What will Mitch McConnell do?
The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump has been a riveting and disturbing drama — even as we know it will almost certainly…
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Aide to New York Gov. Cuomo says administration worried nursing home data would ‘be used against us’
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide told Democratic lawmakers that his administration took months to release data on the…
Continue Reading Blinken removing Yemen’s Houthis from list of foreign terrorist organizations effective next week
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is removing Yemen’s Houthi rebels from the US list of foreign terrorist organizations as of next Tuesday,…
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Biden meets with New Mexico governor, others to discuss Covid relief & vaccines
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors, including New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, at the…
Continue Reading US files complaint with Israel over unfair airline treatment for Tel Aviv flights
The US Department of Transportation has filed a complaint with Israel over unfair treatment of airlines, stemming from the closure of Ben Gurion…
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Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers in Mexico into U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next…
Continue Reading Inside the Senate chamber: Sketches of senators and empty desks during Day 3 of the impeachment trial
The energy level in the Senate was reserved Thursday as the House managers wrapped up their second full day of arguments in the impeachment trial of…
Continue Reading Paramilitant communications under close scrutiny in Capitol riot investigation, court records show
Secret communications cited in court records are revealing just how aggressively federal prosecutors are working to understand the paramilitary…
Continue Reading If Trump is acquitted, then we may as well strike the impeachment provision from the Constitution
In today’s partisan political world, we often hear folks on both sides of the aisle say, “Elections have consequences,” to explain…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley makes her move against Donald Trump
Nikki Haley hasn’t said much about Donald Trump and the future of the Republican Party since the former President went down the rabbit hole of…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley criticizes Trump and says he has no future in the GOP
Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley directly criticized former President Donald Trump for his involvement stoking the US Capitol…
Continue Reading Biden weighs in on Trump’s impeachment trial saying the Senate has ‘a very important job’
President Joe Biden weighed in on his predecessor’s ongoing impeachment trial on Thursday while meeting with a bipartisan group of senators…
Continue Reading Biden says he’s anxious to see what Republicans do in impeachment trial
President Joe Biden said Friday he is “anxious” to see how Senate Republicans will vote in the impeachment trial and whether they will…
Continue Reading Trump lawyers have a lot of explaining to do
On Day 3 of Trump Impeachment 2, the Democratic House managers provided compelling evidence that Donald Trump knew that what he was saying on Jan. 6…
Continue Reading Justice Department says an Oath Keepers leader waited for Trump’s direction before Capitol attack
The Justice Department is now making clear that a leader among the Oath Keepers paramilitary group — who planned and led others in the US…
Continue Reading Woman who allegedly broke a Capitol window with a battering ram will be released from jail pending trial, judge rules
Rachel Powell, the Pennsylvania mother of eight who allegedly broke a Capitol window with a battering ram during the January 6 riot, will be released…
Continue Reading Military officials were unaware of potential danger to Pence’s ‘nuclear football’ during Capitol riot
Military officials overseeing the authorization process to launch nuclear weapons were unaware on January 6 that then-Vice President Mike…
Continue Reading Fact check: Claim about an insurrectionist trying to send a Pelosi laptop to Russia hasn’t been proven
Arguing that the Capitol insurrection damaged US national security, one of the House impeachment managers, Rep. Joaquin Castro, spoke Thursday about…
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Netanyahu’s wait for a call from Biden raises questions about US priorities
The White House insists President Joe Biden will “soon” speak with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the wait, which…
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Cowboys for Trump head, El Paso Walmart shooting mentioned in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON, DC — In day three of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, a U.S. House prosecutor invoked mentions of Cowboys Trump…
Continue Reading House committee advances key portion of Covid-19 relief bill hours after Democrats finish arguments in impeachment trial
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced its portion of the coronavirus relief bill Thursday just hours after the House impeachment managers…
Continue Reading How Americans know Trump is guilty
One reason to put an impeached president on trial after he has left office is to deliver a clear, decisive verdict that the defendant’s actions…
Continue Reading Trump’s Covid-19 condition was so concerning that doctors considered putting him on a ventilator, source confirms
Former President Donald Trump’s condition after testing positive for Covid-19 became so concerning last October that there was talk of putting…
Continue Reading Get ready for Trump’s defense
House Democrats rested their case against of President Donald Trump. House impeachment managers dedicated the third day of Trump’s second…
Continue Reading Three GOP senators meet with Trump’s lawyers on eve of impeachment defense presentation
A trio of Republican senators allied with former President Donald Trump met with his defense team Thursday evening, in the middle of an impeachment…
Continue Reading How we know Trump is guilty
One reason to put an impeached president on trial after he has left office is to deliver a clear, decisive verdict that the defendant’s actions…
Continue Reading Trump’s defense team expected to finish its arguments in one day
Former President Donald Trump’s defense team expects to finish its arguments in the Senate’s impeachment trial by Friday night, two…
Continue Reading Woman seen directing rioters with megaphone had ‘go bags,’ smashed cell phones and firearms paraphernalia at home, prosecutor says
Federal prosecutors said in an appeal filed Wednesday that the FBI found smashed cell phones and “go bags” at the home of the woman who…
Continue Reading Biden declares there will be enough vaccines for 300 million Americans by end of July
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the United States will have enough coronavirus vaccines for 300 million Americans by the end of July,…
Continue Reading Read lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin’s closing remarks in the House’s case against Trump
House impeachment managers on Thursday concluded their case against Donald Trump, urging senators to convict the former President for inciting the…
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