New York City hospitals are now rescheduling elective surgeries, providing much-needed relief to patients after their procedures were canceled in the midst of the coronavirus

Chief Justice John Roberts departs as the impeachment trial of President Trump continues in Washington, D.C., January 27, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) A Message from the

Former NFL player Burgess Owens won Utah’s Republican primary Tuesday for the U.S. House of Representatives. Owens, who played safety in the NFL from 1973-1982

C-SPAN video Technically, what’s of interest about the man in question, Robert S. Litt, is the number of Spygate-central waypoints he turns up in.  I

Trump is not known to read his daily briefing, and instead prefers an oral briefing a few times a week. These latest revelations come as

As the country seems to be spinning into chaos with cities burning and businesses shutting down, one question is on the minds of the media,

The request this week — a follow-up from December, when the panel asked the same former officials for documents and testimony during the impeachment inquiry

Val Demings, a rising star in the radical Democrat party and a member of the House Impeachment panel, is being called on the carpet by

MAIL-IN HYPOCRISY. Attorney General Bill Barr is against them even though he has used them twice: “State voting records show that Barr, a resident of

Brazilian doctors are fuming, joining growing ranks of furious compatriots, about President Jair Bolsonaro’s widely criticized mishandling of the country’s coronavirus crisis just as businesses

Chief Justice John Roberts, presiding. WaPo video, YouTube [Ed. – With friends like this…] Knock, knock. Who’s there? Unelected leftist politicians in robes with lifetime

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — Former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book, a federal judge ruled Saturday,

Indeed, the judge criticized Bolton so severely that the ruling didn’t seem like much of a victory at all for the former foreign policy hawk

White House national security adviser John Bolton attends a meeting between President Donald Trump and Fabiana Rosales, wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, at

Image copyright AFP Image caption As national security adviser, John Bolton was a major figure in US foreign policy The Trump administration is making a

Filipina journalist Maria Ressa is escorted by police after posting bail in Pasig City, the Philippines, on March 29, 2019. (Eloisa Lopez / Reuters) In

I regret to inform you that the president of the United States is woke now. “Absolutely I would,” support @Kaepernick7 getting a 2nd shot in

But as the day wore on, Democrats increasingly sniped at Republicans over what they claimed were efforts to drag in extraneous issues that turned the

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration just slapped John Bolton with a lawsuit to try and stop his tell-all book from coming out. The suit aims

After POLITICO reported that McConnell planned to remain GOP leader after the election, the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm declared that every vulnerable Republican should “answer

Melissa Sue GerritsGetty Images (Permanent Musical Accompaniment To The Last Post Of The Week From The Blog’s Favourite Living Canadian) It was a foregone conclusion

We break down how decades of drug policy have fueled the crisis in policing that’s unfolding today. Demings, who surfaced nationally this year as a

Lawsuits claiming that Trump’s gains from his hotels violate the Constitution are making their way through the courts.Photograph by Jennifer Wright / Alamy In the

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Yana Paskova/Getty Images By ERIN DURKIN 06/05/2020 05:01 AM EDT Updated 06/05/2020 12:17 PM EDT 2020-06-05T12:17-0400 NEW YORK — One of New

But on the evening of June 3, Chinese leadership moved troops in with tanks and guns to break up the demonstrations. The square was cleared

CLOSE Many states are planning on drastically different elections this year and mail-in ballots could be a big game changer. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Last fall, it

Rep. Val Demings is a former law enforcement officer. She, like everyone else and their brother, is weighing in on the death of George Floyd.

Opioid overdoses in Canada have surged since the coronavirus pandemic began, underscoring a worrying nationwide trend, the country’s chief public health officer said Friday according

Chip SomodevillaGetty Images You may recall that, back in February, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, declared war on the dark-money-Federalist Society conveyor belt

When President Bill Clinton left Washington in 2001 upon the arrival of President George W. Bush, he only trashed the White House. When President Barack

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses a news conference in Washington, D.C., October 26, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Alabama Senate candidate Jeff Sessions said that

5/26/1868: Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson and adjourned as court of impeachment. Chief Justice Chase presided over that trial. Johnson is one of four presidents

The warm California sun shone down on Adam Bierman as he stepped up to the ceremonial ribbon strung across the entrance of his latest triumph:

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West of Florida was injured in a motorcycle crash Saturday in Texas. West’s wife wrote on Facebook that his motorcycle was

The White House and the State Department did not provide an “adequate response” to lawmakers’ requests for documents related to the firing of the department’s

Don’t count out Senator Kelly Loeffler in the Senate race, at least not yet. The question was asked of her during an interview with Politico

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 338,000 people worldwide. Over 5.2 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with

“If the Chinese Communist Party wants to demonstrate real openness, real transparency, it could easily hold press conferences like this very news conference and allow

Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Democrats hold a news conference at the U.S. Capitol before the start of President Donald Trump’s

Several Senate Republicans reiterated Monday that the president is required by law to elaborate on his decision to fire Steve Linick, the State Department’s inspector

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has denied seeking to oust the state department’s independent

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Steve Linick, who was appointed to detect mismanagement at the state department, was fired on Friday US Democrats have

Mike Pompeo recommended to President Trump that he fire now-ousted Inspector General Steve Linick, a State Department official told Fox News on Saturday — as

Trump’s move infuriated Democrats who say he’s trying to circumvent oversight of his administration, undermining the ability of other branches to hold him accountable. The

During an episode of The Five on FOX News this week, Greg Gutfeld said that Adam Schiff needs to suffer some form of consequences for

Meh. I think this is a silly thing to worry about given how Biden’s preparing to weaponize Obama against Trump. He already has, in fact.

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared divided over Donald Trump’s bid to prevent Democratic-led congressional panels and a New York prosecutor from obtaining his

It was the Obama holdovers who mattered — but the media’s still doing the dirty work. As more details spill out about the administration of

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money‘s newsletter. You can sign up here. In early April, Bharat Ramamurti got a call from U.S.

