US close to implementing asylum agreement with Guatemala
The Trump administration is close to implementing an asylum agreement with Guatemala that would limit who’s eligible for asylum in the United…
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Republicans focus on Democrats — not Trump — in impeachment inquiry
A day after Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, undermined President Donald Trump’s defenses with his testimony in the House…
Continue Reading ‘No quid pro quo’: How Trump wants to sidetrack impeachment
President Donald Trump has hijacked the impeachment debate with the phrase “no quid pro quo.” He defended his actions using the slogan…
Continue Reading Federal judge: ‘If we want to stop mass shootings, we should stop punishing police officers’
One of President Donald Trump’s appointees to the federal bench issued a controversial opinion this week with a startling opening line that…
Continue Reading Mark Zuckerberg tells Congress anti-trust ‘didn’t come up’ during ‘private’ Trump meeting
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reluctantly offered Congress a few details about his September meeting with President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers on…
Continue Reading Expect Trump to fight as if his life depends on it
Faced with the possibility of impeachment, President Donald Trump has declared Congress’s inquiry to be a political “lynching” and…
Continue Reading Bipartisan bill aims to reverse change in how some children of military and federal employees overseas become citizens
The top members of the House Judiciary Committee leadership introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would reverse a policy by the Trump…
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Trump announces he’s lifting Turkey sanctions as his Syria envoy says Turkish-backed forces committed war crimes
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he was lifting all sanctions on Turkey after it agreed to halt its attack on America’s former…
Continue Reading Texas House speaker won’t seek reelection in wake of scandal
The Republican speaker of the Texas House of Representatives announced Tuesday that he will not be seeking reelection in 2020 amid a scandal…
Continue Reading Giuliani associates Fruman and Parnas plead not guilty to campaign finance charges
Two men who have served as Rudy Giuliani’s conduit to Ukraine pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court Wednesday to charges that they…
Continue Reading Chad Wolf under consideration for Homeland Security top job
The White House is considering Chad Wolf to replace the outgoing acting Homeland Security secretary, according to two sources familiar with the…
Continue Reading It’s official: Political Twitter is a partisan hellscape
Political Twitter is a wasteland of partisan sniping wholly unreflective of the country as a whole. (That’s long been my personal opinion. But…
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Trump couldn’t be charged for a Fifth Avenue shooting while in office, his lawyer argues
A federal appeals court expressed skepticism Wednesday that President Donald Trump can block a subpoena from New York state prosecutors for his tax…
Continue Reading Judge orders State Department to release Ukraine records in 30 days
A federal judge Wednesday gave the State Department 30 days to release Ukraine-related records, including communications between Secretary of State…
Continue Reading Trump is doing Biden a big favor
Reports of former Vice President Joe Biden’s political demise have been greatly exaggerated. So says a new national poll taken by CNN. Instead…
Continue Reading Only 7(!) Republican senators are ruling out removing Donald Trump
Earlier this week, the conservative Daily Caller website asked the offices of each of the 53 Republican senators whether they opposed the impeachment…
Continue Reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg wins $1 million award for championing human rights
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has long championed human rights. Now, the 86-year-old’s decades of service have earned a nonprofit of her choosing $1…
Continue Reading Cory Booker says he’s the alternative to Joe Biden: ‘Look no further’
Warning of “growing signs of weakness” from front-runner Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, Sen. Cory Booker on Wednesday offered…
Continue Reading Melania Trump receives warm welcome on first solo Capitol Hill visit amid Syria, impeachment drama
President Donald Trump is a lightning rod on Capitol Hill, but his wife, however, apparently is not. In her first solo visit to speak with lawmakers…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Trump administration has tried to cut billions in foreign aid to fight corruption despite calling it a priority
The Trump administration has tried multiple times to cut billions from foreign aid programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and other…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump made 87 false claims last week, including 40 in a single day
President Donald Trump made 87 false claims last week, using relentless dishonesty to defend his dealings with Ukraine and his decisions on Syria.…
Continue Reading The House passes a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony
The House has unanimously passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. The PACT Act — which stands for Preventing Animal Cruelty…
Continue Reading Investigation finds Education Department employee’s office wasn’t vandalized
An incident at an Education Department employee’s office that was initially believed to be vandalism was in fact an act of gravity, an internal…
Continue Reading Justice Department sues California over air pollution agreement with Canada
The Justice Department sued California on Wednesday, claiming that the state bypassed federal authority when it entered into an environmental…
Continue Reading The most important number in the CNN 2020 poll isn’t the one you think it is
Joe Biden is ahead! By a lot! And by a lot more than he was just a few months ago! That’s the obvious takeaway from a new CNN poll conducted by…
Continue Reading Intelligence Committee member says diplomat’s ‘startling’ testimony was ‘most detailed, specific’ so far
A Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that testimony he heard from Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine,…
Continue Reading Freshman Democratic Rep. Katie Hill denies allegation of relationship with staffer
Freshman Democratic Rep. Katie Hill of California on Tuesday denied an allegation that she was in a relationship with a member of her congressional…
Continue Reading 5 explosive lines from Bill Taylor’s statement
The top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testified behind closed doors Tuesday as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry led by House Democrats.…
Continue Reading The horrendous message behind Trump’s ‘lynching’ tweet
One hundred years ago this September, a white mob in Omaha, Nebraska, set the local county courthouse ablaze to force authorities to turn over a…
Continue Reading Star Wars and me: A 40-year love story
The part of the internet that grew up with the four-decade-long saga known as “Star Wars” was in tears on Monday, as the final trailer…
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