Washington Post: Giuliani held back channel phone call with Venezuelan President
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer held a back channel phone call with Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolas Maduro in September…
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Buttigieg knocks Biden on Iraq War resolution: ‘Years in Washington is not always the same thing as judgment’
Pete Buttigieg on Sunday knocked Joe Biden for his vote in favor of authorizing military force against Iraq in 2002 when the former vice president…
Continue Reading Joe Kennedy defends Pelosi’s decision to withhold articles of impeachment
Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy on Sunday defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision not to send the articles of impeachment against President…
Continue Reading Ivanka Trump won’t commit to staying in Washington and her father’s administration if he wins reelection
Ivanka Trump, the President’s eldest daughter and a White House adviser, would not commit to staying in Washington, DC, and remaining part of…
Continue Reading Barack Obama shares his favorite movies and TV shows of 2019
Former President Barack Obama followed his top book picks of 2019 by turning America’s attention to the big and small screens, sharing his…
Continue Reading Biden just invited Sanders for dessert at the White House
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders are sparring through food metaphors on the campaign trail as the Democratic Party’s…
Continue Reading Will we ever see Trump’s tax records? Ask the Supreme Court.
Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters will be watching for in the year ahead, in this week’s “Inside Politics”…
Continue Reading A historic gender gap is possible in 2020
If President Donald Trump loses in 2020, it will be at the hands of women. While the chance of a woman winning the Democratic presidential nomination…
Continue Reading ‘Little Women’ reminds us how stuck we have been on judging female politicians
“I am angry nearly every day of my life,” Laura Dern’s Mrs. March (Marmee) says, wearily, in Greta Gerwig’s “Little…
Continue Reading Impeachment and other historic moments: A look at 2019 in 325 political headlines
In a year brimming with historic moments, the House of Representatives closed out its final session of 2019 in the biggest way possible: formally…
Continue Reading Barack Obama lists his favorite books of 2019
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday continued his tradition of sharing his annual lists of favorites, starting with a rundown of books that…
Continue Reading Trump attacks whistleblower in tweetstorm full of rants and conspiracies
President Donald Trump retweeted an attack that included an unsubstantiated name of the intelligence community whistleblower at the heart of the…
Continue Reading Biden works to clarify remarks that he wouldn’t comply with subpoena in a Senate impeachment trial
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Saturday said he would “obey any subpoena” that is sent to him — his most forceful…
Continue Reading Federal judge denies bid to undo Georgia voter purge
A federal judge on Friday blocked an effort to restore 98,000 Georgia voters to the rolls who had been removed earlier this month after being…
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Biden reiterates that he won’t testify in a Senate impeachment trial
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reiterated Friday that he would not comply with a subpoena to testify in the Senate impeachment trial of…
Continue Reading Trump’s apparent frustration with impeachment trial simmers over holidays
President Donald Trump is showing signs of increasing frustration with the uncertainty surrounding his Senate trial as he spends time in Florida over…
Continue Reading Gold Star family lawsuit alleges contractors in Afghanistan funneled money to the Taliban
Family members of US service members who were killed or wounded in Afghanistan sued a number of prominent contractors on Friday that worked to…
Continue Reading US civilian contractor killed in rocket attack in Iraq
A US civilian contractor was killed Friday in a rocket attack on a base near Kirkuk, Iraq, where US service members and civilian contractors were…
Continue Reading New York Times: Leaked videos show SEALs describing Gallagher’s conduct
Members of SEAL Team 7 Alpha Platoon described their platoon leader, retired Special Operations Chief Eddie Gallagher, as “toxic” and…
Continue Reading Pompeo’s new social media accounts stoke speculation he’ll run for Senate
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued four tweets on Christmas Eve. Two of them — from his official government handle — focused on Iran…
Continue Reading Schumer said in 1999 Senate wasn’t like a jury box and was ‘susceptible to the whims of politics’
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has blasted his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell in recent days after he described himself as “not…
Continue Reading Federal court says it will temporarily block new NC voter ID law
A federal court has announced that it plans to temporarily block North Carolina’s voter ID requirements that were set to go into effect in…
Continue Reading Deval Patrick fails to qualify for Michigan’s primary ballot
Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick won’t appear on Michigan’s 2020 primary ballot following a decision by the Board of State…
Continue Reading ‘Human error’ led US base in South Korea to ‘inadvertently’ sound alarm instead of taps
A US Army base in South Korea accidentally sounded its alert siren on Thursday night, inadvertently stirring anxieties at a time when North Korea is…
Continue Reading No, Justin Trudeau didn’t get Trump edited out of ‘Home Alone 2’
President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday night about a matter that had been percolating in pro-Trump media circles all day: the Canadian Broadcasting…
Continue Reading Trump obsesses over Pelosi as sting of impeachment spoils his holiday break
President Donald Trump can’t seem to get Nancy Pelosi out of his head, even as most of the rest of the nation enjoys a holiday halftime break…
Continue Reading Immigration judges quit in response to administration policies
Lisa Dornell loved her job. For 24 years, she sat on the bench in Baltimore’s immigration court, hearing hundreds of cases of immigrants trying…
Continue Reading Democratic candidates get personal on the campaign trail
In a crowded field of presidential hopefuls, Democratic candidates are turning to an often-avoided subject in politics: Their personal lives.…
Continue Reading Battle over Trump’s impeachment continues past Christmas
The holiday vacation President Donald Trump once viewed as the raring precursor to a vindictive Senate trial has instead turned into a deadlocked…
Continue Reading American University of Afghanistan could close next year if federal funding is cut
The American University of Afghanistan is drawing up plans to shut down next year, a casualty of anticipated US government budget slashing of the…
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