President Donald Trump said in a surprise announcement Thursday that Israel and the United Arab Emirates had agreed to normalize relations and that, as part
The Paycheck Protection Program stood out as an early success of the government’s pandemic relief effort, but it ended with a whimper and left billions
“As a principle, I strongly disagree with the idea that, if you give money during the campaign, you’ll be rewarded with a job later,” said
“We used to only think of Kim Jong Un as unpredictable. Now we had Trump as unpredictable,” Joseph Yun, who served as President Trump’s special
A journalist runs past federal officers after during a protest against racial injustice in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on July 30,
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has one, big, top priority for the next coronavirus rescue package: stopping sick people from suing their bosses.
Image credit: Wikimedia Interviews interview with John Yoo via Fox News Hoover Institution fellow John Yoo discusses the atrocious treatment of Attorney General Bill Barr
WASHINGTON — We all have trouble with our email sometimes. We don’t typically get to harangue the CEO of Google about why, say, Dad’s Gmail
Reporter Sarah D. Wire will be live on video Tuesday to answer your questions about covering Congress and the coronavirus stimulus packages. Sarah will be
So far, congressional leaders in both chambers have refused to implement routine testing for lawmakers, even rejecting an offer from the administration to supply rapid
Attorney General Bill Barr went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend sending federal agents to Black Lives Matter protests, as well as his own
Democratic senator Brian Schatz (Hawaii) was accused of sexism Tuesday morning after interrupting a female witness in a Senate subcommittee hearing. Elizabeth Nolan Brown, senior
Tuesday’s appearance on Capitol Hill is Barr’s first before the House Judiciary Committee, where the panel’s Democrats have accused Barr of a litany of offenses
Image copyright Getty Images It’s as though in January 2017, Donald Trump was given a shiny, new car. The best, most beautiful car the world
She emerged as an apparition from clouds of tear gas as federal agents fired pepper balls at angry protesters in the early Saturday darkness. A
In his memoir, Lewis said Alabama’s “Bloody Sunday” was a strange day from the get-go. “It was somber and subdued, almost like a funeral procession,”
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, shown testifying at a June 10 House Judiciary Committee prompted by the death of George Floyd, announced he is planning
11.39am EDT 11:39 Judge in Stone case requests copy of commutation order District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who presided over the case of Roger Stone,
Just a few minutes into Supreme Court arguments over congressional subpoenas for President Donald Trump’s financial records, it was clear that House Democrats were in
Trump acted just after a federal appeals court panel denied a last-ditch bid by Stone to delay an order for him to surrender at a
President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering a pardon for longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, who is scheduled to report to prison next week.
The president sent personal lawyers to argue against both sets of subpoenas, and he seems unlikely to hold back if the rulings go against him,
Image copyright AFP Image caption Melania and Me is due out on 1 September. A former aide to Melania Trump has written a memoir about
But the biggest differentiator? Trump fights, Nixon quit. “He left. I don’t leave,” Trump said in early 2019. “Big difference. I don’t leave.” The juxtaposition
What they hadn’t expected, though, was that Trump would single out nearly every person involved in the Lincoln Project by name — Kellyanne Conway’s “deranged
Image copyright Reuters Image caption One Russian national is accused of carrying out attacks on behalf of the Russian state A Russian hacking group is
“I think there is an empty chair in the Oval Office, because the President did not want to hear bad news about Xi Jinping, his
Lee Duk-hoon’s humble storefront in a hilly neighborhood in Seoul is called Sae Eeyongwon — “New Barbershop.” Little about the place is new. The shop
The New York Times continues to shake up its editorial page after the resignation of James Bennet, the opinion editor who angered many of his
From the corporate embrace of Black Lives Matter to actions by NASCAR — of all the sports leagues — and Premier League Soccer, it’s a
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s dismissal of John Bolton’s White House tell-all as a work of “pure fiction” is pretty rich: His administration also swears in
Most Americans don’t have time for the kind of drama that unfolds in Washington D.C. It’s like a twisted soap opera, where the characters range
In a striking rebuke to President Trump, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected his plan to repeal the popular Obama-era order that protected so-called Dreamers,
For anyone who is familiar with the work of Hollywood icon Charlton Heston, who appeared in more than a hundred films over the course of
Congressman Greg Steube, R-FL, understands national security and law enforcement. For him, it’s personal. Not only is his brother a police officer in Florida
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Friday that the principal reason for recent Democratic Party success is because “Republicans ran away” when faced with the
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s poll numbers have never been worse, and Republicans are starting to panic that he could be headed to a historic wipeout
Barrasso also accused Bolton of becoming “the darling of the liberal left.” But that’s not exactly true, either. Despite producing several new vivid anecdotes that
The conspicuous moves by a generally reliable conservative reveal a chief justice trying to defuse disputes that bring the nation’s high court into tension with
11.13am EDT 11:13 Trump condemns ‘horrible & politically charged’ Supreme Court rulings Trump has sent a tweet condemning the “horrible & politically charged decisions coming
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Bolton denies that the book contains classified information US President Donald Trump sought help from Chinese President Xi Jinping
Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti said Wednesday that former national security adviser John Bolton’s new book will not change many minds because Bolton faces
Image copyright AFP Image caption Bolton served as Trump’s national security adviser from 2018-19 The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to prevent
WASHINGTON — President Trump sure is mad at John Bolton. Trump threatened his former national security adviser with “criminal liability” Monday if Bolton actually releases
She broke a kneecap hiking the highest mountain in Africa and competed in an Ironman triathlon with blood dripping down her face after sustaining an
John Bolton, the disgruntled former National Security Advisor, who was fired by President Trump, has finally released his “tell-all” book titled “The Room Where It
circa 1916: Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) the 28th President of the United States of America. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) “This not who
Melissa Holzberg 22m ago / 1:30 PM UTC WASHINGTON — The American Federation of Teachers launched a $1 million ad buy on Friday to support the
Dan Bongino, former U.S. Secret Service agent and conservative pundit, spoke before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday form the perspective of a former law enforcement
11.41am EDT 11:41 Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo declined to provide further details about the 911 call that brought police officers to George Floyd. But
They’ll need all those new voters. The number of white, non-college educated voters in the state — Trump’s demographic sweet spot — suggests a wholesale
George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd (right) and cousin Shareeduh Tate speak during a memorial service for George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. Floyd died after
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi alongside fellow House Democrats introduced a bill Monday to combat the “entrenched system” of police brutality in the wake of the
Romney — who won praise from Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike on Monday for joining the nationwide demonstrations — said he had talked with Tim
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said he plans to call the House back as soon as the bill is ready for a vote, likely
The source said it had not yet been determined whether Floyd would testify in person or virtually. House Judiciary Committee Democrats invited Floyd to speak,
But they were wrong. And Trump pounced. He was ready to declare victory. Victory over the coronavirus. Victory over a slumping economy. Victory over racial
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. To deal with the police brutality protests in Washington, D.C., Attorney General
Voters stand in line as they wait to cast their ballots during primary voting in Braddock, Pa., on Tuesday. Problems with absentee ballots and a
“It’s what keeps me awake at night,” said Pete Giangreco, a Democratic strategist who has worked on nine presidential campaigns. “I think there are a
Far from acting to restore calm, Trump’s instinct has been to exacerbate the sense of crisis and division — blasting the demonstrators as “THUGS,” calling
There was a moment on Saturday afternoon when President Trump stood on a rooftop in Florida for what could have been a sorely needed moment
Smoke and orange flames filled the night sky Thursday as protesters breached the 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis and set it ablaze. Others tossed fireworks
Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee asked the Department of Justice in a Thursday letter for an investigation into a spate of killings of
As a former Secret Service agent, Dan Bongino has seen sides of Washington that are familiar to few Americans. As a conservative commentator and author
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial finally began Sunday, two images from the courtroom steps stood out. One was of the arrival of
Tests for the coronavirus have become widely available across the U.S., rendering the media’s constant criticism of President Donald Trump supposed failure to provide adequate
If NBC News legal analyst and former Robert Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann participates in an upcoming fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, it would mean the
A few hours after this column appears on the internet, more than 30 liberal activists will meet online to plan your future. The gathering is
Deborah Fuqua-Frey, who sits on the board of the Washtenaw County GOP and helped organize the pro-Trump rally here, says the United Auto Workers union
Private phone conversations between former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko have been released by a Ukrainian lawmaker. Edited recordings
It’s all part of the last stage of the GOP’s evolution during Trump’s first term: an apparent end to public disagreements for the next six
“Nothing’s done until it’s done, and that’s always been true in Trump world and this is yet another of many examples,” said a person close
“This is outrageous, an Inspector General is supposed to be independent. They are there for the purpose of making sure that agencies act appropriately, and
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, says all three democratic witnesses testifying before the House Judiciary Committee came in with preconceived bias. (screenshot)
Missouri Democrat Nicole Galloway touted an endorsement from a liberal dark money group just days after claiming that she “hate[s] dark money with a passion.”
