Trump signs order aimed to combat human trafficking
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to combat human trafficking and online child exploitation in the administration’s…
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John Delaney drops out of Democratic presidential race
Former Rep. John Delaney announced Friday that he’s dropping out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, ending a long-shot bid that saw the…
Continue Reading Virginia law prevents state lawmaker from being arrested
A Virginia state law that makes legislators immune from misdemeanors for part of the year stopped police from arresting a state legislator suspected…
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Andrew Yang chokes up reflecting on two years of campaigning in Iowa
Andrew Yang choked up Thursday night as he reflected on the trajectory of his upstart presidential campaign during a speech in Dubuque, Iowa.…
Continue Reading Stacey Abrams predicts she will one day be president
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams predicted that she would be elected president of the United States in the next 20 years. In an…
Continue Reading Scene from the Senate: Lamar Alexander made a late-night exit moments before dropping his statement on witnesses
There was a reason Sen. Mitch McConnell was smiling as he left the US Capitol just before 11 p.m. Thursday night. The final stage of the impeachment…
Continue Reading Michael Bloomberg goes full Trump troll in his new golf ad
Michael Bloomberg gets under Donald Trump’s skin. He knows it — and loves it. Witness this latest ad from the billionaire in support of…
Continue Reading Biden walks back swipe at Sanders as Iowa caucuses close in
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday morning walked back comments he made that his top competitor ahead of next week’s Iowa caucuses,…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift calls GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn ‘Trump in a wig’ in new documentary
Taylor Swift slammed Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee for her conservative stances and likened her to “Trump in a wig” in…
Continue Reading Ayanna Pressley to deliver Working Families Party’s response to Trump’s State of the Union
Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts will deliver a response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night on behalf of…
Continue Reading State of play: Senate impeachment trial draws to a close
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, has conceded that President Donald Trump withheld US security assistance to Ukraine in order to pressure the…
Continue Reading Impeachment trial to end but its aftershocks will rock America
America’s latest “national nightmare” will not end when Republicans vote to acquit President Donald Trump of high crimes and…
Continue Reading Republicans prove they refuse to defy Trump under almost any circumstance
Republican hopes of blocking former national security adviser John Bolton’s impeachment testimony highlight the Trump-era GOP’s defining…
Continue Reading How Mitch McConnell pulled off a near-impossible impeachment feat
When the Senate impeachment trial began on January 21, two things seemed certain — or at least very, very likely: 1) There would be witnesses…
Continue Reading John Bolton defends Trump administration officials who testified in House impeachment inquiry
Former national security adviser John Bolton, who has been a central figure in Democrats’ fight to hear from witnesses in the Senate trial,…
Continue Reading Senate impeachment trial: Witness vote likely to fail after Lamar Alexander says he’s a no
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said late Thursday he would oppose calling witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald…
Continue Reading 7 questions that still need to be answered about Trump’s impeachment
The second day of questions in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began — and ended — with some drama and some clarity. The…
Continue Reading Attacks in Afghanistan spike as US weighs troop drawdown
As the Trump administration weighs significant US troop reductions in Afghanistan, the number of attacks carried out by the Taliban and other…
Continue Reading Lamar Alexander says he will announce decision on witnesses vote Thursday night
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander broke his silence Thursday in the trial of President Donald Trump, asking to compare the present acrimony with the…
Continue Reading Susan Collins becomes first Republican senator to say yes to witnesses in impeachment trial
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Thursday night became the first Republican senator to break rank and announce support for witnesses and documents in…
Continue Reading READ: Lamar Alexander’s statement on impeachment witness vote
Sen. Lamar Alexander, a retiring Tennessee Republican, said in a statement late Thursday night that he would vote against a motion to hear additional…
Continue Reading READ: Susan Collins’ statement on impeachment witness vote
Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican up for reelection in November, became on Thursday the first GOP senator to say she would vote in favor of…
Continue Reading Why 2020 Senate Republicans will vote against impeachment witnesses
On the eve of the most important day in the Senate impeachment trial, momentum appeared to be moving against the Democratic desire to call witnesses…
Continue Reading State Department elevates China travel advisory to ‘Do Not Travel’ due to coronavirus
The State Department announced a highest-level warning on Thursday not to travel to China due to the recent coronavirus outbreak. “Do not…
Continue Reading Woman who has accused Trump of sexual assault is seeking his DNA
A woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her decades ago is asking him for a DNA sample to compare to male genetic material…
Continue Reading Reports of sexual assault rose 27% at military service academies in 2018-19 school year
Reports of sexual assaults at the US military’s elite service academies rose sharply last year, according to a new Pentagon report released…
Continue Reading Dershowitz distances himself from impeachment argument he made on Senate floor
Alan Dershowitz, a member of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, on Thursday answered criticisms of an argument he had made on…
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Questioning of legal teams continues as GOP moves to block witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON, DC — Senators returned Thursday for a second day of questions to House managers and President Donald Trump’s legal team in his…
Continue Reading Buttigieg calls out Biden and Sanders by name ahead of Iowa caucuses
Pete Buttigieg on Thursday accused Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, by name, of forcing the debate among Democratic presidential contenders to be too…
Continue Reading See scenes of Rand Paul and the impeachment trial the Senate didn’t show on TV
Sen. Rand Paul attempted to ask a question Thursday at the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump that named the alleged Ukraine…
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