Now the justices, including two of Trump’s nominees, will be drawn into some of the hottest political disputes of the day that also raise profound

A day later, the president was asked by reporters at the White House whether the new moniker was his way of telling the American people

Commentary Andrew Harnik / Pool / AFP via Getty ImagesRepublican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill

The George Washington Bridge, which figured in the “Bridgegate” scandal. Jonathan Turley and co-blogger Josh Blackman argue that the Supreme Court’s unanimous acquittal of the

Lisa Bloom (Image: YouTube screen grab) Back when the Democrats were trying to build an impeachment case against Donald Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi released a

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence pledged at his confirmation hearing Tuesday to deliver intelligence free of bias, prejudice or political

Update, May 4: New research from a group of political scientists affirms that mail-in voting in Colorado raised turnout more than 10 points among the

The message appears to be resonating. John Fredericks, the Virginia talk radio host and Trump supporter, said his callers, many out of work in rural

The president could only muster an impatient shrug Tuesday when confronted by reporters about the country’s more than 5,500 confirmed coronavirus deaths. “So what?” he

‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Hypocritical’ (Image: Twitter screen grab) [Ed. – She wants to make sure this impeachment sticks.] Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday

Chip SomodevillaGetty Images Back in the Before Times, folks were intent on finding out how thoroughly the Volga Bagmen had ratfcked the 2016 election on

On April 19, the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, completed construction of a 500-bed field hospital for coronavirus patients at the Riocentro convention center.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) makes her way through the Senate subway before the day’s Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, January 29, 2020. (Yuri

Conservative pundit Elisha Krauss caused quite a stir when she walked into a store on Thursday donning a pro-life T-shirt emblazoned with the message, “Women’s

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused

GOP Rep. Richard Hudson took a different tack. He simply never went back to North Carolina after Congress adjourned on March 27, remaining in D.C.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama launched a get-out-the-vote initiative in 2018. It is called When We All Vote. She enlisted some of her celebrity friends

“There is still a few more i’s to dot and t’s to cross, but we have a deal. And I believe we’ll pass it today,”

While acknowledging that negotiations are ongoing, Pence told “Fox News Sunday” that “we are very close.” Schumer, who noted that “our staffs are meeting 24/7,”

But Trump’s dramatic declaration this week that he would halt critical funding to the WHO in the middle of the pandemic is proving unpopular. It

This weekend, the inaugural America First Political Action Conference was held in the D.C. area. I was honored to speak alongside Patrick Casey, Scott Greer,

President Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to reopen the American economy “shortly” and that he, and not the individual state governors, has the

President Donald Trump signed a massive $2.2 trillion relief package for Americans suffering from the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.  Many Democrats on

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, led a bipartisan group of senators in sending a letter to the White House late Wednesday seeking a more

It hadn’t occurred to me that the briefings might explain why the small bounce in his job approval after the virus crisis hit had begun

Fox News video The media have made such a hash of this thing, it takes patience to sort it out.  That’s a common sign of

Linda Tripp leaves the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in 1998. Linda Tripp, the former White House staffer best known for her role in

Linda Tripp, the White House staffer who secretly recorded her conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky about Lewinsky’s affair with then-President Bill Clinton and

The United States of America is in the midst of a public health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but if anything, that is only

U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, is bashing Hillary Clinton for politicizing President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Former U.S. Secretary of State Clinton tweeted

The House Intelligence Committee chairman on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump’s acting spy chief to explain the removals and resignations of top intelligence officials

Inspectors general in this administration seem to have the job security once enjoyed by the No. 3 men in al Qaeda. Now, it seems, the

“Mr. Fine is no longer on the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee,” Dwrena Allen, a spokeswoman for the Pentagon inspector general’s office, confirmed. She added that

In Brazil, though, they’ve taken on an added dimension: Angry protests against President Jair Bolsonaro and calls for his impeachment. That’s because Bolsonaro has essentially

Given how rhetorically invested Trump and Fox News are in hydroxychloroquine as a possible miracle drug, this is like going on the Golf Channel to

President Trump called Michael Atkinson, the inspector general who flagged the whistleblower complaint that lead to his impeachment 'a disgrace.' Read more

Atkinson — who was the first to alert Congress last September about an “urgent” complaint he received from an intelligence official about Trump — wrote

Washington’s got a secret. Pixabay; LU graphic [Ed. – IG Atkinson’s move, in hindsight, was transparently political.  It initially seemed at least misguided, given that

Top Democrat Stephanie Murphy, who last month proposed legislation to reward China for their mishandling of the Corornavirus pandemic, is now demanding that President Donald

Atkinson will leave his job in 30 days, Trump told the House and Senate Intelligence committees, and he has been placed on administrative leave effective

President Donald Trump speaks during a news briefing on the administration’s response to the coronavirus at the White House, March 15, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) President

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media before a meeting with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to wrap up work on coronavirus economic

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski (Image: MSNBC video screen grab) Politicians and media on the Left have missed no opportunity to bash Donald Trump for

Tom Cotton (Image: YouTube screen grab) [Ed. – The Left will try to spin this into an ‘I told you so,’ but the day the

In recent interviews, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has employed words made famous during the Watergate hearings in reference to President Donald Trump’s response to the

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama appeared to take a swipe at President Donald Trump’s initial skepticism of the coronavirus pandemic, a rare rebuff for a

The US is a land divided. Americans have sorted themselves into opposing factions, with different values, sources of authority, and shared understandings. In some ways,

The first world leader to contract coronavirus—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson—went into isolation last week after showing symptoms of the virus. He was soon followed

“Why should mask makers have special immunity?” said one Pelosi aide, explaining her thinking. In mid-March, as the U.S. economy began to blink red and

President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, delivers remarks at a coronavirus update briefing

Just imagine if the impeachment trial had dragged on and truly intersected with the coronavirus crisis.

Joe Biden (Image: YouTube screen grab) For the last three-plus years, Democrats and their allies in the liberal propaganda machine known as the mainstream media

Thanks to COVID-19, free time for many of us now consists of activities of the homebound sort, including productive ones like catching up with those

President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, delivers remarks at an update briefing at

Commentary Phillip Faraone / Getty Images for Politicon; Mandel Ngan /AFP via Getty ImagesWhen Christine Pelosi, left, attacked Sen. Rand Paul on Monday in a

Officials expected to agree on $2 trillion stimulus bill after late movement Top congressional and White House officials emerged from negotiations late Monday over the $2 trillion

Intelligence reports given to President Donald Trump’s administration in January and February pointed to coronavirus becoming a “globe-encircling pandemic” long before Trump took action to

President Donald Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to get needed medical supplies on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak and the private

Using emergency powers granted under the Defense Production Act (DPA), President Donald Trump signed a bill designed to increase the production of respirators, face masks

No one knows how long the international alarm, bordering on panic, over the Wuhan virus will last. Whether it turns out to be the dire

The fresh sign of Trump’s unwillingness to accept the full, sobering reality of the outbreak came as an anxious America knuckles down to its new

Trump’s do-over approach — he unlocked $50 billion in government funding on Friday to address the growing crisis and threw his support behind House Democrats’

FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Mary F. Calvert/Reuters) When we first started The McCarthy Report, I wondered if our podcast would have run its course

White House video via CDC/Global News, YouTube Recently on MSNBC, anchor Nicole Wallace became giddy over the prospect said that the coronavirus could be President

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump faced one of the gravest threats of his political career as the coronavirus pandemic spread, leaving fellow Republicans to