On Friday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump fired Steve Linick from his role as State Department Inspector General. Ambassador Stephen Akard, the director of the
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s $3 trillion ‘Heroes Act’ Coronavirus stimulus package has been dubbed by GOP Whip Steve Scalise as the Democrats’ “Unicorn” deal,
Meadows is also getting plaudits from some Democrats who say he listens to them, even if he doesn’t necessarily agree to their requests. When Senate
This unassuming statute, buried four paragraphs under the heading “Reports” in 31 U.S.C. § 331(d), requires the Treasury secretary to provide the House or Senate
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court showdown over President Trump’s financial records is finally here. On Tuesday, the court will host one of the most important
Republicans in California could potentially pull off a feat that’s rarely seen in this day and age, and that’s to flip a Congressional district from
Several Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Friday introduced the “Time to Repeal an Archaic Policy of 2020” (TRAP) in an effort to
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. WASHINGTON — President Trump’s campaign just launched a major ad offensive to
The Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell will release 53 declassified transcripts of witnesses that testified before Congress regarding the FBI’s Russia probe into President
No matter that coronavirus cases are rising in many states and that governors are ignoring his guidelines about when it’s safe to open. Trump is
This is a special column to SaraACarter.com. David Schoen is a civil rights and criminal defense lawyer, who has served as trial counsel in the
For weeks, waves of grief have washed across the country as hundreds, then thousands, then tens of thousands of Americans have died from COVID-19 in
Two top Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter Monday to FBI director Christopher Wray demanding a review of the bureau’s handling of
The man who said he knew more about ISIS than the generals and claimed to have stunned dumfounded aides with his scientific acuity prides himself
Phlebotomists stand outside a triage testing area for the coronavirus at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, Ill., April 22, 2020. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) America has never
That Lankford and other GOP senators like Chuck Grassley of Iowa have felt compelled to speak out publicly underscores the degree to which Trump has
Hicks is not a scheduler, although she now works from the scheduler’s office in the West Wing, and she’s not a communications director, even though
The Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff is keeping the truth from the American people. He doesn’t want anyone – beyond those
Brazil’s Justice Minister Sergio Moro, who became popular as a crusader against corruption, resigned on Friday, alleging political interference in the federal police force. He
“Why do we need another oversight committee? Speaker Pelosi said it’s all going to be bipartisan. I’m sorry, I don’t believe it,” said Rep. Debbie
WARNING: This story contains graphic language. While he occasionally weighed in with praise for public officials or more straightforward observations, tweets from this period are
The federal health official who claims he was demoted for opposing the Trump administration’s alleged politicization of coronavirus treatments has hired Christine Blasey Ford’s legal team
Monica Alba 7m ago / 3:34 PM UTC WASHINGTON — After teasing it for seven months, President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign finally launched a new phone
Trump did not hint at making any drastic immigration moves during his lengthy daily coronavirus news briefing earlier Monday evening. Immigration has largely taken a
When AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka was shown a draft last week of President Trump’s plan to reopen the economy, he worried it didn’t offer enough
President Donald Trump on Sunday called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi an “inherently dumb person” after her appearance on Fox News, and also criticized host Chris
The first day President Trump mentioned the coronavirus in public, only one American was known to be infected. He assured the rest of the country
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has fired his health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta,
Rep. Adam Schiff said America would not reopen without “a plan to get the virus under control” and accused President Donald Trump of making “alarming”
The intruder crept in while we were thinking about other things. About how much we loved, or loathed, our president. About whether the Lakers or
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said Wednesday he’s assembled a bipartisan group of senators calling on President Donald Trump to provide a “detailed written
Trump set out Tuesday to cement his image of a wartime leader facing down an “invisible enemy” at a dark moment as the country waits
Glenn Fine, then the acting Inspector General at the Department of Defense, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on December 6, 2017. Fine was
Donald Trump has shaken up his communications operation by hiring Kayleigh McEnany, a controversial spokeswoman for his re-election campaign, as his fourth White House press
Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell warned in a letter sent to a top Democratic Senator that leaks to the media after classified intelligence
In the coming weeks, Meadows is expected to make personnel changes to the leadership of both the Domestic Policy Council, which is led by Mulvaney
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has been dinged several times by fact-checkers over claims he has made during the coronavirus crisis, including a total of
The inspector general whose firing was disclosed in a letter to Congress on Sunday defended his handling of a whistleblower complaint that led to President
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Gov. Andrew Cuomo | Getty Images NEW YORK — In the chaotic scramble of New York politics in the
“Almost all of our government systems are under such strain now. We have a heightened danger: first, of fraud and waste in terms of how
Presidents face difficult decisions every day, but most of those decisions get lost in time. They are catalogued by historians and occasionally dug up by
President Donald Trump came out strongly against attempts to expand mail-in voting by Democrats, arguing that the practice will increase the likelihood of voting fraud.
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Democrats accuse the president of trying to settle scores by firing senior official Michael Atkinson US President Donald Trump has
A New York Times report this week criticizes pro-Trump media figures who downplayed the threat of coronavirus. Fair enough. But it is worth examining how
President Donald Trump has informed Congress that he is removing the inspector general who flagged the Ukraine whistleblower complaint, according to a letter obtained by
Kayleigh McEnany, National Press Secretary for the Donald J. Trump 2020 reelection campaign, emphasized that President Trump has been “undeterred and resolute” in his
As coronavirus continues to spread throughout the U.S., Democrats in Congress have lost focus on impeaching President Donald Trump for the first time since 2016.
