Jared Kushner blunders into the impeachment controversy
Just when you were wondering whatever happened to Jared Kushner, the White House adviser who got his job because his father-in-law is President, he…
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Charlie Dent: Attacking a patriot is shameful
What do Dwight Eisenhower, Donald Trump and Charles Wieder Dent have in common? Answer: We all have ancestors who trace their ethnic roots to an area…
Continue Reading Threats against Ukraine whistleblower’s legal team lead to law enforcement probe
The legal team representing the whistleblower who ignited the impeachment investigation has received death threats that have led to at least one law…
Continue Reading DOJ and House ask judge to postpone hearing on key impeachment witness
The Justice Department and the House have asked a federal judge to postpone the court hearing Thursday about impeachment witness Charles…
Continue Reading George Papadopoulos is running for Congress in California district vacated by Katie Hill
Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with individuals tied to Russia…
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Mitch McConnell’s extraordinary efforts to say nothing at all
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to extraordinary lengths Tuesday to avoid giving substantive answers to direct questions about the…
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El Paso City Council clashes over whether to censure Sam Morgan for domestic violence arrest
EL PASO, Texas — A resolution to censure and condemn a city representative accused of hitting his wife is being held up for a couple of months while…
Continue Reading Marianne Williamson places campaign ad on reparations in South Carolina
Author Marianne Williamson‘s first television campaign ad of the 2020 election cycle focuses on reparations and will run this week in South…
Continue Reading California needs to stop building houses destined to burn
One sure way to tell a Californian from an Easterner is to ask about fire. Californians know a great deal about wildfires — having to flee…
Continue Reading Biden’s bad news in New Hampshire
No candidate saw a more precipitous decline than Joe Biden in a new poll of New Hampshire Democrats. The former vice president’s support…
Continue Reading The changing Democratic electorate could upend Iowa’s role in 2020
The pilgrimage of all the leading 2020 Democratic contenders to Des Moines this Friday for a state party dinner testifies to the outsized influence…
Continue Reading House committee unveils impeachment resolution text
A key House committee on Tuesday set the stage for the next phase of impeachment by releasing the rules that will guide Democrats through impeachment…
Continue Reading McAleenan resolves standoff and will testify at threats hearing on Wednesday
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan will now testify Wednesday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on global terrorism, the…
Continue Reading Baghdadi’s successor likely to be Iraqi religious scholar
What remains of ISIS — the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — is yet to acknowledge the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…
Continue Reading House vote on impeachment will sting Trump
When the House votes Thursday on formal procedures governing its impeachment inquiry, the administration will no longer have a reason to argue that…
Continue Reading Trump team’s disgusting smear of Alexander Vindman
One man is a refugee-turned-American-soldier, a decorated lieutenant colonel who holds a Purple Heart from his duty in Iraq — where he was…
Continue Reading Racism, Bernie Sanders and the limits of ‘respect’
It was a study in contrasts. Over the weekend, at the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum hosted at the historically black Benedict College in…
Continue Reading GOP lawmaker says he hasn’t been to impeachment depositions to which he’s been invited
A Republican House member who sits on a committee that is participating in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump said the…
Continue Reading Retired General: Alexander Vindman is living his oath to America
I don’t know Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman personally. But his story, background, service record, skills and attributes are like those of so many…
Continue Reading Sessions eyes return to US Senate
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions might be interested in jumping into the race for his old Senate seat, but some Republicans are throwing cold…
Continue Reading Joe Biden ally formally launches super PAC
An ally of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has formally launched an outside group to help the former vice president navigate the primary…
Continue Reading Kushner claims much of his work has been ‘cleaning up’ Biden ‘messes’
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner swiped back at Joe Biden after the former vice president said it was “improper” for Kushner and…
Continue Reading Nearly 475,000 migrant families arrested at the US-Mexico border — up 342 percent
Arrests of migrant families and unaccompanied children at the southern border reached record highs over the past year, driven by a surge in asylum…
Continue Reading Here’s how you know Republicans don’t think they are winning back the House in 2020
Monday’s retirement announcement by Republican Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon barely caused a ripple in the national news cycle, other than to note…
Continue Reading Sanders says he doesn’t need to come up with ‘exact detailed plan’ right now on how to pay for Medicare for All
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said he doesn’t need to come up with a detailed plan right now of how much his signature “Medicare for…
Continue Reading Boeing CEO to Congress: ‘We understand and deserve this scrutiny’
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg admitted to Congress on Tuesday that his company made mistakes with the design of its 737 MAX jet and deserves the…
Continue Reading Warren singles out Facebook lobbyist in attack on DC revolving-door hirings
Sen. Elizabeth Warren targeted a top public policy executive at Facebook on Tuesday as she promoted a plan to take on what she said is a corrupt…
Continue Reading Giuliani associate can be questioned under oath about Republican money transfers, judge says
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, can be questioned under oath in the coming weeks about financial transfers he made to Republican…
Continue Reading Read: House impeachment resolution
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday the House would vote on Thursday to formalize the procedures of the impeachment inquiry into President…
Continue Reading Liz Cheney calls attacks on White House Ukraine expert’s patriotism ‘shameful’
House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming said on Tuesday that it is “shameful” to question the patriotism of Lt. Col.…
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