[Ed. – Remember when the mainstream media insisted it was ideologically neutral?] Former Vice President Joe Biden may still be riding high from Super Tuesday

Barring some kind of shock twist, Tuesday may well be remembered as the night former Vice President Joe Biden closed in on the Democratic nomination

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump stood before thousands of cheering supporters in Iowa in January, days ahead of that state’s presidential caucuses, and uttered a word he

FOX Business host Trish Regan claimed Monday night that COVID-19 is a Democratic impeachment scam against Donald Trump in an unhinged rant characterized by some

On Super Tuesday, Democratic voters reached for their security blanket. Joe Biden won big, and it appears that much of his success was fueled by

Republican Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar became the second member of Congress to self-quarantine Sunday after meeting the individual who attended the Conservative Political Action Conference

Joe Biden’s going to have to do better than this. The latest attempt by the Democratic establishment to close its ranks around the former vice

You would think that the haters would have learned by now – First Lady Melania Trump can take care of herself in the midst of

Rep. Mark Meadows speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, October 29, 2019. (Erin Scott/Reuters) President Trump on Friday named Representative Mark Meadows (R., N.C.) as

Amory Houghton Jr., who led his family’s glass company in upstate New York and later spent nearly two decades in Congress as a Republican with

Donald Trump has a plan for nothing. So why did voters reject the candidate who has a plan for, well, everything? In her year-plus on

Schumer’s speech was appalling.

GOOD NEWS! Former Auburn Coach Tommy Tuberville Wins First Round — Will Face Failed AG Jeff Sessions in March 31 Runoff Election in Alabama by

Top administration officials are also going out of their way to show they are ramping up to counter the widening threat as new cases spring

The 2020 presidential primary campaign field is winnowing down quickly now that the votes are being cast. Any Democrat with dreams of occupying the Oval

YouTube 2020 is already off to a wild start. Donald Trump was impeached in the U.S. House of Representatives late last year, only to be

No matter your opinion of Hillary Clinton, you will feel like you know her a lot better after watching “Hillary.” Premiering Friday on Hulu, the

News Gerald Herbert / AP PhotoDemocratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Conway, South Carolina, on Feb. 27,

Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Shortly after confirmation of the first coronavirus death in the US, Donald Trump rebuffed criticism for using the word “hoax” in describing

Tom Steyer at a town hall meeting on rural healthcare issues on February 27, 2020 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Former hedge fund

Stop Donald Trump now, Democrats warned at his impeachment trial, or will he take on the aspect of a king. The prophecy appears to have

The DC Court of Appeals dismissed a case brought by the House of Representatives seeking to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify.

President Donald Trump late Friday announced Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to be the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). “I am pleased to announce the nomination

Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) questions Gordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, during a House Intelligence Committee impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on

“That’s what this is all about. I got a note today from a reporter saying, what are you going to do today to calm the

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCoronavirus: Five countries, five responses The acting White House chief of staff says US media is stoking

Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, December 17, 2019. (Patrick

The 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) enters its second day Thursday, with a full schedule of speakers including Vice President Mike Pence, Education Secretary

Nancy Pelosi (Image: YouTube screen grab via MSNBC) Nancy Pelosi has acquired the habit of throwing caution to the wind here in her dotage. After

President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed that a list exists of various government officials who are considered not loyal enough to Trump and are set

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Sunday said President Donald Trump “betrayed America” by allegedly making “false claims” surrounding warnings from intelligence officials

Joe Biden is apparently really worried about those black and Latino voters. The line from the Biden campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire was, yes,

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has called on the Transportation Security Administration to end its use of China-owned video app TikTok, citing potential national security

A White House official said John McEntee, the President’s former body man who was elevated to run the presidential personnel office, made it clear his

Since the election or even before of Donald Trump, the Democratic Party, assisted or led by, as the case may be, the mainstream media have

The New York Times is facing backlash this week from one of its own correspondents in light of the publication’s controversial decision to run an

But the early reviews are in, and they are not encouraging. At the Munich Security Conference, Pompeo’s speech about how the West was “winning” highlighted

President Donald Trump will rally his supporters for the second day in a row on Thursday when his re-election campaign charges into the tough electoral terrain

Last night, thousands of Arizonans gathered in Phoenix to display their support for President Donald Trump and the policies that have benefited their great state

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton on Wednesday denounced the House’s impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump as “grossly partisan” and said his testimony would

In the middle of a discussion on the economy at the Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas on Thursday, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposed

“No Bull***t, No Weak Knees!” – The Pro-Tommy Tuberville GRIT PAC Releases Ad Slamming Jeff Sessions for Mueller Investigation (VIDEO) by Jim Hoft February 19,

Using arguments deployed by President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial legal team, Democratic lawmakers are asking a federal judge to move forward with the House Ways

John Rood, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, is the latest senior national security official involved in the Ukraine controversy to be

“There Must be JUSTICE”: President Trump Morning Tweet Storm About AG Barr and DOJ Asserts Presidential Authority by Kristinn Taylor February 19, 2020 President Trump

The Democratic Party must be unified in order to defeat President Donald Trump in the November election, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told CNN over the

Commentary Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty ImagesAn employee speaks with a customer inside the Knob Creek gun shop in Bullitt County, Kentucky, on April

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday morning that he is “disappointed” in Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., for bowing to political pressure. Speaking to NBC’s Chuck Todd

LTC Alexander Vindman arrives on Capitol Hill to testify for Adam Schiff on 29 Oct 2019. MSNBC video [Ed. – Vindman is headed to the

AfD leader Alexander Gauland attends a TV interview with ARD in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, September 15, 2019. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters) The

That decision ends a nearly-two-year investigation into whether McCabe, in his role as a senior official in the FBI, lied to investigators about conversations he

Barr’s blunt warning that Trump’s constant Twitter commentary makes it impossible to do his job broke like a thunderclap Thursday afternoon. It set off a

Not the first time we’ve seen the Oral Roberts approach to fundraising this campaign. But it’s bracing to see it from someone who surged high

The reversal came Thursday in a podcast interview Trump did with journalist Geraldo Rivera, who asked, “Was it strange to send Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by Democratic lawmakers that accused Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions

“I’m struck by the fact that it’s all out in the open. I mean, we will certainly learn about what’s taking place behind the scenes,

THEN WHAT WAS IT? Trump adviser denies firing of Lt. Col Vindman was retaliation for impeachment testimony. “The president is entitled to staffers that want

Resign? He’s not going to resign. He’s not going to be impeached. That was the point of Ed’s post earlier: Having gained little politically from

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked

Ousted Ukrainian Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch, who testified against President Donald Trump at the House impeachment hearings, will be receiving the “Excellence in the Conduct

