Senate debates Iran War Powers resolution ahead of expected vote
The Senate is expected to pass a War Powers resolution this week aimed at restraining the President’s ability to use military action against…
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Bloomberg picks up endorsements from 3 black lawmakers amid stop-and-frisk questions
Michael Bloomberg touted the endorsements of three members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday, a day after the former New York mayor…
Continue Reading NY Gov. Cuomo expected to concede to Trump on Global Entry fight in order to call President’s ‘bluff’
Andrew Cuomo is expected to concede in a meeting with Donald Trump Thursday that the state will give federal authorities access to the DMV database…
Continue Reading Poland charges 10 with embezzlement, including ex-officials
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland say they have indicted 10 people with embezzling over 3 million zlotys ($780,000) in money and goods…
Continue Reading US seeking to announce a deal with Taliban as soon as this week, officials say
The Trump administration is seeking to announce a deal to deescalate violence with the Afghan Taliban as soon as this week, according to two US…
Continue Reading Why Bernie Sanders is right where he needs to be heading into Nevada
With New Hampshire in the rearview mirror, all eyes in the 2020 race turn to Nevada and its caucuses on February 22. So, what’s going to…
Continue Reading Why the odds are so stacked against Joe Biden now
“It ain’t over man,” Joe Biden told a crowd of supporters rin South Carolina on Tuesday night. “We’re just getting…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump falsely claims ‘redemption money’ from immigrants is paying for border wall, baffling experts
President Donald Trump, ever the reality television star, had been hinting that a big reveal was coming. Trump ran for the presidency on a signature…
Continue Reading House intelligence Republicans boycott public subcommittee hearing
House Intelligence Committee Republicans boycotted a public hearing on Wednesday in what they say is a protest of the committee’s focus on…
Continue Reading Andrew Yang ends 2020 presidential campaign
Andrew Yang suspended his political campaign on Tuesday in New Hampshire, ending the upstart run that vaulted the businessman from complete obscurity…
Continue Reading Trump’s Roger Stone power play reveals a presidency unleashed
By bulldozing into Roger Stone’s sentencing, Donald Trump sparked a mutiny by four career prosecutors, raised fears about the impartial…
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Coalition patrol comes under small arms fire in northeastern Syria
A coalition patrol came under small arms fire in northeastern Syria on Wednesday and has since returned to base, according to US-led coalition forces…
Continue Reading Andrew Yang’s basic income isn’t the only big idea that’s disappeared from the Democratic primary
Andrew Yang departed the Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, taking with him his math pin and business casual debate wardrobe and also one of…
Continue Reading Stephen Miller ally tapped as top Homeland Security attorney
Chad Mizelle, a Trump administration official who is viewed as an ally of senior White House policy adviser and immigration hardliner Stephen Miller,…
Continue Reading Chris Cillizza’s winners and losers in the New Hampshire primary
The New Hampshire primary is now behind us — and the 2020 field leaves the Granite State smaller than it entered, with Andrew Yang and Colorado…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from the New Hampshire Democratic primary
In New Hampshire, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders got the televised celebration that eluded him a week earlier. But once again, former South Bend,…
Continue Reading Trump reshapes American justice as Democrats fracture
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that the prison sentence that career prosecutors were seeking against his old friend Roger Stone was too…
Continue Reading How Democrats’ disagreement over health care is splitting the primary
As Democrats push forward in the fight for the party’s presidential nomination, one issue is at the top of voters’ minds: Health care.…
Continue Reading All 4 federal prosecutors quit Stone case after DOJ overrules prosecutors on sentencing request
In an extraordinary move, all four federal prosecutors who took the case against longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone to trial withdrew…
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ABC News projects Bernie Sanders winner of New Hampshire primary
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary election Tuesday night, ABC News and the Associated Press…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders wins New Hampshire primary as race shifts to Nevada and South Carolina
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders clinched a hard-fought victory in the first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire, as he battles with Pete Buttigieg to…
Continue Reading Amy Klobuchar gets her moment in New Hampshire
Amy Klobuchar finally got the moment she desperately needed. Now the question is whether she can hold on. Klobuchar, who looked on track to finish in…
Continue Reading Debate clinched late support for Klobuchar, exit polls show
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar won over moderates, college-educated and older voters in the last 72 hours of the primary in New Hampshire, according to…
Continue Reading Michael Bennet ends 2020 presidential campaign
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet ended his 2020 presidential campaign on Tuesday in a speech to supporters in New Hampshire. “I think it’s…
Continue Reading Trump withdraws Treasury nomination of ex-US attorney who oversaw Stone prosecution
President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly withdrew the nomination for Jessie Liu, the former US attorney who headed the office that oversaw Roger…
Continue Reading Why Joe Biden’s South Carolina firewall isn’t as solid as he thinks
With a disappointing finish in today’s New Hampshire primary a near-certainty, former Vice President Joe Biden is insisting that he will remain…
Continue Reading Today may mark the end of the Iowa-New Hampshire monopoly
Tuesday’s primary in this Northeastern state may mark the final day of nearly 50 years of unparalleled influence for Iowa and New Hampshire as…
Continue Reading Klobuchar draws crowds in New Hampshire as she hopes for a surge in Tuesday’s primary
Sen. Amy Klobuchar had a request of the overflow crowd gathered to see her on the eve of the New Hampshire primary: Surprise the country on Tuesday.…
Continue Reading Joe Biden is about to have a VERY long 18 days
Long before the polls close in New Hampshire on Tuesday night — 8 p.m. Eastern if you are wondering — Joe Biden was gone from the Granite…
Continue Reading Two years after Parkland, Trump administration unveils school safety resources
Max Schachter didn’t set out to become a political activist, but this week, he found himself on Capitol Hill and in the Oval Office, where he…
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