Trump loosens restrictions on use of landmines
President Donald Trump rescinded restrictions on the US military’s ability to use landmines, weapons that have been banned by more than 160…
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Car chase ends with shots fired at intruders outside Trump’s Mar-a-Lago ahead of president’s arrival
PALM BEACH, Florida — A 30-year-old woman is in custody after her erratic driving prompted police to pursue her and fire shots near President Donald…
Continue Reading Bloomberg donated more than $200 million to his presidential bid in 2019
Michael Bloomberg plowed a little more than $200 million of his vast fortune into his presidential bid at the end of last year — a snapshot of…
Continue Reading Pence confronted on Trump administration’s Medicaid policies in Iowa
Vice President Mike Pence was confronted by an emergency room doctor and health care advocate about the state of Medicare and Medicaid while at a…
Continue Reading Final vote on Trump acquittal could wait until next week
The final vote to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial may be delayed until next week, according to Republican and Democratic…
Continue Reading John Roberts stares down another possible legacy moment
Over two weeks, Chief Justice John Roberts has served as a careful steward of Senate procedures and ensured that the impeachment trial did not…
Continue Reading New York Times: Bolton book manuscript says Trump directed him to help with Ukraine pressure campaign in early May
President Donald Trump directed his former national security adviser John Bolton to help with his pressure campaign in Ukraine to dig up dirt on…
Continue Reading READ: GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s statement on impeachment trial witness vote
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the last true publicly undecided Republican senator, said Friday she would oppose witnesses in the impeachment trial…
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CNN Poll of Polls: Biden and Sanders lead national Democratic primary
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are at the front of the field for the Democratic national primary, according to a new…
Continue Reading Joe Biden goes there against Bernie Sanders
With the Iowa caucuses just days away, Joe Biden has turned to the simplest of arguments against the ascendant Bernie Sanders: He’s not really…
Continue Reading Trump signs order aimed to combat human trafficking
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to combat human trafficking and online child exploitation in the administration’s…
Continue Reading John Delaney drops out of Democratic presidential race
Former Rep. John Delaney announced Friday that he’s dropping out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, ending a long-shot bid that saw the…
Continue Reading Virginia law prevents state lawmaker from being arrested
A Virginia state law that makes legislators immune from misdemeanors for part of the year stopped police from arresting a state legislator suspected…
Continue Reading Andrew Yang chokes up reflecting on two years of campaigning in Iowa
Andrew Yang choked up Thursday night as he reflected on the trajectory of his upstart presidential campaign during a speech in Dubuque, Iowa.…
Continue Reading Stacey Abrams predicts she will one day be president
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams predicted that she would be elected president of the United States in the next 20 years. In an…
Continue Reading Scene from the Senate: Lamar Alexander made a late-night exit moments before dropping his statement on witnesses
There was a reason Sen. Mitch McConnell was smiling as he left the US Capitol just before 11 p.m. Thursday night. The final stage of the impeachment…
Continue Reading Michael Bloomberg goes full Trump troll in his new golf ad
Michael Bloomberg gets under Donald Trump’s skin. He knows it — and loves it. Witness this latest ad from the billionaire in support of…
Continue Reading Biden walks back swipe at Sanders as Iowa caucuses close in
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday morning walked back comments he made that his top competitor ahead of next week’s Iowa caucuses,…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift calls GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn ‘Trump in a wig’ in new documentary
Taylor Swift slammed Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee for her conservative stances and likened her to “Trump in a wig” in…
Continue Reading Ayanna Pressley to deliver Working Families Party’s response to Trump’s State of the Union
Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts will deliver a response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night on behalf of…
Continue Reading State of play: Senate impeachment trial draws to a close
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, has conceded that President Donald Trump withheld US security assistance to Ukraine in order to pressure the…
Continue Reading Impeachment trial to end but its aftershocks will rock America
America’s latest “national nightmare” will not end when Republicans vote to acquit President Donald Trump of high crimes and…
Continue Reading Republicans prove they refuse to defy Trump under almost any circumstance
Republican hopes of blocking former national security adviser John Bolton’s impeachment testimony highlight the Trump-era GOP’s defining…
Continue Reading How Mitch McConnell pulled off a near-impossible impeachment feat
When the Senate impeachment trial began on January 21, two things seemed certain — or at least very, very likely: 1) There would be witnesses…
Continue Reading John Bolton defends Trump administration officials who testified in House impeachment inquiry
Former national security adviser John Bolton, who has been a central figure in Democrats’ fight to hear from witnesses in the Senate trial,…
Continue Reading Senate impeachment trial: Witness vote likely to fail after Lamar Alexander says he’s a no
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said late Thursday he would oppose calling witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald…
Continue Reading 7 questions that still need to be answered about Trump’s impeachment
The second day of questions in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began — and ended — with some drama and some clarity. The…
Continue Reading Attacks in Afghanistan spike as US weighs troop drawdown
As the Trump administration weighs significant US troop reductions in Afghanistan, the number of attacks carried out by the Taliban and other…
Continue Reading Lamar Alexander says he will announce decision on witnesses vote Thursday night
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander broke his silence Thursday in the trial of President Donald Trump, asking to compare the present acrimony with the…
Continue Reading Susan Collins becomes first Republican senator to say yes to witnesses in impeachment trial
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Thursday night became the first Republican senator to break rank and announce support for witnesses and documents in…
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