During a trip to China in 2018, we were watching BBC News in our hotel room. When the anchorman started to talk about something going on

BREAKING: Mueller’s Prosecutor Abruptly Resigns From Roger Stone Case After DOJ Backs Down From Excessive Sentencing by Cristina Laila February 11, 2020 Roger Stone Aaron

One of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s former commanding officer’s told Business Insider that President Trump’s dismissal of the former National Security Council staff member was

As Democrats make their final pitch to voters in New Hampshire Monday, President Donald Trump will take the stage at a campaign rally hours before polls

Image: New York Post via The Lid Whether it’s extolling patriotism or the wisdom of the founding fathers, wait long enough and Democrats will sound

Attorney General William Barr arrives prior to President Trump’s statement about his acquittal on impeachment charges in Washington, February 6, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Attorney General

He will be just fine. Here is what Vindman, the top Ukraine expert at the National Security Council who was fired by President Donald Trump

The letter comes days after President Donald Trump fired two key impeachment witnesses, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert at the national security

Who are the big winners at the 92nd annual Academy Awards? This year’s (hostless) Oscars brings to a close yet another awards season, in which the main acting

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday ousted the two witnesses who provided the most damaging testimony during his impeachment investigation: Army Lieutenant Colonel

Friday evening, an unverified Twitter account posted a photograph of President Donald Trump exhibiting a serious facial tan line. By Saturday, the photograph had gone

Amy Klobuchar speaks at the Democratic presidential debate in Manchester, N.H., February 7, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) It’s really the only question that matters after Friday’s

Donald Trump said he fired U.S. patriot Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, who testified at Trump’s House impeachment hearings under subpoena by Congress, for “insubordination.” Vindman,

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for “race-conscious laws” during Friday’s Democratic presidential primary debate, seemingly abandoning the principle of equality before the law. Warren’s comments

ABC News Democratic debate live updates: Who would make the best commander in chief? originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Iowa’s final results from the first contest

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two days after President Donald Trump’s impeachment acquittal, his administration on Friday ousted two officials – Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman

In the first poll since Donald Trump’s Senate acquittal earlier this week, the president’s approval rating has continued to rise after it hit the highest

Vindman, a decorated veteran who was born in Ukraine, was escorted out of the White House by security and told his services were no longer

NEW YORK– On a rainy Monday, students hustled into a large building in Manhattan containing two different public high schools. Amid the hoods and umbrellas,

Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to supporters at a caucus in Des Moines, Iowa, February 3, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) It exposes wholesale Democrat failures. Monday night’s

Joe Biden with his son Hunter as they walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, January 20, 2009. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) The Treasury Department has granted a request from

By JILL COLVIN, ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unleashed his fury against those who tried to remove him from

Members were spent, tensions high and patience with their colleagues across the aisle had been hovering around an all-time low. Still, GOP Sen. Mike Rounds

Utahans reacted to Sen. Mitt Romney’s decision to break Republican ranks with a mixture of pride and dismay Wednesday, with some in this majority-Mormon state

As the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of both articles of impeachment, the President tweeted a meme implying that he will be infinitely running for

WASHINGTON – Saying the president committed “an appalling abuse of the public trust,” Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney voted to convict President Donald Trump on the first

But justice in a courtroom — with white judges and all-white juries — proved elusive. Nash says she saw one sham trial after another. “If

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to be having a hard time deciding whether or not to clap after President Donald Trump talked about the importance

Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Trump brags of ‘great American comeback’ amid walkouts Hours before his near-inevitable acquittal by the US

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRepublicans chant “four more years” – the president hopes a strong economy will win him re-election. President

President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST. Refresh here for updates. Republicans in both chambers

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) waves on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) announced on Twitter Tuesday

Back in 1999, I spent a long day tooling around Iowa with Lamar Alexander. At the time of our travels in a Winnebago, accompanied by a

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. No one knows yet who won the slow-motion disaster that is the

C-SPAN video A brief comment on this now-viral passage from Adam Schiff’s closing argument in the Senate impeachment trial. If abuse of power is not

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses (all times local): 4:50 a.m. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says her Democratic presidential

Sen. Bernie Sanders has undeniably been surging of late in the Democratic presidential primary process. He has also sparked concerns among the Democratic establishment that

A bar where the hamburger is cheaper than a can of chew Grant, Iowa, population 92 as of 2010, is hosting a Democratic caucus for the

President Donald Trump’s expected acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial won’t just serve as an indictment of the American political system, it will also deal

If you want to get a sense of the differences between the Democratic politicians, tech guys, and billionaires vying for the chance to run against

Image: Twitter screen grab [Ed. – Hard to say who will be more adversely affected by this fiasco: Schiff or Pelosi.] Adam Schiff is starting

CNN’s new White House correspondent John Harwood was ridiculed over the weekend for a now-deleted tweet that claimed 25 senators who voted against hearing from witnesses during

Finally, after the Senate Republicans voted against calling any witnesses, the defense of some GOP members was that, while Trump’s behavior was inappropriate, the President’s

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., gives a thumbs up as he leaves the Senate chamber during the impeachment trial of President Trump on Friday.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is blocking two dozen documents containing emails on President Donald Trump’s involvement in the decision to withhold military aid to Ukraine, the government said

Chief Justice John Roberts presides over the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. (C-SPAN) Senators took control of their chamber’s impeachment trial this week,

Image: Twitter screen grab Democrats are no longer salivating over the prospect of seeing Donald Trump frog-marched out of the White House, but they will

CLIVE, IOWA—On Friday, Bernie Sanders was having a pretty good day. Of course, he was stuck in Washington, watching the Republicans fit James Madison for

But the way in which Rubio announced his opposition to both efforts — via a Medium post Friday afternoon — was a stunning reminder of

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2019. Andrew Harnik/AP hide

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2019. Andrew Harnik/AP hide

Senate leaders struck an agreement to hold the final vote to acquit Trump on the two articles of impeachment at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday,

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a key swing vote in the impeachment trial, said Friday she will vote against calling more witnesses. “The House chose to

Imagine: Impeachment could be over tonight. How will you celebrate? LU Staff Promoting and defending liberty, as defined by the nation’s founders, requires both facts

Read the full statement here: “I worked with other senators to make sure that we have the right to ask for more documents and witnesses,

Lamar Alexander Announces He Will Vote Against Impeachment Trial Witnesses – Makes It Likely Sham Impeachment Will End This Weekend by Kristinn Taylor January 30,

It’s not over yet … but it’s getting closer and closer to over with this press release e-mailed from the office of retiring Sen. Lamar

Pompeo is slated to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko and Defense Minister Andriy Zahorodnyuk on Friday, with whom he intends

Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached, announced a bid for a U.S. Senate seat in

The logic here is that Trump believes his reelection is what’s best for the country, so therefore whatever he does to secure a second term is, by

Op-Ed Mark Wilson / Getty ImagesDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaks to reporters before attending the Senate impeachment trial at the U.S.