Despite the time some administration officials have invested in poring over historical reference points, the scale of Covid-19 — which continues to spread like wildfire
President Donald Trump fired back at one of his harshest critics, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in a savage letter Thursday, responding to Schumer’s criticism
Donald Trump sparked fresh criticism on Thursday by deploying his son-in-law at a White House coronavirus taskforce briefing and accusing Democrats of launching a fresh
President Donald Trump on Thursday responded to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call for a military “czar” to coordinate production and distribution of medical equipment
Vice President Mike Pence schooled Wolf Blitzer Wednesday when the CNN host slammed President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. After Pence praised the
In another testament to the power of the free market, American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has developed a possible vaccine for
(Steven Hayward) • You want to know how long the month of March has been? It was still this month that Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar,
Each day generated new challenges and controversies. The president oversold deals with companies to make medical equipment. He trumpeted potential cures that were still unproven.
But that wording would have still allowed the money to go to businesses that family members collectively — but not individually — owned at least
Ten days later, the price tag for the Senate’s coronavirus economic rescue package has ballooned to more than $2 trillion, twice what Kudlow initially suggested,
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro removes his mask to speak to journalists after a press conference on the coronavirus on Wednesday. Andre Borges/AP hide caption toggle
Since the beginning of the public health crisis surrounding the spread of the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump’s response to the global pandemic has been
In a 90-minute news conference with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Trump rattled off the number of supplies the federal government had
Donald Trump attempted to blunt growing criticism of the stalled federal response to the coronavirus crisis on Sunday night, promising that more help was on
On President’s Day 2020, former President Barack Obama disrespected his successor, President Trump. Obama simply said “Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the
America has faced great challenges in the past, and we have always gotten through them stronger than we were before. From the Civil War to
This is a thread about dogs worth bracing yourself for. Saturday Night Live writer Peter Schultz graced the internet with one of the best dog
“I’m about as conservative fiscally as you can find on Capitol Hill. But my approach to this is: I’m pretty much Mr. Senator whatever it
President Trump said on Wednesday that Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought will be nominated as the office’s permanent director. Evan Vucci/AP
The outbreak of the coronavirus has heightened anxiety for many Americans who are practicing social distancing, however, the team at the American Conservative Union (ACU),
A Joe Biden ad received the worst possible rating from the Washington Post fact-checker for attacking President Donald Trump with manipulated video. The presumptive Democratic
The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has received The Washington Post’s top rating for deception. The Post Fact-Checker gave the Biden campaign four
The greatest long-term significance of the coronavirus pandemic, as will be elaborated a few paragraphs along in this piece, will be the injury to the
China locks down tens of millions in their homes to slow the march of a deadly virus — but furnishes scant information about the mercurial
“I have no regrets; I’m a very grateful person,” twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says toward the end of Hillary, the new Hulu documentary series
Two Republican congressmen who were in close contact with Donald Trump in recent days have self-quarantined over concerns that they were also in contact in
Democrats in Michigan have been mobilizing for months for a fierce general election fight against President Trump, determined not to lose this Midwest battleground as
Former President Bill Clinton said he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky to “manage my anxieties.” In a new Hulu docu-series about Hillary Clinton covering
A number of Republican Congressmen are self-quarantining after meeting the individual who attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) while infected with coronavirus. Cruz made
It was supposed to just be a run to do some grocery shopping. But for Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, a rising star in
Unless your name is Michael Bloomberg, fundraising is a pretty important part of any campaign. And, if you haven’t been paying attention, small donors are
In a surprise move, President Donald Trump on Friday named U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows his new chief of staff, replacing acting chief Mick Mulvaney. Trump
Image copyright EPA Image caption Mick Mulvaney has been praised by President Trump for doing “an outstanding job” while in the administration US President Donald
Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District election will be one of the most important races in 2020 and its outcome could reflect whether the House returns to
While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s controversial comments directed at President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominees made headlines, the chief executive recently surpassed a historic
Op-Ed Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty ImagesRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton looks on during the final presidential
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks on Capitol Hill, March 3. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press Democrats like to accuse President Trump of violating institutional democratic
On February 24th, Ha Tae-kyung, a South Korean National Assembly member and a co-chairman of the New Conservative Party, was on a high-speed train to
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will visit Tennessee on Friday following a string of deadly tornadoes that authorities have confirmed killed at least
Tom Steyer announces the end of his presidential campaign following the results of the South Carolina primary in Columbia, S.C., Feb. 29. Photo: Meg Kinnard/Associated
Politico published an article reporting that President Donald Trump called the novel coronavirus a “hoax” in a speech Friday in South Carolina. President Trump on
President Trump chose a bad time to launch a purge of his national security team. After he was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial on
In a serious blow to the oversight efforts of House Democrats, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that former White
Democratic Party media are claiming that last night in South Carolina, President Trump said that the coronavirus epidemic is a hoax. Politico headlines: The Telegraph,
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “politicizing” the deadly coronavirus during a campaign rally here on Friday, claiming that the outbreak
The patient didn’t have any relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient, said Dr. Sara Cody, director of the county’s public health department.
The pundits are having difficulty settling on a historical analogy for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Will the spread of the disease be President Trump’s Katrina or his
News Shawn Thew – Pool / Getty ImagesRanking member of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Devin Nunes speaks during a hearing in the Longworth House
Commentary Alex Wong / Getty ImagesThen-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on July 26, 2007, on Capitol Hill
President Trump speaks Tuesday with business leaders in New Delhi, India. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump speaks Tuesday with business
Des Moines, Iowa Dear Washington, Since our last correspondence, voting finally got underway in the Democratic primary for president. That term—voting—is used loosely in Iowa,
NEW DELHI — When President Donald Trump arrived in India on Monday, he was met with a spectacle his host hopes will win him over.
