House Democrat angrily confronts Mnuchin over refusal to release Trump’s tax returns
A House Democrat grilled Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Tuesday over Mnuchin’s refusal to release President Donald Trump’s tax returns…
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Susan Collins declines to say whether she’ll support Trump
GOP Sen. Susan Collins, who is up for reelection in Maine, would not say on Tuesday if she voted for President Donald Trump in her state’s…
Continue Reading Sen. Shelby says he won’t block Shelton for Fed; Kennedy remains undecided
A key Republican senator said Tuesday that he would not vote to block President Donald Trump’s controversial Federal Reserve nominee, Judy…
Continue Reading White House questionnaire adds new litmus tests for prospective hires
Candidates applying to join President Donald Trump’s administration will now have to explain what part of Trump’s campaign message…
Continue Reading Trump and Taliban speak by phone as violence resumes in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s chief negotiator and one of its founding members, spoke by telephone on…
Continue Reading Vaccine affordability a last sticking point in coronavirus funding package talks in Congress
Congressional negotiators as of Tuesday afternoon have not finalized a multi-billion supplemental spending bill to respond to the coronavirus…
Continue Reading DNC and RNC officials monitoring how coronavirus could impact summer conventions
Top officials from the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee are monitoring the spread of the coronavirus and gauging how…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders faces pivotal clash as Democratic establishment joins forces against him
Bernie Sanders has spent his entire campaign saying this day would come. Now, it’s here. After more than a year of angling and long periods of…
Continue Reading How to watch Super Tuesday’s primaries
Super Tuesday is today. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch CNN’s coverage. How many states vote on Super Tuesday?…
Continue Reading Donald Trump absolutely loves this deeply misleading 2016 electoral map
Donald Trump likes pictures. Visuals. Maps. And one map in particular: This county-by-county one, which he tweeted out to his 70+ million followers…
Continue Reading Senate Intelligence leaders demand Trump administration declassify Khashoggi info
Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and the panel’s top Democrat, Mark Warner of Virginia, are asking the Trump administration to…
Continue Reading Joe Biden takes aim at front-runner Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday
Voting is taking place in 14 Super Tuesday states on the most crucial day yet in the 2020 election, a day that will go a long way toward showing…
Continue Reading Comey announces support for Biden on Super Tuesday
Former FBI director and longtime Republican James Comey voted for Joe Biden in Super Tuesday’s primary elections, saying he participated in his…
Continue Reading READ: White House questionnaire asks which part of Trump’s campaign ‘most appealed’ to applicants
Read the new White House questionnaire for applicants below and then find the previous one…
Continue Reading Justices appear to be split as court decides fate of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Supreme Court seemed splintered Tuesday on the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency created to combat unfair…
Continue Reading Ex-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel backs Biden for president
Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday that he’s supporting Joe Biden for president, arguing that the former VP is the “right…
Continue Reading No, Donald Trump is (probably) not dumping Mike Pence for Nikki Haley
On Monday, Democratic strategist Paul Begala made a very bold prediction. “This is not a prediction,” the CNN political contributor said.…
Continue Reading The 5 most likely Super Tuesday scenarios
A third of all pledged delegates in the Democratic presidential race will be doled out on Tuesday across 14 states — from California to Maine…
Continue Reading Super down-ballot Tuesday: Jeff Sessions, George Papadopoulos and other key congressional primaries to watch
Americans in key states across the country Tuesday won’t just be voting for a Democratic presidential nominee — they’re also making…
Continue Reading Future of Roe v. Wade in spotlight as Supreme Court considers Louisiana abortion access case
In 2019, with President Donald Trump’s two nominees sitting on the high court, several states advanced a slew of abortion restrictions to stake…
Continue Reading Homeland Security facility in Washington state closes after employee visited nursing home affected by coronavirus outbreak
A Department of Homeland Security facility in King County, Washington, has been temporarily closed after an employee visited a nursing home that was…
Continue Reading Trump installs loyalist in key White House intelligence post
White House lawyer Michael Ellis has been named senior director for intelligence on the National Security Council, three sources familiar with the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court rules against an undocumented immigrant fighting state prosecution
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against an unauthorized immigrant in Kansas, holding that a state could convict him of identity theft without…
Continue Reading ‘We’d rather get it right than get it fast’: Expect a long wait for results in California
As the battle for the Democratic nomination narrows to what could become an extended standoff between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, California looms…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders is going to war with Democratic establishment
On Monday, two things became clear: 1) The Democratic establishment was falling in line behind former Vice President Joe Biden, believing him to be…
Continue Reading Newly released documents show political interference in census citizenship question, say plaintiffs
Newly released government documents show “efforts of senior Commerce officials to monitor and potentially interfere in Census Bureau”…
Continue Reading Homeless and a voter: Inside LA’s new outreach program
On most Tuesdays, you can usually find the back courtyard of the People Concern in Santa Monica filled with a bustling crowd of the area’s…
Continue Reading Here’s what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has done
The future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, perhaps best known for forcing big banks like Wells Fargo to return money to customers they…
Continue Reading Democrats and Republicans face off in race to win Katie Hill’s House seat
Katie Hill’s decision to step down from Congress amid controversy last year set off a competitive race to see who will take her place — a…
Continue Reading Oh Whata night: Biden, O’Rourke seal endorsement with trip to Whataburger
Joe Biden was already having the greatest day of his campaign. Then he went to Whataburger. After endorsing the former vice president on stage at a…
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