What Barack Obama gets exactly right about our toxic ‘cancel’ culture
Former President Barack Obama has largely stayed out of the spotlight since leaving the White House in 2017, choosing to avoid much direct criticism…
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Diplomats say they’re in a ‘strange parallel universe’ amid impeachment probe
As the State Department becomes engulfed by the House impeachment inquiry, diplomats say they find themselves caught in a “strange parallel…
Continue Reading State Department official to testify that John Bolton warned about influence of Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine
Former national security adviser John Bolton cautioned about the influence Rudy Giuliani had on US-Ukraine policymaking during a meeting in mid-June…
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Don’t forget what Donald Trump said *repeatedly* about the Ukraine call transcript
On Tuesday we learned that the rough transcript released by the White House of the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian…
Continue Reading The NCAA blinked, and it’s about time
The NCAA has bowed down under pressure. The days of virtually everyone involved in college sports — schools, coaches, media companies,…
Continue Reading How the Democrats’ impeachment rules neutralize some key Republican complaints
From the moment House Democrats launched their impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump and Republicans have criticized the process as a partisan…
Continue Reading House sends Turkey message by imposing sanctions and calling WWI Armenian killings genocide
The House passed two measures Tuesday aimed at sending a strong message to the Turkish government amid deteriorating relations between American…
Continue Reading Kanye wrestles with God, not Trump
Beginning with “Jesus Walks” on “The College Dropout,” Kanye’s catalog of work has illustrated a consistent and…
Continue Reading Appeals court temporarily stops House from getting grand jury secrets for impeachment inquiry
The Justice Department won’t have to give the House of Representatives secret details from the Mueller criminal investigation for use in its…
Continue Reading Missing words and a screaming match: Inside a wild day of impeachment testimony
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council official in charge of Ukraine policy, told impeachment investigators he tried to make…
Continue Reading With impeachment consuming Congress, lawmakers fear threat of a government shutdown
A government funding deadline is on a collision course with the Democratic impeachment inquiry, leaving lawmakers scrambling to find a way out of…
Continue Reading State Department Ukraine experts next up in impeachment inquiry
Two State Department experts on Ukraine are slated to become the latest diplomats thrust into the spotlight as part of the House impeachment inquiry.…
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400,000 more children are uninsured since Trump took office
The number of uninsured children ballooned by more than 400,000 between 2016 and 2018, an unprecedented decline in health coverage for the youngest…
Continue Reading Democrats set to bring impeachment inquiry out from behind closed doors
Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday will begin building a formal political process designed to impeach a President — a momentous task attempted…
Continue Reading Trump claimed ISIS leader ‘whimpered’ in final moments. Top officials don’t know where he got that detail
President Donald Trump asserted in his televised address from the White House Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was “whimpering and…
Continue Reading Shouting match erupts in Vindman deposition as Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to out whistleblower
Democrats and Republicans got into a shouting match behind closed doors on Tuesday while interviewing a witness in the impeachment investigation,…
Continue Reading Jared Kushner blunders into the impeachment controversy
Just when you were wondering whatever happened to Jared Kushner, the White House adviser who got his job because his father-in-law is President, he…
Continue Reading Charlie Dent: Attacking a patriot is shameful
What do Dwight Eisenhower, Donald Trump and Charles Wieder Dent have in common? Answer: We all have ancestors who trace their ethnic roots to an area…
Continue Reading Threats against Ukraine whistleblower’s legal team lead to law enforcement probe
The legal team representing the whistleblower who ignited the impeachment investigation has received death threats that have led to at least one law…
Continue Reading DOJ and House ask judge to postpone hearing on key impeachment witness
The Justice Department and the House have asked a federal judge to postpone the court hearing Thursday about impeachment witness Charles…
Continue Reading George Papadopoulos is running for Congress in California district vacated by Katie Hill
Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with individuals tied to Russia…
Continue Reading Mitch McConnell’s extraordinary efforts to say nothing at all
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to extraordinary lengths Tuesday to avoid giving substantive answers to direct questions about the…
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El Paso City Council clashes over whether to censure Sam Morgan for domestic violence arrest
EL PASO, Texas — A resolution to censure and condemn a city representative accused of hitting his wife is being held up for a couple of months while…
Continue Reading Marianne Williamson places campaign ad on reparations in South Carolina
Author Marianne Williamson‘s first television campaign ad of the 2020 election cycle focuses on reparations and will run this week in South…
Continue Reading California needs to stop building houses destined to burn
One sure way to tell a Californian from an Easterner is to ask about fire. Californians know a great deal about wildfires — having to flee…
Continue Reading Biden’s bad news in New Hampshire
No candidate saw a more precipitous decline than Joe Biden in a new poll of New Hampshire Democrats. The former vice president’s support…
Continue Reading The changing Democratic electorate could upend Iowa’s role in 2020
The pilgrimage of all the leading 2020 Democratic contenders to Des Moines this Friday for a state party dinner testifies to the outsized influence…
Continue Reading House committee unveils impeachment resolution text
A key House committee on Tuesday set the stage for the next phase of impeachment by releasing the rules that will guide Democrats through impeachment…
Continue Reading McAleenan resolves standoff and will testify at threats hearing on Wednesday
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan will now testify Wednesday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on global terrorism, the…
Continue Reading Baghdadi’s successor likely to be Iraqi religious scholar
What remains of ISIS — the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — is yet to acknowledge the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…
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