GOP senators call House case against Trump repetitive and nothing ‘new’
House Democrats haven’t yet finished outlining their case to remove President Donald Trump from office, but many Senate Republicans are…
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Trump tapes help incriminate the President at his own trial
Can’t get a new witness? Call Donald J. Trump. Republicans might be blocking new testimony in the Senate trial but Democratic impeachment…
Continue Reading Warren on Biden’s role in impeachment trial: ‘I don’t think of this in terms of the politics’
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Thursday she was not thinking “in terms of the politics” when asked if she was worried…
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Dems make constitutional case against Trump
WASHINGTON, DC — As the U.S. Senate trial of President Donald Trump resumed Thursday, lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff of…
Continue Reading Senate GOP uses Trump’s executive privilege threat as rallying cry against subpoenas
A growing number of Republicans are pointing to President Donald Trump’s threat to invoke executive privilege in order to make their case…
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El Paso city Rep. Claudia Ordaz-Perez facing new ethics complaints over campaign contributions
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city Rep. Claudia Ordaz-Perez is facing new ethics complaints stemming from the campaign contribution reports she filed…
Continue Reading US issues new rules restricting travel by pregnant foreigners, fearing the use of ‘birth tourism’
The Trump administration will implement a new policy Friday to make it more difficult for foreign nationals to travel to give birth on US soil to…
Continue Reading Two of four FISA warrants against Carter Page declared invalid
The Justice Department has declared invalid two of the four surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign associate Carter Page, the Foreign…
Continue Reading Trump says Middle East plan to be unveiled before Israel’s PM and opposition leader visit White House Tuesday
The Trump administration has invited Israel’s Prime Minister and opposition leader to the White House Tuesday as it plans to finally unveil its…
Continue Reading Dissatisfaction with abortion laws rises on both sides of the debate
Nearly a half century after the Supreme Court legalized abortion in the United States, new polls show a majority of Americans continue to support…
Continue Reading National Archives installs unaltered 2017 Women’s March photo after controversy
The National Archives on Wednesday installed an original photograph of the 2017 Women’s March days after removing an altered one that censored…
Continue Reading Democrats play 1999 video of Lindsey Graham talking about impeachment to bolster case against Trump
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Thursday played a 1999 video of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham arguing that “high crimes”…
Continue Reading Trump now says he’s open to entitlement cuts, including Medicare
President Donald Trump signaled this week that he’s open to cutting federal entitlements to reduce the federal deficit, despite previously…
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‘NewsHour’ host and debate moderator Jim Lehrer dies at 85
NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Lehrer, longtime host of the nightly PBS “NewsHour” whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11…
Continue Reading Donald Trump was asked about Elon Musk. His answer was incoherent.
For the entirety of Donald Trump’s presidency, I have gone through the transcript of a good number of the speeches and interviews he has given.…
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is breaking all his previous Twitter records during impeachment
On Wednesday, Donald Trump wrote his name in the history books. Or, more accurately, tweeted it. According @FactbaseFeed, an account which tracks…
Continue Reading Libyan tied to Benghazi attack sentenced to 19 and a half years
A Libyan man who acted as a scout for the Islamist militia that stormed the US consulate in Benghazi in 2012 was sentenced to 19 and a half years in…
Continue Reading NYC councilman renews effort to give noncitizens right to vote in local elections
A bill that would expand voting rights to some immigrants who are not US citizens was introduced Thursday in the New York City Council. City…
Continue Reading Senators considering short morning-only impeachment session on Saturday
Senators and aides in each party say there is an effort in the works to hold a short, morning-only impeachment trial session on Saturday to hear the…
Continue Reading UN expert recommends Kushner change his phone after suspected Saudi hack
One of the United Nations investigators involved in assessing the hack of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s telephone says other people in regular…
Continue Reading EPA weakens protections for streams and wetlands
The Trump administration is removing some federal water protections, siding with requests from industry and farm groups over the advice of…
Continue Reading CNN cancels Democratic presidential town halls because of impeachment trial
CNN has canceled the Democratic presidential town halls scheduled to take place next week ahead of the Iowa caucuses because of the ongoing…
Continue Reading Graham congratulated Schiff on ‘good job’ in presenting argument in Senate impeachment trial
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham congratulated Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, on a job well done after day two of the…
Continue Reading CNN and The Des Moines Register to release final Iowa caucus poll February 1
CNN and The Des Moines Register will release their final Iowa caucus poll on Saturday, February 1, providing key insight into where Democratic…
Continue Reading Impeachment managers’ tall task becomes clearer
At 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff opened the House’s presentation to remove President Donald Trump from office.…
Continue Reading Marianne Williamson throws support behind Andrew Yang in Iowa caucuses
Former Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson announced overnight Wednesday that she supports Andrew Yang’s White House bid in…
Continue Reading Obama portraits to go on year-long national tour in 2021
The wildly popular official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama will go on a five-city national tour beginning in June 2021, the…
Continue Reading Mnuchin promises next round of tax cuts for middle class Americans
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that the White House is already crafting a package of tax cuts for the middle class as President…
Continue Reading Trump says ‘with me, there’s no lying’ — and makes 14 false claims about impeachment and Ukraine
President Donald Trump said at a press conference in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday that he opposed the impeachment of President Bill Clinton even…
Continue Reading Giuliani claims ex-associate Lev Parnas has ‘been caught in so many lies’
Rudy Giuliani said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday that his former associate Lev Parnas, who has become a key figure in the Ukraine scandal, is…
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