Elijah Cummings understood the meaning of struggle
The sudden passing of Elijah Cummings, the passionate and outspoken civil rights advocate and congressman from Maryland, is a major loss to American…
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Trump to host G7 at his own Florida resort property
White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney announced during a White House press briefing that the 2020 G7 summit will be held at Trump National…
Continue Reading READ: Trump European Union ambassador’s testimony before Congress
US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is speaking behind closed doors on Thursday before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and…
Continue Reading Trump tweeted a photo attacking Nancy Pelosi. She made it her Twitter cover photo.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday redirected an attack from President Donald Trump on Twitter, turning a photo he had tweeted of her during a…
Continue Reading Final simulator tests for 737 MAX expected to begin in early November, sources say
A select group of US and international airline pilots are expected to participate in the final round of simulator testing of Boeing’s new…
Continue Reading Here’s what we really need to be debating
Many heads turned when the moderators of the fourth Democratic debate ended the three-hour extravaganza with this: “…we’d like you…
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, key figure in Trump investigations, dies at 68
Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat and key figure leading investigations into President Donald Trump, has died at age 68, his office…
Continue Reading Wasserman Schultz says Cummings ‘had unmatched integrity, wisdom’
House Oversight Committee member Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz mourned on Thursday the passing of the panel’s chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings,…
Continue Reading Menendez says WH meeting with Hill leaders was ‘belligerent from the get-go’
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee said Thursday that a rancorous White House meeting on Syria — during which top…
Continue Reading Trump wrote letter to Erdogan telling him ‘don’t be a fool’
In an extraordinary letter sent to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week, President Donald Trump warned that he could destroy…
Continue Reading It’s now or never for Castro, Gabbard, Klobuchar and O’Rourke
For four Democrats, the CNN/New York Times presidential debate on Tuesday night could have been their last. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, former…
Continue Reading Trump and Graham: It’s complicated
Sen. Lindsey Graham is frantic. “He’s making the biggest mistake of his presidency,” the South Carolina Republican tells reporters…
Continue Reading Twitter tells Kamala Harris why it won’t suspend Trump’s account
Twitter told Sen. Kamala Harris that it would not suspend President Donald Trump’s account despite her urging the company to do so, according…
Continue Reading Trump explodes at Pelosi as more key impeachment testimony looms
President Donald Trump’s frustration with the Democratic impeachment probe is boiling over, with investigators set Thursday to peel back yet…
Continue Reading Supreme Court wrestles with immigration-related case as Sotomayor breaks the new 2-minute rule
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was so eager to jump into a case Wednesday concerning the tension between the federal government and states when it comes to…
Continue Reading Trump doubles down on Syria decision with false claims as Republican anger grows
President Donald Trump undermined his own senior officials, frustrated Republican allies, alarmed arms control specialists and further angered…
Continue Reading Pence and Pompeo to meet with Erdogan after Trump undermines their effort
A high-level American delegation tasked with brokering a ceasefire amid the Turkish incursion into Syria landed in Turkey Thursday morning to…
Continue Reading The surgeon general is shirking his job
Like any top-level White House appointee, Surgeon General Jerome Adams serves at the pleasure of President Donald Trump and owes him some measure of…
Continue Reading Small-dollar platform raises $297 million for Democratic candidates and causes in third quarter
Small-dollar donors contributed a record-breaking $297 million to liberal causes and candidates through ActBlue during the third quarter, the online…
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani’s business dealings sit at the center of the deepening Trump-Ukraine scandal. Here’s the latest.
For months, investigators looking into Rudy Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine have dug into everything from possible financial…
Continue Reading ‘Forceful, blunt and undiplomatic’: the ambassador now at the center of the impeachment probe
When Gordon Sondland arrived in Brussels as the US ambassador to the European Union in July 2018, it didn’t take long before people were…
Continue Reading Wall Street Journal: Rick Perry spoke with Rudy Giuliani at Trump’s direction about Ukraine
Energy Secretary Rick Perry said he spoke with President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani at the President’s direction this…
Continue Reading US orders Chinese diplomats to report meetings with state and local officials
Chinese diplomats in the United States will now have to report meetings with state and local officials, as well as visits to educational and research…
Continue Reading A complaint says 234,000 voters in Wisconsin should be purged from voter rolls before 2020 presidential primary
A legal complaint filed by a conservative law firm in Wisconsin is arguing that the state should remove 234,000 voters from the state’s voter…
Continue Reading Ret. general: Syria pullback looks like an open door to disaster
Every military leader understands that the most difficult military operation is the withdrawal under pressure. In the face of the enemy, a bungled…
Continue Reading Trump makes at least 12 false claims with Italian President
President Donald Trump was asked Wednesday if he is “okay” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying Tuesday that “we will…
Continue Reading Trump appears to confirm open secret about US nuclear weapons in Turkey
President Donald Trump appeared to confirm Wednesday that US nuclear weapons are being housed at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, making him the first US…
Continue Reading Democrats say Trump had a ‘meltdown’ at White House meeting
Congressional Democratic leaders offered a remarkable readout of a meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying that the President called…
Continue Reading US conducts airstrike on weapons storage site as troops pull out of Syria
Two US Air Force F-15 jets conducted an airstrike targeting an American munitions storage bunker at a US base in Syria Wednesday in order to prevent…
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