Pete Buttigieg’s rise brings on the scrutiny
For a time, Pete Buttigieg was on a glide path as he ascended in the Democratic race for president, emerging unscathed from the fall debates and…
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Vulnerable House Democrats anxiously eye impeachment vote
As the House Judiciary Committee held its first impeachment hearing into President Donald Trump this week, some of the House’s most vulnerable…
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Buttigieg releases descriptions of McKinsey projects in face of criticism
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Friday released a timeline of his three years working for the elite consulting firm McKinsey. The…
Continue Reading Washington’s next week will be even wilder
As expected, Democrats’ impeachment effort gained steam in the fast-paced week after Thanksgiving recess. The Intelligence Committee’s…
Continue Reading Former Republican lawmakers tell current GOP: Consider full evidence on impeachment
Two former Republican lawmakers urged their current successors to consider the evidence produced during the inquiry into President Donald…
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Upgraded felony criminal charge filed against El Paso city Rep. Sam Morgan
EL PASO, Texas — An upgraded criminal charge has now been filed against northeast El Paso’s representative on city council following his October…
Continue Reading Trump still uses his personal cell phone despite warnings and increased call scrutiny
President Donald Trump has continued to use his personal cell phone to make calls, despite repeated warnings from his staff that the practice could…
Continue Reading Trump’s former Russia ambassador: Putin is ‘probably joyful’ about claims of Ukraine meddling in 2016 election
A former US ambassador to Russia said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “probably joyful” about — and may have enabled —…
Continue Reading White House says it won’t participate in impeachment hearing
The White House on Friday blasted the House’s impeachment inquiry as “completely baseless” and a “reckless abuse of…
Continue Reading Supreme Court blocks Justice Department from restarting federal executions next week
A series of federal executions that were set to begin on Monday will remain on hold, the Supreme Court said on Friday. The court’s order is a…
Continue Reading Trump to ‘temporarily hold off’ declaring Mexican cartels terror organizations
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will “temporarily hold off” designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania state rep accused of stealing $500k from her charity for fur coats, vacation and campaign resigns
A Pennsylvania state lawmaker said this week that she plans to resign after prosecutors announced a number of corruption charges against her,…
Continue Reading Here is what we know about the US military’s program to train foreign troops
Pentagon programs to train foreign nationals are coming under new scrutiny after the man suspected of opening fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola in…
Continue Reading Pelosi’s daughter says speaker is telling women to ‘define yourself’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has faced criticism from prominent Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump for the way she has led the impeachment…
Continue Reading Supreme Court puts temporary hold on House subpoenas to banks for Trump’s financial documents
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday put a temporary hold on House subpoenas requesting President Donald Trump’s financial documents from two…
Continue Reading Virginia counties move to become ‘Second Amendment sanctuaries’
Less than a month after the Democratic takeover of the Virginia state legislature, nearly half the state’s counties have passed resolutions in…
Continue Reading Border Patrol facility notorious for chain-link cells to close for renovations
A US Border Patrol facility in south Texas that came under scrutiny this year for severe overcrowding and gained notoriety for its large chain-link…
Continue Reading Duncan Hunter says he’ll resign after holidays following guilty plea over misusing campaign funds
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California announced on Friday that he’ll resign from Congress following the holiday season, news that comes…
Continue Reading Some moderate Democrats feel frustrated as party leaders start writing articles of impeachment
A group of moderate Democrats are growing impatient with leadership, warning that any effort to include charges that the President obstructed justice…
Continue Reading More than 500 legal scholars sign letter saying Trump committed ‘impeachable conduct’
More than 500 legal scholars signed on to a letter published Friday accusing President Donald Trump of having “engaged in impeachable…
Continue Reading Haley: Dylann Roof ‘hijacked’ Confederate flag from people who saw it as symbolizing ‘service, and sacrifice and heritage’
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said in an interview released this week that the man who killed black parishoners at a church in her state…
Continue Reading Senior State Dept. aide once called Obama a Kenyan and Pelosi a Nazi whose Botox wore off
A senior adviser at the State Department once said he thought then-President Barack Obama was a Kenyan and called House Democratic leader Nancy…
Continue Reading Independent lawmaker says he’s ready to vote to impeach Trump
Rep. Justin Amash said Friday that he is prepared to vote for three articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, ensuring that Democrats…
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Beto O’Rourke knocks down Senate speculation despite positive poll data
EL PASO, Texas — Beto O’Rourke reiterated to ABC-7 on Friday that he is not running for U.S. Senate next year as speculation swirls ahead of the…
Continue Reading Newly released illustrations depict post-9/11 torture techniques
Newly released illustrations drawn this year by Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah depict in graphic detail how he was tortured in 2002 at a…
Continue Reading Donald Trump now has an obvious path to a second term
The latest economic numbers — 266,000 jobs created in November, unemployment at a 50-year low — make one thing very clear: President…
Continue Reading US announces sanctions on leaders of Iran-backed militias in Iraq for protestor killings
The US announced sanctions Friday on the Iraqi leaders of three Iran-backed militias for killing dozens of innocent civilians who were protesting…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders campaign parts ways with staffer after report of homophobic and anti-Semitic tweets
Bernie Sanders‘ campaign has parted ways with a newly hired staffer after a conservative website unearthed a series of tweets allegedly from…
Continue Reading Bloomberg claims he wasn’t asked about stop and frisk until he ran for president. That’s not true.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg falsely claimed in an interview that aired Friday that “nobody asked” him about the controversial…
Continue Reading Booker says he was ‘taken aback’ by Bloomberg calling him ‘well-spoken’
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker said Friday he was “taken aback” by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg calling him…
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