Slimmed-down Democratic field partakes in last debate of 2019 in L.A.
LOS ANGELES, California — The most diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates in history was boiled down to a debate stage…
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Fact check of the sixth Democratic debate
Welcome to CNN’s fact check of the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate. Thursday’s debate was hosted by PBS and Politico, and…
Continue Reading Pelosi just rewrote the impeachment script
The outcome of the Democratic impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has seemed like a foregone conclusion almost since it started.…
Continue Reading Why Democrats are debating over a wine cave
The term “wine cave” was thrown around repeatedly Thursday night at the Democratic presidential debate during an exchange over how Pete…
Continue Reading ‘I feel bad for him’: Inside Trump’s DC hotel on impeachment day
In the hours before President Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday night, the atmosphere at the Trump International Hotel in Washington was nearly,…
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As House votes to impeach Trump, McConnell pushes 13 judge nominations through Senate
While the rest of Washington focused on impeachment proceedings Wednesday, Mitch McConnell successfully pressed forward on a subject that has been…
Continue Reading How to watch tonight’s Democratic presidential debate
PBS NewsHour and Politico are co-hosting the last primary debate of 2019, which will show seven presidential contenders facing off against each other…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Trump said he believes Ukraine interfered in 2016 election because ‘Putin told me’
President Donald Trump once stated explicitly that he believes that it was Ukraine — not Russia — that meddled in the 2016 election…
Continue Reading 6 things to look for in the final Democratic debate of 2019
The final Democratic primary debate of 2019 is one of the best opportunities left for the seven Democrats slated to appear here in California on…
Continue Reading Initial review of Saudi military students shows no threats, Pentagon says
An initial review of some 850 Saudi military students training in the United States did not uncover any signs that the remaining Saudi students pose…
Continue Reading McConnell says Senate trial talks at ‘impasse’ as Congress leaves town
The Senate is at an “impasse” about setting the rules of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch…
Continue Reading We’ve reached the final Democratic debate of 2019
Fun fact: This is the smallest number of candidates onstage thus far this cycle (a slim seven!). Joe Biden should feel confident heading into…
Continue Reading Chinese national arrested for trespassing at Trump’s Florida resort
A Chinese woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with trespassing on President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, according to Palm Beach…
Continue Reading An impeached Trump tries looking ahead, but uncertainty threatens Senate vindication
After being impeached, President Donald Trump is hoping to move quickly to a vigorous defense in the Senate and is distressed the trial he hopes will…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Obama alumni endorse Elizabeth Warren
Hundreds of veterans of Barack Obama’s campaigns and administration have signed on to endorse Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president, as multiple…
Continue Reading Georgia gives 22,000 ‘inactive’ voters extension before removal
Thousands of people who were removed from Georgia’s voter rolls this week for lack of civic participation were put back into…
Continue Reading Cory Booker, Michael Bennet and John Delaney won’t be on Vermont primary ballot
Sen. Bernie Sanders will face a smaller field of competition for the Democratic president nomination in his home state next year. Vermont’s…
Continue Reading The 65 most outrageous lines from Donald Trump’s longest campaign speech ever
Even as the House was impeaching President Donald Trump, he was in the midst of a rowdy campaign rally in Michigan. The President, clearly both…
Continue Reading Trump poised to sign the kind of spending bill he once vowed never to sign again
President Donald Trump vowed last year that he’d never sign another sweeping spending deal to avoid a government shutdown. This year, Congress…
Continue Reading Senate removes phrase ‘white nationalist’ from measure intended to screen military enlistees
The Republican-controlled Senate quietly cut the phrase “white nationalist” from a measure in the National Defense Authorization Act,…
Continue Reading Senate approves $1.4 trillion deal to avert shutdown amid impeachment fight
The Senate on Thursday approved a nearly $1.4 trillion spending deal to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown at the end of the week. The…
Continue Reading U.S. House passes Trump’s trade deal with Mexico and Canada
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed President Donald Trump’s revised North American Free Trade…
Continue Reading Ranking the 2020 Democratic presidential field
It’s been a long wait, but 2020 is almost here! And with it, the arrival of actual votes by actual caucus-goers and primary voters! The field…
Continue Reading Jeff Van Drew, House Democrat who opposed impeachment, will join Republican party
President Donald Trump announced that Rep. Jeff Van Drew would join the Republican Party, a day after the New Jersey congressman and one other…
Continue Reading Trump administration opposes bill meant to deter Russia
The Trump administration is pushing back on a wide-ranging piece of legislation meant to deter and punish Russian aggression and its interference in…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s disgusting and deplorable attack on Debbie Dingell
Over the past three years, the American public has developed a tolerance to President Donald Trump: Things that might have once shocked now merit…
Continue Reading 3 conservative-leaning states sue to block ERA from ratification
Three conservative-leaning states have filed a federal lawsuit in an attempt to stop the Equal Rights Amendment from being added to the US…
Continue Reading Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard votes ‘present’ on impeachment
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii voted “present” on both articles of impeachment against President Donald…
Continue Reading Trump implies that the late Rep. John Dingell is ‘looking up’ from hell
President Donald Trump attacked Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell and her late husband, Rep. John Dingell, during a rally on Wednesday, implying the…
Continue Reading Pelosi responds to Trump mocking Dingell: ‘Let us pray for the President’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday responded to President Donald Trump’s attacks on Democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingell and her late…
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