Spending on ads focused on impeachment soars
Spending on television ads that focus on impeachment has nearly tripled in the last two months, a sign of how much the fast-moving impeachment…
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Bloomberg woos Democrats with his wallet as he mulls a presidential bid
Michael Bloomberg is greasing the Democratic wheels ahead of a possible run for president. The former New York mayor’s political team has…
Continue Reading Pelosi to participate in CNN town hall as House weighs impeachment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will participate in a CNN town hall in December, where she will take questions directly from a cross-section of voters as…
Continue Reading Democrats’ diverse debate stage highlights society’s progress — and problems
To riff on a popular construction: our debate stage, ourselves. Four people of color, four women and one gay man squared off during Wednesday…
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Fiona Hill offers broad defense of impeachment witnesses: ‘We came as fact witnesses’
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s former top Russia adviser offered a broad defense of the witnesses who have testified in the…
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Yang says impeachment may not help the Democrats in 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on Thursday said the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump may not help Democrats win…
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Exclusive: FBI official under investigation after allegedly altering document in 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON, DC — An FBI official is under criminal investigation after allegedly altering a document related to 2016 surveillance of a Trump…
Continue Reading Obama to worried Democrats: ‘Chill out about the candidates’
Former President Barack Obama bluntly urged Democrats nervous about the state of the party’s primary field to “chill out” on…
Continue Reading The public impeachment hearings were a total GOP disaster
It’s hard to imagine how the past three days could have gone worse for Republicans. The public impeachment hearings were never going to be a…
Continue Reading Trump says he won’t allow Navy to punish SEAL who posed with dead body
President Donald Trump has once again weighed in on potential disciplinary action against Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, appearing to override a Navy…
Continue Reading Arkansas woman claims in court filing DNA test confirms Hunter Biden fathered her child
A DNA test has “established with scientific certainty” that Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, is the father of an…
Continue Reading Republican senators discuss with White House would-be parameters of an impeachment trial
Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are working with the White House to prepare for the likely Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump,…
Continue Reading House Democrats move closer to impeaching Trump
House Democrats say they are undeterred by the White House preventing first-hand witnesses from testifying before the House Intelligence Committee…
Continue Reading Neither party has unified behind a Senate impeachment trial strategy
The US Senate does not currently have a timeline set for a potential impeachment trial should the House send one their way, senators and aides have…
Continue Reading Trump signs short-term funding bill to avert shutdown as deadline looms
President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill on Thursday to avert a government shutdown hours before funding for the federal government…
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California Supreme Court says law requiring presidential candidates to turn over tax returns is invalid
The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled the state’s new law that requires presidential candidates to disclose their tax…
Continue Reading ‘I think this is all going to blow up’: Witness says EU ambassador was running ‘domestic political errand’
A former top White House official on Thursday said that the effort to push Ukraine to open investigations into President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Trump administration begins deporting asylum seekers to Guatemala
The Trump administration has sent the first migrant to Guatemala as part of its agreement with the country to accept asylum seeking migrants from the…
Continue Reading Ex-Baltimore mayor pleads guilty to charges stemming from book deal scandal
Former Democratic Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges stemming from a book deal…
Continue Reading 4 takeaways from latest impeachment witnesses, Fiona Hill and David Holmes
House Democrats wrapped up their week of marathon impeachment hearings Thursday, with two more witnesses who further corroborated the allegations…
Continue Reading Trump awards 8 National Medals of Arts and Humanities
President Donald Trump awarded his first round of National Medal of Arts and National Medal of Humanities to eight recipients on Thursday. Recipients…
Continue Reading Trump administration notifies owners it will survey land for border wall
The Trump administration has sent letters to dozens of residences in California, New Mexico and Texas notifying owners that the government is going…
Continue Reading Booker campaign says he has crossed fundraising threshold for December debate
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker hit the fundraising threshold for the December presidential debate, his campaign said Thursday. Booker hit the threshold…
Continue Reading House tells Supreme Court Congress has the authority to subpoena Trump’s financial records
House Democrats are well within their authority to subpoena President Donald Trump’s financial papers, House lawyers told the Supreme Court on…
Continue Reading Fiona Hill’s extraordinary answer distills what impeachment is about
Fiona Hill’s extraordinary answer about her relationship with the American ambassador to the European Union was ultimately a finely distilled…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump falsely claims he ‘opened’ factory that has made Apple computers since 2013
President Donald Trump went to Austin, Texas, on Wednesday to tour a factory where Apple’s Mac Pro computers have been manufactured for about…
Continue Reading Two Air Force pilots killed in jet crash in Oklahoma
Two US Air Force personnel were killed when two T-38 training aircraft crashed near Vance Air Base in Oklahoma Thursday morning during a…
Continue Reading 8 takeaways from the November Democratic debate
Democratic voters are overwhelmingly focused on finding a candidate they believe can beat President Donald Trump. In Wednesday night’s debate,…
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Chad Wolf, new acting Homeland Security secretary, makes 1st visit to Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — Chad Wolf, now the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is making his first visit to the Borderland region…
Continue Reading How one Defense Department staffer completely undermined the White House’s Ukraine timeline
Laura Cooper isn’t a household name — even after her testimony Wednesday in front of the House Intelligence Committee. But something the…
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