There was also some action outside the Senate floor, with Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) all coming out against

The hashtag #GreatPresidentsNever began trending Wednesday evening as thousands of Americans weighed in on what a U.S. president should never do, largely focused on the

Three-quarters of the public (75%) in a new Quinnipiac University poll, to be exact. And while that numbers includes almost unanimous support for witnesses among

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is once again distancing himself from the majority of his party, telling MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ on Wednesday, that he believe’s Joe

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton sold out President Donald Trump and the Republican Party for a $32 book, according to author and political commentator

Photo illustration by The Daily Beast / Photo Getty It says much about these through-the-looking-glass times that there is a “debate” about whether there should

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan, drawing Palestinian condemnation

If former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton ends up testifying in the Trump Senate impeachment trial, how damning could his testimony be for the

The comments come after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, told his conference earlier Tuesday that the votes to shut out witnesses aren’t

The story of last week’s gun rights rally in Virginia was one of narrowly-avoided disaster, according to several mainstream outlets, with law enforcement stepping in

President Trump Meets With Jon Voight in the Oval Office by Kristinn Taylor January 28, 2020 President Trump met with actor Jon Voight in the

It’s amazing how the GOP’s best-laid plans for the trial were upended by two short documents. One was Bolton’s statement on January 6 that he’d

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for President Donald Trump were set on Tuesday to wrap up their arguments urging acquittal in his U.S. Senate trial as

After staying relatively quiet throughout the House’s impeachment inquiry, Sen. Mitt Romney now finds himself in the middle of an increasingly bitter debate in his

The Justice Department (DOJ) has called on the U.S. House of Representatives to extend the illegal status of fentanyl and related substances, which is set

[Ed. – Where would we be without the helpful reminders of sites like Slate?] As senators try President Donald Trump for impeachment and some of

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a news conference, January 22, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Just one day after a leaked excerpt of John Bolton’s upcoming book

WASHINGTON—President Trump on Monday opened a series of events designed to pull back the curtain on the longest developing foreign policy initiative of his administration,

The US nonprofit Avaaz has a new report out detailing how YouTube is actively spreading climate misinformation to millions of viewers through its recommendation algorithms,

Adam Schiff (Image: YouTube screen grab) According to Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) House impeachment manager Adam Schiff turned pale on Saturday when President Donald Trump’s

House impeachment managers stepped up calls for witnesses in the Trump impeachment trial after the New York Times reported that former National Security Adviser John

You know the Democrats are getting crushed in their impeachment scam when even CNN says they are losing. Jeffrey Toobin, a legal analyst for CNN

President Trump Responds to Bolton Book Leak Accusations by Kristinn Taylor January 27, 2020 President Trump responded to a reported leak of details of a

Then-National Security Adviser John Bolton at the White House in Washington, D.C., in July 2019. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Then-National Security

WASHINGTON—On Saturday, the president*’s defense team in his impeachment trial presented what amounts to the trailer for its actual case. It is entirely possible that

The tape was shared publicly by an attorney for Lev Parnas, the Soviet-born businessman who subsequently worked with Rudy Giuliani to push for ousting the

The impeachment trial has ended for Saturday after roughly two hours of arguments by President Donald Trump’s defense team. It will resume at 1 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Now it’s President Trump’s turn. Trump’s legal team will take the impeachment stage Saturday morning for its rebuttal of House Democrats’ thorough and

John Podesta (left) and Robbie Mook By Chris White Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager is providing free and discounted cybersecurity services

Schiff Blows Finale: ‘Head on Pike’ Impeachment Trial Comment Angers Republican Senators; Murkowski: “That’s where he lost me” by Kristinn Taylor January 24, 2020 Lead

Is the “confidant” Steve Bannon? Because it sounds like Steve Bannon. Vivid tough-guy bluster. Axe-grinding about fickle establishmentarians. Whispering on background to reporters. It has

Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA The fourth full day of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the US Senate has concluded. Here are five key takeaways: The prosecution

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in a press briefing at the White House on Jan. 10, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption

The Twittersphere is urging opponents of President Trump to call Chief Justice John Roberts and give him a piece of their mind about the impeachment

A Hill-HarrisX poll released Thursday revealed that 60 percent of Americans don’t believe that the Senate impeachment trial will reveal anything new and the majority of those

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was “stunned” by remarks given by House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler at the start of the trial, where he

By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate headed into the second day of arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment

Carl Bernstein says the Democrats laid out a “hugely damaging narrative” in their opening argument for the impeachment of President Trump.

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Then-Sen. James Jeffords, I-Vt.; then-Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., drink glasses of milk in 1999. Senate rules during the impeachment trial

Shutterstock Sen. Tom Cotton was spotted earlier today drinking two glasses of milk with some chocolate he was sneaking from under his desk. Surprisingly, milk

The first day of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial may have stretched late into the night, but that did not mean there was any doubt how

Check back for updates on the Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump. Roberts admonishes House managers, Trump’s defense team for heated back-and-forth  Chief Justice

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer holds his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol, December 17, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) After Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer

On Sen. Mitch McConnell playing ‘process games’ during the Senate impeachment trial, Nicolle Wallace says that McConnell is “playing with lit matches.” Read more

10.03am EST 10:03 Speaking to reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump dismissed the importance of the impeachment trial as Democrats cried foul

Jon Elswick/AP It’s a big day: The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump will begin in earnest today, when senators take up a resolution setting

It sure seems as if Senator Bernie Sanders is spending a lot of his time apologizing lately. First, he had to “clarify” whether or not

Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. McConnell aims for speedy trial conducted outside primetime For only the third time in US history,

A new poll shows that a slight majority of Americans believe the Senate should remove the president from office. The CNN poll released Monday shows

Democrats are furious at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan for the trial, which will force House impeachment managers to deliver their case in two

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA beginner’s guide to impeachment and Trump For only the third time in history, an American president

Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman in Doha, Qatar, 2007 (Fadi Al-Assaad / Reuters) The Sultan and Saddam; Harry and Meghan; Warren and Bernie; and

3.03am EST 03:03 The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60% of the planet’s population, according to

The official impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump will gavel into session on Tuesday, for better or for worse. And that means that several

Republican Senator Richard Shelby from Alabama on Sunday downplayed President Donald Trump’s public attempt to persuade foreign countries to probe former Vice President Joe Biden’s

Investigators in New York and the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives have several inquiries that will continue well into the presidential campaign. Their focus touches an

BettmannGetty Images You got your Murderinos. Your internet sleuths. Your Burke-truth we’d. People love true crime. Actually, people are obsessed with them. A quick search

A 35-pound orange tabby cat named Bazooka has captured the hearts of Americans with his massive amount of fluff and sorrowful backstory. Bazooka was placed

I’ve changed my mind about this episode. Until this moment I viewed it as a pitifully cynical attempt to convert right-wing grievances about the media

The Government Accountability Office issued a short report yesterday concluding that the administration had broken the law in freezing aid to Ukraine last summer. A

The optics are classic Trump. Not only do the lawyers bring a name-brand recognition to the televised proceedings, they also carry the Clinton linkages the

Friday on the MSNBC program Andrea Mitchell Reports, host Mitchell showed a clip of Donald Trump before he became president saying that Ken Starr, who

“We will do everything we need to do to evaluate whether there was something that took place there,” Pompeo told conservative radio host Tony Katz.

