Sarah Sanders apologizes for tweet mocking Biden during Democratic debate
Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday apologized to former Vice President Joe Biden after mocking a debate moment where Biden…
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Evangelical editor who criticized Trump doesn’t believe he’ll change minds
The editor in chief of a leading Christian magazine who wrote an op-ed that called for Donald Trump to be removed from office said Friday he…
Continue Reading Only the women ask for forgiveness at the Democratic presidential debate
The final question at the Democratic presidential debate was an unusual one: The candidates could either choose to ask for forgiveness from one of…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump campaign falsely suggests Rep. Jim Clyburn called for Trump’s hanging
President Donald Trump’s campaign falsely suggested Thursday that a senior Democratic congressman, Rep. Jim Clyburn, had called for Trump to be…
Continue Reading Evangelical publication calls for Trump’s removal from office
A leading Christian magazine founded by late evangelist Billy Graham — father of key presidential supporter Franklin Graham — published…
Continue Reading Pelosi-McConnell fight sets up a clash of Washington’s titans
Nobody in Washington understands power — how to win it, keep it and wield it — better than Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell. Now the two…
Continue Reading CNN Poll: US economy receives its best ranking in nearly 20 years
As 2019 comes to a close, the US economy earns its highest ratings in almost two decades, potentially boosting President Donald Trump in matchups…
Continue Reading State Department North Korea envoy confirmed as deputy secretary of state
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to confirm Stephen Biegun as the next deputy secretary of state. Biegun will take on the number two position…
Continue Reading Chris Cillizza’s winners and losers from the 6th Democratic presidential debate
Almost 24 hours to the moment when President Donald Trump was impeached by the House, the seven top Democratic candidates running to replace him…
Continue Reading Buttigieg faces first night as top target on Democratic debate stage
As Pete Buttigieg has ascended in the polls in the kickoff state of Iowa, it was inevitable that he would eventually become the chief target of the…
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Slimmed-down Democratic field partakes in last debate of 2019 in L.A.
LOS ANGELES, California — The most diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates in history was boiled down to a debate stage…
Continue Reading Fact check of the sixth Democratic debate
Welcome to CNN’s fact check of the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate. Thursday’s debate was hosted by PBS and Politico, and…
Continue Reading Pelosi just rewrote the impeachment script
The outcome of the Democratic impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has seemed like a foregone conclusion almost since it started.…
Continue Reading Why Democrats are debating over a wine cave
The term “wine cave” was thrown around repeatedly Thursday night at the Democratic presidential debate during an exchange over how Pete…
Continue Reading ‘I feel bad for him’: Inside Trump’s DC hotel on impeachment day
In the hours before President Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday night, the atmosphere at the Trump International Hotel in Washington was nearly,…
Continue Reading As House votes to impeach Trump, McConnell pushes 13 judge nominations through Senate
While the rest of Washington focused on impeachment proceedings Wednesday, Mitch McConnell successfully pressed forward on a subject that has been…
Continue Reading How to watch tonight’s Democratic presidential debate
PBS NewsHour and Politico are co-hosting the last primary debate of 2019, which will show seven presidential contenders facing off against each other…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Trump said he believes Ukraine interfered in 2016 election because ‘Putin told me’
President Donald Trump once stated explicitly that he believes that it was Ukraine — not Russia — that meddled in the 2016 election…
Continue Reading 6 things to look for in the final Democratic debate of 2019
The final Democratic primary debate of 2019 is one of the best opportunities left for the seven Democrats slated to appear here in California on…
Continue Reading Initial review of Saudi military students shows no threats, Pentagon says
An initial review of some 850 Saudi military students training in the United States did not uncover any signs that the remaining Saudi students pose…
Continue Reading McConnell says Senate trial talks at ‘impasse’ as Congress leaves town
The Senate is at an “impasse” about setting the rules of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch…
Continue Reading We’ve reached the final Democratic debate of 2019
Fun fact: This is the smallest number of candidates onstage thus far this cycle (a slim seven!). Joe Biden should feel confident heading into…
Continue Reading Chinese national arrested for trespassing at Trump’s Florida resort
A Chinese woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with trespassing on President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, according to Palm Beach…
Continue Reading An impeached Trump tries looking ahead, but uncertainty threatens Senate vindication
After being impeached, President Donald Trump is hoping to move quickly to a vigorous defense in the Senate and is distressed the trial he hopes will…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Obama alumni endorse Elizabeth Warren
Hundreds of veterans of Barack Obama’s campaigns and administration have signed on to endorse Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president, as multiple…
Continue Reading Georgia gives 22,000 ‘inactive’ voters extension before removal
Thousands of people who were removed from Georgia’s voter rolls this week for lack of civic participation were put back into…
Continue Reading Cory Booker, Michael Bennet and John Delaney won’t be on Vermont primary ballot
Sen. Bernie Sanders will face a smaller field of competition for the Democratic president nomination in his home state next year. Vermont’s…
Continue Reading The 65 most outrageous lines from Donald Trump’s longest campaign speech ever
Even as the House was impeaching President Donald Trump, he was in the midst of a rowdy campaign rally in Michigan. The President, clearly both…
Continue Reading Trump poised to sign the kind of spending bill he once vowed never to sign again
President Donald Trump vowed last year that he’d never sign another sweeping spending deal to avoid a government shutdown. This year, Congress…
Continue Reading Senate removes phrase ‘white nationalist’ from measure intended to screen military enlistees
The Republican-controlled Senate quietly cut the phrase “white nationalist” from a measure in the National Defense Authorization Act,…
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