Fact-checking the false claims Trump made in defending Roger Stone
President Donald Trump made a series of false and misleading claims in tweets and public remarks Tuesday and Wednesday related to the…
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Bloomberg says 2015 stop and frisk comments were ‘five years ago’ and are ‘not the way that I think’
Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday said his 2015 comments about the controversial stop and frisk policing policy do not reflect the way he thinks or the…
Continue Reading Democratic senator says Trump has ‘get out of jail free card’ from Senate Republicans
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has a “get out of jail free card” from Senate…
Continue Reading Democrats say Barr to testify before Congress in March
Attorney General William Barr has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next month, the panel’s chairman Jerry Nadler said…
Continue Reading Yovanovitch swipes at Trump administration as she’s honored for her diplomatic work
Retired Ambassador Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch — a highly respected career diplomat who unwittingly became one of the central figures…
Continue Reading Susan Collins’ defense of her Trump vote just keeps looking worse and worse
Eight days removed from Donald Trump’s acquittal on both articles of impeachment, the President is leaning heavily into a revenge tour against…
Continue Reading Virginia House passes bill to give electoral votes to popular vote winner
Virginia’s House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that would award the state’s electoral votes to the national winner of the…
Continue Reading Ivanka Trump unveils legislation she says will economically ’empower’ women
Ivanka Trump on Wednesday commemorated the first anniversary of her signature policy, the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative,…
Continue Reading Culinary Union says it has been ‘viciously attacked’ over flier criticizing ‘Medicare for All’
The influential Culinary Union said on Wednesday it has been “viciously attacked” after it distributed a flier criticizing Vermont Sen.…
Continue Reading How Tom Steyer’s spending spree could reshape the South Carolina primary
A few months ago, South Carolina political activist Johnnie Cordero took the stage at a historically black college in Rock Hill for a presidential…
Continue Reading Stone juror says she ‘stands with’ the prosecutors
A juror on the Roger Stone trial said she wants to “stand up” for the four prosecutors who withdrew from the case in response to their…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek denial of Michael Flynn’s request to change his guilty plea
The Justice Department has doubled down on its prosecution of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, amid the debacle over the Trump…
Continue Reading Chairman of Iowa Democratic Party resigns after caucus catastrophe
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price resigned on Wednesday, according to a statement from the party. “The fact is that Democrats deserved…
Continue Reading Trump administration puts pressure on completing deportation cases of migrant children
The Trump administration is reinforcing a tight deadline for immigration cases of unaccompanied migrant children in government custody in an effort…
Continue Reading Why a brokered Democratic convention could actually happen in 2020
Every four years, political nerds — like me! — raise the possibility that one of the two major parties will head into the national…
Continue Reading Trump’s historical place defined by his amorality
Scandals, large or small, mark most American presidencies. What makes Donald Trump historically unique is something different. Brazenly, Trump…
Continue Reading CNN announces Democratic presidential town halls in Nevada
CNN will host five town halls next week in Nevada, where the Democratic candidates vying to take on President Donald Trump will answer questions from…
Continue Reading READ: Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price’s letter of resignation
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price resigned on Wednesday, according to a statement from the party. Read his letter of resignation below: Dear…
Continue Reading Graham says Trump shouldn’t be tweeting about ongoing criminal case
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday said President Donald Trump should not tweet about ongoing criminal cases, adding that the Department of…
Continue Reading Wall Street Journal: Education Department investigating Yale and Harvard over foreign funding
The Education Department has opened investigations into Yale and Harvard universities in an ongoing review that has found American universities…
Continue Reading Census Bureau faces ‘significant risks’ ahead of 2020 census, watchdog says
The Census Bureau faces “significant risks” that could “adversely impact cost, quality and schedule” of the 2020 Census…
Continue Reading Judge denies Roger Stone’s request for a new trial
A federal judge has denied Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone a new trial after he made a request for one under seal, according to a notice from the…
Continue Reading READ: Roger Stone’s motion for a new trial
Roger Stone, a longtime friend and adviser to President Donald Trump, made a request for a new trial under seal, arguing his case should be reheard…
Continue Reading Friends of Roger Stone start up public effort to push for pardon as Trump remains non-committal
A former adviser to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and a longtime friend of Roger Stone confirmed Wednesday that he is leading an…
Continue Reading Iowa Democratic Party says it will begin recanvass this weekend
The Iowa Democratic Party, in letters sent Wednesday to the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, agreed to begin a partial recanvass that…
Continue Reading A contested convention looks even more possible after New Hampshire
The 2020 New Hampshire primary is in the books, and one of the messiest primaries in recent history seemingly got even messier. Vermont Sen. Bernie…
Continue Reading Decision to pull Liu’s nomination directly linked to her oversight of Stone and McCabe cases
President Donald Trump’s decision to abruptly withdraw a Treasury Department nomination for Jessie Liu, the former US attorney who headed the…
Continue Reading Republicans see no reason to investigate Stone sentencing
Congressional Republicans downplayed the involvement of President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr in the sentencing of Trump’s…
Continue Reading 9 key numbers from the New Hampshire primary
While the political world has already moved on from New Hampshire — here we come, Nevada! — there’s a ton of data from the…
Continue Reading Virginia Senate advances bill allowing driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
Virginia’s Democratic-controlled Senate has passed legislation that would grant temporary driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants.…
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