7 takeaways from Iowa Democrats’ biggest night of the year
Ninety-four days from the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential contenders each got 12 minutes to try to impress likely voters on the state…
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The seeds of #MeToo started growing 100 years ago
In their book “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey…
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El Paso’s Beto O’Rourke drops out of presidential race
EL PASO, Texas — Former three-term El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced Friday afternoon that he is ending his bid for the Democratic…
Continue Reading Public school teacher’s firing wasn’t just about a pronoun, but about intolerance for different beliefs
A pronoun is never just a pronoun. It always points to something bigger. On this one essential fact we can all agree. That was the starting point in…
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Rick Perry refuses to participate in closed impeachment deposition, might consider testifying publicly
Energy Secretary Rick Perry will not participate in a closed-door deposition with impeachment investigators but would consider testifying in an open…
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Top White House official tried to find out if ambassador went rogue or acted at Trump’s direction on Ukraine
A top White House official told lawmakers he tried to find out whether President Donald Trump told a key US diplomat he wanted Ukraine to investigate…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren’s excellent opening gambit on Medicare for All
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have set themselves apart from the Democratic presidential field in explicitly advocating Medicare for All…
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Beto O’Rourke ends 2020 presidential bid
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, telling supporters he couldn’t…
Continue Reading Obamacare on stronger footing for 2020 as open enrollment begins
Premiums are dropping. Insurers are returning. Congressional Republicans have largely ended their repeal efforts. Obamacare is looking healthier as…
Continue Reading Trump suggests Chad Wolf is acting Department of Homeland Security chief
President Donald Trump appeared Friday to name Chad Wolf, an official at the Department of Homeland Security, as the agency’s acting secretary,…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris closes campaign offices and fires staff in New Hampshire
Sen. Kamala Harris is closing three of her four presidential campaign offices in New Hampshire and has fired all her field organizers in the state as…
Continue Reading Apple’s non-binary emojis are a step in the right direction
Apple rolled out 328 new emojis on Monday, giving users the option to select ones that are non-binary. This means that people won’t have to…
Continue Reading Judge denies attempt by Giuliani associate to get off house arrest and GPS monitoring
A federal judge denied an associate of Rudy Giuliani’s request to lift house arrest and GPS monitoring as part of his bail condition at a…
Continue Reading Why one Republican governor is asking Trump to send more refugees to his state
Utah’s governor says his state is ready to take in more refugees. In a letter sent to President Donald Trump, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert…
Continue Reading US State Department warns ISIS grew and evolved worldwide as it lost territory in Syria
Despite the collapse of its territorial caliphate, ISIS remained a growing and evolving threat even as it lost territory in Syria, a top State…
Continue Reading The impeachment vote had no tricks — and no treats
Washington may have celebrated, collectively, over the Nationals’ World Series win this week, but that’s the only real recent example of…
Continue Reading GOP lawmakers guide a White House grappling with closed-door impeachment
As House Democrats build their case for impeaching President Donald Trump through a succession of closed-door depositions, a pair of Trump’s…
Continue Reading Read: Beto O’Rourke’s full statement on dropping out of the 2020 race
Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke announced Friday he is dropping out of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Read his full…
Continue Reading ‘I’m the best-paid interpreter in the world’: Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas touted windfall from Ukrainian oligarch
Earlier this year, Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, received a sudden windfall of money from a prominent Ukrainian oligarch who…
Continue Reading Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, died of accidental overdose, death certificate says
A granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy died of an accidental overdose, according to her death certificate filed Friday in Massachusetts. Saoirse…
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Donald Trump wants to read the Ukraine call transcript to the country. That’s a terrible idea
In an interview with the Washington Examiner on Thursday, President Donald Trump floated an idea. “At some point, I’m going to sit down,…
Continue Reading Trump expected to attend UFC fight Saturday night in New York
President Donald Trump is expected to attend a UFC match at Madison Square Garden in New York City Saturday night, two sources with knowledge of the…
Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi just identified the biggest risk for Democrats on impeachment
In a Friday interview with Bloomberg, Speaker Nancy Pelosi perfectly diagnosed the biggest danger for Democrats posed by the ongoing impeachment…
Continue Reading Pelosi: Trump-Ukraine call ‘removed all doubt that we had to act’
A day after the House voted to formalize the procedures of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended…
Continue Reading Americans split again on impeachment, according to new poll
Americans are split along party lines on whether to impeach and remove President Donald Trump, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released…
Continue Reading Trump campaign says impeachment vote was a fundraising boon
President Donald Trump’s campaign says House Democrats’ vote to formally launch an impeachment inquiry has only emboldened the…
Continue Reading Polarization is poisoning America. Here’s an antidote
Polarization is killing our country. It is weakening our political and social bonds, separating our economic fortunes and driving bitter cultural…
Continue Reading FTC chair won’t release 2012 staff report on its Google antitrust probe to Congress
Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, says he will withhold from Congress a 2012 staff report that could shed light on the…
Continue Reading Trump has visited Mar-a-Lago five times more than Trump Tower
President Donald Trump has spent 99 days at his Mar-a-Lago club since taking office, compared to only 20 days spent at Trump Tower in New York City,…
Continue Reading Videos show indicted Giuliani associate standing behind Trump at 2018 rally
News footage from an October 20, 2018, midterm election rally in Nevada shows indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas standing behind President…
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