Fact check: Trump made 15 false claims during quiet week in Florida
President Donald Trump just had a quiet week of dishonesty. He made 15 false claims. That would be remarkably high for many other politicians, but it…
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Jill Biden responds to Sanders attack on her husband: ‘I don’t like it that Democrats attack other Democrats’
Jill Biden is taking on Democratic criticism of her husband, particularly Bernie Sanders’ recent comments that the former vice president has…
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Washington Post: Trump angry with ally Matt Gaetz for urging Republicans to vote for Iran war powers resolution
Rep. Matt Gaetz pushed his fellow Republicans to buck President Donald Trump and vote in support of the Iran war powers resolution, aimed at curbing…
Continue Reading The end is in sight for impeachment limbo
President Donald Trump’s impeachment limbo appears to be ending. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told House colleagues to be ready to vote to send…
Continue Reading Australia is burning. The Arctic is melting. Yet Trump keeps gutting climate change regulations.
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first published in September 2019. The story has been updated with additional administration actions. An…
Continue Reading Trump’s impeachment trial team sees ‘significant’ executive privilege issues over potential Bolton testimony
The team planning for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate believes there are “significant and important”…
Continue Reading White House continues stonewalling on slew of issues
Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s the most transparent president in American history, but just in the span of a week, his administration…
Continue Reading Texas will not resettle refugees under Trump executive order
Texas will not resettle refugees in 2020, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott told the Trump administration Friday, citing a responsibility to use state…
Continue Reading Pompeo says Trump has always relied on US intelligence. Here’s what the facts say.
In answering questions on Friday about the decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters that as…
Continue Reading Iowa poll shows a tight four-way race in final weeks before the Democratic caucuses
Iowa’s likely caucusgoers are closely divided between four top candidates just weeks out from the Democratic caucuses, a new CNN/Des Moines…
Continue Reading Fathers say their children were abused at foster homes after being separated at US-Mexico border
Two fathers who were separated from their children at the border are suing the US government for $12 million, saying their children were abused at…
Continue Reading Pelosi’s about to hit send on the impeachment articles
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may have said it best in a comment to reporters Friday: “At last.” At long last, the House is…
Continue Reading Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Air Force from discharging HIV-positive service members
A US appeals court on Friday upheld an injunction blocking the Air Force from discharging two HIV-positive airmen. The policy, the court ruled, is…
Continue Reading The 44 weirdest lines from Donald Trump’s first 2020 campaign rally
Amid an ongoing debate in Washington over when, exactly, the impeachment trial will begin in the Senate — and the continued fallout from the…
Continue Reading Trump administration reaches 100-mile mark for border wall
The Trump administration has built 100 miles of new wall along the US-Mexico border — the majority of which is replacing previous construction…
Continue Reading Trump administration says no rush for Supreme Court to hear Obamacare appeal
The Trump administration doesn’t want the Supreme Court to act quickly on a case that could determine the future of the Affordable Care Act,…
Continue Reading US unsuccessfully targeted another Iranian military official on same day as Soleimani
On the same night the US military killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, they unsuccessfully targeted another senior Iranian military official in…
Continue Reading GOP lawmaker apologizes for unfounded claim that Democrats are ‘in love with terrorists’
The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee apologized Friday after he made an unfounded claim that accused Democrats of being “in love…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Russian warship ‘aggressively approached’ US destroyer in Arabian Sea
A Russian warship “aggressively approached” a US Navy destroyer while it was operating in the North Arabian Sea Thursday, ignoring…
Continue Reading US imposes new sanctions on Iran
The Trump administration on Friday imposed new sanctions on Iran following attacks on US and allied troops in Iraq earlier in the week. The latest…
Continue Reading A Vermont senator proposed a ban on cell phones for anyone under 21. He says they’re more dangerous than guns
A Vermont state senator has proposed a total ban on cellphones for anyone under 21 years old. Democratic Sen. John Rodgers proposed a bill that would…
Continue Reading Trump claims Soleimani plotted to blow up US embassies
President Donald Trump on Thursday asserted that Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani was plotting to blow up a US embassy before he was killed by a US drone…
Continue Reading Pompeo reasserts that Soleimani posed imminent threat, but won’t define ‘imminent’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday reasserted that the strike on Qasem Soleimani was as a result of an imminent threat. But pressed by…
Continue Reading Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Air Force from discharging HIV-positive service members
A US appeals court on Friday upheld an injunction blocking the Air Force from discharging two HIV-positive airmen. The policy, the court ruled, is…
Continue Reading Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Air Force from discharging HIV-positive service members
A US appeals court on Friday upheld an injunction blocking the Air Force from discharging two HIV-positive airmen. The policy, the court ruled, is…
Continue Reading Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Air Force from discharging HIV-positive service members
A US appeals court on Friday upheld an injunction blocking the Air Force from discharging two HIV-positive airmen. The policy, the court ruled, is…
Continue Reading Voting rights group wants Georgia to change election law on inactive voters
A voting rights group wants Georgia legislators to change the law that allows the state to remove voters it deems are “inactive.” Fair…
Continue Reading Marianne Williamson ends 2020 presidential campaign
Author Marianne Williamson ended her 2020 Democratic presidential campaign on Friday after failing to gain traction in a crowded Democratic field.…
Continue Reading Speaker Pelosi prepares to send Trump articles of impeachment to U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she’s preparing to send the impeachment articles to the Senate next week to…
Continue Reading Monmouth poll: Buttigieg, Biden, Sanders and Warren in tight race for New Hampshire primary
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren…
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