US President Donald Trump’s defence team in his Senate trial will include special prosecutors from President Bill Clinton’s impeachment. He will be represented by Ken

President Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Washington for campaign travel to Toledo, Ohio, from Joint Base Andrews, Md., January 9, 2020. (Jonathan

Pelosi grinning while signing off on articles of impeachment [Ed. – Not so prayerful] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a show about all the prayer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate takes formal steps on Thursday to consider the removal of U.S. President Donald Trump on charges that he abused

“That was the way everyone viewed it,” Parnas told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, disputing Trump’s claim that the push to unearth damaging information about his political

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has two questions he asks millennials and young Americans from Generation Z that he has found effectively dissuades them from supporting

“Jarring” – CNN Panel Blasts Pelosi’s ‘Celebratory’ Impeachment Signing Ceremony (VIDEO) by Cristina Laila January 15, 2020 A CNN panel on Wednesday blasted Speaker Pelosi

Jerry Nadler punctuated the moment by doing an Ole-Miss-style “dog pee” end-zone move with a picture of Trump. But he did it solemnly and prayerfully,

J. Scott Applewhite/AP House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said “there may very well be” more evidence from Lev Parnas that could be used in Senate

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPelosi “proud to present impeachment managers” The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to submit

There is one question no one is asking Democratic Senators ahead of next week’s impeachment trial against President Donald Trump. “Will you follow your oath,” according

Six Democrats faced off Tuesday night in the seventh debate of the presidential primary in Des Moines, just weeks before the first-in-the-nation caucuses in Iowa.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about Democratic legislative priorities and impeachment inquiry plans during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in

By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of delay and strategizing, the U.S. House is planning

with help from Sarah Ferris and Heather Caygle TRIAL AND TRIBULATION — House lawmakers returned to D.C. yesterday for what’s expected to be a big

Giuliani has pressed Trump to make him part of the team of lawyers who will argue the case against his removal from office on the

“I’ve always felt that the best campaign was simply doing a good job and I don’t think that voters are gonna hold it against senators

One hundred senators will soon convene to make the solemn decision about whether impeached President Donald Trump should be removed from office for having committed

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) tells NBC’s Kasie Hunt she has no regrets about her impeachment vote, but calls it 'one of the hardest things, if

The Socialist Party of Great Britain doesn’t do much business at the polls these days. After all, up until getting demolished by voters in December,

Administration officials are tying themselves in knots to avoid contradicting Trump’s statement that Qasem Soleimani was planning attacks on four US embassies and that the

Nancy Pelosi (Image: Twitter screen grab) [Ed. – The never-ending impeachment games] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not eliminate the possibility her chamber could subpoena former National

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill, December 19, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Impeachment may be another moral victory for the

Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Last year, Iowa congressman Steve King put the cherry on top of a career of loud and public racism in

Speaker Pelosi says she plans to send articles of impeachment to Senate early next week, as Trump faces new controversy about his decision to kill

“We call on all international partners, especially the governments of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, to provide data and evidence relating to

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump suggested in a Fox News interview Friday that he would invoke executive privilege if former national security adviser John Bolton was subpoenaed for

President Donald Trump said he will use executive privilege to prevent former White House aide John Bolton from testifying in the forthcoming Senate impeachment trial.

Chris Wattie/Reuters If tensions between the US and Iran have you feeling worried about the country’s future, you may find yourself imagining a move to

House Speaker House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a media briefing ahead of the House vote authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, October 31, 2019.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) isn’t attending this weekend’s playoff game between the San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings. “I have, unfortunately, responsibilities to save

U.S. Representative Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) claimed Thursday that President Donald Trump could be to blame for the fatal crash of a Ukraine passenger jet in

Nancy Pelosi: The mouse that roared? (Image: YouTube screen grab) The Democrats’ impeachment charade is now leading to defections from “master legislator” and “astute leader” Nancy Pelosi’s

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Being a leader of a nation at or on the brink of a new war traditionally requires a different skillset — one that President Donald

Iran launched “short range ballistic or cruise missiles” early Wednesday targeting multiple locations and U.S. forces in Iraq, a senior U.S. military source in the country

(Image: Screen grab of Fox News video) [Ed. – If he does show up, will he answer questions? There is no guarantee that he will.]

Speaking to French President Emmanuel Macron Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Friday’s targeted killing of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani would seriously destabilize the region.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested changing Senate rules to allow President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial to start without the two articles of

Good morning and welcome to Fox News First. Here’s what you need to know as you start your Monday … Trump, Iran trade threats of

As new evidence in the impeachment investigation continues to trickle out, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) , the chair of the Financial Services Committee, says that

Washington’s European allies, meanwhile, distanced themselves from Trump’s assault. The US-led ISIS coalition temporarily stopped action against the terror group to protect Iraqi bases from

Kevin McCarthy, the House Minority Leader told Judge Jeanine Pirro in an interview on Fox News, that there is a new development that could open

President TrumpDonald John Trump Trump asks New York judge to dismiss rape allegation case NYT to fight White House’s withholdment of emails about Ukraine aid

WASHINGTON – Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Friday that she now supports President Donald Trump’s renegotiated United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement because it “makes improvements.” The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the sweeping trade deal

Suddenly, it appears the U.S. intelligence community is back in good standing over at Fox News. Since Trump’s election, an inescapably common refrain of the

Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli says in a new interview that he was shocked by the reaction to the magazine’s recent editorial calling for President TrumpDonald

yeah The morning after President Donald Trump ordered an American airstrike that killed Iranian Gen.isn’t t Qassem Soleimani, Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney had

Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a 67-year-old centrist who is among the nation’s most vulnerable Republicans in Congress, said Monday she was open to calling witnesses as

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif lashed out at the United States late Thursday after the Pentagon confirmed that President TrumpDonald John TrumpFive environmental fights to

