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Schumer says four Republicans must vote with Democrats on rules if Senate wants fair impeachment trial

January 5, 2020 10:23 AM CNN

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday said the key to a fair impeachment trial is getting four Republican senators to join Democrats in…

How Republican hawks primed Trump to strike back at Iran

January 5, 2020 9:48 AM CNN

On the night of June 19, President Donald Trump approved and then abruptly called off military strikes against Iran in retaliation for a downed US…

Pompeo backs Trump’s threats to Iran as US braces for possible retaliation

January 5, 2020 9:08 AM CNN

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday backed President Donald Trump’s strong threats to Iran as the US braces for potential retaliatory…

White House formally notifies Congress about Soleimani airstrike

January 5, 2020 8:46 AM CNN

The Trump administration sent Congress a formal notification Saturday regarding the drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump this week that…

Warren: People are reasonably asking about timing of US strike that killed Iranian commander

January 5, 2020 8:31 AM CNN

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Sunday questioned the timing of the Trump administration’s drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani,…

It’s not just the polls that show Biden and Sanders leading the primary

January 5, 2020 7:44 AM CNN

We have less than a month until the primary season, and it’s becoming more apparent that former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie…

DHS monitoring apparent hack of government library program website

January 5, 2020 6:01 AM CNN

The Department of Homeland Security is monitoring the apparent hack of a government website, according to a senior administration official, who…

Avoid tax refund surprises by filling out this new form

January 5, 2020 4:05 AM CNN

There’s a new federal income tax withholding form, and a good reason to fill it out fresh this year. It’s the first major update to the…

Trump warns Iran if it hits any Americans or American assets ‘we have targeted 52 Iranian sites’

January 4, 2020 10:51 PM CNN

Donald Trump on Saturday drew what may come to be seen as the most significant red line of his presidency in a three-part tweet, vowing specific…

Killing of American contractor crossed line for Trump, source says

January 4, 2020 7:16 PM CNN

President Donald Trump did not need advisers to talk him into approving the US strike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani,…

Fact check: Biden’s account of his advice on the bin Laden raid has changed over time

January 4, 2020 6:27 PM CNN

A Friday exchange between Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and a Fox News journalist has drawn attention to Biden’s shifting…

DHS warns of potential Iranian attacks, updates terror advisory

January 4, 2020 4:24 PM CNN

The Department of Homeland Security on Saturday updated its terrorism threat advisory system following the US airstrike targeting a top Iranian…

Republicans ramp up efforts to restrict abortion in 2020

January 4, 2020 3:19 PM CNN

Abortion has resurfaced as a major issue in American politics with a flurry of measures making their way through state legislatures around the…

Crisis in Middle East tests potency of Sanders’ criticism of Biden’s Iraq vote

January 4, 2020 11:06 AM CNN

One month before the Iowa caucuses kick off the Democratic primary, foreign policy is suddenly playing a central role in the wake of a rising crisis…

Trump administration warns Congress Iran could retaliate against US ‘within weeks’

January 4, 2020 12:27 PM CNN

The Trump administration has warned members of Congress that Iran is expected to retaliate against the US “within weeks” for the strike…

DHS gives agency heads two weeks to provide plans to protect houses of worship

January 4, 2020 11:47 AM CNN

In the wake of the mass stabbing at an upstate New York Hanukkah celebration, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf directed the…

US military does not expect to conduct additional strikes as officials assess Iran’s next step, US official says

January 4, 2020 9:15 AM CNN

The US military does not expect to conduct additional strikes against Iranian-backed groups in Iraq or other locations unless the United States comes…

US deploys thousands of additional troops to Middle East following Soleimani killing

January 4, 2020 9:02 AM CNN

The US is deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East as tensions with Iran mount following the airstrike that killed Iranian…

How Trump’s decision unfolded to kill a top Iranian general

January 4, 2020 8:38 AM CNN

President Donald Trump had been weighing the biggest risk of his presidency for days. Inside ornate Mar-a-Lago suites commandeered as makeshift…

Dems question order to kill Iranian military leader. Trump hasn’t publicly explained his reasoning

January 4, 2020 7:35 AM CNN

The Trump administration has yet to publicly explain the legal justification for killing Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, prompting…

Trump repeatedly claimed in 2011 and 2012 that Obama would start a war with Iran to win reelection

January 4, 2020 7:15 AM CNN

In media appearances prior to the 2012 election, Donald Trump repeatedly predicted that then-President Barack Obama would start a war with Iran in…

Supreme Court’s liberals prepare for a spring of dissent

January 4, 2020 6:26 AM CNN

The four liberal justices of the Supreme Court are steeling themselves for a momentous spring as the reality settles in that the left flank of the…

Mitch McConnell is back — and holding the line on impeachment

January 4, 2020 6:16 AM CNN

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stepped onto the Senate floor Friday to kick off the 2020 session and criticized House Democrats for waiting…

New York Times: Trump administration withholds emails on Ukraine aid

January 3, 2020 8:55 PM CNN

The Trump administration is withholding 20 emails pertaining to frozen Ukraine military aid between a top aide to President Donald Trump’s…

Klobuchar campaign will return money to former Central Park Five prosecutor, spokesperson says

January 3, 2020 8:17 PM CNN

Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s presidential campaign said Friday that it was returning money donated by a former prosecutor who has faced sharp public…

List of who Mueller investigators interviewed released to CNN

January 3, 2020 7:29 PM CNN

The Justice Department released to CNN and BuzzFeed on Friday a 35-page list of witnesses who spoke to the Mueller investigative team and the dates…

New Jersey approves $9.5M for family planning over HHS abortion-referral rule

January 3, 2020 6:14 PM CNN

New Jersey will put $9.5 million toward the state’s gaps in family planning resources after some providers, such as Planned Parenthood, dropped…

Selective Service System website crashes amid questions and fears of another US military draft

January 3, 2020 5:08 PM CNN

The Selective Service website crashed Friday because of “the spread of misinformation,” the agency tweeted. The website’s crash…

List of who Mueller investigators interviewed released to CNN

January 3, 2020 5:03 PM CNN

The Justice Department released to CNN and BuzzFeed on Friday a 35-page list of witnesses who spoke to the Mueller investigative team and the dates…

Preliminary Border Patrol data shows US-Mexico border apprehensions continue to decline

January 3, 2020 4:33 PM CNN

Arrests of migrants illegally crossing the US-Mexico border dropped in December, the seventh month of decline in a row. In December, US Border Patrol…