US Defense Department Inspector General declines to open probe into Ukraine aid delay
The US Defense Department Inspector General’s Office is declining to open an investigation into why military assistance to Ukraine was delayed…
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AOC on impeachment hearings: Republicans must ‘decide what their role is going to be in the scope of history’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday put the onus on Republicans to take a stand following the kickoff of public hearings in the impeachment…
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‘Truth matters’: Prosecutors urge jury to convict Roger Stone for lying to protect Trump
Prosecutors closed their criminal trial of Republican politico Roger Stone on Wednesday by making a forceful argument that the longtime Washington…
Continue Reading Whistleblower timeline: Team Trump contacts and Ukraine
President Donald Trump’s acknowledgment that he discussed former Vice President Joe Biden in a July call with Ukraine’s president has…
Continue Reading Quick timeline of Trump-Ukraine events that led to impeachment hearings
The impeachment inquiry centers on claims that President Donald Trump used US tax dollars as bait to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
Continue Reading Bannon testifies Trump campaign viewed Stone as access point to WikiLeaks
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in court on Friday that he and the Trump campaign viewed Roger Stone, a longtime Donald Trump…
Continue Reading Roger Stone associate denies direct contact with WikiLeaks founder during trial
Roger Stone‘s criminal trial exposed on Thursday a pile of lies in texts and emails Stone sent to or received from others — with…
Continue Reading Sign-ups slip in initial days of Obamacare open enrollment
Lower premiums and additional choices have yet to draw more people to Obamacare for 2020 as open enrollment begins. Sign-ups have slid, with only…
Continue Reading Federal judge presses Justice Department to release Mueller interview summaries in CNN lawsuit
A federal judge has prioritized the Justice Department’s public release of witness interview summaries from Robert Mueller’s special…
Continue Reading Donald Trump *definitely* didn’t pay attention to the impeachment hearing
Even as the public debate over his presidential future opened on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump wasn’t paying it any mind. None. Like,…
Continue Reading Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy announces he will run for Senate against Cindy Hyde-Smith
Mike Espy, a Mississippi Democrat whose heated special Senate runoff against Cindy Hyde-Smith in 2018 turned into a nationally watched affair,…
Continue Reading GOP senators air concerns during unusual White House meeting with Erdoğan
A small group of Republican senators who traditionally focus on foreign policy issues attended a White House meeting with President Donald Trump and…
Continue Reading Trump declares himself a ‘big fan’ of Turkey’s strongman leader Erdoğan
President Donald Trump emerged from hours of talks with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday to declare himself a “big fan” of…
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Guide to Trump impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON, DC — As public hearings start Wednesday at 8 a.m. Mountain Time in the U.S. House impeachment inquiry, here’s…
Continue Reading Most important takeaways from the first day of public impeachment hearings
The House Intelligence Committee opened historic impeachment hearings Wednesday to investigate whether President Donald Trump (and his allies) abused…
Continue Reading How CNN got the secret Mueller interview documents
The release of the Mueller report was just the beginning. The headlines about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation this weekend came…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter ‘up and walking’ after hospitalization, pastor says
Former President Jimmy Carter is “up and walking” after undergoing an operation Tuesday to relieve pressure on his brain, a family pastor…
Continue Reading Republicans shrug off impeachment hearings as ‘boring’
Heading into Wednesday’s first public impeachment hearing, Republicans had argued the facts weren’t there to impeach President Donald…
Continue Reading Staff lawyers to take star role in first public hearings on impeachment
The underpaid and overworked lawyers on Capitol Hill will have their turn in the spotlight on Wednesday, as Daniel Goldman and Steve Castor emerge…
Continue Reading House expected to pass spending bill next week as shutdown deadline looms
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Wednesday that the House is expected to pass a spending bill next week to fund the federal government…
Continue Reading READ: Devin Nunes opening remarks at impeachment hearing
As prepared for delivery: In a July open hearing of this committee following publication of the Mueller report, the Democrats engaged in a last-ditch…
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Diplomat testifies EU ambassador said Trump’s interest in Ukraine was ‘investigations of Biden’
Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, revealed new information in his opening statement during the first public impeachment hearing about…
Continue Reading George Conway says he is ‘horrified’ over GOP’s impeachment defense of Trump
Conservative lawyer George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, said Wednesday he’s “horrified” and…
Continue Reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg misses court due to illness
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not on the bench for oral arguments Wednesday due to illness, according to Chief Justice John Roberts.…
Continue Reading Trump administration proposes rule that would deny work permits to some asylum seekers
US Citizenship and Immigration Services on Wednesday proposed a rule that would bar asylum seekers who illegally crossed the border from obtaining…
Continue Reading READ: Adam Schiff’s opening statement in the impeachment hearing
As prepared for delivery In 2014, Russia invaded a United States ally, Ukraine, to reverse that nation’s embrace of the West, and to fulfill…
Continue Reading Trump impeachment hearings today will echo through the ages
The gravity and drama of the first televised impeachment hearings into Donald Trump’s presidency on Wednesday will imprint themselves on…
Continue Reading What, exactly, is Hillary Clinton doing?
On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton was asked whether she might — still — run for president in 2020. Here’s part of how she responded:…
Continue Reading Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan endorses Joe Biden
Former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tim Ryan endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential bid Wednesday, saying the former vice president has…
Continue Reading Pompeo downplays impeachment inquiry ahead of diplomats’ public testimony
Just hours before two State Department officials become the first public witnesses in the House impeachment probe, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on…
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