Mitch McConnell is back — and holding the line on impeachment
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stepped onto the Senate floor Friday to kick off the 2020 session and criticized House Democrats for waiting…
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New York Times: Trump administration withholds emails on Ukraine aid
The Trump administration is withholding 20 emails pertaining to frozen Ukraine military aid between a top aide to President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Klobuchar campaign will return money to former Central Park Five prosecutor, spokesperson says
Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s presidential campaign said Friday that it was returning money donated by a former prosecutor who has faced sharp public…
Continue Reading List of who Mueller investigators interviewed released to 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…
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New Jersey approves $9.5M for family planning over HHS abortion-referral rule
New Jersey will put $9.5 million toward the state’s gaps in family planning resources after some providers, such as Planned Parenthood, dropped…
Continue Reading Selective Service System website crashes amid questions and fears of another US military draft
The Selective Service website crashed Friday because of “the spread of misinformation,” the agency tweeted. The website’s crash…
Continue Reading List of who Mueller investigators interviewed released to 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…
Continue Reading Preliminary Border Patrol data shows US-Mexico border apprehensions continue to decline
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…
Continue Reading Uncertainty clouds Congress’ 2020 start
The end of the week brings the start of a new decade, and an uncertain sense of what’s next after reports broke Thursday night that the US had…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren says she will vote for USMCA
In a reversal that sets her apart from her Senate colleague and 2020 rival Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Friday she will vote for the…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren raised $21.2 million in fourth quarter of 2019
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren‘s presidential campaign announced Friday morning that it raised $21.2 million in the final quarter of 2019,…
Continue Reading US authorities prepare as Iran vows revenge for Soleimani strike
US authorities are increasing vigilance and fortifying defenses as Iran warns of a “harsh revenge” in the aftermath of a US drone strike…
Continue Reading READ: Trump addresses Soleimani killing from Mar-a-Lago
President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Friday after ordering a drone strike on Thursday that killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic…
Continue Reading Two Delaware GOP leaders are facing backlash over homophobic and anti-Semitic comments
Two state Republican Party leaders in Delaware are facing backlash for comments on Facebook that their colleagues called homophobic and anti-Semitic.…
Continue Reading Here’s what the presidential candidates raised in the final months of 2019
Candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination have reported raising more than $141 million during the final three months of the year…
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Trump on strike that killed Soleimani: ‘We did not take action to start a war’
President Donald Trump said Friday that he authorized a recent precision strike against the commander of Iran’s security and intelligence…
Continue Reading Fighting for McGahn testimony and Mueller docs, House lawyer says more impeachment charges could come
The House Judiciary and Intelligence committees could bring additional articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, House general counsel…
Continue Reading Group wants Wisconsin election officials to be held in contempt of court for not purging voters
A conservative law group is calling on a judge to hold Wisconsin election officials in contempt of court for failing to abide by a court-ordered…
Continue Reading Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow Louisiana abortion law to go into effect
The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Friday to allow a Louisiana abortion access law to go into effect, arguing that it does not pose…
Continue Reading Cory Booker raised $6.6 million in final quarter of 2019
Sen. Cory Booker raised $6.6 million in the final quarter of 2019, his campaign announced Friday, making that his best fundraising period of the…
Continue Reading House, Democratic-led states ask Supreme Court to immediately decide fate of Obamacare
Lawyers for the Democratic-led House of Representatives as well as California and other Democratic-led states asked the Supreme Court Friday to…
Continue Reading Top Democratic leaders kept in dark about Soleimani attack
Senior congressional Democrats were not notified before the US strikes that killed Iran Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, something critics say…
Continue Reading Tennessee Rep. Phil Roe says he’ll retire at end of year
Rep. Phil Roe announced on Friday that he will retire from Congress at the end of the year, joining more than 20 other House Republicans who also…
Continue Reading Andrew Yang raises $16.5 million in fourth quarter
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang raised more than $16.5 million in the last three months of 2019, surpassing his third quarter haul by…
Continue Reading McConnell defends communication with White House on impeachment and says it’s a ‘fantasy that the speaker of the House will get to hand design’ trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday firmly rejected any idea that House Democrats will be able to dictate the way an impeachment trial…
Continue Reading Trump’s huge Iran gamble will have lasting impact
President Donald Trump’s targeted killing of Iran’s ruthless military and intelligence chief adds up to his most dangerous gamble yet…
Continue Reading Pompeo: Strike on Soleimani disrupted an ‘imminent attack’ and ‘saved American lives’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani was to disrupt an “imminent attack” from the top…
Continue Reading Lindsey Graham says he was briefed ahead of strike, while Democratic leaders were not
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said he was briefed about the US strike that killed Iran Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, while…
Continue Reading US strike that killed Iranian commander starkly divides US lawmakers
The US airstrike that killed Iran Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani generated starkly different reactions along party lines Thursday night, with…
Continue Reading New Ukraine revelations turn up heat on Senate trial showdown
New evidence showing Donald Trump’s direct role in pressuring Ukraine for political favors is dialing up the heat as Republicans launch their…
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