuck with me most, spoken by a young, black teenager at…
Continue ReadingIt’s a bird emergency. And we can all be the first responders. Alarming new research by the National Audubon Society finds two-thirds of North…
Continue ReadingThe top State Department official overseeing US policy in Europe and Eurasia is the latest witness in the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.…
Continue ReadingMaria Butina, convicted of conspiring to act as an agent for a foreign state in the United States, returned Saturday to her native Russia and…
Continue ReadingAnita Dunn remembers a time in politics when it was almost unheard-of for women to be running political campaigns. Susan Estrich was Michael…
Continue ReadingA key witness in the impeachment inquiry has sought for a court to decide if he should testify, caught between a House subpoena and a demand from the…
Continue ReadingIvanka Trump and Jared Kushner are having a “big party with friends” at Camp David to celebrate their 10th anniversary this weekend, a…
Continue ReadingElizabeth Warren says it will be ready in a “few weeks.” Her centrist primary rivals say that’s a few months too late. For now,…
Continue ReadingA version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Another…
Continue ReadingPete Buttigieg unveiled his criminal justice plan on Saturday, coinciding with a two-day swing through South Carolina — a state where he has…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump declared Friday that the US is doing “very well” in Syria as the Pentagon began moving personnel and armored…
Continue ReadingUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a political newcomer who took over in May, probably knew he would face all kinds of challenges during his…
Continue ReadingRudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, left two apparently unintended voicemails on a reporter’s phone this fall in…
Continue ReadingThe Trump Organization is considering selling its three-year-old hotel in downtown Washington, DC, that’s been a focus of ongoing complaints…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft has won a hotly contested contract to provide cloud computing services to the Defense Department, besting Amazon in a months-long…
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