House approves $4.7 billion Puerto Rico disaster relief package
The House of Representatives approved on Friday a $4.7 billion disaster relief package for Puerto Rico, an effort to help recovery efforts after a…
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Trump ‘tore into’ Boris Johnson over Huawei in phone call, source says
President Donald Trump “tore into” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a phone call last week after Britain announced it would allow…
Continue Reading 8 very good things that happened to Donald Trump this week
President Donald Trump is in the midst of his best week of the year and one of the best weeks of his entire presidency. Consider just how much has…
Continue Reading This Republican governor isn’t part of Trump’s cult of personality
To watch President Donald Trump’s victory lap Thursday at the White House, you would think that every Republican elected official in the…
Continue Reading House passes Puerto Rico aid in face of Trump veto threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday passed a $20 billion-plus aid package for Puerto Rico, where a swarm of earthquakes…
Continue Reading Appeals court tosses Democrats’ emoluments lawsuit against Trump
A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by congressional Democrats alleging President Donald Trump violated the emoluments clause of…
Continue Reading Bloomberg campaign amends policy plans after report of plagiarism
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign added citations and links to its policy proposals and accompanying fact sheets after a news…
Continue Reading Mulvaney’s job in doubt now that impeachment dust has settled
With a five-month impeachment saga behind them, White House aides are bracing for the prospect of another staff shake-up in the West Wing as…
Continue Reading Virginia will eliminate a state holiday honoring Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. It’ll make Election Day a day off instead
Virginia is one step closer to ending its tradition of honoring Confederate generals. This week, the Virginia House voted to strike Lee-Jackson Day…
Continue Reading Conditions are ripe for a contested Democratic convention in 2020
The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses were historic. They look to be the first caucuses in which at least four candidates reached or exceeded 15% of the…
Continue Reading Melania Trump, once a reluctant campaigner, is hitting the trail
For a first lady who generally begs off rallies, fundraising shindigs and campaign events, Melania Trump appears poised to be a larger campaign…
Continue Reading The best (and the worst) of the Iowa caucuses
The 2020 Democratic presidential race kicked off officially on Monday night, with voters in more than 1,700 caucus sites across Iowa choosing among a…
Continue Reading How the White House changed its calculus on the coronavirus outbreak
During the first weeks of the coronavirus outbreak, the Trump administration took a measured, incremental approach: implementing screenings at US…
Continue Reading Democratic candidates face critical test in New Hampshire after Iowa fiasco
Pete Buttigieg’s razor-thin lead over Bernie Sanders with all votes now counted in the chaos-marred Iowa caucuses is elevating a rising star of…
Continue Reading Joe Walsh ends Republican primary challenge against Trump
Former US Rep. Joe Walsh is ending his uphill challenge against Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination, after suffering a…
Continue Reading White House announces death of terror leader Qassim al-Rimi
The White House announced Thursday evening that Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of terror group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed in an…
Continue Reading 6 things to watch in Friday night’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire
The Democratic presidential race is clouded in uncertainty, with every leading candidate facing questions that cast doubt on their readiness to…
Continue Reading 6 takeaways from CNN’s second night of New Hampshire town halls
As news broke about the Iowa caucuses results, the two top finishers there tried to woo New Hampshire voters by sharing personal stories during…
Continue Reading Warren apologizes to women of color who left her campaign
Sen. Elizabeth Warren apologized Thursday evening to six women of color who left her Nevada presidential campaign because of what they called a toxic…
Continue Reading Trump’s impeachment trial is over but the politics are not
A hundred senators have cast judgment on President Donald Trump, but the saga of his impeachment will only be put to rest when the ultimate jury…
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Buttigieg holds narrow lead in Iowa caucuses with 100% of precincts reporting
DES MOINES, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg held a slim lead over Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses with the Iowa Democratic Party announcing on Thursday…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg keeps narrow lead in Iowa caucuses with 100% of precincts reporting
Pete Buttigieg holds a slim lead over Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses with the Iowa Democratic Party announcing on Thursday night that 100% of…
Continue Reading Guilty vote against Trump casts Romney in a new role: GOP Maverick
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney did something on Wednesday that he hadn’t done in a quarter century in politics. By voting guilty on the first…
Continue Reading House passes bill easing bids by workers to form unions
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that supporters said would help working families, the Democratic-controlled House has approved a bill that would make…
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President Trump speaks out on ‘not guilty’ decision in impeachment trial
WASHINGTON, DC — Exulting in his impeachment acquittal, a defiant President Donald Trump took a scorched-earth victory lap Thursday, unleashing his…
Continue Reading Steyer hits Biden, Buttigieg and ‘socialists’ in new campaign ad
Businessman Tom Steyer struck at former Vice President Joe Biden and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg in a new ad launched Thursday,…
Continue Reading Prank callers and internet trolls sought to sow chaos on Iowa caucus night
Supporters of President Donald Trump worsened this week’s Iowa caucus breakdown by placing prank phone calls that hindered the reporting of…
Continue Reading Rep. Jim Jordan chosen as top Republican on House Judiciary Committee
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has been selected as the next ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee by the House Republican steering committee,…
Continue Reading Clinton doubles down on Sanders criticism, warns that he’s promising ‘the moon’
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton furthered her comments discrediting Sen. Bernie Sanders as a viable presidential candidate on…
Continue Reading John Bolton, Susan Rice to speak at Vanderbilt on Feb. 19
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former national security adviser John Bolton will speak at Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University later this month…
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