First on CNN: IRS whistleblower declines to appear for transcribed interview
An IRS employee who is raising concerns about potential political interference in the presidential audit program is declining to voluntarily appear…
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House Republicans defend Trump’s actions in new report responding to impeachment inquiry
Republicans have given a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine in a report published Monday that rejects the…
Continue Reading Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow federal executions to go forward
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to reverse a lower court ruling and allow a series of federal executions to begin,…
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Joe Biden makes pitch to rural Iowans with ‘No Malarkey’ bus tour
Joe Biden is nearing the halfway point of an eight-day tour through rural Iowa aimed at helping him regain the momentum he’s lost there, on a…
Continue Reading Kellyanne Conway’s husband chides her defense of Trump
George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, escalated his criticism of President Donald Trump on Monday by using a tweet…
Continue Reading READ: Mueller investigation witness memos and notes
The Justice Department, responding to a lawsuit by CNN and BuzzFeed, released 295 pages of witness memoranda and notes from FBI interviews released…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter released from hospital after two week stay
Former President Jimmy Carter was released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Wednesday morning after spending more than two weeks there…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter back in the hospital but already feeling better
Former President Jimmy Carter returned to the hospital over the weekend for a urinary tract infection, less than a week after he had left an Atlanta…
Continue Reading Hold on US security aid to Lebanon lifted, sources say
The Trump administration has lifted a mysterious hold on security assistance to Lebanon, which includes a $105 million package to support the…
Continue Reading READ: Mueller investigation witness memos and notes
The Justice Department, responding to a lawsuit by CNN and BuzzFeed, released 295 pages of witness memoranda and notes from FBI interviews released…
Continue Reading With manufacturing slowing down, Trump ratchets up trade wars
President Donald Trump has escalated trade tensions across the globe by imposing tariffs on foreign steel, threatening tariffs on allies like the…
Continue Reading House panel unveils list of witnesses in Wednesday’s impeachment hearing
The House Judiciary Committee unveiled Monday the witnesses for its first hearing in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump for…
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GOP Congressman Duncan Hunter to plead guilty in case alleging misuse of campaign funds
SAN DIEGO, California — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-California) — who is accused of illegally dipping into campaign funds to pay for…
Continue Reading Appeals judges appear skeptical of rule limiting asylum seekers from Central America
A federal appeals court on Monday questioned whether a new restrictive Trump administration asylum policy takes into account the dangers that…
Continue Reading Additional charges likely against Giuliani associates
Federal prosecutors in New York are “likely” to file additional charges in the case against associates of Rudy Giuliani who have been…
Continue Reading This 2020 candidate dropped out, and no one cared. Here’s what they missed…
Steve Bullock wasn’t going to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020. So when the Montana governor dropped out of the presidential…
Continue Reading Ex-FBI lawyer targeted by Trump breaks silence
Roughly two years after her anti-Donald Trump text messages were released to Congress and she became a public target of the President’s ire,…
Continue Reading Trump renews tariff threat on Brazil and Argentina
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US will “restore” steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil and Argentina, citing a…
Continue Reading This Republican senator keeps pushing a delusion about Ukraine and the 2016 election
John Kennedy is at it again. The “it” here is not telling the truth about the 2016 election and the fictional role Kennedy says Ukraine…
Continue Reading Two ways to look at police violence in America
From Julián Castro’s remark on the Democratic debate stage that “police violence is gun violence” to criminal justice forums to…
Continue Reading Supreme Court hears biggest Second Amendment case in a decade
After nearly a decade of silence, a divided Supreme Court grappled Monday for over an hour with a case testing the scope of an individual’s…
Continue Reading Pompeo says reports he’ll run for Senate are ‘completely false’ ahead of appearance with McConnell
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo categorically denied reports that he is preparing to make a run for the Senate in Kansas, declaring them…
Continue Reading ‘Sometimes you got to do what’s right inside:’ Elizabeth Warren shares emotional story about acceptance
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Sunday got personal with a young voter who asked about acceptance in her own life. During an unusually long and open session…
Continue Reading Melania Trump highlights ‘Spirit of America’ for holiday decoration theme
The White House Christmas decorations are here once again, and this year, first lady Melania Trump has selected the familiar theme of patriotism. Her…
Continue Reading Top Republican on House Judiciary Committee calls for Adam Schiff to testify
The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee on Sunday called for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff to testify before the…
Continue Reading ‘Free, Melania’ offers new details about the life of a private first lady
First lady Melania Trump, like those before her, has battled the vast juxtaposition between public perception and private citizen. And she remains,…
Continue Reading Rising stakes as Republicans launch latest offensive against impeachment inquiry
Democrats pivot from investigating President Donald Trump to beginning their prosecution of him this week in the most significant and historic…
Continue Reading Steve Bullock ends presidential campaign, will not run for Senate
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock ended his presidential campaign on Monday, the Democrat announced in a statement to CNN. The decision comes after the…
Continue Reading Impeachment inquiry could make for a December to remember
The House impeachment inquiry now enters a significant stretch that could lead to the impeachment of Trump by year’s end. Here’s a look…
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Trump, lawyers won’t participate in upcoming impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON, DC — Neither President Donald Trump nor his attorneys will participate in Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee impeachment…
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