Witch hunts and lynching: How Trump appropriates victimhood
Shall we skip right to the obvious? Virtually the only moments when President Donald Trump refers to the pain and persecution of a marginalized group…
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The President has failed us. We must look out for one another instead
One year ago, on October 27, 11 people were murdered while praying in the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue. It was the deadliest attack on the…
Continue Reading Republican campaigns unload donations from Giuliani’s indicted associates
Republican lawmakers and political action committees that took money from Rudy Giuliani’s two associates who are now at the center of the…
Continue Reading Bolton lawyers in talks about possible impeachment deposition
Lawyers for former national security adviser John Bolton have had talks with the three House committees leading the impeachment inquiry about a…
Continue Reading Judge says impeachment inquiry is legal and justifies disclosing grand jury material
A federal judge on Friday gave a legal endorsement to the House Democrats’ impeachment probe into President Donald Trump and ordered the…
Continue Reading Cummings’ widow says attacks on Baltimore ‘hurt’ the late congressman
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the widow of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, said on Friday that the congressman was “hurt” in the last months…
Continue Reading Graham announces resolution condemning House impeachment inquiry process has 50 co-sponsors
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump’s on Capitol Hill, announced Friday that a resolution he introduced…
Continue Reading President Trump will stop at nothing to win a second term
The Justice Department is reportedly conducting a criminal investigation into its own probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election — a…
Continue Reading US budget deficit balloons to nearly $1 trillion for fiscal 2019
The US budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion for the 2019 fiscal year, according to data released by the Treasury Department on Friday, the…
Continue Reading What, exactly, is Tulsi Gabbard doing?
Two very interesting things happened Thursday night: 1) Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat, announced she would not seek reelection, choosing…
Continue Reading One year after the Tree of Life shooting, a plea for relentless love
Our nation remembers and heals one year after a gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, yelled “All Jews must die” and…
Continue Reading Charles Barkley tells Pence to ‘shut the hell up’ over criticizing NBA for China controversy
Retired NBA superstar Charles Barkley had harsh words for Mike Pence on Thursday after the vice president accused the league of acting as a…
Continue Reading Lawmakers will not get to interview whistleblower in person, attorneys say
Prospects are growing increasingly grim that congressional investigators will have the opportunity to interview the anonymous whistleblower whose…
Continue Reading A mystery that’s baffling investigators: What changed Trump’s mind on $400 million in Ukraine aid?
President Donald Trump was already under fire for freezing aid to Ukraine when a Republican senator set off another alarm bell: If Trump didn’t…
Continue Reading A top Hillary Clinton adviser went on Fox and talked about how she could run in 2020. Huh?
There are few staffers who have been with Hillary Clinton as long — or are as fiercely loyal to her — as Philippe Reines. Which is why…
Continue Reading OMB and State department officials subpoenaed in House impeachment inquiry
House Democratic impeachment investigators have issued subpoenas to three Trump administration officials whose testimony was previously scheduled, in…
Continue Reading Trump again appeals House subpoena for his tax returns from Mazars
President Donald Trump has asked the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear his attempt to stop a subpoena of his longtime accounting firm, this time…
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Trump critic Jose Andres gets to throw a World Series first pitch — and Trump doesn’t
President Donald Trump is a big sports fan. So it makes sense that he’s planning to attend game five of the World Series on Sunday in…
Continue Reading Trump says he’ll go to the World Series if there’s a Game 5 and chef and Trump critic José Andrés is set to throw out the first pitch
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’ll be going to Game 5 of the World Series, scheduled for Sunday in Washington, DC. The game is…
Continue Reading Feds blow door off safe, issue subpoenas as probe into Giuliani associates escalates
Federal prosecutors in New York have subpoenaed the brother of one of the recently indicted associates of Rudy Giuliani, according to two people…
Continue Reading New Jersey looks to revoke liquor license at President Trump’s golf club
New Jersey wants to revoke the liquor license at one of President Donald Trump’s golf clubs, citing a 2015 incident where the club allegedly…
Continue Reading For any national security professional, GOP stunt is a serious breach
When Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, and 25 other Republicans stormed into an impeachment deposition scheduled with a senior Defense Department official…
Continue Reading Why House Republicans felt they had to out-childish the Democrats
Republican lawmakers may have had good reason on Wednesday to barge into a closed-door House Intelligence Committee deposition, delaying the process…
Continue Reading Articles of impeachment are already taking shape, and other news from the inquiry
A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Lawmakers on…
Continue Reading DNC raises qualifying thresholds for sixth Democratic debate
The Democratic National Committee raised the fundraising and polling thresholds for the sixth Democratic debate on Friday, a move that could further…
Continue Reading White House eyes ex-Treasury spokesman to lead impeachment messaging efforts
The White House is eyeing former Treasury Department spokesman Tony Sayegh to lead impeachment messaging efforts, three sources familiar with the…
Continue Reading ‘Anonymous’ Trump official to expose private conversations with President in book
The anonymous senior Trump administration official, who previously alleged that there’s an internal administration resistance to President…
Continue Reading White House urges all federal agencies to cancel Washington Post and New York Times subscriptions
The White House is urging all federal agencies to cancel their subscriptions to The New York Times and the Washington Post. White House press…
Continue Reading Graham, critic of House Dem process, praised depositions in 1998 impeachment proceedings
Sen. Lindsey Graham and other congressional Republicans have slammed House Democrats for conducting their impeachment inquiry with depositions behind…
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