Read: Beto O’Rourke’s full statement on dropping out of the 2020 race
Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke announced Friday he is dropping out of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Read his full…
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‘I’m the best-paid interpreter in the world’: Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas touted windfall from Ukrainian oligarch
Earlier this year, Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, received a sudden windfall of money from a prominent Ukrainian oligarch who…
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Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, died of accidental overdose, death certificate says
A granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy died of an accidental overdose, according to her death certificate filed Friday in Massachusetts. Saoirse…
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Donald Trump wants to read the Ukraine call transcript to the country. That’s a terrible idea
In an interview with the Washington Examiner on Thursday, President Donald Trump floated an idea. “At some point, I’m going to sit down,…
Continue Reading Trump expected to attend UFC fight Saturday night in New York
President Donald Trump is expected to attend a UFC match at Madison Square Garden in New York City Saturday night, two sources with knowledge of the…
Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi just identified the biggest risk for Democrats on impeachment
In a Friday interview with Bloomberg, Speaker Nancy Pelosi perfectly diagnosed the biggest danger for Democrats posed by the ongoing impeachment…
Continue Reading Pelosi: Trump-Ukraine call ‘removed all doubt that we had to act’
A day after the House voted to formalize the procedures of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended…
Continue Reading Americans split again on impeachment, according to new poll
Americans are split along party lines on whether to impeach and remove President Donald Trump, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released…
Continue Reading Trump campaign says impeachment vote was a fundraising boon
President Donald Trump’s campaign says House Democrats’ vote to formally launch an impeachment inquiry has only emboldened the…
Continue Reading Polarization is poisoning America. Here’s an antidote
Polarization is killing our country. It is weakening our political and social bonds, separating our economic fortunes and driving bitter cultural…
Continue Reading FTC chair won’t release 2012 staff report on its Google antitrust probe to Congress
Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, says he will withhold from Congress a 2012 staff report that could shed light on the…
Continue Reading Trump has visited Mar-a-Lago five times more than Trump Tower
President Donald Trump has spent 99 days at his Mar-a-Lago club since taking office, compared to only 20 days spent at Trump Tower in New York City,…
Continue Reading Videos show indicted Giuliani associate standing behind Trump at 2018 rally
News footage from an October 20, 2018, midterm election rally in Nevada shows indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas standing behind President…
Continue Reading US suspends tobacco imports from Malawi over forced child labor allegations
The United States on Friday suspended imports of all tobacco and tobacco products from Malawi for alleged forced labor practices — including…
Continue Reading Trump’s audacious, reelection-focused impeachment defense
Donald Trump has solved his problem over his weak impeachment defense, fusing it with an audacious reelection pitch that makes a virtue of the…
Continue Reading Trump to host Washington Nationals at the White House
President Donald Trump will welcome World Series Champions the Washington Nationals to the White House on Monday. “#BREAKING: On Monday, @POTUS…
Continue Reading Trump slams Chicago crime rate despite new numbers showing improvement
President Donald Trump continued criticism of the city of Chicago and its crime rate Friday, despite new numbers from the Chicago Police Department…
Continue Reading Castro reaches $800,000 fundraising goal and is staying in the race
Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro raised $800,000 in the last 10 days of October, a fundraising figure that he said was necessary in…
Continue Reading No clear leader among 2020 Democrats for Iowa caucusgoers in new poll
A new survey of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers from the New York Times and Siena College finds a tight top tier of four in Iowa, with no clear…
Continue Reading The most important number from today’s House impeachment vote
The most important number coming out of the House vote Thursday to formalize the rules of the impeachment investigation is this one: 0. (Get it? One?…
Continue Reading How Katie Hill’s farewell marks a new fight over double standards
In her final speech on the House floor Thursday, Democratic US Rep. Katie Hill of California apologized more than a half-dozen times for mistakes…
Continue Reading On impeachment strategy, Pelosi gets an A, Trump an F
Thursday’s House vote to formally back the Democrats’ impeachment plan lays out a process that will likely lead to the impeachment of…
Continue Reading The reason Mark Zuckerberg’s comments are laughable
In the course of Mark Zuckerberg’s back and forth with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last week, the New York congresswoman asked him: “So you…
Continue Reading Can Joe Biden’s electability argument help him hang on in Iowa?
Joe Biden‘s fundraising slowed so much that allies launched a super PAC. He’s slipped in the polls enough to drop from Democratic 2020…
Continue Reading Impeachment is all politics, and here’s the latest news
The process of impeachment isn’t a criminal or a civil case in the courts, but a political case in Congress. That means Thursday’s vote…
Continue Reading Fact-checking White House claims that House impeachment resolution is unconstitutional
Moments after the House passed a resolution establishing procedures for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, the…
Continue Reading Trump ditches New York to become a Florida resident, court documents show
President Donald Trump, a native New Yorker, has now declared himself a Florida resident, according to court documents. The President changed his…
Continue Reading Impeachment deposition: NSC official corroborates testimony linking Ukraine aid to investigations
A top National Security Council official testified Thursday that he was told President Donald Trump wanted a top Ukrainian official to announce an…
Continue Reading Schiff says transcripts from impeachment inquiry interviews could come ‘as early as next week’
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said Thursday that transcripts from the impeachment inquiry’s closed-door interviews could start being…
Continue Reading Pompeo says Chinese Communist Party wants ‘international domination’
The Chinese Communist Party wants “international domination” and has embarked on a “global campaign” to sway countries to…
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