Trump says he supports Senate impeachment trial if House moves ahead
President Donald Trump said he would like a full Senate trial if the House votes to impeach him during a wide-ranging and at times rambling hour-long…
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Divorce hearing testimony of Giuliani associate sheds light on campaign donations
Igor Fruman, the Soviet-born South Florida businessman at the center of a federal campaign finance probe involving the President’s personal…
Continue Reading President Trump made 53 false claims last week, including 29 in a speech to New York business leaders
President Donald Trump made a conventional kind of presidential appearance last week, delivering a speech about the economy to a gathering of New…
Continue Reading Fiona Hill nails the Democrats’ case
Fiona Hill, the last witness in two weeks of televised impeachment hearings, made the case against her old boss President Donald Trump better than…
Continue Reading Trump signals he’s open to Pompeo running for Kansas Senate seat
President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he’s open to his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, leaving the administration to pursue a Senate…
Continue Reading Trump won’t say whether he’ll sign Hong Kong bill, citing trade talks
President Donald Trump would not say Friday whether he plans to sign legislation enacting tough sanctions on China for its crackdown in Hong Kong,…
Continue Reading Fiona Hill, Trump’s former top Russia adviser, wrote the book on Putin
Fiona Hill, President Donald Trump’s former top Russia adviser, testified publicly on Thursday before the House Intelligence Committee in the…
Continue Reading Hearings over, all eyes on Supreme Court showdowns over Trump’s financial records
The US Supreme Court now stands at the precipice of a constitutional clash that could determine whether Donald Trump or any future President may…
Continue Reading Democrats wrap monumental week of hearings with an eye on drafting articles of impeachment
House Democrats wrapped up one of the most monumental weeks on Capitol Hill in decades on Thursday before leaving town for the Thanksgiving recess.…
Continue Reading Spending on ads focused on impeachment soars
Spending on television ads that focus on impeachment has nearly tripled in the last two months, a sign of how much the fast-moving impeachment…
Continue Reading Bloomberg woos Democrats with his wallet as he mulls a presidential bid
Michael Bloomberg is greasing the Democratic wheels ahead of a possible run for president. The former New York mayor’s political team has…
Continue Reading Pelosi to participate in CNN town hall as House weighs impeachment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will participate in a CNN town hall in December, where she will take questions directly from a cross-section of voters as…
Continue Reading Democrats’ diverse debate stage highlights society’s progress — and problems
To riff on a popular construction: our debate stage, ourselves. Four people of color, four women and one gay man squared off during Wednesday…
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Fiona Hill offers broad defense of impeachment witnesses: ‘We came as fact witnesses’
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s former top Russia adviser offered a broad defense of the witnesses who have testified in the…
Continue Reading Yang says impeachment may not help the Democrats in 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on Thursday said the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump may not help Democrats win…
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Exclusive: FBI official under investigation after allegedly altering document in 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON, DC — An FBI official is under criminal investigation after allegedly altering a document related to 2016 surveillance of a Trump…
Continue Reading Obama to worried Democrats: ‘Chill out about the candidates’
Former President Barack Obama bluntly urged Democrats nervous about the state of the party’s primary field to “chill out” on…
Continue Reading The public impeachment hearings were a total GOP disaster
It’s hard to imagine how the past three days could have gone worse for Republicans. The public impeachment hearings were never going to be a…
Continue Reading Trump says he won’t allow Navy to punish SEAL who posed with dead body
President Donald Trump has once again weighed in on potential disciplinary action against Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, appearing to override a Navy…
Continue Reading Arkansas woman claims in court filing DNA test confirms Hunter Biden fathered her child
A DNA test has “established with scientific certainty” that Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, is the father of an…
Continue Reading Republican senators discuss with White House would-be parameters of an impeachment trial
Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are working with the White House to prepare for the likely Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump,…
Continue Reading House Democrats move closer to impeaching Trump
House Democrats say they are undeterred by the White House preventing first-hand witnesses from testifying before the House Intelligence Committee…
Continue Reading Neither party has unified behind a Senate impeachment trial strategy
The US Senate does not currently have a timeline set for a potential impeachment trial should the House send one their way, senators and aides have…
Continue Reading Trump signs short-term funding bill to avert shutdown as deadline looms
President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill on Thursday to avert a government shutdown hours before funding for the federal government…
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California Supreme Court says law requiring presidential candidates to turn over tax returns is invalid
The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled the state’s new law that requires presidential candidates to disclose their tax…
Continue Reading ‘I think this is all going to blow up’: Witness says EU ambassador was running ‘domestic political errand’
A former top White House official on Thursday said that the effort to push Ukraine to open investigations into President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Trump administration begins deporting asylum seekers to Guatemala
The Trump administration has sent the first migrant to Guatemala as part of its agreement with the country to accept asylum seeking migrants from the…
Continue Reading Ex-Baltimore mayor pleads guilty to charges stemming from book deal scandal
Former Democratic Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges stemming from a book deal…
Continue Reading 4 takeaways from latest impeachment witnesses, Fiona Hill and David Holmes
House Democrats wrapped up their week of marathon impeachment hearings Thursday, with two more witnesses who further corroborated the allegations…
Continue Reading Trump awards 8 National Medals of Arts and Humanities
President Donald Trump awarded his first round of National Medal of Arts and National Medal of Humanities to eight recipients on Thursday. Recipients…
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