Buttigieg’s operation in Nevada is ready. Will it matter in 2020?
Pete Buttigieg has built a stout operation in Nevada. He has twelve offices across the state — including in rural Fallon and Pahrump —…
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Iowa Poll: Iowa voters divided over impeachment
Iowa registered voters are divided over whether the House of Representatives made the right move in impeaching President Donald Trump and a plurality…
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Pompeo dismisses Iraqi request to work on plan to withdraw US troops
State Department officials on Friday made clear that the United States does not intend to withdraw troops from Iraq, despite requests from that…
Continue Reading 2015 memo from Erik Prince to Trump campaign: ‘National disgrace’ that Soleimani ‘not already DEAD’
Erik Prince, the Blackwater-founder-turned-unofficial-2016-Trump-campaign-adviser, advocated to the campaign years ago for the killing of Iranian…
Continue Reading Trump administration officials have contradicted each other on Soleimani again and again. This is the result.
A week after the US killed Iran’s second most powerful official, spiking tensions in the region and triggering fears of war, the Trump…
Continue Reading Trump had a busy week even aside from Iran and impeachment. Here’s what you missed.
The first full week of January will be remembered for the military confrontation with Iran and the preparations for the upcoming Senate impeachment…
Continue Reading Biden leading Democratic 2020 field among black voters, poll shows
Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a wide lead among African American voters over the rest of the 2020 Democratic presidential field, according to…
Continue Reading How Pompeo convinced Trump to kill Soleimani and fulfilled a decade-long goal
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was a driving force behind President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a top Iranian general, sources inside and…
Continue Reading Why Trump’s changing Iran story is costing him support in Congress
President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a top Iranian general and risk a war without consulting lawmakers has prompted Republican griping,…
Continue Reading Mnuchin opposing Secret Service presidential-travel cost disclosures until after election, source says
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is opposing Democrats’ request to disclose Secret Service costs related to travel by President Donald Trump…
Continue Reading Legal challenges await as Virginia gets ready to ratify Equal Rights Amendment
When Virginia opened its 2020 legislative session this week, the Equal Rights Amendment, a century-long dream of progressives and feminists that…
Continue Reading Mike Lee signs on to Bernie Sanders’ bill to prevent funding for military intervention in Iran
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has agreed to co-sponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders’ legislation that would freeze funding for any military action in…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump made 15 false claims during quiet week in Florida
President Donald Trump just had a quiet week of dishonesty. He made 15 false claims. That would be remarkably high for many other politicians, but it…
Continue Reading Jill Biden responds to Sanders attack on her husband: ‘I don’t like it that Democrats attack other Democrats’
Jill Biden is taking on Democratic criticism of her husband, particularly Bernie Sanders’ recent comments that the former vice president has…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Trump angry with ally Matt Gaetz for urging Republicans to vote for Iran war powers resolution
Rep. Matt Gaetz pushed his fellow Republicans to buck President Donald Trump and vote in support of the Iran war powers resolution, aimed at curbing…
Continue Reading The end is in sight for impeachment limbo
President Donald Trump’s impeachment limbo appears to be ending. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told House colleagues to be ready to vote to send…
Continue Reading Australia is burning. The Arctic is melting. Yet Trump keeps gutting climate change regulations.
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first published in September 2019. The story has been updated with additional administration actions. An…
Continue Reading Trump’s impeachment trial team sees ‘significant’ executive privilege issues over potential Bolton testimony
The team planning for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate believes there are “significant and important”…
Continue Reading White House continues stonewalling on slew of issues
Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s the most transparent president in American history, but just in the span of a week, his administration…
Continue Reading Texas will not resettle refugees under Trump executive order
Texas will not resettle refugees in 2020, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott told the Trump administration Friday, citing a responsibility to use state…
Continue Reading Pompeo says Trump has always relied on US intelligence. Here’s what the facts say.
In answering questions on Friday about the decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters that as…
Continue Reading Iowa poll shows a tight four-way race in final weeks before the Democratic caucuses
Iowa’s likely caucusgoers are closely divided between four top candidates just weeks out from the Democratic caucuses, a new CNN/Des Moines…
Continue Reading Fathers say their children were abused at foster homes after being separated at US-Mexico border
Two fathers who were separated from their children at the border are suing the US government for $12 million, saying their children were abused at…
Continue Reading Pelosi’s about to hit send on the impeachment articles
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may have said it best in a comment to reporters Friday: “At last.” At long last, the House is…
Continue Reading Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Air Force from discharging HIV-positive service members
A US appeals court on Friday upheld an injunction blocking the Air Force from discharging two HIV-positive airmen. The policy, the court ruled, is…
Continue Reading The 44 weirdest lines from Donald Trump’s first 2020 campaign rally
Amid an ongoing debate in Washington over when, exactly, the impeachment trial will begin in the Senate — and the continued fallout from the…
Continue Reading Trump administration reaches 100-mile mark for border wall
The Trump administration has built 100 miles of new wall along the US-Mexico border — the majority of which is replacing previous construction…
Continue Reading Trump administration says no rush for Supreme Court to hear Obamacare appeal
The Trump administration doesn’t want the Supreme Court to act quickly on a case that could determine the future of the Affordable Care Act,…
Continue Reading US unsuccessfully targeted another Iranian military official on same day as Soleimani
On the same night the US military killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, they unsuccessfully targeted another senior Iranian military official in…
Continue Reading GOP lawmaker apologizes for unfounded claim that Democrats are ‘in love with terrorists’
The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee apologized Friday after he made an unfounded claim that accused Democrats of being “in love…
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