Have you heard the news? The president* is guilty as hell. “Clear direction from POTUS to continue to hold.” This is what Michael Duffey, associate

(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump ordered the killing of a top Iranian general on Thursday, and in his characteristic style, the president made sure the world

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The 2020 Democratic presidential primary initially featured the most racially diverse field in history. Now, with one month until voting begins,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office, after the

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Happy new year, and welcome to the first Morning Briefing of 2020. We’re covering the

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about airstrikes by the U.S. military in Iraq and Syria, at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm

President Trump entered the new year facing flare-ups of long-burning crises with two old adversaries — Iran and North Korea — which are directly challenging

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on human rights in Iran at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2019.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine so he could focus on the situation in Iraq after

Rudy Giuliani is prepared to do more than just testify at President Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial. The former New York City mayor made clear in

The Trump administration is reportedly poised to ban certain flavors of cartridge-based e-cigarettes but will exempt the types of devices most commonly found in vape

Americans, Roberts said, have in the modern era come to “take democracy for granted,” and the chief justice lamented the fact that civic education has

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have thought she was about to have a photo opportunity with an adoring fan, but found out the truth when

I can’t decide if this is innocuous bipartisan pandering which no one takes seriously or if it’s a meaningful mistake because it seems to confirm

Why impeachment matters, regardless of the outcome – Alternet.org SUBSCRIBER SPLASH

Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer briefed by FBI on anti-Semitic attack in New York Sen. Kennedy defends McConnell for working with president during

Lev Parnas, a former Rudy Giuliani associate charged with financial crimes, is still sharing material with congressional investigators, according to a letter his lawyer has

It was January, 2009, and I don’t think I’d ever seen someone so full of hope: on the Sunday before Barack Obama’s first inauguration, John

Shocking new Ukraine revelations could make McConnell’s impeachment scheme even riskier for GOP — here’s how – Alternet.org SUBSCRIBER SPLASH

When Greta Thunberg was chosen as Time’s Person of the Year earlier this month, the accolades quickly rolled in. The hashtag #CongratulationsGreta went viral as

A Republican friend recently asked me what I remember about President Clinton’s impeachment. How do I compare it to the impeachment of President TrumpDonald John

I’ve finally worked my way through the long New Yorker profile of the former Ukraine prosecutor, Yuriy Lutsenko, who fed Rudy Giuliani supposedly bombshell information

At the time, Giuliani’s associates often found themselves blindsided. “We wondered where he was getting all this stuff,” a person who worked with Giuliani for

The Ukrainian government exchanged 200 prisoners with pro-Russian separatists in the embattled eastern region of the country on Sunday afternoon — a move experts say

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Image: Daily Caller screen grab) Just when you thought liberals couldn’t become further untethered from reality! You may have thought that point of

Speculation is increasing about the defense team being assembled by the White House as President TrumpDonald John TrumpNorth Korea holds political conference before year-end concessions

Democratic Hawaii congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard echoed a point frequently made by Republicans that she believes the impeachment of President Donald Trump

The Rev. Gabriel Salguero paced the stage, his voice booming into a microphone as 3,000 faces tipped toward him. He spoke in Spanish of how

By November, Iowa and New Hampshire begin to feel as cold as they will in February, when the first votes in the Presidential race will

Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on Friday that if he were subpoenaed to testify in President Donald Trump’s upcoming Senate impeachment

Democratic presidential candidate Joe BidenJoe BidenBiden says he would not comply with a Senate subpoena in Trump’s impeachment trial Poll: Most Democrats prize shared values

Joe Biden told a newspaper that he would not comply with a subpoena to testify in President Trump’s impeachment trial—then sought to clarify his remarks

While watching “Jeopardy” the other night, I had a fantasy. Suppose Alex Trebek had a Final Jeopardy category called “The Ultimate Impeachment Hypocrite”? Here’s how

The nice thing about the Christmas season is the way it seems to bring everyone together for a rare period of harmony and polite discourse.

The two-year-old message from a Trump fan called the president “heaven sent.” Trump responded during another wild night of Twitter rants from Mar-a-Lago with a

Judicial Watch announced Friday that it filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against both the Department of Justice and CIA for information on the

Constitutional law expert makes the case for Trump to resign — but why have so few others demanded he step down? – Alternet.org SUBSCRIBER

In 2019, we fact-checked many statements about the impeachment of President Donald Trump and claims by and about the Democrats running for president. Two of

[Ed. – Talk like this is intended to inflame passions on the left, and nothing more.] A CNN panel got heated during a post-Christmas discussion

President Donald Trump called U.S. military service members on Christmas Eve wishing them “an amazing Christmas.” Trump then took questions from reporters about the upcoming

If there was any Christmas truce between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, it didn’t last long. <a href='http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/4XaCyoKFstc/

On Christmas Eve the Trump campaign launched a website to guide its supporters in holiday political debates with their liberal, “snowflake” relatives. To assist any

Nancy Pelosi’s demands for a fair impeachment trial clearly have Donald Trump at his wit’s end (if he hasn’t reached it already. The impeached president

MSNBC host Chris Hayes argues Mitch McConnell made a ‘big tactical error’ in Trump’s defense – Alternet.org SUBSCRIBER SPLASH

A new YouGov survey found Germans consider President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump lashes out at Pelosi on Christmas, decries ‘scam impeachment’ Christmas Day passes in North

George Conway, the lawyer and husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway – and relentless critic of President Donald Trump – contends foreign leaders think the U.S.

GLOBAL WARMING. Northeast U.S. temperatures rising faster than other states: “The temperatures in four northeastern states, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Connecticut, have been

A date has been announced for the swearing-in of businesswoman Kelly Loeffler, who is set to become the newest Republican in the Senate. Loeffler will

One of the Constitution’s clearest provisions is also one of its least-used: the process for removing the president for serious misconduct. Some politicians and lawyers, however, are trying

(Reuters) – U.S. shoppers spent more online during this year’s holiday shopping season, a report by Mastercard Inc (MA.N) showed on Wednesday, with e-commerce sales

It’s possible that President Donald Trump has never fundamentally understood the power shift in Washington brought about by the 2018 midterms and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s

Below is the text of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Resolved, That Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for

North Korea’s threat to deliver a “Christmas gift” to the U.S. appears to have fizzled, with no reports of military action by Pyongyang as of

The “implosion” of the National Rifle Association would be the political news story of the year if not for impeachment of President Donald Trump, according

America First: The Torch Is Being PassedMichelle MalkinUCLARemarks as preparedNovember 14, 2019 Live now speaking about #OpenBordersInc #AmericaFirst at UCLA @yaf #dothemath #callbullshit #noholdsbarred https://t.co/VGVRwNiCHf

Editor’s Note: National Review has inaugurated a new feature, “To the Contrary,” where an NR writer dissents from NR’s official editorial line and another writer

Just before Christmas 2015, the British intelligence operative Christopher Steele emailed a report to private clients that included an American lawyer for a Ukrainian oligarch.

