Trump preps to welcome some of the Washington Nationals to the White House
Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters have on their radar, in this week’s “Inside Politics” forecast. 1. White…
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Yang supports ‘Medicare for All’ label but would keep private insurance option
Businessman Andrew Yang said he supports “Medicare for All” but would keep the option of private insurance, in stark contrast to Sen.…
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Trump met with loud boos, some cheers at UFC fight in New York
President Donald Trump was met with loud, sustained boos and some cheers as he entered Madison Square Garden for the Ultimate Fighting Championship…
Continue Reading Trump obeys Seinfeld’s law
“My parents didn’t want to move to Florida,” Jerry Seinfeld used to say in his standup routines, “but they’re in their…
Continue Reading Top aide to White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney refuses to testify before House impeachment inquiry
A top aide to White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Robert Blair, has refused to testify in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Eric Trump’s claim The Trump Organization has no business ties overseas
President Donald Trump’s business is back in the spotlight. Less than a week after the President reversed course on his plan to host next…
Continue Reading Mueller interview notes obtained by CNN show Trump’s push for stolen emails
President Donald Trump and other top 2016 Trump campaign officials repeatedly privately discussed how the campaign could get access to stolen…
Continue Reading Despite border barriers, law enforcement warns human smuggling undeterred
Efforts by the Trump administration to secure portions of the 1,933-mile long US-Mexico border with reinforced physical barriers have done little to…
Continue Reading READ: Newly released interview notes from Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation
This weekend’s release of interview notes from Robert Mueller’s investigation marks the first publicly available behind-the-scenes look…
Continue Reading The truth about ISIS’s threat
In the most recent Democratic debate, an animated Joe Biden exclaimed that ISIS “is going to come here” as a result of Trump’s…
Continue Reading Manafort pushed conspiracy theory blaming Ukraine for election hacking as far back as 2016
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort blamed Ukrainians for the hack into computers of the Democratic National…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Border agents say smugglers in Mexico are sawing through parts of Trump’s border wall
Smuggling gangs in Mexico have been able to breach new sections of President Donald Trump’s border wall in recent months, according to a new…
Continue Reading Trump administration proposes rule that allows faith-based child welfare groups to exclude LGBTQ families
The Trump administration has proposed a rule that critics say will allow adoption and foster care agencies to receive federal grants, even if they…
Continue Reading Trump administration puts indefinite hold on Lebanon aid
The Trump administration has indefinitely suspended military aid to support Lebanese Armed Forces, a source with knowledge told CNN. The White House…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump lies about CNN at Mississippi rally
President Donald Trump stood before thousands of supporters in Mississippi on Friday night, squinted and pointed, and told them he was seeing…
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Team Trump still divided over decision to release Ukraine transcript
When President Donald Trump declared in September he hoped the world would read his phone call with Ukraine’s President, some of his advisers…
Continue Reading Castro fights to stay in race as staff looks for other jobs
Julián Castro plans to refocus his 2020 presidential campaign on Iowa, Nevada and Texas in the coming days and is supporting his staffers looking…
Continue Reading Why impeachment is not a ‘coup’
No, impeachment is not a coup. Conservatives defending President Donald Trump have repeated this talking point in the weeks since House Speaker Nancy…
Continue Reading What critics are missing about Prince’s raw, rule-breaking memoir
“The Beautiful Ones” is exactly what I would expect a Prince memoir to be: complicated, nuanced, unconventional and written in a language…
Continue Reading Justice Department turns to counterterrorism techniques to fight mass shootings
When a string of mass shootings rocked the country this summer, leaving scores dead across California, Texas and Ohio, the question of how to prevent…
Continue Reading Buttigieg releases plan to aid people with disabilities ahead of Iowa forum
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg released a plan Saturday morning aimed at “systematically dismantling institutions that discriminate…
Continue Reading New York Times: Donald Trump Jr. criticizes former special counsel Robert Mueller in new book
Donald Trump Jr. says in his forthcoming book that he “almost felt bad” for Robert Mueller, mocking the former FBI director and special…
Continue Reading Split-screen moment as Trump rallies in Mississippi and Democrats fight to oust him in Iowa
In an arena in Iowa on Friday night, 13 Democratic presidential candidates were making their best cases to win the nomination to face President…
Continue Reading Confusion reigns over US plan to ‘secure the oil’ in Syria as commanders await orders
US military commanders overseeing Syria operations are still waiting for precise battlefield orders from the White House and Pentagon on their exact…
Continue Reading Democrats prep next impeachment phase amid likely White House defiance of new subpoenas
House investigators, bracing for more witnesses to defy their demands at the behest of the White House, are now signaling they are prepared to begin…
Continue Reading From Ariana Grande to Jack White: Here’s why these musicians are feeling the Bern
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders may be focusing his energy on trying to win over voters in early primary states, but a variety of musicians have shown…
Continue Reading This week in the Trump impeachment inquiry went out with a bang. Here’s what’s next
The week in the impeachment inquiry went out with a bang. Check out all the news from the probe that came out on Friday: The latest Rogue operation…
Continue Reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘skeptically hopeful’ about preserving Roe v Wade and the court’s future
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg believes Roe v. Wade, the 1973 milestone that gave women a constitutional right to abortion, will survive…
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Pete Buttigieg touts rising organizing power in optimistic Iowa speech
Pete Buttigieg touted himself as the most electable Democrat in the 2020 presidential field on Friday, delivering an optimistic speech that cast…
Continue Reading Two guesses why Trump moved to Florida
Donald Trump has changed his official residence from New York, where it has been all his life, to Florida. As the New York Times reports, the White…
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