2020 Democrats lay out competing visions at key Nevada event
The contours of the Democratic primary were clear on Sunday night in Nevada, just days before the party’s top 10 candidates headline a closely…
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Fresh transcripts put Trump on defensive before busy testimony slate. Here’s the latest
President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at Jennifer Williams, a State Department employee who is set to testify publicly this week, the latest in…
Continue Reading Schumer says Trump should testify — not tweet — in impeachment investigation
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that President Donald Trump should not voice his concerns about the impeachment hearings on…
Continue Reading Pelosi to Trump: When you come after the whistleblower, ‘you’re in my wheelhouse’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she told President Donald Trump that he’s in her “wheelhouse” when he attacks the whistleblower,…
Continue Reading New York Times: Trump backs off flavor ban for e-cigarettes
President Donald Trump has backed away from a proposal to ban flavored e-cigarettes, The New York Times reported Sunday. A Trump campaign adviser…
Continue Reading Prosecutors in Giuliani investigation interested in talking to Ukrainian energy company
Federal prosecutors in New York who are investigating Rudy Giuliani are seeking to interview people with knowledge of Ukraine’s state-run…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg surges to first place in Iowa, new poll shows
There is a new Democratic front-runner in Iowa, and his name is Pete Buttigieg. The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, holds a clear lead in the…
Continue Reading ‘Anonymous’ book offers eye-popping insider details
On Nov. 19, one of the most anticipated political books of the year hits store shelves with the publication of “A Warning” by Anonymous.…
Continue Reading Wall Street Journal: Sondland kept Trump administration officials briefed on Ukraine dealings
The US Ambassador to the European Union kept several Trump administration officials briefed on his attempts to get Ukraine to launch investigations…
Continue Reading Plane with Hillary Clinton aboard returns to gate after mechanical issue
Hillary Clinton was aboard an American Airlines flight from New York that suffered a mechanical issue and needed to return to the gate Sunday…
Continue Reading De Blasio decries Bloomberg for ‘death bed conversion’ on ‘stop and frisk,’ casting it as political expediency
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday assailed former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to apologize for “stop and frisk”…
Continue Reading Republican congressman calls new details about Trump revealed in impeachment testimony ‘alarming’
A Republican member of one of the House committees involved in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump said Sunday that information…
Continue Reading ‘I was wrong’: Bloomberg sorry for ‘Stop and Frisk’ in about-face apology ahead of potential presidential bid
Michael Bloomberg apologized Sunday for the New York Police Department’s use of “stop and frisk,” a policing tactic the former…
Continue Reading Trump lashes out at State Department employee ahead of public testimony
President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at a State Department employee who is set to testify publicly this week before lawmakers, the latest in a…
Continue Reading Trump’s visit to Walter Reed ‘not protocol’ for routine visit, source says
President Donald Trump’s visit to Walter Reed on Saturday did not follow the protocol of a routine presidential medical exam, according to a…
Continue Reading Another red state lost. Another setback for the President.
Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters will be watching for in the week ahead in this week’s “Inside Politics”…
Continue Reading Why Republicans lost another deep-red state in Louisiana governor’s election
For the second time this month, Republican President Donald Trump failed to carry a Republican gubernatorial candidate across the finish line in a…
Continue Reading Ex-NSC official corroborates Sondland said he was directed by Trump on Ukraine
Gordon Sondland, the American envoy to the European Union, was acting at President Donald Trump’s instruction in his dealings with Ukraine, and…
Continue Reading Defense secretary says he has ‘great faith in the military justice system’ following Trump’s intervention in military war crimes cases
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that he has “great faith in the military justice system” following President Donald…
Continue Reading President Trump’s medical exam was unscheduled, source said
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump underwent a “quick exam and labs” as part of his annual physical exam on Saturday, out of…
Continue Reading Louisiana’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards defeats Trump-backed businessman in close race, CNN projects
Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards narrowly won reelection, CNN projected Saturday night, beating out Republican challenger Eddie Rispone,…
Continue Reading Bloomberg? Patrick? Few voters are asking for this.
First things first: The theme song of the week is Card Sharks from 1986-1988. Poll of the week: A new Quinnipiac University poll of likely New…
Continue Reading Ex-NSC official says Trump July 25 call transcript mistakenly moved to classified system
Tim Morrison, the National Security Council’s former senior director for Europe and Russia official, testified earlier this month that he was…
Continue Reading White House budget official lays out unusual process in freeze of Ukraine aid for impeachment investigators
A senior career official at the Office of Management and Budget testified on Saturday about a budget process that went off the rails when nearly $400…
Continue Reading Aide gives first details of Pence call with Zelensky
An aide to Vice President Mike Pence told lawmakers that she was on a call between Pence and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and that it was…
Continue Reading Schiff calls out Mulvaney for not complying with subpoena to testify
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff on Saturday again called on White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and others to comply with…
Continue Reading Senior OMB official set to testify behind closed doors in Saturday deposition
House impeachment investigators have little visibility into the inner workings of the White House at the time when President Donald Trump allegedly…
Continue Reading Republicans could lose a second red state governor’s election
It’s down to the wire in Louisiana’s gubernatorial runoff election. In the Saturday election, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards is trying…
Continue Reading READ: Transcript of House testimony from White House national security official Tim Morrison
The House committees running the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Saturday released the deposition transcript of Tim Morrison, the…
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