News Alex Wong / Getty ImagesSouth Carolina Democrat James Clyburn is pictured in a Capitol hallway in a May file photo. Clyburn sees danger for
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. U.S. intelligence officials told a House committee last week that Russia is
“I thanked Adam Schiff for helping President Trump ultimately get reelected to the presidency,” said Eric Early, a Los Angeles attorney running against Rep. Adam
Readers by now have to be familiar with the fight over “sanctuary” jurisdictions. These are cities, counties or even states that declare they will not
O’ Brien said he has seen no intelligence or analysis to support that claim, but a source told CNN that the intelligence assessment is not
Commentary Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump makes his way across the South Lawn upon his return to the White House in
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has lost the memory of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to the president of a major police union in
He also asked to see the intelligence behind the classified briefing last week where lawmakers were told Russia was interfering in the 2020 election to
President Trump has eviscerated the Democratic Party, reducing it to internecine squabbling between out-of-touch establishment figures and fire-breathing radicals who all have equally dismal prospects
But Russiagate 2 may not be a straightforward sequel for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Why would Putin want to put his finger on the scales
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s long-time adviser Roger Stone is set to be sentenced on Thursday after being convicted on charges including lying to a
During Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential primary debate, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg became visibly flustered as he attempted to answer a question about
Mike Memoli 33m ago / 6:15 PM UTC Biden debuts new web ad hitting Bloomberg on Obama criticisms LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Frustrated over Mike Bloomberg’s
While NASCAR fans focused on cars and drivers as they debated the winner of the big race, there was no debate as to the winner
“We are going to be ground zero for President Trump’s reelection, and we are ground zero to keep the Senate majority,” McSally said at the
Though the President is the head of the executive branch, America’s real chief law enforcement official is William Barr and there are dramatic signs that
If there is one powerhouse conservative couple that stands out in Washington D.C. it’s Matt and Mercedes Schlapp. It’s also a 24/7 job to keep
Commentary Charley Gallay / Getty Images for WGAwActor James Woods speaks onstage during the 2017 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony at The Beverly Hilton Hotel
MUNICH — Sen. Lindsey Graham and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, uniting against a Trump administration idea to withdraw U.S. troops from part of Africa,
“I can’t even envision a situation where he would be reelected. But we are not, we don’t take anything for granted. As I say, we
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump took a loop around the Daytona 500 racetrack on Sunday in his presidential limousine, drawing cheers from
The White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway has escalated the dispute over Donald Trump’s meddling in the US justice department, claiming a “two-tier criminal justice system”
The vote totals in New Hampshire were even starker. The president received 129,696 votes, more than doubling Obama and Bush’s totals. While it’s unclear what
After months of denying that he personally sent Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to get damaging information on political opponents, including the Biden family, President Donald
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes,” Mark Twain is supposed to have said. My first job after law school was as an attorney
Former Vice President and 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden accused President Donald Trump Thursday of ‘weaponizing’ the Department of Justice, he said on The View.
President Bill Clinton delivers a speech during Memorial Day ceremonies at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1993. Ron Edmonds/AP hide caption toggle caption Ron Edmonds/AP
Or maybe it’s just that the Trump administration has generated so much drama in the intervening week-and-change that it’s hard to remember back that far.
Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Lawyers who have filled political positions in the Trump administration have been pursued by doubts about their qualifications or caliber. In
YouTube removed a video clip of Sen. Rand Paul mentioning the name of the alleged whistleblower responsible for filing a complaint that led to President
Alex Wong/Getty Just a week removed from their acquittal of President Trump, U.S. senators—including a number of Republicans—are set to deliver the president a constitutional
The result is that he expands his own power by confounding institutional restraints and opening a zone of presidential impunity — while at the same
Attorney General William Barr will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on March, 31, according to a letter released Wednesday by the committee’s Chairman Jerrold
LAS VEGAS — Harry Reid is done with Iowa. The former senate majority leader, who remains a powerful force in the Democratic Party, led off
Instead, the President appears to have drawn a lesson about impunity from his experience and seems committed to accelerating his bid to subvert constitutional and
Election season is getting under way and the race to become the Democratic challenger to Donald Trump is hotting up. Last summer, there were nearly
BREAKING: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will win the New Hampshire Democratic primary, with Pete Buttigieg coming in a close second. in one of the biggest
Three prosecutors in Roger Stone’s criminal case abruptly resigned from the case on Tuesday after the Justice Department said it planned to reduce the recommended
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on Friday sought to set aside the awkwardness of the U.S. political drama involving Ukraine by reassuring the nation
Hollywood’s biggest night just took its biggest blow. In yet another sign of the continuing disinterest Americans are showing in listening to the beautiful people
With the New Hampshire primary set to take place Tuesday and all attention focused on the Northeastern state, the candidates running for president in 2020
Ben Kamisar 1h ago / 9:13 PM UTC WASHINGTON — With one day to go before the New Hampshire primary, Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders
The liberal state of New York, and other far-left cities and states, just learned that they have a price to pay if they want to
After years of calling Mitt Romney a homophobe who wants to “put y’all back in chains,” the left has decided that all’s forgiven after he
People briefed on the discussion told the Times that the Republican senators were concerned it would look bad for Trump to fire Gordon Sondland, and
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally in Derry, N.H., Feb. 5. Photo: Steven Senne/Associated Press No major American political party has nominated a
Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman received a standing ovation at the Democratic debate in New Hampshire on Friday, after former Vice President Joe Biden suggested that
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered payback Friday to two key witnesses who testified in the House impeachment inquiry, firing Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador
Image copyright EPA An aide who testified against President Donald Trump in the impeachment hearings has been escorted out of the White House, says his
Commentary Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesFormer Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe
One of Mali’s most prominent musicians has criticized the Transportation Security Administration after he said his “impossible-to-replace” instrument was destroyed by agents at New York’s
Commentary Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images for RFK Human RightsChris Matthews speaks onstage at the 2015 Ripple Of Hope Awards on Dec. 8, 2015, in
Image credit: istock Interviews interview with John Yoo via Fox News Hoover Institution fellow John Yoo discusses Rep. Jerry Nalder saying that Democrats could continue
Democrats might want to listen to Don Peebles, before they get deeper into disaster. He’s a lifelong supporter of the Democratic Party. He was a
• Back in 2008, Rush Limbaugh conducted his “operation chaos” to prolong the Democratic nomination struggle between Hillary and Obama. Now Democrats are doing it
The FBI has elevated racially-motivated violent extremism to a “national threat priority,” in yet another sign that the U.S. government has finally woken up to
President Donald Trump blasted “dishonest and corrupt” people Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, bashing his impeachment before the nonpartisan event with House Speaker
Evan Vucci/AP President Trump entered the ballroom of the Washington Hilton for the National Prayer Breakfast. He held up a hard copy of USA Today,
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney just absolutely trashed President Trump on the Senate floor, and said he’ll vote to remove Trump from office. In a brief
Just the third President to face impeachment, Trump will remain in office — like Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson — but he was robbed of
The sweet smell of victory for Republicans on the Senate floor will be the end of Rep. Maxine Waters chant and the Democrat dream to
WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Senator Mitt Romney said on Wednesday that he will vote to convict President Donald Trump on the impeachment article charging abuse
Now, I can’t speak for everyone, but when I show up at the emergency room or walk in the door for my annual physical, there
The Senate will vote at 4 p.m. ET on the verdict for two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The outcome
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up on Jan. 31. Photo: nicholas kamm/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Donald Trump delivered his third State of the Union address
The moment after President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen ripping up a printed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, emerging from the shadow of impeachment, on Tuesday stared down Democratic lawmakers who seek to toss him from
The world has been given a close-up look at America’s quirky approach to picking its leaders — and it isn’t pretty. The Iowa caucuses have
At least seven House Democrats planned to boycott President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, as the Senate is expected to vote
If displaying total ineptitude worthy of the Obamacare website in the Iowa caucuses isn’t enough, on the day before the final impeachment vote Gallup has
That there is no winner — or even a single tabulated result — reported by the party early Tuesday morning (or even a time to
Almost everyone at one time or another has enjoyed the great outdoors on or near so-called “public lands” with little or no thought about what
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSchiff: ‘The facts are damning’ The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is hurtling towards its conclusion
The National Archives is in the process of reviewing several thousand documents related to meetings held between senior Obama Administration and Ukrainian officials at the
Trump impeachment trial live updates: Closing arguments ahead of acquittal vote originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Senate hears closing arguments from both sides as impeachment trial
Sen. Lamar Alexander Photo: Steve Helber/Associated Press Senate Republicans are taking even more media abuse than usual after voting to bar witnesses from the impeachment
Republican Senator Jony Ernst from Iowa on Sunday warned that President Donald Trump’s impeachment by the Democrat-led House has “opened” the doors to the GOP
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The spotlight is on Sanders in Iowa: will he shine? The first event that will help decide the candidates
Prior to a news conference regarding President Donald Trump’s impeachment on Friday, Sen. Kamala Harris was caught on camera goofing around on stage in front
By Robert Romano “President Trump told his national security adviser in August that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine
Michael Lind, the author of The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite, has a theory. Today’s political villain, he argues, is a
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With a break in the impeachment trial of President Trump, Iowa was again awash in Democratic candidates on Saturday, as a flock of White House
The filing, released near midnight Friday, marks the first official acknowledgment from the Trump administration that emails about the President’s thinking related to the aid
News Drew Angerer / Getty ImagesSen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer /
Although all 47 Democratic and independent senators voted Friday to prolong President Trump’s impeachment trial by summoning witnesses, it remains unclear whether party leaders can
Chief Justice John Roberts says it would have been “inappropriate” for him to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald
It has largely gone unnoticed thanks to the impeachment news. But, on Wednesday, a closely divided US Court of Appeals for the Firth Circuit voted
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In the lead-up to the Senate vote not to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, another John Bolton bombshell dropped, Sen.
