Senate approves $1.4 trillion deal to avert shutdown amid impeachment fight
The Senate on Thursday approved a nearly $1.4 trillion spending deal to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown at the end of the week. The…
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U.S. House passes Trump’s trade deal with Mexico and Canada
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed President Donald Trump’s revised North American Free Trade…
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Ranking the 2020 Democratic presidential field
It’s been a long wait, but 2020 is almost here! And with it, the arrival of actual votes by actual caucus-goers and primary voters! The field…
Continue Reading Jeff Van Drew, House Democrat who opposed impeachment, will join Republican party
President Donald Trump announced that Rep. Jeff Van Drew would join the Republican Party, a day after the New Jersey congressman and one other…
Continue Reading Trump administration opposes bill meant to deter Russia
The Trump administration is pushing back on a wide-ranging piece of legislation meant to deter and punish Russian aggression and its interference in…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s disgusting and deplorable attack on Debbie Dingell
Over the past three years, the American public has developed a tolerance to President Donald Trump: Things that might have once shocked now merit…
Continue Reading 3 conservative-leaning states sue to block ERA from ratification
Three conservative-leaning states have filed a federal lawsuit in an attempt to stop the Equal Rights Amendment from being added to the US…
Continue Reading Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard votes ‘present’ on impeachment
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii voted “present” on both articles of impeachment against President Donald…
Continue Reading Trump implies that the late Rep. John Dingell is ‘looking up’ from hell
President Donald Trump attacked Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell and her late husband, Rep. John Dingell, during a rally on Wednesday, implying the…
Continue Reading Pelosi responds to Trump mocking Dingell: ‘Let us pray for the President’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday responded to President Donald Trump’s attacks on Democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingell and her late…
Continue Reading Debbie Dingell says she won’t be intimidated by Trump’s attacks on late husband
Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s attacks on her and her late husband Rep. John Dingell will not…
Continue Reading Trump looks to Senate — and his 2020 campaign — to move on from impeachment
Now that he’s been impeached, President Donald Trump’s reputation rests with three juries: in the Senate, among 2020 voters and…
Continue Reading NJ restores voting rights to 80,000 on parole or probation
More than 80,000 New Jerseyans who are on parole or probation are having their voting rights restored thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on…
Continue Reading Impeachment debate offered another reminder GOP is old, white and male
It’s long been true, but this week it’s been especially unmissable: that the GOP is the party of older white men. And the party of one…
Continue Reading The inside story of the House’s impeachment of Donald Trump
Nancy Pelosi was irritated. The House Judiciary Committee was about to publicly debate articles of impeachment against the President, but on December…
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New poll shows Joe Biden holds lead heading into Thursday night’s debate
LOS ANGELES, California — Joe Biden continues to hold a lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president and remains the candidate…
Continue Reading Bloomberg unveils public option health care plan in line with Biden, Buttigieg
Michael Bloomberg will unveil a public option health insurance plan on Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee, that places the former New York mayor more in…
Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi won’t commit to sending articles of impeachment to Senate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would not commit on Wednesday to sending the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Republican-held…
Continue Reading McConnell blasts impeachment effort as ‘most unfair’ in history
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell argued from the Senate floor Thursday morning that the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is…
Continue Reading Trump in 2008: It’d be ‘wonderful’ if Pelosi impeached Bush over Iraq
President Donald Trump has fulminated over House Democrats’ impeachment efforts — and repeatedly taken aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
Continue Reading Top Trump ally in Congress not running for reelection
Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, one of President Donald Trump’s most visible allies on Capitol Hill, is not seeking reelection in 2020, he…
Continue Reading Vladimir Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘made-up reasons’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual news conference Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s impeachment was based on…
Continue Reading How former Kentucky Gov. Bevin’s pardons are affecting those convicted and the victims’ families
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was on his way out of office when he dropped a huge batch of pardons and commutations of sentences of hundreds of…
Continue Reading New ruling means Supreme Court dodges Obamacare showdown, but legal fight rolls on
After a long-awaited ruling from a US appeals court on the fate of the Affordable Care Act, this much is clear: the wait will only be longer, and…
Continue Reading CNN Poll: Joe Biden holds lead heading into December debate
Joe Biden continues to hold a lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president and remains the candidate potential Democratic voters…
Continue Reading Trump’s very bad impeachment day in an otherwise good week
Wednesday was the worst day of President Donald Trump’s presidency. It came during one of the best weeks of his presidency, which will fuel his…
Continue Reading ‘Those numbers are almost unfathomable’: Farmers skeptical of Trump’s $50 billion China promise
President Donald Trump says the Chinese will buy $50 billion worth of farm products as part of a phase one deal struck last week, but that would mean…
Continue Reading House of Representatives impeaches President Donald Trump
The deeply divided House of Representatives took the historic step to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, charging a president with high…
Continue Reading Trump has been impeached, but he’s still President. What’s next?
President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives in a near party-line vote Wednesday. He is still the President. What comes next…
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