Cuban man’s death marks sixth in ICE custody since October
A Cuban man who died Monday morning in Miami is the sixth person to pass away since October while in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.…
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Dershowitz says he’ll ‘forgive’ Pompeo’s ‘rudeness’ to reporter if he brings peace to Middle East
Presidential impeachment defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday that while he disapproved of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo berating a reporter,…
Continue Reading Some Republican senators want to review Bolton’s manuscript in a classified setting. It’s not clear if that would be legal.
As senators mull a proposal by two Republican colleagues for the White House to send them John Bolton’s book manuscript to review, an open…
Continue Reading 50 U.S. service members now diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after Iranian missile strike
WASHINGTON, DC — Fifty US military personnel have now been diagnosed with concussions and traumatic brain injuries following the Iranian…
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McConnell says he lacks votes to block witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses…
Continue Reading Energy Department releases more than 100 pages of Ukraine documents
The US Department of Energy has released a new batch of documents related to its former Secretary Rick Perry and Ukraine. The public records release…
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Judge effectively denies Lev Parnas’ attempt to attend impeachment trial
A federal judge on Tuesday effectively denied a request by an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani to attend President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Two worlds of impeachment: Trump lawyers invoke ‘danger’ of removing Trump, Democrats say it’s ‘dangerous’ to keep him
Almost all the major players on Capitol Hill have lamented that these are dangerous times in Washington. But if you want to know why — it…
Continue Reading GOP concedes Trump may have withheld aid for probes but says it’s not impeachable
A growing number of GOP senators are now acknowledging that President Donald Trump may have leveraged US military aid to Ukraine in exchange for an…
Continue Reading Everything Republican senators have said about John Bolton’s testimony
In the midst of the ongoing Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, a report from The New York Times has renewed calls from Democrats for…
Continue Reading Impeachment trial scenes featuring Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Mitt Romney you can’t see on TV
Senate rules limit what images can be broadcast on TV during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Notably, that restricts viewers from…
Continue Reading US Special Ops chief says leadership shortcomings contributed to ‘conditions for unacceptable conduct’
The Pentagon is acknowledging that leadership failures within the US special operations community helped foster “conditions for unacceptable…
Continue Reading House passes Tibet human rights bill
Lawmakers in the House approved a bill Tuesday afternoon to update the 2002 Tibetan Policy Act, the latest in a series of congressional moves to…
Continue Reading Republicans aim to lock in votes against witnesses as Senate prepares for next phase of trial
The impeachment trial is approaching a volatile and unpredictable stage after President Donald Trump’s defense team wrapped up its opening…
Continue Reading Kansas lawmakers renew effort to outlaw sexual battery against a spouse
Kansas lawmakers are renewing bipartisan efforts to make sexual battery of a spouse illegal. The state House Judiciary Committee on Monday voted to…
Continue Reading Justice Department moves to thwart global robocall scheme
The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal judge to shut down a scheme involving companies in New York and Arizona that connect hundreds of…
Continue Reading Alan Dershowitz says Elizabeth Warren ‘doesn’t understand the law’ after she criticizes his presentation
President Donald Trump’s attorney Alan Dershowitz on Tuesday shot back at Sen. Elizabeth Warren after the Massachusetts Democrat assailed his…
Continue Reading Alan Dershowitz called Trump corrupt in 2016 and said he could be corrupt as President
Law professor Alan Dershowitz, who is a member of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, said in 2016 that he believed Trump was…
Continue Reading Coronavirus will test the Trump administration’s ability to handle a crisis
President Donald Trump was sitting for breakfast with American business leaders last week when the conversation turned to the dangerous new virus…
Continue Reading Buttigieg vows to work harder on diversity and inclusion in response to staffers’ concerns
Pete Buttigieg‘s presidential campaign acknowledged on Tuesday that it has, over the course of several months, responded to concerns from…
Continue Reading Poll: 75% of voters want witnesses for Senate impeachment trial
Three-quarters of registered voters think witnesses should be allowed to testify in the Senate impeachment trial, which has reached a crucial…
Continue Reading Trump unveils Middle East plan that caters to Israel and was swiftly rejected by Palestinians
President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed a Middle East plan that he claimed was a “realistic two-state solution” but caters to nearly…
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Trump legal team wraps up opening arguments in Senate impeachment trial, dismisses Bolton allegations
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team on Tuesday wrapped up three days of opening arguments at his Senate trial…
Continue Reading Democrats look to flip red Texas House seat in runoff election
Democrat Elizabeth Markowitz is facing off on Tuesday against Republican Gary Gates in a Texas House runoff election that could provide a glimpse of…
Continue Reading Joe Biden is using Trump’s impeachment attacks to show Democrats he ‘can take a punch’
Joe Biden had a question for the crowd gathered to see him in Muscatine, Iowa, on Tuesday: “Did anyone see what your senator, Joni Ernst, did…
Continue Reading Kushner defends Trump’s Middle East plan after Palestinian rejection
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner made the case for President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan Tuesday, praising the relationship his…
Continue Reading GOP senator says they’ve ‘got to be able to see’ Bolton manuscript before witness vote
Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma said Tuesday that senators participating in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial have…
Continue Reading Harvard professor among three charged with lying about Chinese government ties
A Harvard University professor and two other Chinese nationals were federally indicted in three separate cases for allegedly lying to the US about…
Continue Reading CBO projects a decade of trillion-dollar deficits and soaring US debt
The federal deficit is projected to keep rising over the coming decade, driving US debt to the highest level since World War II over the next 10…
Continue Reading Barr says Justice Department will get more involved in fighting anti-Semitic attacks
Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department will become more involved in combating hate crimes against the Jewish community as the…
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