Sign-ups slip in initial days of Obamacare open enrollment
Lower premiums and additional choices have yet to draw more people to Obamacare for 2020 as open enrollment begins. Sign-ups have slid, with only…
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Federal judge presses Justice Department to release Mueller interview summaries in CNN lawsuit
A federal judge has prioritized the Justice Department’s public release of witness interview summaries from Robert Mueller’s special…
Continue Reading Donald Trump *definitely* didn’t pay attention to the impeachment hearing
Even as the public debate over his presidential future opened on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump wasn’t paying it any mind. None. Like,…
Continue Reading Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy announces he will run for Senate against Cindy Hyde-Smith
Mike Espy, a Mississippi Democrat whose heated special Senate runoff against Cindy Hyde-Smith in 2018 turned into a nationally watched affair,…
Continue Reading GOP senators air concerns during unusual White House meeting with Erdoğan
A small group of Republican senators who traditionally focus on foreign policy issues attended a White House meeting with President Donald Trump and…
Continue Reading Trump declares himself a ‘big fan’ of Turkey’s strongman leader Erdoğan
President Donald Trump emerged from hours of talks with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday to declare himself a “big fan” of…
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Guide to Trump impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON, DC — As public hearings start Wednesday at 8 a.m. Mountain Time in the U.S. House impeachment inquiry, here’s…
Continue Reading Most important takeaways from the first day of public impeachment hearings
The House Intelligence Committee opened historic impeachment hearings Wednesday to investigate whether President Donald Trump (and his allies) abused…
Continue Reading How CNN got the secret Mueller interview documents
The release of the Mueller report was just the beginning. The headlines about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation this weekend came…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter ‘up and walking’ after hospitalization, pastor says
Former President Jimmy Carter is “up and walking” after undergoing an operation Tuesday to relieve pressure on his brain, a family pastor…
Continue Reading Republicans shrug off impeachment hearings as ‘boring’
Heading into Wednesday’s first public impeachment hearing, Republicans had argued the facts weren’t there to impeach President Donald…
Continue Reading Staff lawyers to take star role in first public hearings on impeachment
The underpaid and overworked lawyers on Capitol Hill will have their turn in the spotlight on Wednesday, as Daniel Goldman and Steve Castor emerge…
Continue Reading House expected to pass spending bill next week as shutdown deadline looms
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Wednesday that the House is expected to pass a spending bill next week to fund the federal government…
Continue Reading READ: Devin Nunes opening remarks at impeachment hearing
As prepared for delivery: In a July open hearing of this committee following publication of the Mueller report, the Democrats engaged in a last-ditch…
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Diplomat testifies EU ambassador said Trump’s interest in Ukraine was ‘investigations of Biden’
Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, revealed new information in his opening statement during the first public impeachment hearing about…
Continue Reading George Conway says he is ‘horrified’ over GOP’s impeachment defense of Trump
Conservative lawyer George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, said Wednesday he’s “horrified” and…
Continue Reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg misses court due to illness
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not on the bench for oral arguments Wednesday due to illness, according to Chief Justice John Roberts.…
Continue Reading Trump administration proposes rule that would deny work permits to some asylum seekers
US Citizenship and Immigration Services on Wednesday proposed a rule that would bar asylum seekers who illegally crossed the border from obtaining…
Continue Reading READ: Adam Schiff’s opening statement in the impeachment hearing
As prepared for delivery In 2014, Russia invaded a United States ally, Ukraine, to reverse that nation’s embrace of the West, and to fulfill…
Continue Reading Trump impeachment hearings today will echo through the ages
The gravity and drama of the first televised impeachment hearings into Donald Trump’s presidency on Wednesday will imprint themselves on…
Continue Reading What, exactly, is Hillary Clinton doing?
On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton was asked whether she might — still — run for president in 2020. Here’s part of how she responded:…
Continue Reading Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan endorses Joe Biden
Former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tim Ryan endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential bid Wednesday, saying the former vice president has…
Continue Reading Pompeo downplays impeachment inquiry ahead of diplomats’ public testimony
Just hours before two State Department officials become the first public witnesses in the House impeachment probe, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on…
Continue Reading How to watch Wednesday’s impeachment hearing
The House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is moving into its next phase this week with its first televised hearings. For over a…
Continue Reading Cuccinelli expected to be elevated to acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security
Ken Cuccinelli is expected to be placed in the number two post at the Department of Homeland Security by Chad Wolf, the incoming acting Homeland…
Continue Reading Convicted US soldier could soon have sentence commuted after Trump ordered review of charges, lawyer says
A US service member who was found guilty in 2013 of second-degree murder for ordering his men to fire on three men on a motorcycle in Afghanistan…
Continue Reading Mulvaney’s ‘incomprehensible’ legal maneuvering angers many
The White House is entering a pivotal phase of impeachment proceedings amid internal consternation over legal strategy and fresh apprehension at how…
Continue Reading How the impeachment hearings will work
Make no mistake about it: Democrats all but acknowledge there will be a vote to impeach President Donald Trump. But this week, and the hearings that…
Continue Reading Suspicionless phone searches at the border are unconstitutional, court rules
A federal court ruled Tuesday that suspicionless searches of international travelers’ smartphones and laptops at US ports of entry are…
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