Evelyn Yang was assured justice. Here’s how the doctor she says assaulted her went free
Evelyn Yang’s revelation that she was sexually assaulted by her OB-GYN has renewed national focus on a sweetheart plea deal between…
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Why the Iowa caucuses could be a disaster
No one knows who is going to win the Iowa caucuses in 17 days’ time. But here’s something to think about: What if more than one candidate…
Continue Reading Lev Parnas: Trump would’ve traded an endorsement for political dirt from Ukraine’s ex-president Poroshenko
President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government included an attempted quid-pro-quo with then-Ukrainian President Petro…
Continue Reading READ: House Democrats release additional materials from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas
House Democrats on Friday released new documents from indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas ahead of the Senate trial that includes new…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to review Obamacare requirement that employer-provided health insurance plans pay for contraceptives
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to step in and review the Trump administration’s attempt to weaken the so-called “contraceptive…
Continue Reading READ: Justice Department releases 176 more pages of Mueller documents to CNN and BuzzFeed
CNN has received another 176 pages of notes from major witness interviews during former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. This is…
Continue Reading Senators brace for contentious Tuesday as impeachment trial begins in earnest
Senate leaders are preparing for a contentious session Tuesday that could stretch several hours as well as send the chamber into a closed session as…
Continue Reading No. 2 US general says North Korea building new missiles ‘as fast as anybody on the planet’
North Korea is “building new missiles, new capabilities, new weapons as fast as anybody on the planet,” and learning from its mistakes as…
Continue Reading Appeals court throws out lawsuit by children seeking to force action on climate crisis
A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a heavily promoted but long-shot lawsuit by a group of children and teenagers trying to force the federal…
Continue Reading How Joe Biden defended his Iraq vote
As the US War in Iraq continued to unravel in the spring of 2004, then-Sen. Joe Biden delivered a commencement speech at the University of Delaware…
Continue Reading Democratic lawmakers visit camp in Mexico where migrants wait to claim asylum
Eighteen members of Congress descended on a Mexican camp sitting near the US border Friday where hundreds of migrants are waiting to claim asylum.…
Continue Reading House chairman threatens to subpoena Pompeo over Iran policy hearing
The Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday threatened to subpoena the nation’s top diplomat to testify about the Trump…
Continue Reading Trump adds 3 lawyers, including Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz, to impeachment defense team
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump is adding three seasoned lawyers to his impeachment legal defense team, people familiar with the matter…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to decide if states can force presidential electors to vote for the state’s winner
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up two cases related to the Electoral College concerning whether a state can bind a presidential elector…
Continue Reading Early voting starts in Minnesota’s presidential primaries
Minnesota’s first presidential primaries in nearly 30 years starts Friday, as polling locations in the state begin accepting absentee ballots.…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Trump called top military brass in 2017 a ‘bunch of dopes and babies’
President Donald Trump reprimanded his top military brass in a 2017 meeting at the Pentagon, calling them a “bunch of dopes and babies”…
Continue Reading Top 2020 Democrats to face Iowa voters in CNN town halls one week before caucuses
The leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination will deliver closing arguments to Iowa voters in live, back-to-back CNN town halls…
Continue Reading Pentagon announces foreign military trainees will face new restrictions following Pensacola attack
The Pentagon announced Friday that it is introducing new restrictions on international military students undergoing training in the US that will ban…
Continue Reading Vermont looks to become first state to provide universal meals to public school students
A Vermont lawmaker is looking to make the state the first to provide meals to all public school students. State Democratic Sen. Debbie Ingram filed a…
Continue Reading This 2016 map doesn’t say what Donald Trump thinks it does
During an event on school prayer on Thursday in the Oval Office, CNN’s Betsy Klein spotted something interesting out on President Donald…
Continue Reading 8 in 10 black voters say Trump is racist, new poll shows
More than eight in 10 African Americans believe President Donald Trump is racist and that he has contributed to making racism a bigger problem in the…
Continue Reading Why Donald Trump is so obsessed with Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg appears to be living rent-free in President Donald Trump’s head. In just the last four days, the President has tweeted four…
Continue Reading McConnell tries to set trial rules as pressure building on vulnerable senators
It had been weeks since the House of Representatives passed articles of impeachment, and back home senators were getting pushed on what they believed…
Continue Reading After more than 48 hours of silence, Pompeo says State will investigate possible surveillance of ex-US ambassador
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday publicly committed to look into the possible surveillance of former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie…
Continue Reading READ: 9th Circuit Appeals Court ruling in children’s climate crisis lawsuit
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out a lawsuit by a group of children trying to force the federal government to take action to…
Continue Reading A man challenged Tulsi Gabbard to a push-up contest. He lost.
Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard was taking questions from town hall attendees in New Hampshire on Thursday when a man in the crowd…
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Joe Biden says he’d consider Beto O’Rourke, Julian Castro as possible running mates
(Editor’s note: You can see Biden’s remarks on O’Rourke and Castro beginning at the 10:15 mark of the interview in the video player above.) DALLAS,…
Continue Reading READ: 9th Circuit Appeals Court ruling in children’s climate crisis lawsuit
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out a lawsuit by a group of children trying to force the federal government to take action to…
Continue Reading Trump gives LSU football team a championship welcome
President Donald Trump held a ceremony on Friday at the White House for the Louisiana State University football team to celebrate their recent…
Continue Reading Lewinsky offers colorful remark in apparent response to Starr joining Trump defense team
The announcement that former independent counsel Ken Starr is joining President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team surprised many on…
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