Top Trump ally in House announces Senate bid
GOP Rep. Doug Collins, one of President Donald Trump’s top allies in Congress and an outspoken defender of the President, officially announced…
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Lev Parnas arrives on the Hill to listen to Senate impeachment trial
Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, arrived Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill to listen to President Donald Trump’s impeachment…
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House readies vote to repeal Iraq war authorization
Lawmakers in the House are set to vote on Thursday to repeal the 2002 authorization for the use of military force in Iraq and to block funds from…
Continue Reading UN report warns ISIS is reasserting under new leader believed to be behind Yazidi genocide
ISIS has begun reasserting itself in Iraq and Syria under a new leader assessed to be an Iraqi operative who was a driving force behind the terror…
Continue Reading Pro-Israel Democratic super PAC takes aim at Bernie Sanders in Iowa
A pro-Israel Democratic super PAC is launching a new television ad on Wednesday in Iowa that questions Sen. Bernie Sanders’ electability and…
Continue Reading The real reason behind Rick Scott’s bizarre Iowa ad buy
Rick Scott represents Florida in the Senate. And presumably he’s pretty busy right now, what with the Senate considering whether or not to…
Continue Reading Impeachment state of play: What McConnell’s comments really mean
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have the votes … yet. There is a group of Senate Republicans who remain on the fence about…
Continue Reading Republicans’ 75% problem on impeachment witnesses
Two days from a giant vote over whether witnesses will be allowed to be called in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Republicans…
Continue Reading Trump slams Bolton as Senate considers calling him as a witness
President Donald Trump on Wednesday tore into his former national security adviser John Bolton, whose explosive allegation in the Ukraine scandal has…
Continue Reading Klobuchar says she’s not directing supporters to do anything after Biden aides float Iowa caucus alliance
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she’s not entering an alliance with any of her rivals, including the campaign of former Vice President Joe…
Continue Reading Texas Republican wins state House seat in runoff election
Republicans held onto a Texas state House seat Tuesday night in a runoff election that was eyed by Democrats as a potential opportunity to show…
Continue Reading Former House IT staffer at center of debunked conspiracy theory sues The Daily Caller
The former House information technology staffer whose proximity to Democratic Party leadership made him a linchpin of conspiracy theories pushed by…
Continue Reading GOP Rep. Doug Collins to run for Senate in Georgia
Rep. Doug Collins, one of President Donald Trump’s top allies in Congress, will announce a campaign against GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler, according…
Continue Reading Bolton’s book could pull Barr into political fight he has avoided for months
Former national security adviser John Bolton and his forthcoming book are threatening to draw Attorney General William Barr into the impeachment…
Continue Reading Impeachment trial enters the question-and-answer session: a guide
The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET, kicking off the question and answer portion that will last…
Continue Reading Two bodies recovered from crashed US military aircraft in Afghanistan
Two bodies have been recovered from the US military aircraft that crashed in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province Monday, a defense official told CNN,…
Continue Reading Schumer: 10 to 12 Republicans ‘know in their hearts’ witnesses should testify at impeachment trial
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday said there are 10 to 12 Senate Republicans “who know in their hearts” there should be…
Continue Reading How the House is slipping away from Republicans
As President Donald Trump tours the country holding rallies to support his reelection campaign this fall, he often brags about what the political…
Continue Reading Republicans will find a way to ignore John Bolton’s incriminating revelations. Here’s why
Ever since details from John Bolton’s manuscript leaked to The New York Times, it seemed like it would be the smoking gun that would push…
Continue Reading Cuban man’s death marks sixth in ICE custody since October
A Cuban man who died Monday morning in Miami is the sixth person to pass away since October while in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.…
Continue Reading Dershowitz says he’ll ‘forgive’ Pompeo’s ‘rudeness’ to reporter if he brings peace to Middle East
Presidential impeachment defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday that while he disapproved of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo berating a reporter,…
Continue Reading Some Republican senators want to review Bolton’s manuscript in a classified setting. It’s not clear if that would be legal.
As senators mull a proposal by two Republican colleagues for the White House to send them John Bolton’s book manuscript to review, an open…
Continue Reading 50 U.S. service members now diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after Iranian missile strike
WASHINGTON, DC — Fifty US military personnel have now been diagnosed with concussions and traumatic brain injuries following the Iranian…
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McConnell says he lacks votes to block witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses…
Continue Reading Energy Department releases more than 100 pages of Ukraine documents
The US Department of Energy has released a new batch of documents related to its former Secretary Rick Perry and Ukraine. The public records release…
Continue Reading Judge effectively denies Lev Parnas’ attempt to attend impeachment trial
A federal judge on Tuesday effectively denied a request by an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani to attend President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Two worlds of impeachment: Trump lawyers invoke ‘danger’ of removing Trump, Democrats say it’s ‘dangerous’ to keep him
Almost all the major players on Capitol Hill have lamented that these are dangerous times in Washington. But if you want to know why — it…
Continue Reading GOP concedes Trump may have withheld aid for probes but says it’s not impeachable
A growing number of GOP senators are now acknowledging that President Donald Trump may have leveraged US military aid to Ukraine in exchange for an…
Continue Reading Everything Republican senators have said about John Bolton’s testimony
In the midst of the ongoing Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, a report from The New York Times has renewed calls from Democrats for…
Continue Reading Impeachment trial scenes featuring Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Mitt Romney you can’t see on TV
Senate rules limit what images can be broadcast on TV during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Notably, that restricts viewers from…
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