‘Baby Trump’ balloon slashed and deflated after drawing protesters ahead of Alabama-LSU football game
The “Baby Trump” balloon has been slashed — and as a result, deflated. The popular protest symbol against President Donald Trump…
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Trump receives loud cheers, positive chants at Alabama-LSU football game
President Donald Trump received a mostly cheerful welcome from the crowd attending Saturday’s major college football game between the…
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India doesn’t need to choose between clean air and growth
When India’s Supreme Court ordered in November 2000 that polluting industries in Delhi’s residential areas be relocated outside of the…
Continue Reading This is what the whistleblower’s attorney told House Republicans who asked client to testify in impeachment inquiry
The attorney for the whistleblower, whose complaint initiated the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, responded Saturday to House…
Continue Reading Robyn Crawford deserves to speak her truth about Whitney Houston
It feels as if everybody’s got something to say about Whitney Houston, the pop star and actress who died in 2012 at 48. Her mother, Cissy…
Continue Reading Giuliani’s Soviet-born associates lived lavishly despite questionable finances
As federal prosecutors pursue their case against a pair of South Florida businessmen at the center of an alleged plot to hijack the US political…
Continue Reading Cindy McCain: John would be ‘disgusted’
Cindy McCain said that her husband, the late Sen. John McCain, would be “terribly upset” about several recent events and she lamented the…
Continue Reading House Republicans ask for Hunter Biden and whistleblower to testify in impeachment probe
House Republicans on Saturday submitted a list of witnesses they’d like to testify as part of the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into…
Continue Reading Virginia Democrats elect first female speaker of the House
For the first time in Virginia’s 400-year legislative history, a woman will become speaker of the House. Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, the current…
Continue Reading Trump says White House will release transcript of another call with Ukraine ‘probably’ Tuesday
President Donald Trump said he will release the transcript of another phone call with the President of Ukraine “probably” on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Bring the spirit of 1989 back to save European democracy today
This week the world celebrates 30 years since the moment that symbolized the end of communism in Eastern Europe. The fall of the Berlin Wall was an…
Continue Reading We read all 2,677 pages of impeachment inquiry testimony released to date. Here’s what’s clear.
To President Donald Trump, the whole flap with Ukraine is over a “perfect” phone call. “It’s based on a single phone call of…
Continue Reading Testimony highlights Rick Perry’s central role in Ukraine scandal as he prepares to exit
The first step outside of formal diplomatic channels in President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine was taken by Energy Secretary…
Continue Reading READ: House GOP’s letter requesting witnesses to testify in impeachment probe
House Republicans submitted a list of witnesses they’d like to testify as part of the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald…
Continue Reading READ: Mulvaney’s court filing asking to join lawsuit over House subpoena
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney asked to join a lawsuit testing House subpoena power, which, if allowed, could effectively derail him…
Continue Reading Trump is making an appearance at his third major sporting event in two weeks
President Donald Trump is set to attend a major college football game between the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University on Saturday,…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren responds to ‘angry’ charge: ‘I am angry and I own it’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a message for those attacking her as angry: Yes, she is. On Friday afternoon, the Massachusetts Democrat, in a fundraising…
Continue Reading ‘I own it’: Warren embraces her anger — and the politics of the moment
On Friday, Elizabeth Warren embraced the ethos of the moment: anger. “Over and over, we are told that women are not allowed to be angry. It…
Continue Reading The electability difference between Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden
First things first: The theme song of the week is the 2007 credits to The View. Poll of the week: A new New York Times/Siena College poll of likely…
Continue Reading Iran has called Trump’s bluff
While Washington is increasingly consumed with the impeachment drama, the globe has not stopped spinning and dangerous regimes have not stopped…
Continue Reading This is the end of the beginning on impeachment
If the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump were a play, the first act would now close. That’s because, starting Wednesday, we…
Continue Reading Does Bolton have a bombshell, and other impeachment news
A version of this story appears in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When it looked like…
Continue Reading UN group says Iran has an ‘on going case’ in court regarding missing American Robert Levinson
A United Nations working group says Iran’s Justice Department has acknowledged that there is “an on going case in the Public Prosecution…
Continue Reading Trump called Gordon Sondland a ‘great American.’ Now he says ‘I hardly know the gentleman.’
President Donald Trump has a history of distancing himself from associates who have found themselves in legal trouble or turned on him in some way.…
Continue Reading Wall Street Journal: Giuliani associates asked former Ukrainian President to investigate Bidens and 2016 election
Two associates of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked the former Ukrainian President in February to open an…
Continue Reading Airlines expect 737 MAX grounding to last nearly a year
Two major US airlines announced plans Friday to pull the Boeing 737 MAX from their schedules into March, raising the prospect the plane could be out…
Continue Reading How Democrats are prepping for make-or-break public impeachment testimony
Democrats are turning to the most public phase of their impeachment probe into President Donald Trump yet: open congressional hearings. Behind the…
Continue Reading Steyer aide at center of Iowa pay for endorsement controversy resigns
A top aide to billionaire Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer, who allegedly offered to pay Iowa politicians to endorse Steyer, has…
Continue Reading White House officials testify quid pro quo effort was coordinated with Mulvaney
Two White House officials told lawmakers the “blatant” push for politically motivated investigations from President Donald Trump left…
Continue Reading Trump administration proposes charging for asylum applications, joining only 3 other countries
The Trump administration on Friday proposed a charge on asylum applications — the first time the US government has charged for the form —…
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