CRESTON, Iowa — Allies of Sen. Bernie Sanders railed against a Democratic National Committee rules change that was announced on Friday and framed it as
House manager Zoe Lofgren invoked history on the Senate floor today when calling for a vote to allow national security adviser John Bolton to testify
Attorney Alan Dershowitz speaks to the press in the Senate Reception Room during the Senate impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 29. Photo: Mario
WASHINGTON — A key GOP swing voter in the Senate said there’s “no need” to bring new evidence into President Trump’s impeachment trial, a development
Chief Justice John Roberts refused to read Sen. Rand Paul’s question at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that named the alleged Ukraine whistleblower.
Image copyright EPA Image caption Republican Senator Lamar Alexander said he would vote against calling more witnesses US Democrats have been dealt a major blow
CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper said Senate Democrats look like they are in trouble as the vote to decide whether or not to
The lawyer for former National Security Advisor John Bolton is pushing back on White House claims that his forthcoming book has a bunch of top-secret,
House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump’s defense team faced questions from senators Wednesday as Trump’s Senate trial entered a new phase. The first query,
The letter, which is dated January 23, said some of the information was classified at the “top secret” level, meaning it “reasonably could be expected
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John Bolton’s lawyer this week disputed the National Security Council’s (NSC) assertion that his client’s unpublished book manuscript about President Donald Trump’s administration and his
Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law School professor emeritus and high-profile defense attorney, argued that Trump cannot be impeached for pressuring Ukraine for investigations into former
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption President Trump has fought to prevent John Bolton from testifying in his impeachment The White House is pushing back
Sen. Rand Paul is not happy about impeachment, particularly when it comes to rhetoric involving who’s making money off of access to power. The libertarian-leaning
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
“That reporter couldn’t have done too good a job on you yesterday,” President Trump told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Tuesday. He added, “Think you
Most Republican senators are agitating for the chance to vote to clear Trump of impeachable offenses, but a handful of their colleagues are still agonizing,
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace has increasingly revealed over the past few years that he is suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, and his TDS has
I guess I should say something. For five years my office at AEI was right next to John Bolton. Lately I’ve been having fun with
A Starr is reborn. Kenneth Starr, who as independent counsel was the tip of the spear in the impeachment of US president Bill Clinton, stood
But Senate Republicans used the concerted attack on Biden to raise questions about his political viability. “Iowa caucuses are this next Monday evening and I’m
WASHINGTON — President Trumps’ impeachment defense attorneys switched gears on Monday and went on the attack: against former Vice President Joe Biden. The president’s team
Senate TV Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general and a member of President Trump’s defense team, outlined the issue of Hunter Biden’s involvement on the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. Senate came under fresh pressure on Monday to allow witnesses and new documents in President Donald Trump’s impeachment
The new complications emerged on Sunday even as Trump was clearly sensing an imminent victory and showed he was spoiling for retribution against Democrats who
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Click on image to listen to Sen. Ted Cruz’s latest podcast. The Trump team finally gets a chance to make their case against impeachment, Senator
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIn the footage from April 2018, Mr Trump can be heard saying “Get rid of her!” President
In February 2019, Jeff Bezos accused David Pecker and the National Enquirer of extortion and blackmail after the tabloid published intimate pictures taken by the
Barack Obama called Donald Trump a “fascist” in a phone conversation with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia during the 2016 presidential election, Kaine says in
Senate Republicans on Friday slammed Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) after the House’s lead prosecutor repeated reporting that the White House had threatened to put
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin noted Saturday that President Donald Trump’s legal team lacks diversity because “it was all white men today.” Toobin was commenting
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday accused a National Public Radio reporter of lying to him and breaking her word to keep a post-interview
12.20pm EST 12:20 Lead impeachment prosecutor, Adam Schiff, has shared his first thoughts on the president’s defense. Trump’s lawyers made Schiff a prominent character in
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans said lead impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff insulted them during the trial on Friday night by repeating an anonymously sourced report
“Get rid of her!” a voice appearing to belong to Trump says on the recording, according to ABC News, which on Friday first reported its
Quoth the great William F. Buckley: “Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover
As the impeachment trial of Donald Trump continued in earnest on Friday, the president was boldly unveiling his new logo for the US Space Force.
WASHINGTON — To hear President Trump address the country’s premier anti-abortion event, you’d hardly recall this same president has racked up an astonishing string of
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham just appeared on Fox News and stuck to the same White House lines on the possibility of having witnesses
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) on Friday dubbed President Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky an “evil scheme.” “It was clear who
Which, well, wow. Right? That’s a big number — especially when you consider how Republicans have, almost unanimously, fallen into line behind Trump, no matter
Attorneys General of 21 states drafted a letter Wednesday in defense of President Donald Trump and the “integrity” of the 2016 election. The letter condemns
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) is probably right that a female candidate doesn’t stand a chance of beating President Donald J. Trump in the general
House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) in the Senate on Wednesday. Photo: /Associated Press Senate jurors are responding in different ways to the
Commentary Chris McGrath / Getty ImagesDemonstrators carry banners of slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Istanbul, Turkey, after Soleimani’s Jan. 3 death in a U.S.
