READ: Order dismissing indictment against Paul Manafort
A New York state judge on Wednesday dismissed a 16-count indictment against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort,…
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Georgia removes more than 300,000 ‘inactive’ voters from rolls
The Georgia Secretary of State this week removed hundreds of thousands of registered voters it classified as “inactive” from its voting…
Continue Reading A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment
It’s a dark day in America. The House of Representatives is set to impeach an elected President accused of violating the nation’s trust…
Continue Reading The FBI labeled the Jersey City shooting as domestic terrorism. Why that’s not a federal crime — and how it may change
The lack of a federal domestic terrorism statute is once again in the spotlight after last week’s deadly attack at a kosher market outside New…
Continue Reading The 30 most blistering lines from Donald Trump’s unhinged letter to Nancy Pelosi
On the eve of his impeachment by the House, President Donald Trump sent a blistering letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi — airing his grievances…
Continue Reading Salem mayor on Trump’s claims about witch trial due process: ‘Learn your history’
The mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, told President Donald Trump on Tuesday to “learn some history” after he claimed that the people…
Continue Reading Impeachment Watch: It’s time
A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. All signs…
Continue Reading Donald Trump told the ‘lie of the year’
Every year, the fact-checking service PolitiFact picks the biggest whopper told by a politician. This isn’t the standard-issue deception or…
Continue Reading Judge while sentencing Trump campaign aide: ‘If people don’t have the facts, democracy doesn’t work’
Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson took several minutes during her sentencing of top Mueller cooperator Rick Gates on Tuesday to comment on the Russia…
Continue Reading Anti-Trump conservatives launch PAC in bid to thwart his reelection
A group of conservative political insiders opposed to President Donald Trump have launched a PAC in an effort to thwart his 2020 reelection chances…
Continue Reading Democrat from swing district: I didn’t want to impeach Trump for months ‘and then the facts changed’
A freshman Democratic congresswoman from a swing district says she resisted supporting the impeachment of President Donald Trump for months until…
Continue Reading READ: Trump letter to House Dems protests impeachment in ‘strongest’ terms
President Donald Trump sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday, excoriating House Democrats and casting himself as a victim of an…
Continue Reading READ: Rules set for impeachment debate by House Rules Committee
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday approved six hours of debate on the House floor before voting on Wednesday on whether to impeach President…
Continue Reading House Democrats move one step closer to impeachment with Rules Committee vote Tuesday night
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday approved six hours of debate on the House floor Wednesday on the resolution to impeach President Donald Trump.…
Continue Reading READ: Rules set for impeachment debate by House Rules Committee
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday approved six hours of debate on the House floor before voting on Wednesday on whether to impeach President…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump’s wild letter to Pelosi is filled with false and misleading claims
It was on White House letterhead. It read like a string of President Donald Trump’s tweets. And it was just as dishonest. On Tuesday afternoon,…
Continue Reading Mitch McConnell: ‘I’m not an impartial juror’ ahead of Senate impeachment trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday bluntly acknowledged some of the political realities surrounding the upcoming Senate impeachment trial…
Continue Reading He smuggled war crimes evidence and begged the US for help. Now Congress is finally acting and set to sanction Syria.
It is a moment nearly six years in the making. A moment he has had to risk his life for time and again. He smuggled photos of war crimes out of Syria…
Continue Reading State Department plans to reduce staffing levels in Iraq
The State Department plans to dramatically downsize the number of American personnel in Iraq, according to a memo sent to the Senate Foreign…
Continue Reading Inside Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment balancing act
These days, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a cultlike figure among Democrats for going head-to-head with President Donald Trump. The moments are…
Continue Reading READ: FISA court on FBI conduct
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court slammed the FBI for mistakes it made in the Carter Page surveillance warrants. Read the order here:…
Continue Reading Russian spy ship off US coast operating in ‘unsafe manner,’ officials say
A Russian spy-ship has returned to international waters off the southeastern coast of the United States and is operating in what two US officials…
Continue Reading Trump administration won’t call mass killing of Armenians a genocide despite congressional resolutions
The Trump administration still does not view the mass killing of Armenians from 1915-1923 as genocide, despite overwhelming bipartisan support by US…
Continue Reading Top US diplomat who testified in impeachment hearing set to leave post in January
Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine and key witness in public House impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump, will depart from his…
Continue Reading FISA court slams FBI conduct in Carter Page surveillance warrant applications
The typically ultra-close-lipped Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court slammed the FBI for mistakes it made in the Carter Page surveillance…
Continue Reading In (BIG) non-impeachment news …
President Donald Trump may think Congress is focused only on impeachment. But there are signs of life on the Hill beyond impeaching Trump this…
Continue Reading Democrat Jared Golden to split his vote on impeachment articles, in favor of one and against the other
Rep. Jared Golden, a freshman Democrat who represents a Maine congressional district President Donald Trump won in 2016, said in a statement Tuesday…
Continue Reading Trump sends scorching letter to Pelosi ahead of House impeachment vote
President Donald Trump, on the verge of becoming the third US president to be impeached, sent an extraordinary letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
Continue Reading 6 key differences between NAFTA and the USMCA deal that replaces it
After reaching a deal on the final version of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, President Donald Trump tweeted that it “will be the…
Continue Reading North Korean tests raise concern and pressure for Trump diplomacy
A top US military official in Asia said North Korea could launch a long-range missile as part of its promised “Christmas gift” to the US,…
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