Ethics complaint filed against El Paso City Council member Cassandra Hernandez
EL PASO, Texas — An ethics complaint has been filed against District 3 El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez. The complaint alleges Hernandez…
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The 5 top 2020 stories you need to know this week
With 92 days until the Iowa caucuses and a record number of Democratic candidates, the 2020 election is already in full swing. Every Sunday, outline…
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White House aide refusing to testify was on the Trump-Ukraine call when Mulvaney wasn’t
The House committees leading the impeachment inquiry are hoping to hear from Robert Blair, an assistant to President Donald Trump and senior adviser…
Continue Reading Booing Trump is giving him what he deserves
Another sporting event, another cascade of boos hurled at President Donald Trump. Though booing of politicians is not that unusual, it sure seems…
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Impeachment proceedings could be a gift to US enemies
The House of Representatives voted to formalize impeachment proceedings on Thursday, and they have a heavy slate of witnesses scheduled for testimony…
Continue Reading Sanders criticizes Warren’s health care plan: ‘I think we have a better way’
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized his 2020 presidential rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren‘s funding plan for “Medicare For All,”…
Continue Reading It’s one year until the 2020 election. Here are 10 numbers you need to know
In exactly one year, Americans will head to the ballot boxes to vote in presidential, Senate and gubernatorial elections. Here are 10 numbers…
Continue Reading Polls: Biden, Warren and Sanders lead Democrats
Three new national polls find that former Vice President Joe Biden and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are leading the pack of Democratic…
Continue Reading Kellyanne Conway says ‘I don’t know’ if Trump held up Ukraine military aid
White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that she does not know if President Donald Trump withheld US military aid to Ukraine, but…
Continue Reading Judge grants temporary restraining order against policy set to deny visas for immigrants who couldn’t afford health insurance
A judge in Oregon granted a temporary restraining order Saturday against a policy that would have denied immigrants a visa unless they can prove they…
Continue Reading Trump preps to welcome some of the Washington Nationals to the White House
Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters have on their radar, in this week’s “Inside Politics” forecast. 1. White…
Continue Reading Yang supports ‘Medicare for All’ label but would keep private insurance option
Businessman Andrew Yang said he supports “Medicare for All” but would keep the option of private insurance, in stark contrast to Sen.…
Continue Reading Trump met with loud boos, some cheers at UFC fight in New York
President Donald Trump was met with loud, sustained boos and some cheers as he entered Madison Square Garden for the Ultimate Fighting Championship…
Continue Reading Trump obeys Seinfeld’s law
“My parents didn’t want to move to Florida,” Jerry Seinfeld used to say in his standup routines, “but they’re in their…
Continue Reading Top aide to White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney refuses to testify before House impeachment inquiry
A top aide to White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Robert Blair, has refused to testify in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Eric Trump’s claim The Trump Organization has no business ties overseas
President Donald Trump’s business is back in the spotlight. Less than a week after the President reversed course on his plan to host next…
Continue Reading Mueller interview notes obtained by CNN show Trump’s push for stolen emails
President Donald Trump and other top 2016 Trump campaign officials repeatedly privately discussed how the campaign could get access to stolen…
Continue Reading Despite border barriers, law enforcement warns human smuggling undeterred
Efforts by the Trump administration to secure portions of the 1,933-mile long US-Mexico border with reinforced physical barriers have done little to…
Continue Reading READ: Newly released interview notes from Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation
This weekend’s release of interview notes from Robert Mueller’s investigation marks the first publicly available behind-the-scenes look…
Continue Reading The truth about ISIS’s threat
In the most recent Democratic debate, an animated Joe Biden exclaimed that ISIS “is going to come here” as a result of Trump’s…
Continue Reading Manafort pushed conspiracy theory blaming Ukraine for election hacking as far back as 2016
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort blamed Ukrainians for the hack into computers of the Democratic National…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Border agents say smugglers in Mexico are sawing through parts of Trump’s border wall
Smuggling gangs in Mexico have been able to breach new sections of President Donald Trump’s border wall in recent months, according to a new…
Continue Reading Trump administration proposes rule that allows faith-based child welfare groups to exclude LGBTQ families
The Trump administration has proposed a rule that critics say will allow adoption and foster care agencies to receive federal grants, even if they…
Continue Reading Trump administration puts indefinite hold on Lebanon aid
The Trump administration has indefinitely suspended military aid to support Lebanese Armed Forces, a source with knowledge told CNN. The White House…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump lies about CNN at Mississippi rally
President Donald Trump stood before thousands of supporters in Mississippi on Friday night, squinted and pointed, and told them he was seeing…
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Team Trump still divided over decision to release Ukraine transcript
When President Donald Trump declared in September he hoped the world would read his phone call with Ukraine’s President, some of his advisers…
Continue Reading Castro fights to stay in race as staff looks for other jobs
Julián Castro plans to refocus his 2020 presidential campaign on Iowa, Nevada and Texas in the coming days and is supporting his staffers looking…
Continue Reading Why impeachment is not a ‘coup’
No, impeachment is not a coup. Conservatives defending President Donald Trump have repeated this talking point in the weeks since House Speaker Nancy…
Continue Reading What critics are missing about Prince’s raw, rule-breaking memoir
“The Beautiful Ones” is exactly what I would expect a Prince memoir to be: complicated, nuanced, unconventional and written in a language…
Continue Reading Justice Department turns to counterterrorism techniques to fight mass shootings
When a string of mass shootings rocked the country this summer, leaving scores dead across California, Texas and Ohio, the question of how to prevent…
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