Two years ago, US president Donald Trump closed US borders to citizens of seven countries. Now, seven other countries across the world are rumored to
Roberts, who is presiding over the trial, called for decorum in the early hours of Wednesday, saying, “It is appropriate for me to admonish both
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After 21 years, the internet juggernaut Google has become pervasive in the lives of people throughout the world. It started as the world’s largest search
As the impeachment trial opened on Tuesday afternoon, McConnell spoke extensively on the need for “fairness,” declaring that Trump will finally get a chance to
Chief Justice John Roberts admonished both sides at the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, urging those presenting to “remember where they are.” Roberts
President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial began in earnest Tuesday, with prosecutors from the House of Representatives and attorneys for the White House tangling over
Senate TV White House counsel Pat Cipollone chastised House impeachment manager Jerry Nadler for his argument in favor of former national security adviser John Bolton’s
Former vice president Joe Biden’s extraordinary campaign memo this week imploring U.S. news media to reject the allegations surrounding his son Hunter’s work for a
Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, Dec. 17, 2019. Photo: Ringo Chiu/Zuma Press The evidence of economic
Following President Donald Trump’s MLK Day tweet boasting about his economic record, the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. responded saying “someone is
Dershowitz, a recent addition to President Donald Trump’s team, said Sunday that the framers of the Constitution intended for impeachable conduct to mean “criminal-like conduct”
The first of the two articles of impeachment on which Donald Trump is about to be tried by the Senate focuses on “abuse of power.”
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White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters on Monday she does not believe the Democrat-led impeachment of President Donald Trump fits with Dr. Martin Luther
We have since added 20 more for a total of 65. 1. Trump released an “exact transcript” of his July call with Zelensky. (The document
The 2020 edition of the Women’s March in New York City proved to be a pale shadow of the original. in 2017, the New York
“Why are they doing this to me,” the source quoted Trump as saying repeatedly, telling people around him this weekend at Mar-a-Lago that he “can’t
Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) said Sunday that Democrats “will not stop” on impeachment and added that there may be more “impeachment activity” in the
One year ago, former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett apparently decided what his career really needed was a fake hate crime committed against him. We’ve never
On Friday, Lieu tweeted the first page of a December 31 letter from Nunes’ attorney, Steven Biss, threatening to sue to protect his client’s reputation.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally got the chicken entrails that she needed to see, and has transmitted the yellowing and brittle articles of impeachment to
Senate leaders are preparing for a contentious Tuesday session that could stretch several hours and could send the chamber into a closed session as Democrats
Like the fighter pilot that she is, Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) wasn’t afraid to call CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju ‘a liberal hack’ earlier
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaking to reporters on October 5, 2018 in Washington D.C., during Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanagh. Alex
The Trump administration violated the law by withholding $214 million in security assistance to Ukraine in the summer of 2019, according to a legal opinion
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally signed the articles of impeachment against
Ukraine has launched criminal investigations into the possible illegal surveillance of former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, and the reported hacking of Burisma Holdings, the natural
The Trump administration violated the law by withholding military aid to Ukraine, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a decision released Thursday. “In the
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said yesterday “there may very well be” more evidence from Lev Parnas that could be used in
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas is an associate of President Trump’s personal lawyer An aide to Donald Trump’s lawyer claims the
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces impeachment managers in Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. Photo: Matt Rourke/Associated Press House Democrats have finally vouchsafed to deliver their impeachment
Rep. Jason Crow (far right) and other managers of the House impeachment case join Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a news conference at the Capitol. Matt
Before Christmas, four Republican congressmen—the most prominent being Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina, an important figure inside the Freedom Caucus—sent a letter reminding Attorney
Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Simmering tensions as Steyer makes a mark in Des Moines The long detente between America’s two
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sought to de-escalate their feud during Tuesday’s debate, but the two were seen having an onstage exchange
Warren’s pitch for a woman candidate Warren and Sanders remain at odds over whether he told her, during a private dinner in 2018 about the
8.02pm EST 20:02 Warren and Sanders trade barbs ahead of tonight’s debate Lauren Gambino The yearlong truce between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders – the
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran boiled over in recent weeks with tit-for-tat deadly strikes that targeted a U.S. base in Iraq, followed by strikes
Debris from the Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which was shot down after takeoff from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran. Social
The Ukrainian natural gas company that prompted President Donald Trump to seek investigations from Ukraine’s president over its hiring of former Vice President Joe Biden’s
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, will meet her troops on Tuesday and is expected to finally relent in her refusal to send the
One of MacDonough’s most important assignments came in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when she was still a relatively junior Senate
Voters in Arizona discuss with CNN’s Miguel Marquez how they’ve been keeping up with President Trump’s impeachment and whether it will affect their vote in
Once Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gets the articles of impeachment, expect three or four days of housekeeping and logistical work before the trial actually
WASHINGTON — Democrats may want to be careful what they wish for in demanding witnesses in President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. That’s the warning
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Sunday said she is waiting to see what the Senate does with her first batch of
A former cameraman for a New York City TV station who was fired for alleged racism and Islamophobia is fighting back, according to a new
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has been ramping up his attacks on Bernie Sanders as the Vermont senator has consistently stayed near the top of
Former Justice Department official David S. Kris was selected by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Friday to oversee the FBI’s reforms after Justice Department Inspector
In private, many Democrats have called Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D., Calif.) decision to withhold articles of impeachment from the Senate a “failed
“This president is impeached for life, regardless of any gamesmanship on the part of Mitch McConnell. … He will be impeached forever,” House Speaker Nancy
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left open the possibility that the House of Representatives could file new articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, but expressed
Amy Klobuchar, campaigning across Iowa in the first days of the New Year, told voters about a text a friend sent her after a surge
This is a developing story. Please refresh for updates. WASHINGTON — President Trump’s impeachment could head to the Senate as soon as next week. House
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told lawmakers Friday in a letter that she plans to move forward with a resolution next week to the Senate to
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to hold off on any rulings regarding the Affordable Care Act while lower court challenges continue. Though it
Ukraine’s president called on Iran to fully accept its “guilt” for the downing of a passenger jetliner on Wednesday that killed 176 people. After initial
The administration’s refusals to provide information to Congress and the public reaches far beyond what occurred over the last week. The White House has also
House minority whip Steve Scalise told SaraACarter.com Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to move the impeachment articles to the Senate after failing in
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is saying she’ll talk about this at caucus Tuesday. So, we can probably assume a Tuesday or Wednesday vote. | Win McNamee/Getty
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a letter to Democratic lawmakers on Friday that she will consult with them Tuesday as she announced steps
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced a Senate resolution Friday urging the House to “immediately transmit” the articles of impeachment to
Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein flipped Thursday on her suggestion that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stop sitting on the articles of impeachment and deliver the
Commentary Jstone / Shutterstock“Innocent civilians are now dead because they were caught in the middle of an unnecessary and unwanted military tit for tat,” Democratic
Sometime soon, Donald Trump, the third president in the history of the United States to be impeached, is expected to face a trial in the
4.13pm EST 16:13 Nancy Pelosi delivered a floor speech in favor of the War Powers Resolution, which would limit Trump’s military actions in Iran. The
But history, rather than repeating itself, has become inverted with the blunt and deadly application of American military might. It’s like bizarro world, because the
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A growing number of Senate Democrats are breaking with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her handling of articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Seven
“We need to figure out what’s going on,” added Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), one of the nation’s most prominent anti-war Democrats, when asked about plans
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday he is “prepared to testify” at the Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump if he is
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he wants the Senate to launch an impeachment trial of President
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contenders on Friday condemned the air strike that killed prominent Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, saying President Donald Trump’s decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. appeals court judges on Friday appeared skeptical about broad legal arguments by President Donald Trump’s administration seeking to block a former
Ukrainian and U.S. flags fly in Kyiv, Ukraine. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters Ukrainian and U.S. flags fly in Kyiv, Ukraine. Valentyn
Vladimir Putin called Donald Trump for a chummy holiday season catch-up Sunday, thanking him for intelligence that had helped a prevent terror attack on
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas set former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg straight regarding whether America’s founders understood the immorality of slavery and
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts will be a central figure in the ongoing drama of the Donald Trump presidency in coming months.
