It’s been another busy week. Here’s the latest on the impeachment inquiry
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Buttigieg unveils criminal justice plan as he struggles to gain traction with black voters in South Carolina
Pete Buttigieg unveiled his criminal justice plan on Saturday, coinciding with a two-day swing through South Carolina — a state where he has…
Continue Reading Trump says US doing ‘very well’ in Syria as allies hint military plans might change
President Donald Trump declared Friday that the US is doing “very well” in Syria as the Pentagon began moving personnel and armored…
Continue Reading By pressing Zelensky for political favors, Trump upended US support for ‘rule of law’ in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a political newcomer who took over in May, probably knew he would face all kinds of challenges during his…
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Giuliani talks money and Bidens in dual accidental phone calls to reporter
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, left two apparently unintended voicemails on a reporter’s phone this fall in…
Continue Reading Trump Organization explores selling DC hotel
The Trump Organization is considering selling its three-year-old hotel in downtown Washington, DC, that’s been a focus of ongoing complaints…
Continue Reading Pentagon awards controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft in Amazon snub
Microsoft has won a hotly contested contract to provide cloud computing services to the Defense Department, besting Amazon in a months-long…
Continue Reading Only 10 students invited to Trump’s speech at historically black college
More than 200 people attended President Donald Trump’s speech at Benedict College, but only about 10 actual students were invited to the event…
Continue Reading McAleenan says he won’t testify at terrorism hearing despite receiving subpoena
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan informed the House Homeland Security Committee on Friday that he won’t testify at a…
Continue Reading Elijah Cummings’ funeral was an inspiring celebration of idealism and decency
With the death of Elijah Cummings, the United States lost a great statesman. At his funeral in Baltimore on Friday morning, great statesmanship —…
Continue Reading Coalition of Inspectors General slam DOJ opinion on whistleblower complaint
A coalition of Inspectors General is urging the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel to withdraw or modify its opinion that the…
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Maria Butina released from federal prison, deported to Russia
Russian gun rights enthusiast Maria Butina was released from the Tallahassee Federal Correction Institution on Friday after having served more than…
Continue Reading Mike Pompeo gets slapped down
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been trying to have his cake and eat it too for quite a while now. And The Kansas City Star is sick of it. See,…
Continue Reading Trump administration suspends US commercial flights to 9 destinations in Cuba except Havana
Flights to nine destinations in Cuba, not including Havana, will be suspended by the Department of Transportation. The department issued a notice on…
Continue Reading Joe Biden releases labor plan in middle-class pitch
Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a plan Friday that aims to protect workers’ rights and to strengthen unions and collective…
Continue Reading Pompeo endorses work of Ukraine diplomat dismissed by Trump as ‘never Trumper’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seemed to voice subdued approval of the work of the top US diplomat in Ukraine whose testimony undermined the…
Continue Reading Witch hunts and lynching: How Trump appropriates victimhood
Shall we skip right to the obvious? Virtually the only moments when President Donald Trump refers to the pain and persecution of a marginalized group…
Continue Reading The President has failed us. We must look out for one another instead
One year ago, on October 27, 11 people were murdered while praying in the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue. It was the deadliest attack on the…
Continue Reading Republican campaigns unload donations from Giuliani’s indicted associates
Republican lawmakers and political action committees that took money from Rudy Giuliani’s two associates who are now at the center of the…
Continue Reading Bolton lawyers in talks about possible impeachment deposition
Lawyers for former national security adviser John Bolton have had talks with the three House committees leading the impeachment inquiry about a…
Continue Reading Judge says impeachment inquiry is legal and justifies disclosing grand jury material
A federal judge on Friday gave a legal endorsement to the House Democrats’ impeachment probe into President Donald Trump and ordered the…
Continue Reading Cummings’ widow says attacks on Baltimore ‘hurt’ the late congressman
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the widow of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, said on Friday that the congressman was “hurt” in the last months…
Continue Reading Graham announces resolution condemning House impeachment inquiry process has 50 co-sponsors
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump’s on Capitol Hill, announced Friday that a resolution he introduced…
Continue Reading President Trump will stop at nothing to win a second term
The Justice Department is reportedly conducting a criminal investigation into its own probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election — a…
Continue Reading US budget deficit balloons to nearly $1 trillion for fiscal 2019
The US budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion for the 2019 fiscal year, according to data released by the Treasury Department on Friday, the…
Continue Reading What, exactly, is Tulsi Gabbard doing?
Two very interesting things happened Thursday night: 1) Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat, announced she would not seek reelection, choosing…
Continue Reading One year after the Tree of Life shooting, a plea for relentless love
Our nation remembers and heals one year after a gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, yelled “All Jews must die” and…
Continue Reading Charles Barkley tells Pence to ‘shut the hell up’ over criticizing NBA for China controversy
Retired NBA superstar Charles Barkley had harsh words for Mike Pence on Thursday after the vice president accused the league of acting as a…
Continue Reading Lawmakers will not get to interview whistleblower in person, attorneys say
Prospects are growing increasingly grim that congressional investigators will have the opportunity to interview the anonymous whistleblower whose…
Continue Reading A mystery that’s baffling investigators: What changed Trump’s mind on $400 million in Ukraine aid?
President Donald Trump was already under fire for freezing aid to Ukraine when a Republican senator set off another alarm bell: If Trump didn’t…
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