It was a sad day—on that, at least, everyone could agree. On her way to the House floor, soon after 9 A.M., to begin the

By any rational or objective definition of the term, George P. Bush is a crooked politician whose terminal electoral velocity is that of Texas Land

Sign Up for Our free email newsletters In the wake of every House Republican voting against impeaching Donald Trump, it’s reasonable to see the GOP

Convict Trump—or else.  That’s the message liberal advocacy groups are trying to send to Republican senators in hopes of pressuring them to vote for President

Sen. Chuck Schumer issued another demand Sunday for more witnesses and documents as impeachment moves to the Senate. He’s undercutting House Democrats’ claim of a “rock-solid

On Sunday afternoon, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy packed a string of explosive claims in a short tweet about the recently released Justice Department inspector

House Democrats have settled on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — the first alleging abuse of power and the second alleging obstruction

Eric Boehlert (Image: YouTube screen grab) [Ed. – He says the message it sends is that ‘white Republicans matter.’ You mean they don’t?] This week

The FBI is looking into the former Kentucky governor’s controversial pardons during his last weeks as governor, The Courier-Journal reported Monday. State Rep. Chris Harris

So far this year, 22 Republicans in the U.S. House have announced that they will not run for reelection next November. This represents the most

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi snapped back at Donald Trump on Twitter Monday morning after the president whined that Pelosi was giving “us the most unfair

Thanks to the Justice Department inspector general’s report, we now know for certain what has been, for those paying attention, fairly obvious. The Steele dossier

‘Pelosi Has No Right to Hold Up Senate Trial!’ – Trump Unleashes on Speaker Pelosi and ‘Cryin’ Schumer’ Over Impeachment Trial Delay by Cristina Laila

MOSCOW — Its economy, already smaller than Italy’s, may be sputtering but, two decades after a virtually unknown former KGB spy took power in the

Rep. Jeff Van Drew. | Alex Wong/Getty Images A super PAC supporting President Donald Trump began airing ads in South Jersey last week boosting U.S.

Image copyright Getty Images Republican Senator Mitch McConnell says he has not ruled out allowing witnesses to testify in the Senate impeachment trial of President

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) delivered his Christmas message to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Monday telling her that under the current system

Debbie Dingell: Donald Trump ‘kicked me in the stomach’ when he implied my late husband is in hell – Alternet.org SUBSCRIBER SPLASH

As the political clamor caused by a top Christian magazine’s call to remove President Donald Trump from office continues to reverberate, 200 conservative evangelicals closed

It’s the day after Adam Schiff made one last speech on the floor of the House of Representatives arguing that Donald Trump must be impeached.

The December 18 House votes (230-197 on abuse of power and 229-198 on obstruction of Congress) to impeach President Trump, one day shy of 21

Pierce Brosnan praised President Donald Trump’s economy in a recent interview—in a rare word of praise from a Hollywood actor. “I think what he’s done

By Mary Margaret Olohan The Republican National Committee heads into the 2020 election year with more than seven times as much cash on hand as

White House spokeswoman Stephanie GrishamStephanie GrishamTrump’s Dingell insults disrupt GOP unity amid impeachment CNN’s Bolduan fights tears, tells Debbie Dingell she’s ‘tired of getting emotional on

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has invited British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit him in the White House in the new year, British

President Trump criticized by an Evangelical magazine after questioning Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s prayerfulness during the impeachment vote. MSNBC’s Reverend Al Sharpton discusses with David Gura

News Scott Olson / Getty ImagesDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to guests during a campaign stop at the CSPS cultural center on Dec.

RATINGS COLLAPSE: Latest Democrat Debate Draws Smallest Audience So Far by Aleister December 22, 2019 People are getting tired of hearing the 2020 Democrats talk.

The new normal is to worry about impeachment becoming the “new normal.” On Wednesday, during the interminable “debate” on articles of impeachment, one Republican House

Capitol Hill on Tuesday was a curiously static place. The impeachment of the President was just a day away, and yet there were no protests,

To begin at the beginning, my alter ego and braino super pal Judah M. Friedman and I are riding around glorious Los Angeles in the

In signing a military spending bill Friday, President Donald Trump achieved a long-held goal of his administration: expanding the military to include a newly created

President Donald Trump started the morning of Sept. 20 dismissing headlines about someone who blew the whistle on a phone call he had with the

The No. 3 Democrat in the House said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) isn’t sure about the Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump,

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks out of a news conference along with her Democratic House committee chairs after the House of Representatives approved two

During Thursday’s impeachment markup hearing in the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced an amendment to change the language mentioning former Vice President Joe

Something new, but in no way shocking, may be about to crest over the horizon of presidential politics: A general election debate created, sanctioned and

WASHINGTON ― Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) laid out the stakes for the 2020 elections Thursday, saying that it’s imperative Democrats focus on winning

In a new op-ed, former GOP Senator Jeff Flake asked Republicans whether they would oppose impeachment if Obama engaged in the same behavior. Ben Rhodes

I have to admit: Initially, I read the piece and didn’t think a thing about it. As of Wednesday, the Seattle Times, the Pacific Northwest’s

Chuck Schumer has made his opening offer to Mitch McConnell about the impending Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. And the Democratic leader is

Chuck Schumer is trying to woo independent-minded Republicans to back his framework for an impeachment trial. But Susan Collins isn’t a fan of his tactics.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday pushed back strongly against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s request to simultaneously agree to witnesses and the parameters

Chuck Schumer is working carefully to get buy-in from the entire Senate Democratic Caucus for his gambit to line up Trump administration officials for the

File; from an appearance in 2018. [Ed. – In that case, there’s no hope of a trial, as the entire Senate would have to be

President Donald Trump accused Democrats of not sending articles of impeachment to the Senate because they don’t want House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), former

[Ed. – Servants of the people.  One reason we can’t dispense with billionaires is that it takes really deep pockets to withstand and outlast these

MSNBC video By Chuck Ross U.S. Attorney John Durham is seeking the emails, call logs and other communications of former CIA Director John Brennan as

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (Updated: 3:32 p.m. EST, 12/17/2019) Topline: The day before

Republicans and Democrats are at an “impasse” over the next steps in the impeachment of President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said

[Ed. – She’s been called many things.] Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was called an adulteress in divorce court Thursday by her lover’s former wife as

U.S. Attorney John Durham (United States Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut/Wikimedia) Federal prosecutor John Durham, tasked with probing the Russia investigation into the Trump 2016