Booker and Castro focus on lack of diversity in 2020 race post-Harris exit
To New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former Secretary Julián Castro, Sen. Kamala Harris’ exit from the 2020 presidential race is a gut check…
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Powerful Senate chairman moves toward sanctions crackdown on Turkey as talks over weapons purchase falter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch was willing to give Turkey space to consider a US proposal to address its purchases of the…
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House Democrat says he plans to vote against all articles of impeachment
Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, one of two Democrats to vote against formalizing the impeachment inquiry, said he plans to vote against all the…
Continue Reading Democrats’ latest steps suggest Mueller evidence likely part of articles of impeachment
House Democrats are signaling they plan to include evidence gleaned from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as part of the…
Continue Reading Ethics Committee urges Duncan Hunter to stop voting in House after guilty plea
The House Ethics Committee urged Rep. Duncan Hunter in a letter on Thursday to stop voting on legislation and other matters on the House floor after…
Continue Reading Our incredibly angry political moment
There were two big moments in politics on Thursday. 1) Speaker Nancy Pelosi brusquely shut down a conservative reporter’s question as to…
Continue Reading READ: Ethics Committee letter to Duncan Hunter, urging him not to vote in House
The House Ethics Committee urged Rep. Duncan Hunter in a letter on Thursday to stop voting on legislation and other matters on the House floor after…
Continue Reading Trump lights National Christmas Tree to mark holiday season
For the third time in his presidency, President Donald Trump counted down the crowd on the Ellipse outside the White House to the ceremonial lighting…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Pompeo had off-the-books meeting with Republican donors in London this week
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended an off-the-books sit-down meeting with a conservative group that included a small number of wealthy…
Continue Reading Anti-impeachment witness says he’s received threats since Judiciary Committee hearing
Constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley says his testimony Wednesday against impeaching President Donald Trump has led to a barrage of threats…
Continue Reading EPA watchdog says White House budget office blocked part of its investigation into controversial trucks rule
The White House budget office “impeded” part of the investigation into a controversial pro-industry decision that former Environmental…
Continue Reading John Kerry endorses Joe Biden for 2020 election
Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday endorsed Joe Biden for president in the 2020 race, saying the former vice president has the…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris’ exit sparks frantic scramble among former rivals to win over her supporters
The tweet announcing Kamala Harris’ departure from the 2020 race had barely been posted when some of the California senator’s one-time…
Continue Reading US household spending on health care tops $1 trillion in 2018 for first time
American households spent more than $1 trillion on health care in 2018, reaching a pricey milestone, according to federal data released Thursday.…
Continue Reading Here come the 2020 dropouts
In less than 48 hours earlier this week, three Democratic presidential candidates ended their bids. The big news was the departure of California Sen.…
Continue Reading Hillary Clinton absolutely destroyed Bernie Sanders in her Howard Stern interview
Out of office and (seemingly) unlikely to ever run for any public office again, Hillary Clinton is throwing off her decades-long guardedness to offer…
Continue Reading US considers sending thousands more troops to Middle East to deter Iran
The Pentagon is considering sending thousands more troops to the Middle East as part of an effort to beef up air defense capabilities in the face of…
Continue Reading Impeachment trial live witnesses could lead to ‘3-ring circus,’ GOP senator warns
A day after a White House official suggested an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump should include live witnesses in the chamber, a senior…
Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi just wrote Donald Trump’s name in the history books
Don’t miss what happened in Washington on Thursday morning: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi virtually guaranteed that President Donald Trump will be…
Continue Reading Trump’s trade challenge: Closing China and Mexico-Canada deals by the end of December
President Donald Trump is approaching the end of another year without closing on either of the two big trade priorities he campaigned on in 2016…
Continue Reading Ohio finds 77 illegal ballots among nearly 4.5M cast in 2018
Seventy-seven apparent non-citizens voted in Ohio’s general election in November 2018, the state’s top election official said Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Trump made 96 false claims over the last two weeks
It is not fun trying to catch up on fact checking President Donald Trump. We took a Thanksgiving break from our comprehensive counting of the…
Continue Reading ‘You’re a damn liar’: Biden has heated exchange with audience member on Ukraine, his age
Joe Biden grew visibly frustrated with an audience member at a campaign event on Thursday, calling the man a liar and challenging him to a push-up…
Continue Reading New evidence raises the question: Is Nunes an investigator or participant in Ukraine affair?
Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, was closer to the central figures in the Ukraine scandal than he let on,…
Continue Reading Speaker Pelosi: ‘No choice’ but to move forward with articles of impeachment for President Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the House was proceeding with articles of impeachment against President Donald…
Continue Reading Democrats have urgent new impeachment argument
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats are injecting an urgent new argument into their already fast-moving impeachment drive: President Donald…
Continue Reading Trump asks Supreme Court to block House subpoena for financial documents and take up case
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court Thursday to block a subpoena for his financial documents, arguing that the House exceeded its…
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Tom Graves of Georgia won’t seek reelection in 2020
GOP Rep. Tom Graves of Georgia announced on Thursday he will not seek another term in office, becoming the latest Republican who is not seeking…
Continue Reading READ: Trump appeal to Supreme Court to block House subpoenas
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court Thursday to block a subpoena for his financial documents, arguing that the House exceeded its…
Continue Reading Pelosi’s impeachment decision puts her on track for epic clash with Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement Thursday that the House has “no choice” but to move forward with articles of impeachment…
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