Iowa is changing its caucus rules. Here’s what’s changed in 2020
Iowans cast the first major votes of 2020 in a week during the state’s caucuses. Unlike a traditional primary, in which voters cast ballots,…
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Senators give speeches to explain their votes on impeachment trial after closing arguments Monday
The House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump’s legal team took their final shots Monday to pitch to any senators still on the…
Continue Reading Murkowski says she ‘cannot vote to convict,’ but calls Trump’s actions ‘shameful and wrong’
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced Monday that she “cannot vote to convict” President Donald Trump in the Senate…
Continue Reading Trump or Obama? Lawmakers fight over SC interchange name
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — “President Donald J. Trump Interchange” or “President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama…
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‘I just don’t think that’s the question at hand’: GOP punts on Trump conduct
A number of Republican senators on Monday dodged questions about whether President Donald Trump acted appropriately with Ukraine, underscoring the…
Continue Reading Online misinformation fuels doubt as 2020 vote kicks off
Well before Iowans cast the first ballots of the 2020 presidential race, an insidious campaign to seed distrust in the election process was already…
Continue Reading Montana House leadership asks lawmaker to resign
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana lawmaker on Monday rejected legislative leaders’ call for his resignation over his assertion that the U.S.…
Continue Reading Day 11: Scenes from the Senate impeachment trial’s closing arguments
House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump’s legal team took their final shots Monday in the Senate impeachment trial as they made…
Continue Reading Trump’s impeachment trial is almost over. Next, senators get their turn
Here are some of the last words spoken by President Donald Trump’s defense team — and by the House managers arguing Trump should be…
Continue Reading Trump to appoint Jimmy Carter’s pastor as ‘reentry czar’ to aid former prisoners
President Donald Trump will appoint Pastor Tony Lowden as the administration’s “reentry czar,” a position designed to implement and…
Continue Reading READ: Mueller investigation witness memos and notes
CNN and BuzzFeed News have received another 300 pages of notes from major witness interviews in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s…
Continue Reading Trial for Giuliani associates scheduled for home stretch of 2020 campaign
The federal court trial for four Rudy Giuliani associates indicted for breaking campaign laws is scheduled for early October, placing the courtroom…
Continue Reading Americans who stay in China should ‘consider stocking up on food,’ State Department says
The State Department is recommending US citizens who remain in China take precautionary measures, including “stocking up on food,” in the…
Continue Reading READ: Sen. Joe Manchin’s resolution to censure Trump
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced on Monday his plans to introduce a resolution to censure President Donald Trump for the…
Continue Reading Iowa vote collides with impeachment trial in epic clash
The first votes of the 2020 presidential cycle collide Monday with President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, setting up an epic clash over…
Continue Reading 6 things to look for in tonight’s Iowa caucuses
Voters here are set to settle what for months has been a tight four-person contest as Iowa becomes the first state to vote in the 2020 Democratic…
Continue Reading It’s a cliché because it’s true: It all comes down to turnout in Iowa
After months of identifying their likeliest supporters, the Democratic 2020 contenders are entering a final weekend of door-knocking and…
Continue Reading What are exit polls and how do you read them?
Before the votes are counted, the tallies are released, and the winner is declared on Election Day, the exit poll is the crucial bit of information…
Continue Reading Republican senators urge Trump to avoid impeachment talk at State of the Union
Republican senators are expected to vote on Wednesday afternoon to acquit President Donald Trump in the third presidential impeachment trial in US…
Continue Reading If you thought Donald Trump was wild before, just wait
When President Bill Clinton was acquitted by the Senate following an impeachment trial in 1999, he apologized to the American public for his conduct.…
Continue Reading Predicting the 5 most likely Iowa scenarios
Welcome to 2020! Now that the Iowa caucuses have arrived, the 2020 election is officially upon us. Every Sunday, I outline the 5 BIG storylines you…
Continue Reading Why the Iowa caucuses are important
The Iowa Democratic caucuses are just hours away and with them, the true start of the 2020 election. But just what can a single state with a…
Continue Reading Candidates make frenetic push to an unpredictable finish in Iowa
Iowans will choose between a crowded field of top candidates on Monday night in the first opportunity for voters to weigh in on who should face…
Continue Reading Shakira and Jennifer Lopez get loud in their politically subversive Super Bowl show
If the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show was a middling, agenda-less mess, this year’s performance was its opposite: 15 straight minutes of…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg says Democrats must ‘galvanize and not polarize’ voters ahead of Iowa caucus
2020 contender Pete Buttigieg said on Monday that Democrats must “galvanize and not polarize” American voters ahead of Iowa’s…
Continue Reading Jill Biden says she no longer considers Lindsey Graham a friend
Former second lady Jill Biden said Monday that she no longer considers herself a friend of Sen. Lindsey Graham, the Republican chairman of the Senate…
Continue Reading Trump and Pelosi haven’t spoken in months
When he delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump will directly cross paths with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for…
Continue Reading The final impeachment vote is near. Here’s a look at the big week ahead
The Senate impeachment trial may be over after this week, but its legacy will have lasting consequences for American generations to come. And Donald…
Continue Reading Kushner defends conditions for Palestinians to get a state and ‘take control of themselves’
President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner told CNN that if Palestinians can’t meet certain conditions under the…
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