Visitors celebrating the New Year use binoculars to watch North Korean territory Wednesday, near the border between North and South Korea. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
CNN’s Michael Smerconish speaks with author and professor Jeffrey Rosen about the role Chief Justice John Roberts may play in the impeachment trial of President
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec. 19 became the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives voted to
In an interview with the editorial board of the De Moines Register in Iowa on December 27, former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed again
Donald Trump should keep a thank-you letter to Joe Biden on robo-write. In his latest favor to the President, the former Vice President told the
Amid the many words spoken—some passionate, some false, some bitter—in the late-night session of the House Judiciary Committee last Wednesday, one line, in a speech
The Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separatist forces held a prisoner swap in the country’s war-ravaged east Sunday in the latest sign of efforts to ease
“The framers never envisioned a stunt pulled by a speaker of the House like Nancy Pelosi holding onto articles of impeachment. Two decades ago
With Shepard Smith gone from Fox News, media watchers in 2019 have turned their eyes to a new voice of Trump skepticism at the network:
The US president going to church on Christmas Eve should not have attracted much attention. But it was the specific church Donald Trump chose to
Of all the names featured in the private depositions and public testimonies of the Presidential impeachment inquiry—Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani; Giuliani’s
The “striking” difference between the Bill Clinton and Donald Trump impeachments, argue MSNBC hosts and others in the media, was not only the willingness of
On today’s trip down memory lane we revisit our sit-down interview with Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch. Listen to the interview: Watch the Tom
On Thursday evening, Donald Trump pushed out on Twitter the name of the alleged whistleblower whose complaint led to the president’s impeachment. Trump’s personal Twitter
Old James Madison was one of those who, in helping to compose the Constitution, had agreed that a president could be impeached, and if convicted,
White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for holding up an impeachment trial in
WASHINGTON — The House Democratic majority’s vote last week to impeach President Donald Trump — and the Senate Republican majority’s expected acquittal next year —
2019 was a banner year for confirming federal judges — an accomplishment that will reverberate long after many of the leading stories of the year,
The shock of Donald Trump’s election, in November, 2016, obscured a tragedy of equal moment—the eclipse of reason, fact, and ethical judgment in the Republican
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
Jewish groups intensified criticism on Tuesday of Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor turned president’s lawyer and freelancing Ukrainian envoy, after he attacked Jewish
“Like most of us, President Trump’s ancestors were immigrants, and he is married to our amazing First Lady who is herself an immigrant,” Trump campaign
One night in 1953, the Reverend Billy Graham awoke at two in the morning, went to his study, and started writing down ideas for the
A great nation, divided against itself. An historically successful president, under siege. Democrats in Congress, attempting to nullify an election. Sound familiar? The American republic
President Donald Trump is quite generous when it comes to giving to his family throughout the year and around Christmas time, according to his daughter-in-law
Introduction The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates betrayals of public trust. Sign up to receive our stories. When President Donald Trump
After months of false starts and threats and endless posturing, Donald Trump has joined Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, becoming the third American president impeached
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Photo: saul loeb/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to withhold the House articles
At FiveThirtyEight, Perry Bacon argues that President Trump completed his takeover of the Republican Party this year. I think that’s right. Trump’s control of congressional
By Susan Smith Richardson and Jim Morris, Center for Public Integrity This weekend, emails about Ukraine military aid released to the Center for Public Integrity
He says he knows more about Isis than his generals, and claims to understand politicians “better than anybody”. Now there is another subject in which
That bolsters the Trump administration’s argument that the courts should simply butt out of the legal showdown, the DOJ filing says. “The reasons for refraining
LB and GWB participate in swearing in ceremony of Judge John Roberts as Chief Justice of the United States in the East Room. WASHINGTON—For Chief
This Manhattanite came to office with a big reform agenda, ready to toss out the old establishment and fight corruption. He asserted: “Political conventions must
ALLENDALE, S.C. — If you want to hear a song about impeaching a president, you have a lot of options: Flo Rida, Mick Jagger, Freddie
A senior White House official and leading Senate Republicans predicted Sunday that congressional Democrats would fail in their bid to force the Senate to summon
Democrats Sunday issued new demands for Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call witnesses that the President refused to provide for the House investigation.
Now that President Donald Trump has gotten wind of the fact that he might not yet have been impeached, we should make some things abundantly
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has officially invited President Trump to deliver his annual State of the Union address on Feb. 4. “In their great wisdom,
This week on the Sunday news shows: an MSNBC guest argued that the media’s focus on interviewing white working class voters is “dangerous” and “racist,”
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday described House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to keep the articles of impeachment from the Senate’s gaze as “a
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: Julio Cortez/Associated Press Congress has left town for the year but alas not before another bipartisan spending party
(Scott Johnson) With the heat generated by the Pelosi Players performing their impeachment farce in the House of Representatives last week, Martha MacCallum’s interview with
As the nation contemplates the first impeachment trial of a President in a generation, my own thoughts turn to covering the last one, in 1999,
I’m a big fan of Yuval Levin, but I disagree with some of what writes in this post on “the Senate’s burden” regarding impeachment. Yuval
House Democrats spent at least $3 million of taxpayers’ money in under three months pursuing the impeachment of President Donald Trump, counting the cost of
Trump’s remarks came as he kicked off his two-week winter getaway with the keynote address to Turning Point USA’s annual student action summit here, not
This week, the editor of Christianity Today, an evangelical magazine that was founded in the nineteen-fifties by the Reverend Billy Graham, came out against Donald
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OK, just one more post—probably. The U.S. Constitution gives to the House of Representatives the “sole Power of Impeachment.” But what exactly is this power
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Commentary Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty ImagesU.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about legislation the House has passed as she holds a
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, explained Thursday how a “deep love of country” motivated her to vote “present” on both articles of impeachment the night before.
