Bloomberg unveils economic justice plan at site of ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Sunday released an economic justice plan during a stop in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood…
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Schiff says intelligence agency is withholding Ukraine documents from Congress
Lead impeachment manager Adam Schiff said Sunday that the National Security Agency is withholding from Congress documents pertaining to the…
Continue Reading Senate Democrat says ‘fine’ if Hunter Biden were to testify in impeachment trial
Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown on Sunday said it would be “fine” if Senate Republicans requested Hunter Biden as a witness in the…
Continue Reading Murkowski wants to hear from House managers and Trump’s lawyers before deciding on witnesses in Senate trial
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkwoski said Saturday that she wants to hear House Democrats’ case against Donald Trump and from the President’s…
Continue Reading House impeachment manager to Trump: If Ukraine call was ‘perfect’ then ‘call the witnesses’
House impeachment manager Jason Crow on Sunday argued that witnesses should be called in President Donald Trump’s upcoming Senate trial that…
Continue Reading Graham says Trump hopes to have impeachment over by State of the Union address
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday said President Donald Trump hopes to have the Senate impeachment trial “behind him” before he delivers the…
Continue Reading Before impeachment trial, Senate prepares vote on Trump’s war powers
Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters have on their radar, in this week’s “Inside Politics” forecast. 1. War…
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A look back at Trump’s history of high-profile legal wranglings
Donald Trump’s divorce from his first wife Ivana had already devolved into a tabloid spectacle when, frustrated by the proceedings, the future…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg now attending South Carolina MLK Day events after criticism from Democrats
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will now attend Martin Luther King Day celebrations in Columbia, South Carolina, on Monday after facing…
Continue Reading JFK’s grandson slams Pence’s interpretation of ‘Profiles in Courage’
President John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg said Saturday that Vice President Mike Pence’s recent op-ed is a “total…
Continue Reading USDA proposes allowing ‘more flexibility’ in school lunches
The US Department of Agriculture on Friday announced two new proposals that would give school nutrition professionals “more flexibility”…
Continue Reading Trump, who wanted a TV legal team, is ‘distracted’ by impeachment trial, source says
Donald Trump has appeared “distracted” by the impeachment trial that begins on Tuesday, according to a source close to the White House…
Continue Reading Trump’s legal team formally responds to Senate impeachment summons
Donald Trump’s legal team filed its formal response Saturday evening to the Senate summons of the President, offering the first glimpse into…
Continue Reading ‘Framers’ worst nightmare’: House Democrats make their case for removing Trump from office
House Democrats on Saturday released their argument for why President Donald Trump should be removed from office by the Senate in the upcoming…
Continue Reading Rod Rosenstein says he made call to release Peter Strzok-Lisa Page texts
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved the release of top FBI official Peter Strzok’s text messages with then-FBI attorney Lisa…
Continue Reading Virginia House Republican leader to hate groups: ‘You are not welcome here’
The Virginia House Republican leader said anyone spreading “white supremacist garbage” is not welcome in Richmond after a state of…
Continue Reading Facebook removes pages reported to have coordinated posts defending Robert Hyde
Facebook removed a network of pages Friday night that were reported to be sending coordinated posts defending Connecticut congressional candidate…
Continue Reading READ: House Democrats’ brief on why Trump should be removed from office
House Democrats on Saturday released their argument for why President Donald Trump should be removed from office by the Senate in the upcoming…
Continue Reading National Archives apologizes and removes altered photo of 2017 Women’s March: ‘We made a mistake’
The National Archives on Saturday apologized and said it removed from display a 2017 photograph of the Women’s March it had altered to censor…
Continue Reading Ted Lieu tells Devin Nunes to ‘shove it’ after Republican colleague threatens lawsuit
A feud between two California lawmakers spilled into the public recently, with one alleging conspiracy and the other threatening legal action.…
Continue Reading Former Rep. Chris Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Trump, sentenced to 26 months in prison in insider trading case
The first sitting congressman to support President Donald Trump’s bid for the White House was sentenced to 26 months in prison on Friday after…
Continue Reading Devin Nunes aide exchanged information with Lev Parnas about Ukraine campaign, documents reveal
New documents released Friday evening by House Democrats show communications between indicted Rudy Guiliani associate Lev Parnas and an aide to the…
Continue Reading ‘It’s going to be devastating’: Senators gear up for no-talking, no-electronics impeachment trial rules
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will be an unusual event in more ways than one. It will mark only the third time in American history…
Continue Reading Evelyn Yang shares sexual assault survivor story at Women’s March and says theme is ‘very personal’
Evelyn Yang, the wife of presidential candidate Andrew Yang, said Saturday that the theme of this year’s Women’s March —…
Continue Reading Here’s why Amy Klobuchar and Andrew Yang supporters may be the most powerful Iowans on caucus night
The most consequential moment of the Iowa caucuses won’t be the first time that people across the state line up in support of their preferred…
Continue Reading The US Space Force has revealed its utility uniform, and the internet has things to say about it
The new US Space Force has shown off its utility uniform, and it’s bound to look familiar. Technically, the nation’s freshest military…
Continue Reading Expiring tool to fight fentanyl saved in Senate but faces uncertain future in House
Senate lawmakers reached a last-minute deal on Thursday to save a sweeping tool that has helped drug enforcers crack down on fentanyl as the…
Continue Reading Trump recounts minute-by-minute details of Soleimani strike to donors at Mar-a-Lago
President Trump recounted minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Iran’s top military commander during remarks to high-dollar…
Continue Reading New impeachment documents show more texts about possible surveillance of former US ambassador to Ukraine
House Democrats on Friday released new documents from indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas ahead of the Senate trial that includes new…
Continue Reading The Iowa caucuses look like a hot mess
First things first: The theme song of the week is Murder, She Wrote. Poll of the week: A new Monmouth University poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers…
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