Nikki Haley: ‘I do think we should always protect whistleblowers’
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Thursday that she believes “we should always protect whistleblowers,” a…
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4 things to know as former US ambassador to Ukraine steps into the impeachment spotlight
The next round of public impeachment hearings is scheduled for Friday, with former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch preparing to take…
Continue Reading Democratic leaders eye US-Mexico-Canada trade vote before the year ends
House Democrats look increasingly likely to approve President Donald Trump’s revised North American Free Trade Agreement before the end of the…
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Exclusive: Trump DC hotel sales pitch boasts of millions to be made from foreign governments
In its effort to sell off the lease to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, the Trump Organization has put together a glossy investor…
Continue Reading ‘Medicare for All’ looks like a political loser for Democrats
The fault lines in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary are clear when it comes to health care. On one side are Sens. Bernie Sanders (Vermont)…
Continue Reading Trump asked the Pentagon to explore trench on the border, Pentagon advised against it
The Pentagon pushed back against President Donald Trump’s request to construct a trench along the US-Mexico border to stop illegal border…
Continue Reading ‘Someone who has never been hungry for the spotlight’: Meet the ambassador at the center of the Ukraine controversy
Editors’ note: This story, which originally published on October 10, has been updated with recent events in advance of Marie…
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Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to block subpoena for tax returns
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to block a Manhattan grand jury subpoena for copies of his…
Continue Reading READ: Trump team asks Supreme Court to block subpoena of President’s tax returns
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block a Manhattan grand jury subpoena for copies of his financial records and tax…
Continue Reading RNC to host annual meeting at Trump National Doral
The Republican National Committee will hold their annual winter meeting at President Donald Trump’s National Doral Miami resort in Florida, CNN…
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Bill Clinton: Impeachment shouldn’t stop Trump from working with Democrats
Former President Bill Clinton on Thursday said the House Democrats’ impeachment probe should not prevent President Donald Trump from working…
Continue Reading What won’t change when Donald Trump releases the April Ukraine call
At some point in the next 24(ish) hours, President Donald Trump is expected to release a rough transcript of an April telephone conversation he had…
Continue Reading Deval Patrick announces presidential campaign
Deval Patrick officially announced a late-entry 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday, thrusting the former Massachusetts governor into an already…
Continue Reading Top Democrats privately concede major shift in public opinion on impeachment is unlikely
House Democrats are publicly holding out hope that historic impeachment hearings will persuade a vast majority of the American public that President…
Continue Reading Trump appears poised to release transcripts after lengthy internal debate
President Donald Trump appears poised to make good on his vow to release a transcript of his first phone call with the Ukrainian President after a…
Continue Reading Pelosi argues Trump has admitted to ‘bribery’ in Ukraine scandal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi argued on Thursday that the President’s actions in the Ukraine scandal constitute “bribery” and that…
Continue Reading GOP senator blocks Dem’s effort to push gun bill amid California shooting
An impromptu effort to pass a gun background check bill in the Senate unanimously was quickly nixed by a Republican senator who said it would…
Continue Reading Republican Matt Bevin concedes defeat in Kentucky governor’s race
Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin conceded defeat on Thursday to Democratic state Attorney General Andy Beshear. “We’re going to have a…
Continue Reading Jon Huntsman announces bid for Utah governor
Jon Huntsman on Thursday announced his bid for a third term as Utah’s governor, saying it was “time to give back to our home state…
Continue Reading Apprehensions at the US-Mexico border continue to decline
Customs and Border Protection apprehended more than 42,000 migrants at the southern border in October, continuing a downward trend in arrests after…
Continue Reading Here is who made the November debate stage
Ten Democratic presidential candidates have qualified for the November debate, the Democratic National Committee announced on Thursday. The most…
Continue Reading Russian spies likely intercepted ambassador’s cell phone call with Trump
US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland’s cell phone call to President Donald Trump from a restaurant in Ukraine this summer…
Continue Reading Controversial Trump judicial pick Steven Menashi confirmed 51-41
The Senate has confirmed controversial judicial nominee Steven Menashi, a lawyer in the White House counsel’s office, to the 2nd Circuit Court…
Continue Reading Erdoğan showed GOP senators ‘surreal’ propaganda video during WH meeting
During a meeting in the Oval Office Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pulled out an iPad to show a small group of Republican…
Continue Reading FEMA nominee says he does not know the causes of climate change
The Trump administration’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency repeatedly said Thursday he doesn’t know the reasons…
Continue Reading State Department watchdog finds Trump appointees smeared career employee
High-ranking Trump administration political appointees within the State Department improperly retaliated against a career civil servant, according to…
Continue Reading Bill Taylor is Donald Trump’s impeachment nightmare
Bill Taylor was everything Democrats hoped he would be. And everything Republicans feared he might be. Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, was…
Continue Reading Impeachment hearings air to a divided nation
As the first public impeachment hearing in more than two decades aired Wednesday, Americans watched the spectacle unfold with curiosity, skepticism…
Continue Reading CNN and The Des Moines Register to release 2020 Iowa caucus poll Saturday
CNN and The Des Moines Register will release their fifth Iowa poll on Saturday, providing a look as to where 2020 presidential candidates stand in…
Continue Reading With a focus on Ukraine, Trump made 67 false claims last week
President Donald Trump made 67 false claims last week, 27 of them related to Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. This was the sixth consecutive…
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