Ivanka Trump, Trump’s daughter and senior adviser, who gave a rare TV interview this week, acknowledged that impeachment has angered her father, but said it
By R. Jeffrey Smith, Center for Public Integrity When President Donald Trump ordered a halt to aid to Ukraine last summer, defense officials and diplomats
Nancy Pelosi promised as speaker she would “show the power of the gavel”. This year, she laid it out for all to see. The past
One factor that made it hard, this week, to really feel the historic weight of the House’s vote to impeach President Donald Trump was how
Are we there yet? Probably. As I noted in an earlier post, because the Democratic leadership has decided to sit on the articles of impeachment
Professor Noah Feldman, whose biography of James Madison I admire, embarrassed himself when he testified about impeachment before the House Judiciary Committee. Now, he is
That’s pretty much everything the Constitution has to say about the impeachment process. And because there have been just two impeachments prior to this week
With the shine off their impeachment vote and President Trump’s fate seemingly secure in the Senate’s hands, the leading Democratic candidates to unseat him turned
Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES The Impeachment Standoff Under normal circumstances, the impeachment of President Trump would now be headed
Despite any potential shadows cast by impeachment, the American economy is forging ahead to the highest rating in nearly two decades. According to a CNN
News Sarah Silbiger /Getty ImagesHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walk away from the House floor in the U.S.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rising Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg came under attack during a debate among U.S. presidential hopefuls on Thursday, as his rivals questioned
https://youtu.be/Sclhp2HNYTU Media caption Mitch McConnell, who will decide the trial’s terms, condemns the “unfair impeachment inquiry” US President Donald Trump has demanded an immediate impeachment
New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew has completely flipped parties from Democrat to Republican at an important turning point in modern history voting against the
On the Friday interview edition of the Daily Daily Caller Podcast we sit down with John Lott and Nikki Goeser her new book, “Stalked And
After the Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested Democrats were getting “cold feet” over sending articles of impeachment to the Senate, Nancy Pelosi again twisted the
Talk show host and former top Reagan Justice Department official Mark Levin called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to declare the House impeachment of
Why are the Democrats pursuing their futile impeachment charade? Obviously, it is partly out of sheer partisan hate that isn’t necessarily connected to any rational
President Donald Trump says White House counsel Pat Cipollone will lead his defense team in the Senate impeachment trial, but House Democrats’ tactics mean it
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi presides over Resolution 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump December 18, 2019. (Photo by SAUL
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld rallied to President Donald Trump’s defense on Thursday, claiming the president suggesting deceased Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) was in hell
Looming over the high-stakes debate are those who won’t be in attendance. The Democratic National Committee said candidates had to hit at least 4% in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republican in the U.S. Senate on Thursday called on his fellow senators to correct what he called the “toxic” impeachment
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks Thursday during his annual news conference in Moscow. During the four-hour session, the longtime Russian leader called the U.S. impeachment
On Tuesday night, on the eve of the impeachment vote in the House of Representatives, more than six hundred pro-impeachment rallies were held across the
Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES Trump Is Impeached. What’s Next? A sharply divided House of Representatives has impeached President Trump
It was the ‘most rushed, least thorough, and most unfair’ impeachment inquiry in modern history’ conducted by House Democrats, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch
Department of Defense senior leaders attend the 9/11 Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2017. During the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks,
House Democrats voted Wednesday evening to impeach Donald Trump but, media high-fives aside, what have they accomplished? They have failed to persuade the country; they
Commentary Scott Olson / Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump addresses his impeachment during a “Merry Christmas” rally at the Kellogg Arena on Dec. 18, 2019 in
Heritage Foundation legal scholar Tom Jipping joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the House’s impeachment process, and what’s next in the Senate. Read a
When our kids were little, we would make Santa’s magic boot prints from the front door to the Christmas tree by sprinkling baking soda around
On Wednesday evening, just shy of 8:30 p.m. ET, President Trump was inaugurated into one of the most exclusive boys’ clubs in the world: He
Just shy of the third anniversary of his presidency, Donald Trump was impeached in a mostly party-line vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third U.S. president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse
Lawmakers take the historic step of voting on two articles of impeachment.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announces the passage of the first article of impeachment, abuse of power, against President Trump by the House of Representatives
Mark Twain, no fan of the legislative branch of the federal government, famously wrote that “fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can.”
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his administration fumed Wednesday as the House prepared to vote to impeach him, and they prepared in turn for
The House of Representatives began debate Wednesday leading up to a vote this evening to impeach President Trump for abusing his office and obstructing Congress,
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently told reporters she ‘prays for the President all the time.’ It happened when Sinclair reporter James Rosen asked her if
Rep. David Cicilline (D., R.I.) on Wednesday said U.S. citizens will be living under a dictatorship if President Donald Trump isn’t impeached. “He tried to
Jim Acosta is clearly not a quick learner. After three years of trying to bigfoot his way around White House coverage, the preening CNN correspondent
Sen. Ted Cruz says Democrats are treating impeachment as a political weapon. “What the House Democrats are doing is they’re just treating impeachment as a
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump woke up in the White House Wednesday morning and expressed utter disbelief that he will likely become just the
Trump impeachment hearings: Here’s how the process works originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Impeachment proceedings for Donald Trump are rolling full steam ahead, with the House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the eve of his expected impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Donald Trump accused Democrats of pursuing an “illegal,
Democrats also accuse Trump of dispatching his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to pressure Ukrainian officials to launch the probes. They said Trump sought to further
“Impeachment March” trended on Twitter as protestors held rallies across America in support of the effort to remove President Donald Trump from office. The House
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jared Golden makes it a near-perfect sweep. With his announcement Tuesday evening that he’ll back one of the two articles of impeachment
Tens of thousands of people across the country marched in support of impeaching President Trump Tuesday, from a demonstration through a rainy Times Square to
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One day before the Democrat-led House is set to vote on impeachment, President Donald Trump sent a scathing six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
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In the letter, Trump repeated many of the themes he’s expressed in 280-character bursts and impromptu remarks at rallies and in the West Wing. But
On Wednesday, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California and the Speaker of the House, will preside over an irreconcilable House of Representatives as it begins
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Tuesday not to expect him to behave in a bipartisan fashion during President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial.
President Trump listed no new arguments or requests but vented his frustrations with the impeachment process in a six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) called the Democrats’ impeachment charges against President Donald Trump “vague.” Democrats charged Trump with abuse of power
As the U.S. presidential race began roaring to life in 2016, authorities in the former Soviet republic of Latvia flagged a series of “ suspicious”
Ahead of the former FBI director’s appearance on Fox News, President Donald Trump blasted the network for putting James Comey on the air. “Hard to
This Washington Post story is called “A moderate congresswoman went all-in for Trump. Her constituents think they know why.” The story is fake news at
Former first lady Hillary Clinton on Monday tweeted her support for protesters urging President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Clinton promoted protests by left-wing activist group Indivisible, which
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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty A former Ukrainian diplomat who alleges Kyiv meddled in the U.S. 2016 elections is set to begin sharing documents
Rudy did it again. Last Friday, Giuliani gave an interview to the Huffington Post, and the subject of Trump fixer Michael Cohen’s recently revealed arrangement with AT&T
Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES The Long and Short of a Senate Trial As the House prepares to vote to
While the House of Representatives is set to vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump in the coming days, CBS News’ campaign reporters say
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Donald Trump certainly is mercurial at times. He can be uncouth. But then again, no president in modern memory has been on the receiving end
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ROCHESTER, Mich. — Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., received both standing ovations and jeers from voters at a town hall here Monday morning as the vulnerable
A large electronic billboard asking “What is Trump hiding?” appeared in Times Square, in New York City yesterday. “If the President did nothing wrong, what
Chief, Law Enforcement, U.S. Border Patrol Brian Hastingstestifies before the House Committee on the Judiciary in a hearing titled Oversight of Family Separation and U.S.
Until today, I didn’t know how you could possibly make a film class that touches on Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” more controversial than it could be
Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade confessed on Monday that the latest Fox News poll, showing more than half of Americans support impeachment, left him
Mr. Trump has told advisers that he does not trust the Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonprofit entity that sponsors the debates, the two people