Mattis laughs off Trump criticism: ‘I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals’
Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Thursday laughed off the news that President Donald Trump had called him “the world’s most…
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Republicans worried by Mulvaney’s confirmation Trump sought exchange of favors with Ukraine
A top White House official said on Thursday that President Donald Trump had withheld nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine in order to…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Former VA chief unloads on ‘subversive’ DC culture
Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin says in a new book he was shocked by an apparent culture of backstabbing in Washington and…
Continue Reading GOP rep says Trump’s Syria actions will affect US relations with allies
A GOP congressman and Air Force veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan said Friday President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops…
Continue Reading Rick Perry ‘didn’t see a problem’ talking to Giuliani about Ukraine and ‘doesn’t know’ if he’ll comply with House subpoena
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Friday he “didn’t see a problem” with being asked by President Donald Trump to speak with Rudy…
Continue Reading Sean Spicer is just the latest politico hoping to dance his way into your heart
Tom DeLay in 2009, in the middle of his indictment on charges of campaign money laundering. Rick Perry in 2016, after his failed presidential bid.…
Continue Reading On Syria, Trump is pushing Republicans too far
Defending the indefensible has become a cottage industry for Republican lawmakers in the era of Trump. In the days and weeks surrounding President…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump nonsensically claims other presidents tried to make his Turkey deal for ’10 years’ or ’15 years’
President Donald Trump likes to declare that he has managed to accomplish things that other presidents had tried and failed to achieve. He did it…
Continue Reading Just say it: Yes, I’m menstruating
In a recent unaired, cut-for-time commercial parody on “Saturday Night Live,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge asks Aidy Bryant for a tampon, but…
Continue Reading What House investigators have learned after two weeks of Ukraine interviews
Two weeks’ worth of testimony in the House impeachment probe paints a much deeper and detailed picture into how the President directed his…
Continue Reading ‘Get over it’: Top White House aide escalates impeachment drama in 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. A stunning…
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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…
Continue Reading 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…
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