Inside Mitch McConnell’s plan to keep the Senate in 2020
As the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump gets underway, Mitch McConnell has to pull off a political balancing act. The Senate Majority…
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Can a woman win the presidency? The New York Times picked two.
Democratic voters have wrestled all year with whether they want to watch another female nominee face President Donald Trump in November. Two weeks…
Continue Reading From pot to impeachment: The high-wire legal act from Lev Parnas’ attorney
On New Year’s Eve, attorney Joseph A. Bondy hopped on a subway train headed toward the US attorney’s office in lower Manhattan to pick up…
Continue Reading Joe Biden’s elevator moment may be as good as a New York Times endorsement
You may have heard that The New York Times made some history Sunday night by endorsing not one but two Democratic presidential candidates: Elizabeth…
Continue Reading Trump sets off for Davos just as Senate impeachment trial heats up
President Donald Trump, who took off from Washington on Monday evening, is expected to be choppering into Davos, nestled in the Swiss Alps, to mingle…
Continue Reading Trump commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with memorial visit
President Donald Trump on Monday made an unscheduled, unannounced trip to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in recognition of…
Continue Reading READ: Senate organizing resolution for Trump’s impeachment trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office sent the organizing resolution for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial to Senate…
Continue Reading READ: Senate organizing resolution for Trump’s impeachment trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office sent the organizing resolution for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial to Senate…
Continue Reading The private border wall being built on the Rio Grande
Donald Trump is the name most commonly associated with the border wall. But along this three-mile stretch, Tommy Fisher is the name on…
Continue Reading Senate debate over McConnell resolution expected to begin in open session Tuesday
The Senate is expected to kick off the impeachment trial into President Donald Trump in an open session Tuesday and will move quickly into debating…
Continue Reading Legal scholars pan Alan Dershowitz’s defense of Trump
Legal scholars are panning new arguments championed by Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, who recently joined President Donald Trump’s legal…
Continue Reading Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks at event after revealing she has alopecia
Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts on Monday spoke about her experience of being “robbed of my hair” and said that “hardship is…
Continue Reading Pompeo meets with Venezuelan opposition leader in Colombia
Almost one year to the day after the United States recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as that country’s legitimate president,…
Continue Reading Cory Booker was asked who broke his heart. He gave an emotional response
It was the final question during Sen. Cory Booker’s interview with The New York Times editorial board: Who has broken his heart? In response,…
Continue Reading Fact check: 65 ways Trump has been dishonest about Ukraine and impeachment
President Donald Trump is dishonest about a whole lot of things. But he is rarely as comprehensively dishonest as he has been about his dealings with…
Continue Reading Trump’s legal team argues impeachment process a ‘charade’
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday filed a lengthy response to charges he abused his office and obstructed…
Continue Reading Trump claims Virginia Democrats ‘are working hard to take away’ 2nd Amendment rights
President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that Democrats in Virginia are trying to take away 2nd Amendment rights, as thousands of gun-rights…
Continue Reading House Democrats call Trump filing on impeachment ‘dead wrong’ in new brief for Senate trial
The House on Monday submitted its rebuttal to the White House’s argument that the impeachment articles are “constitutionally…
Continue Reading READ: House files ‘replication,’ a rebuttal to Trump legal team’s Saturday filing
The House impeachment managers filed on Monday their replication, or rebuttal, to the White House’s Saturday filing arguing the impeachment…
Continue Reading First Alan Dershowitz said you can be impeached without committing a crime. Now he says you can’t be.
Constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz said in 1998 a president could be impeached even if they were not accused of a crime. Now that he’s…
Continue Reading The New York Times’ utterly confusing 2020 endorsement
At its most basic level, the 2020 Democratic primary process is about which one candidate distinguishes herself (or himself) as the person voters…
Continue Reading READ: White House Senate brief argues impeachment process a ‘charade’
President Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday filed a lengthy response to charges he abused his office and obstructed Congress, decrying the…
Continue Reading Michael Bloomberg: ‘I’d have to swallow two or three times’ but would vote to convict Trump
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg would vote to convict President Donald Trump if he were a senator in the impeachment trial, he said in an…
Continue Reading Pompeo says US diplomatic staffer in Colombia is missing and presumed dead following boating accident
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that an American staffer from the US Mission in Colombia is missing and presumed dead after a boating…
Continue Reading New York Times editorial board endorses Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for Democratic nomination
The New York Times editorial board on Sunday endorsed Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, a…
Continue Reading Trump’s Senate trial defense: Abuse of power is not impeachable
President Donald Trump’s legal team will go into his Senate trial on Tuesday arguing that he should never have been impeached because his…
Continue Reading The 5 biggest 2020 storylines to watch this week
Welcome to 2020! With just 15 days until the Iowa caucuses, the 2020 election is already in full swing. Every Sunday, I outline the 5 BIG storylines…
Continue Reading How lawyer Alan Dershowitz plans to defend Trump during the impeachment trial
Alan Dershowitz, a recent addition to President Donald Trump’s legal team, said Sunday that he plans to revive an 1868 argument used during…
Continue Reading The Senate impeachment trial is about to kick into high gear. Here’s what we know
The Senate impeachment trial is set to begin in earnest Tuesday when Republicans and Democrats are expected to debate a resolution setting the rules…
Continue Reading Schumer on Senate impeachment trial: ‘We will force votes’ on witnesses and documents
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday night he is prepared to “force votes for witnesses and documents” in the Senate…
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