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READ: Pelosi statement on timing of appointment of House impeachment managers and sending articles of impeachment to Senate

January 14, 2020 10:11 AM CNN

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced plans for a vote on Wednesday to appoint managers for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the…

State Department security officials weren’t notified of ‘imminent’ threats to US embassies

January 14, 2020 9:29 AM CNN

State Department officials involved in US embassy security were not made aware of imminent threats to four specific US embassies, two State…

‘It is stomach-churning’: Progressives’ dread rises as Warren and Sanders collide

January 14, 2020 9:08 AM CNN

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have for more than a year observed a non-aggression pact designed to keep the Democratic left united as it seeks…

Pentagon identifies two service members killed in roadside bombing in Afghanistan

January 14, 2020 8:41 AM CNN

The Pentagon identified on Sunday the two soldiers killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan this weekend. Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, of…

Chinese national charged with photographing restricted area of Naval base pleads not guilty

January 14, 2020 8:35 AM CNN

A Chinese national arrested for allegedly entering a restricted area on a Naval base in Key West and taking photos of government buildings pleaded…

Rep. Elijah Cummings’ widow running for Congress to ‘build on his legacy’

January 14, 2020 7:50 AM CNN

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the widow of the late Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, said she’s running for her late husband’s former seat…

The stage is finally set for impeachment’s dramatic, divisive endgame

January 14, 2020 7:32 AM CNN

The imminent final act of America’s impeachment ordeal will be played for far higher political stakes than might be expected given the…

Mandy Moore hits the trail for Pete Buttigieg in final push ahead of Iowa caucuses

January 14, 2020 7:31 AM CNN

Singer, actress and Pete Buttigieg campaign surrogate Mandy Moore dismissed suggestions Monday that the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor is beholden…

DNC chair defends party’s ‘inclusive’ rules ahead of debate

January 14, 2020 7:13 AM CNN

Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez on Tuesday defended the party’s primary debate qualifications and nominating process amid…

Volatile Democratic race comes to Iowa for final debate before caucuses

January 14, 2020 6:00 AM CNN

Six of the Democratic presidential candidates meet for the final debate before the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday at a strikingly fluid moment in the 2020…

US citizen detained in Egypt for more than 6 years has died

January 14, 2020 4:46 AM CNN

A US citizen who once begged for President Donald Trump’s help has died after more than six years in an Egyptian prison. Mustafa Kassem died of…

Impeachment will sideline some 2020 candidates at exactly the wrong time

January 13, 2020 10:07 PM CNN

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to hold the articles of impeachment may or may not affect the format of the Senate impeachment trial, but…

Fact check: Trump falsely claims to have ‘saved’ pre-existing conditions protections

January 13, 2020 8:51 PM CNN

President Donald Trump has long sought, unsuccessfully, to kill the Affordable Care Act, which established an unprecedented level of protection for…

Warren says Sanders told her a woman could not win in 2020: ‘I thought a woman could win; he disagreed’

January 13, 2020 7:11 PM CNN

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday night said that 2020 rival Sen. Bernie Sanders told her during a private meeting in December 2018 that he did not…

Attorney General William Barr says Pensacola base shooting ‘an act of terrorism’

January 13, 2020 7:45 PM CNN

The shooting at a Naval air base in Pensacola, Florida, last month was an act of terrorism motivated by “jihadist ideology,” Attorney…

Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren in private 2018 meeting that a woman can’t win, sources say

January 13, 2020 6:20 PM CNN

The stakes were high when Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren met at Warren’s apartment in Washington, DC, one evening in December 2018. The…

The White House tweeted a super weird snow photo on an abnormally warm day

January 13, 2020 6:16 PM CNN

The high temperature in Washington, DC, on Sunday was 70 degrees. It was downright balmy. (I wore a T-shirt and shorts to take down our Christmas…

Key GOP senators say they are open to witnesses but won’t decide until after opening arguments

January 13, 2020 6:01 PM CNN

High-profile Republican swing vote Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Monday she likes to dig into the facts of a matter she is considering.…

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow public charge rule to go into effect

January 13, 2020 5:59 PM CNN

The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court order that is blocking the government’s efforts to make it…

Energy Department agrees to release Ukraine-related documents

January 13, 2020 5:16 PM CNN

The Department of Energy will begin producing documents related to Ukraine by January 28 following an agreement with watchdog group American…

Cory Booker’s 2020 miscalculation

January 13, 2020 5:11 PM CNN

Cory Booker’s theory of the 2020 case was a good one. It went something like this: Donald Trump’s presidency has deeply divided us…

Barr and Pompeo shift justification for Iran strike from ‘imminent’ threat to deterrence

January 13, 2020 5:09 PM CNN

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr said Monday that killing Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was part of a larger…

Barr says attorney general and FBI director should approve counterintelligence investigations of presidential candidates

January 13, 2020 4:44 PM CNN

The FBI should get sign-off from the attorney general and the director of the FBI before opening a counterintelligence investigation into a…

Wisconsin officials held in contempt of court and fined for failure to purge voters

January 13, 2020 4:29 PM CNN

Election officials in Wisconsin have been found in contempt of court after failing to remove thousands of voters from the state’s rolls.…

Federal budget deficit tops $1 trillion in 2019

January 13, 2020 3:56 PM CNN

The federal government budget deficit surpassed $1 trillion in 2019, marking the first time the country has crossed that threshold in a calendar year…

Nebraska GOP lawmakers renew voter ID bill effort

January 13, 2020 3:47 PM CNN

A group of Republican state lawmakers in Nebraska are pushing a new bill that would require people to present a photo ID when they vote. The measure,…

Why Trump’s photoshopped Pelosi tweet reveals his true nature

January 13, 2020 3:37 PM CNN

On Monday morning, the President of the United States retweeted this: It’s a photoshopped image of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (New…

George Nader, a former Mueller witness, pleads guilty to child sex crimes

January 13, 2020 3:23 PM CNN

George Nader, a key witness in the Russia investigation, pleaded guilty Monday to two sex crimes involving minors. During an hour-long court hearing,…

Treasury official pleads guilty to charge connected to leaks of Trump-related financial data

January 13, 2020 3:04 PM CNN

A senior Treasury Department official pleaded guilty Monday in Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy in a case in which prosecutors…

Supreme Court won’t take up appeal of Michelle Carter’s conviction for role in boyfriend’s suicide

January 13, 2020 2:58 PM CNN

The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would not take up the case of Michelle Carter, a woman serving a 15-month sentence for her part in her…