Trump legal team dismisses Bolton book storm
Donald Trump’s legal team will wrap up its defense of the President in a short two-hour summing-up on Tuesday after arguing that new…
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Impeachment state of play: Will the Senate call witnesses? It’s fluid.
The Senate impeachment trial has entered perhaps its most fluid phase — one where the White House is still technically presenting its defense,…
Continue Reading The one thing you absolutely can’t say about the Bolton bombshell
In the wake of The New York Times report that former national security adviser John Bolton has written in a soon-to-be-published manuscript that…
Continue Reading Joni Ernst just said the quiet part out loud about the Senate impeachment trial
Sometimes politicians can’t help themselves. They get careless. They say stuff they shouldn’t say. They tell the truth that they have…
Continue Reading Union asks court to remove restrictions on federal employees discussing impeachment
A federal judge is preparing to hear arguments about whether federal employees should be limited in discussing the ongoing impeachment trial of…
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8 things you might have missed in the final days before the Iowa caucuses
Nine days from the Iowa caucuses, Democratic presidential candidates are fighting bad winter weather and the headwinds of an impeachment trial…
Continue Reading ‘I don’t want to be deported’: Inside the tent courts on the US-Mexico border
In a trailer located a stone’s throw away from Mexico, a mom cradled her two young sons, a little girl sat on her dad’s lap, and a boy…
Continue Reading New York Times: Bolton wrote he was concerned Trump was granting favors to autocratic leaders
President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton claims to have privately told Attorney General William Barr last year…
Continue Reading Bolton blows the impeachment case back open
In reality, where we all live, the White House and Republicans scrambled Monday to deal with the situation created by John Bolton, who has blown the…
Continue Reading Senate impeachment trial: Trump’s defense soldiers past Bolton revelations
The revelations contained in the draft manuscript of former national security adviser John Bolton have upended the impeachment trial of President…
Continue Reading It’s Ken Starr vs. Ken Starr on impeachment
The impeachment of President Bill Clinton in the last years of the 1990s was a deeply divisive fight akin to a “domestic” war —…
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Trump impeachment defense resumes amid Bolton book bombshell
WASHINGTON, DC — As White House lawyers spent their second day defending President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial Monday,…
Continue Reading Pompeo boils over as Ukraine pressure increases
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s efforts to distance himself from the controversy surrounding Ukraine and its role in President Donald…
Continue Reading Day 6: Impeachment trial scenes the Senate TV cameras won’t let you see
President Donald Trump’s legal team continued its defense Monday against the impeachment charges as the Senate trial was roiled by news of…
Continue Reading Fact check: 4 things Trump’s attorney left out of her arguments about Biden and Burisma
President Donald Trump’s lawyer Pam Bondi played a video clip of former Vice President Joe Biden recounting, at a 2018 event, how he had…
Continue Reading READ: Trump’s attorneys ask Supreme Court to block his financial documents from being turned over to investigators
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers told the Supreme Court Monday that the House of Representatives and a Manhattan prosecutor should not…
Continue Reading The 1 big reason why the Des Moines Register didn’t endorse Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders may win the Democratic Iowa caucuses a week from today. But he lost the coveted Des Moines Register endorsement to fellow liberal…
Continue Reading Trump’s lawyers tell Supreme Court that the President’s financial documents shouldn’t be turned over to House, Manhattan
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers told the Supreme Court Monday that the House of Representatives and a Manhattan prosecutor should not…
Continue Reading READ: Trump’s attorneys ask Supreme Court to block his financial documents from being turned over to investigators
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers told the Supreme Court Monday that the House of Representatives and a Manhattan prosecutor should not…
Continue Reading Ex-DC councilman starts campaign for his old job 10 days after resigning
A disgraced former Washington, DC, council member will run for his Ward 2 council seat again, according to the city’s Board of Elections…
Continue Reading Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ invites you to unlearn what you think you know about cheerleading
Netflix’s new docuseries “Cheer,” which follows Navarro College’s cheerleading team and its bruising pursuit of yet another…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden agrees to pay child support in paternity case settlement
Hunter Biden has agreed to pay monthly child support to an Arkansas woman, court documents filed Monday show, in a temporary settlement reached just…
Continue Reading House Democrats launch health care ads during impeachment trial
House Democrats are banking on a health care focused message to protect the majority they won in 2018, while the third presidential impeachment in US…
Continue Reading US advises citizens to reconsider travel to China after coronavirus outbreak
The United States is cautioning travelers to reconsider visiting China due to the threat from the coronavirus virus outbreak that has killed more…
Continue Reading Bolton manuscript revelations thrust little-known White House office into spotlight
A little known part of the National Security Council has been thrust into the spotlight after details of an unpublished manuscript by former national…
Continue Reading Amy Klobuchar asks for her ticket out of Iowa as she’s hampered by impeachment
Amy Klobuchar ended her frenetic, 36-hour sprint across Iowa with a direct plea. “This person deserves a ticket out of Iowa, to be able to go…
Continue Reading GOP senator says Romney ‘wants to appease the left by calling witnesses’ in impeachment trial
Republican Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler targeted her colleague GOP Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Monday over the issue of witnesses at the Senate…
Continue Reading 3 ways Bolton’s bombshells contradict Trump’s defense
New revelations about the Ukraine scandal from former national security adviser John Bolton dealt a significant blow to President Donald…
Continue Reading 5-4 Supreme Court allows rule to take effect that could reshape legal immigration
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to make it more difficult for low-income immigrants seeking to…
Continue Reading How Trump’s prosecutors reacted when the Bolton news broke
Rep. Adam Schiff and the rest of the House impeachment managers were meeting in the speaker’s office in the US Capitol late Sunday afternoon…
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