Justice Department appeals order to turn over Mueller grand jury materials
WASHINGTON, DC — The Justice Department on Monday asked a federal judge to put on hold an order requiring the disclosure of grand jury…
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Former Bolton deputy who was on July 25 Ukraine call caught in middle of impeachment fight
Intrigue continues to swirl around President Donald Trump’s former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman, a key witness in the…
Continue Reading Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers
Democratic Rep. Katie Hill of California on Sunday announced her resignation from Congress days after she admitted to having an inappropriate…
Continue Reading Dem senator shuns ‘lock him up’ chants aimed at Trump during World Series
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons on Monday shunned chants of “lock him up” aimed at President Donald Trump by the crowd at World Series Game…
Continue Reading Dem senator says Trump disrespected Pelosi by not informing her of Baghdadi raid
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons criticized President Donald Trump on Monday for leaving top Democratic leaders in the dark about the US military raid…
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A false ad claiming Republicans back the Green New Deal tests Facebook’s policy on lies
A left-leaning PAC ran a Facebook ad falsely claiming that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham endorsed the Green New Deal. The ad came after Rep.…
Continue Reading Mother of slain journalist hopeful Baghdadi’s death will end ISIS, but warns US to stay vigilant
The mother of James Foley, an American journalist who was abducted in 2012 by ISIS and later brutally murdered, said Monday that she hopes the death…
Continue Reading Triumph over top terrorist interrupts impeachment crisis engulfing Trump
The daring special forces raid that killed the leader of ISIS cannot have come at a better moment for a crisis-haunted President Donald Trump, but he…
Continue Reading The Baghdadi raid was named after ISIS victim Kayla Mueller. Her parents say they’re ‘grateful’
On the day that President Donald Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the parents of Kayla Mueller, who was kidnapped and reportedly…
Continue Reading How killing a terrorist affects the impeachment inquiry into Trump
If you think something like the sensational killing by US Special Forces of the world’s most wanted terrorist is going to quiet calls for…
Continue Reading Inside the dramatic US military raid that killed ISIS leader Baghdadi
President Donald Trump announced Sunday morning in a televised address at the White House that the “world’s number one terrorist…
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Trump gets cheers, ‘lock him up’ chants at World Series in DC
President Donald Trump received a mix of cheers and boos as he was shown to the crowd at the World Series. The President and First Lady Melania Trump…
Continue Reading Trump’s self-congratulatory end zone victory dance
In the coming days, President Donald Trump is likely to continue making direct comparisons between the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr…
Continue Reading Analysis: Death of Baghdadi leaves ISIS with no obvious successor
The killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a US raid in northwestern Syria Saturday night is a blow against the terrorist organization. While…
Continue Reading Rashida Tlaib joins Ocasio-Cortez, Omar in endorsing Bernie Sanders
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president at a rally in Detroit on Sunday night. She joins Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez…
Continue Reading The 41 most shocking lines from Donald Trump’s Baghdadi announcement
On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump announced that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had died as a result of a US raid in northern Syria. And…
Continue Reading John Bolton could be Trump’s Achilles heel
President Donald Trump has done a lot of dumpster diving lately — throwing more garbage around as part of his efforts to disparage and…
Continue Reading It’s getting late in Iowa already
With only 99 days until the Iowa caucuses, the 2020 election is already in full swing. Every Sunday, I outline the 5 BIG storylines you need to know…
Continue Reading President Trump: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead
President Donald Trump declared Sunday morning that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead after a US military raid in northwest Syria over the…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump falsely claims his 2000 book demanded the killing of Osama bin Laden
After announcing the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Donald Trump on Sunday took questions from journalists — and made a…
Continue Reading Former Rep. John Conyers dies at 90
Former Rep. John Conyers, a longtime Michigan Democrat who represented parts of Detroit for more than 50 years before his resignation in 2017, died…
Continue Reading Trump deserves to take a victory lap
President Donald Trump can certainly take a victory lap for the operation that killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Prior to his death,…
Continue Reading 2020 Democrats mostly refrain from crediting Trump in Baghdadi’s death
Following President Donald Trump’s announcement on Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a US military raid in northwest…
Continue Reading Trump leaves key Democrats in the dark about Baghdadi raid
President Donald Trump admitted on Sunday the White House did not inform some key Democrats about the daring raid that resulted in the death of ISIS…
Continue Reading ‘Ideology does not die with Baghdadi’: For US law enforcement, ISIS threat remains
While the announcement on Sunday of the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been praised among a bipartisan group of elected US leaders,…
Continue Reading Donald Trump lashes out
President Donald Trump dialed it up last week. He referred to his potential impeachment by the House as a “lynching.” He called…
Continue Reading Bill Taylor, now dodging Trump attacks, defended as a ‘man of honor’ by three veterans who served with him
Three veterans who served with Ambassador Bill Taylor, a key witness in the House impeachment inquiry who has come under attack by the President,…
Continue Reading Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Baghdadi’s death is a ‘devastating blow’ to ISIS
Defense Secretary Mark Esper described the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as a “devastating blow” to a terrorist organization…
Continue Reading Lies, lies, lies: How Trump’s fiction gets more dramatic over time
President Donald Trump told a story in January about the farmers, ranchers and builders who stood behind him at a 2017 event where he signed an…
Continue Reading Fact-check: Despite Trump’s claim, there’s no proof diplomat Bill Taylor is a Never Trumper
There is no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim, made repeatedly this past week, that top US diplomat to Ukraine Bill Taylor is…
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