New York Times: Trump knew about whistleblower complaint when he released Ukraine aid
President Donald Trump had been briefed on the whistleblower complaint that’s now at the heart of the House impeachment inquiry when he…
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A(nother) Ukraine coincidence!
I’ve long maintained there is no such thing as a coincidence in politics. You don’t just “happen” to be in Iowa if you are…
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Pete Buttigieg says he understands the concern over past remarks on minorities and education
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Tuesday that he understands the criticism he has received for comments he made in 2011 about…
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Migrant families have sent roughly 135 children across the U.S.-Mexico border alone, U.S. government says
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Migrant families have sent approximately 135 children across the US-Mexico border alone after waiting in squalid and unsafe…
Continue Reading READ: State Department official Philip Reeker’s closed-door impeachment inquiry testimony
The top State Department official overseeing US policy in Europe and Eurasia, Philip Reeker, testified last month before House Democrats’…
Continue Reading House Democrats sue attorney general, commerce secretary to force them to comply with census question probe
The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to compel them to…
Continue Reading READ: State Department official Philip Reeker’s closed-door impeachment inquiry testimony
The top State Department official overseeing US policy in Europe and Eurasia, Philip Reeker, testified last month before House Democrats’…
Continue Reading READ: OMB official Mark Sandy’s closed-door impeachment inquiry testimony
Mark Sandy, a senior career official at the Office of Management and Budget, testified earlier this month behind closed doors as part of the…
Continue Reading Trump administration officially put hold on Ukraine aid same day as Trump call
The White House budget office’s first official action to withhold $250 million in Pentagon aid to Ukraine came on the evening of July 25, the…
Continue Reading Read: OMB official Mark Sandy’s closed-door impeachment inquiry testimony
Mark Sandy, a senior career official at the Office of Management and Budget, testified earlier this month behind closed doors as part of the…
Continue Reading US says Russian troops are destabilizing Libya
Russia has deployed military forces to Libya that are “de-stabilizing” the North African country, a top State Department official warned…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Elijah Cummings’ daughters support former staffer instead of his widow in race for his old seat
Two daughters of the late Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland on Tuesday endorsed their father’s former staffer Harry Spikes, instead…
Continue Reading Trump met with ex-Clinton pollster Mark Penn to discuss impeachment
President Donald Trump, facing the prospect of impeachment, met last week with Mark Penn, the former pollster and political strategist to Bill…
Continue Reading READ: Judiciary Chairman’s invite to Trump and his lawyers to take part in upcoming impeachment hearings
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a Democrat from New York, sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday notifying him of public…
Continue Reading No, the new CNN poll is not good news for Donald Trump on impeachment
A new CNN poll shows that half the country believes that President Donald Trump should be not only impeached by the House, but also removed from…
Continue Reading Trump and counsel invited to take part in upcoming impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has invited President Donald Trump or his counsel to participate in the panel’s first…
Continue Reading Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore
First lady Melania Trump took her “Be Best” initiative to the Baltimore area on Tuesday, where she was met with a chorus of boos from…
Continue Reading READ: Judiciary Chairman’s invite to Trump and his lawyers to take part in upcoming impeachment hearings
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a Democrat from New York, sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday notifying him of public…
Continue Reading Trump spares turkey named ‘Butter’ with a Thanksgiving pardon
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participated in the annual turkey pardon in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday. Justice,…
Continue Reading Pompeo refuses to counter Ukraine conspiracy theory and deflects Trump suggestion he may testify
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to counter a discredited conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election and…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump takes credit for commemorative coin
President Donald Trump signed the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act on Monday. The bill, which has the bipartisan support of…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Pete Buttigieg nabs endorsement from New York Rep. Kathleen Rice
New York Rep. Kathleen Rice is backing Pete Buttigieg for president, she told CNN, giving the South Bend, Indiana, mayor his third congressional…
Continue Reading Trump’s Ukraine scandal: Who’s who?
The fast-moving scandal involving President Donald Trump and allegations that he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his…
Continue Reading Don McGahn appeals ruling that he must testify in impeachment probe
Former White House counsel Don McGahn is appealing Monday night’s ruling that he must testify to House impeachment investigators. McGahn and…
Continue Reading Why the Don McGahn ruling is a very big deal
Don McGahn’s name hasn’t been in the news much of late. But a judge’s ruling Monday that the former Trump White House general…
Continue Reading READ: House lawsuit against William Barr and Wilbur Ross over subpoena for census documents
The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for refusing to…
Continue Reading READ: McGahn’s request to pause ruling that he must testify
Former White House counsel Don McGahn and the Justice Department asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to order that he not be forced to testify to the…
Continue Reading Judge tells Trump he’s not a king — the President is not so sure
Donald Trump is not going to like his Constitution 101 lesson: “Presidents are not kings.” A federal judge’s stunning rebuke of the…
Continue Reading What Donald Trump doesn’t get about Eddie Gallagher and being ‘tough’
On Monday, President Donald Trump called Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher “one of our ultimate fighters.” The President was responding to the…
Continue Reading Federal judge says former White House counsel Don McGahn must speak to House: ‘Presidents are not kings’
A federal judge decided Monday that President Donald Trump’s former White House counsel Don McGahn must testify to the House of Representatives…
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