Expiring tool to fight fentanyl saved in Senate but faces uncertain future in House
Senate lawmakers reached a last-minute deal on Thursday to save a sweeping tool that has helped drug enforcers crack down on fentanyl as the…
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Trump recounts minute-by-minute details of Soleimani strike to donors at Mar-a-Lago
President Trump recounted minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Iran’s top military commander during remarks to high-dollar…
Continue Reading New impeachment documents show more texts about possible surveillance of former US ambassador to Ukraine
House Democrats on Friday released new documents from indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas ahead of the Senate trial that includes new…
Continue Reading The Iowa caucuses look like a hot mess
First things first: The theme song of the week is Murder, She Wrote. Poll of the week: A new Monmouth University poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers…
Continue Reading Republicans trying to ignore the many things we’ve learned since Trump was impeached
The big news closing the week was the unveiling of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team and the release of more documents related…
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Las Cruces native Rick Montoya announces run for U.S. Senate
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces businessman has entered the contest for U.S. Senate in New Mexico, adding to a list of Republicans looking…
Continue Reading Anti-abortion group announces $52 million budget to reelect Trump and anti-abortion Senate majority
A major anti-abortion group announced on Friday a $52 million budget in battleground states to reelect President Donald Trump and an anti-abortion…
Continue Reading The cost of Sanders’ agenda — possibly $60 trillion — would set a peacetime US record
While the new spending programs Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed in his presidential campaign would at least double federal spending over the next…
Continue Reading Justice Department releases 176 more pages of Mueller documents to CNN and BuzzFeed
CNN has received another 176 pages of notes from major witness interviews during former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation —…
Continue Reading US counterterrorism officials warn police to be on alert for ambush attacks
Federal counterterrorism officials are warning police departments across the country to maintain a heightened state of awareness for the potential…
Continue Reading Barr dropped into Giuliani meeting at Justice Department in previously undisclosed encounter
Attorney General William Barr briefly attended a meeting at the Justice Department last fall between top criminal prosecutors and President Donald…
Continue Reading Evelyn Yang was assured justice. Here’s how the doctor she says assaulted her went free
Evelyn Yang’s revelation that she was sexually assaulted by her OB-GYN has renewed national focus on a sweetheart plea deal between…
Continue Reading Why the Iowa caucuses could be a disaster
No one knows who is going to win the Iowa caucuses in 17 days’ time. But here’s something to think about: What if more than one candidate…
Continue Reading Lev Parnas: Trump would’ve traded an endorsement for political dirt from Ukraine’s ex-president Poroshenko
President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government included an attempted quid-pro-quo with then-Ukrainian President Petro…
Continue Reading READ: House Democrats release additional materials from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas
House Democrats on Friday released new documents from indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas ahead of the Senate trial that includes new…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to review Obamacare requirement that employer-provided health insurance plans pay for contraceptives
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to step in and review the Trump administration’s attempt to weaken the so-called “contraceptive…
Continue Reading READ: Justice Department releases 176 more pages of Mueller documents to CNN and BuzzFeed
CNN has received another 176 pages of notes from major witness interviews during former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. This is…
Continue Reading Senators brace for contentious Tuesday as impeachment trial begins in earnest
Senate leaders are preparing for a contentious session Tuesday that could stretch several hours as well as send the chamber into a closed session as…
Continue Reading No. 2 US general says North Korea building new missiles ‘as fast as anybody on the planet’
North Korea is “building new missiles, new capabilities, new weapons as fast as anybody on the planet,” and learning from its mistakes as…
Continue Reading Appeals court throws out lawsuit by children seeking to force action on climate crisis
A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a heavily promoted but long-shot lawsuit by a group of children and teenagers trying to force the federal…
Continue Reading How Joe Biden defended his Iraq vote
As the US War in Iraq continued to unravel in the spring of 2004, then-Sen. Joe Biden delivered a commencement speech at the University of Delaware…
Continue Reading Democratic lawmakers visit camp in Mexico where migrants wait to claim asylum
Eighteen members of Congress descended on a Mexican camp sitting near the US border Friday where hundreds of migrants are waiting to claim asylum.…
Continue Reading House chairman threatens to subpoena Pompeo over Iran policy hearing
The Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday threatened to subpoena the nation’s top diplomat to testify about the Trump…
Continue Reading Trump adds 3 lawyers, including Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz, to impeachment defense team
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump is adding three seasoned lawyers to his impeachment legal defense team, people familiar with the matter…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to decide if states can force presidential electors to vote for the state’s winner
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up two cases related to the Electoral College concerning whether a state can bind a presidential elector…
Continue Reading Early voting starts in Minnesota’s presidential primaries
Minnesota’s first presidential primaries in nearly 30 years starts Friday, as polling locations in the state begin accepting absentee ballots.…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Trump called top military brass in 2017 a ‘bunch of dopes and babies’
President Donald Trump reprimanded his top military brass in a 2017 meeting at the Pentagon, calling them a “bunch of dopes and babies”…
Continue Reading Top 2020 Democrats to face Iowa voters in CNN town halls one week before caucuses
The leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination will deliver closing arguments to Iowa voters in live, back-to-back CNN town halls…
Continue Reading Pentagon announces foreign military trainees will face new restrictions following Pensacola attack
The Pentagon announced Friday that it is introducing new restrictions on international military students undergoing training in the US that will ban…
Continue Reading Vermont looks to become first state to provide universal meals to public school students
A Vermont lawmaker is looking to make the state the first to provide meals to all public school students. State Democratic Sen. Debbie Ingram filed a…
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