Chicago police superintendent says he’s skipping Trump speech
The superintendent of the Chicago Police Department will not attend President Donald Trump’s speech during next week’s conference of…
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Fact-checking Republican complaints about the impeachment inquiry
Since House Democrats announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump last month, Congressional Republicans have attempted to push…
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Republicans in Congress take the reins in impeachment defense amid damaging testimony for Trump
Faced with a barrage of damaging headlines for President Donald Trump stemming from impeachment inquiry testimony, congressional Republicans are…
Continue Reading Sanders unveils plan to legalize marijuana, invest tax revenue in minority businesses
Sen. Bernie Sanders released a comprehensive plan late Thursday afternoon to legalize marijuana, begin a process to expunge old pot-related…
Continue Reading Trump is about to give Putin another gift
Another critical legacy of the post-Cold War era may be on the verge of biting the dust now that President Donald Trump’s administration is…
Continue Reading Elijah Cummings lies in state at the Capitol
Congressional leaders honored the late Rep. Elijah Cummings on Thursday as his body laid in state in National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol.…
Continue Reading CNN Poll: Most Americans are concerned about Syria and think it’s likely ISIS will reemerge
Three-quarters of Americans are concerned about the situation in Syria and many see a reemergence of ISIS as likely following recent changes in US…
Continue Reading Bill Taylor testimony ‘reverberating’ among House Republicans, GOP sources say
The opening statement of Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, is “reverberating” on Capitol Hill among Republicans, according to…
Continue Reading How Trump picks his Medal of Freedom honorees
When Tom Stevens got an email from the White House saying that President Donald Trump was considering giving his grandfather, baseball legend Babe…
Continue Reading NYC’s Bill de Blasio: ‘We would arrest’ Trump if he actually shot someone on Fifth Avenue
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that President Donald Trump would be arrested if he shot someone on Fifth Avenue, rebuffing arguments…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter released from hospital following treatment for injury from fall
Former President Jimmy Carter has been released from the hospital after being treated for an injury sustained during a fall at his home earlier this…
Continue Reading After 300 days in a Russian prison, Paul Whelan ordered held until late December
Paul Whelan, a US national detained in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison on espionage charges, has now been behind bars for 300 days as a judge once…
Continue Reading Anita Hill says she’s ‘ready to hold Joe Biden accountable’ for role in 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Anita Hill said she’s “ready to hold Joe Biden accountable” for his role in leading the confirmation hearing of now-Supreme Court…
Continue Reading Education Department official who oversaw student loans steps down, announces Senate bid promising to forgive student debt
A top Education Department official who oversaw student loans announced Thursday he is resigning and will seek a soon-to-be vacant Senate seat,…
Continue Reading White House trade adviser declines to say whether investigating Bidens was mentioned during China trade talks
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Thursday declined to answer questions about whether China opening an investigation into former Vice…
Continue Reading Here are the 18 Democrats who are running for president
The 2020 Democratic nominating contest is well underway, with 18 Democrats who have thrown their hats into the ring. Here’s an updated look of…
Continue Reading Tim Ryan ends 2020 presidential campaign
Rep. Tim Ryan dropped out of the 2020 presidential race on Thursday, ending a campaign that failed to gain any traction in a large field of…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s Colorado border wall is not a thing
On Wednesday night in Pittsburgh, President Donald Trump said this: “And we’re building a wall on the border of New Mexico and…
Continue Reading Veterans Affairs whistleblower office ‘floundered,’ investigation finds
The Department of Veterans Affairs whistleblower protection office has “significant deficiencies” and “floundered in its mission to…
Continue Reading The other ‘Nixon’ leaves ultimate responsibility for Trump’s removal with Congress
President Donald Trump has been trying to avert impeachment, tweeting furiously to influence public opinion and predicting that any legal battle…
Continue Reading Trump says US is building a wall in Colorado — a state that doesn’t border Mexico
During a speech on American energy in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, President Donald Trump ticked through his usual issues before making an unusual remark…
Continue Reading Trump’s impeachment defense has come to this
President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense has come to this. His Republican shock troops storm secure hearing rooms, he blasts Republican…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Trump’s claim that escaped ISIS prisoners were ‘largely recaptured’
President Donald Trump said in a speech Wednesday morning that the ISIS prisoners who escaped in Syria have been “largely recaptured.”…
Continue Reading Amy Klobuchar qualifies for November Democratic debate
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is the latest candidate to qualify for the next Democratic presidential debate in November after receiving 3% in a…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg gets aggressive as he looks to break out of the middle
Pete Buttigieg is done waiting. After rising from relative obscurity earlier this year, the South Bend, Indiana, mayor has found his campaign…
Continue Reading The man accused of running Asia’s biggest drug trafficking syndicate has been revealed. Here’s what needs to happen next
The Sam Gor syndicate and its leader, Tse Chi Lop, stand accused of running what is arguably the biggest drug-trafficking operation in Asia’s…
Continue Reading Republicans barging into secure room to stall impeachment inquiry highlights another wild day
A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Impeachment Watch newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. In…
Continue Reading Republicans demand Schiff bring whistleblower to testify publicly
The top Republicans on the committees involved in the impeachment inquiry on Wednesday demanded House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff…
Continue Reading Republican lawmaker says it’s ‘beneath the office of the presidency’ for Trump to call critics ‘human scum’
A high-profile member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee chided President Donald Trump on Wednesday for calling Republicans who have refused to…
Continue Reading How two businessmen hustled to profit from access to Rudy Giuliani and the Trump administration
Long before they burst onto the national scene with their high-profile arrests at Dulles International Airport earlier this month, Soviet-born…
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