The guardrails are off the Trump presidency
Get over it. That apt mission doctrine for a presidency blazing with abuses of power, conflicts of interest and unhinged behavior is the work of…
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Trump likens Turkish attack on Kurds to schoolyard fight: ‘Let them fight and then you pull them apart’
President Donald Trump on Thursday compared the attack by the Turkish military on Syrian Kurds, onetime American allies in the fight against ISIS, to…
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Beto O’Rourke hosts Texas counter-rally to President Trump’s Dallas campaign event
Hundreds of supporters filled the Theatre in Grand Prairie for Beto O’Rourke’s “Rally Against Fear” on Thursday evening. The…
Continue Reading US foreign aid reinstated to Northern Triangle countries, DHS secretary announces
Outgoing acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan announced on Thursday the restoration of previously frozen foreign aid to the Northern…
Continue Reading Trump unhappy with Mulvaney’s press briefing in which he acknowledged quid pro quo, source says
President Donald Trump is not pleased with acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney’s press briefing and his acknowledgment on Thursday of a quid…
Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi isn’t all women, but for a moment she was
We see you, Nancy Pelosi. Demanding answers, demanding to be heard. We see you, Madam Speaker — the highest-ranking woman in Washington —…
Continue Reading Rick Perry informs Trump of his plans to resign later this year as scrutiny over Ukraine heats up
Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Thursday that he plans to leave his post later this year after he informed President Donald Trump of his…
Continue Reading Mulvaney brashly admits quid pro quo over Ukraine aid as key details emerge — and then denies doing so
White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney made a stunning admission Thursday by confirming that President Donald Trump froze nearly $400…
Continue Reading Trump’s Syria policy and behavior in meeting alarm Republicans
Members of President Donald Trump’s own party are privately alarmed at his demeanor this week and his apparent lack of understanding of the…
Continue Reading Inside Mike Pence’s 9 hours in Turkey
When Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shook hands on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews Wednesday before boarding separate…
Continue Reading Trump’s top China adviser appears to have made up expert he regularly quoted
In his 2011 book “Death by China,” President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Peter Navarro quoted a China hawk named “Ron…
Continue Reading Trump told GM workers he could save their plant, but it’s gone for good
As details emerged Thursday about the tentative United Auto Workers agreement with General Motors, one thing became clear: The shuttered GM plant in…
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry tells Trump during their flight to Texas that he plans to quit
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, described by colleagues as one of the “three amigos” on U.S. policy on the Ukraine, will step down at…
Continue Reading Architect of bin Laden raid says Trump is working to ‘destroy’ the country
Retired Adm. William McRaven said Thursday that the US is under attack from President Donald Trump, who he believes is working to…
Continue Reading Pence announces Syria ceasefire that appears to give Turkey everything it wants
US Vice President Mike Pence announced in Turkey Thursday that he and Turkish President Erdogan agreed to a ceasefire halting Turkey’s…
Continue Reading This election model says 2020 is ‘Trump’s to lose’
Donald Trump: Two-term president? While that prospect may seem distant amid an endless series of terrible headlines — Syria! Ukraine!…
Continue Reading Meet the lawyer behind the House’s impeachment inquiry
Recognizable names like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff are the public faces of the fast-moving impeachment…
Continue Reading Ambassador breaks with Trump, testifying the President directed diplomats to work with Giuliani on Ukraine
US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland was directed by President Donald Trump to work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine, he told Congress on…
Continue Reading Mulvaney outlines White House Ukraine defense: Quid pro quo was about 2016 not 2020
The White House has settled on its defense for President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani’s actions on Ukraine: It’s all about 2016, not…
Continue Reading Two men plead not guilty in alleged campaign finance scheme tied to Giuliani associates
Two men charged in a federal campaign finance case involving associates of Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty Thursday in Manhattan federal court. The…
Continue Reading Pelosi’s Twitter flex subverts Trump’s attempt to stereotype powerful women
How best to capture the politics of the moment? With a cover photo, naturally. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump tweeted a photo that he used in…
Continue Reading This health care ruling could endanger untold numbers of LGBTQ Americans
A young man I met while doing advocacy work once told me a horrific story that has stuck with me for years. He realized he was having trouble…
Continue Reading Senate again fails to override Trump’s border wall emergency declaration
The Republican-controlled Senate failed on Thursday to overturn President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration he has used to pay for…
Continue Reading Hours before passing, Cummings signed subpoenas directed to two US immigration agencies
In one of his last official acts before his death, the late House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings signed two subpoenas for…
Continue Reading Ukrainian energy giant was a focus for Rick Perry and Giuliani associates
In the months leading up to President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, multiple people associated…
Continue Reading O’Rourke struggles to outline specifics on proposed mandatory gun buyback
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke struggled to explain on Wednesday how he would make people who wish to do harm with an assault-style weapon to comply…
Continue Reading It’s official: Elizabeth Warren is our new Democratic 2020 front-runner
Within the first 10 minutes of Tuesday’s fourth presidential debate, you could tell something fundamental had changed in the race: Elizabeth…
Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi says Donald Trump is melting down. There’s lots of evidence she’s right.
After (yet another) hugely contentious meeting between President Donald Trump and congressional leaders at the White House on Wednesday, Democratic…
Continue Reading McConnell wants a Syria resolution stronger than what passed the Democratically controlled House
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops from Syria, said Thursday he…
Continue Reading Obama says ‘Cummings stood tallest and most resolute when our country needed him the most’
Former President Barack Obama remembered the late Rep. Elijah Cummings on Thursday, saying the longtime Maryland Democrat “stood tallest and…
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