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…
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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…
Continue Reading Elijah Cummings understood the meaning of struggle
The sudden passing of Elijah Cummings, the passionate and outspoken civil rights advocate and congressman from Maryland, is a major loss to American…
Continue Reading Trump to host G7 at his own Florida resort property
White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney announced during a White House press briefing that the 2020 G7 summit will be held at Trump National…
Continue Reading READ: Trump European Union ambassador’s testimony before Congress
US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is speaking behind closed doors on Thursday before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and…
Continue Reading Trump tweeted a photo attacking Nancy Pelosi. She made it her Twitter cover photo.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday redirected an attack from President Donald Trump on Twitter, turning a photo he had tweeted of her during a…
Continue Reading Final simulator tests for 737 MAX expected to begin in early November, sources say
A select group of US and international airline pilots are expected to participate in the final round of simulator testing of Boeing’s new…
Continue Reading Here’s what we really need to be debating
Many heads turned when the moderators of the fourth Democratic debate ended the three-hour extravaganza with this: “…we’d like you…
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, key figure in Trump investigations, dies at 68
Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat and key figure leading investigations into President Donald Trump, has died at age 68, his office…
Continue Reading Wasserman Schultz says Cummings ‘had unmatched integrity, wisdom’
House Oversight Committee member Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz mourned on Thursday the passing of the panel’s chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings,…
Continue Reading Menendez says WH meeting with Hill leaders was ‘belligerent from the get-go’
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee said Thursday that a rancorous White House meeting on Syria — during which top…
Continue Reading Trump wrote letter to Erdogan telling him ‘don’t be a fool’
In an extraordinary letter sent to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week, President Donald Trump warned that he could destroy…
Continue Reading It’s now or never for Castro, Gabbard, Klobuchar and O’Rourke
For four Democrats, the CNN/New York Times presidential debate on Tuesday night could have been their last. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, former…
Continue Reading Trump and Graham: It’s complicated
Sen. Lindsey Graham is frantic. “He’s making the biggest mistake of his presidency,” the South Carolina Republican tells reporters…
Continue Reading Twitter tells Kamala Harris why it won’t suspend Trump’s account
Twitter told Sen. Kamala Harris that it would not suspend President Donald Trump’s account despite her urging the company to do so, according…
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