House ethics committee launches separate probes into two congressmen
Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., left, and Rep. Ross Spano, R-Fla. Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images; Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images The House ethics committee on Thursday revealed...
View ArticleJim Jordan asks why Adam Schiff hasn’t released transcripts of 4 closed-door...
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, expressed frustration Friday that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has not yet released the transcripts of depositions from four witnesses who gave...
View ArticleTrump wants South Korea to pay more for defense. He shouldn’t stop there
Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks at a joint press conference after the 51st Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) with South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo at the Defence Ministry in Seoul...
View ArticleTrump fan hit with scooter as protest outside California Democrats convention...
Three suspects were arrested Saturday after a fight broke out between Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters outside the California Democratic Convention in Long Beach. About a dozen Trump...
View ArticleHere’s what happened in the first week
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., joined by other House Democrats, speaks during a press conference after the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry...
View ArticleSupreme Court temporarily blocks release of Trump tax returns
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the enforcement of a subpoena for President Trump’s tax returns. Chief Justice John Roberts issued the order Monday, calling for a stay on a ruling from the...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders call report defending private equity a ‘sham’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders and seven other lawmakers on Monday ripped a report defending the private equity industry, calling the research underpinning it a “sham.” The lawmakers sent...
View ArticleReporter’s Notebook: Before impeachment hearings, a journalist’s homework
CAPITOL HILL – I felt like I was in the fifth grade. I wanted to watch TV. Specifically, the Washington Capitals-Anaheim Ducks game Monday night. But, there was homework. The biggest set of hearings...
View ArticleWhy Trump’s decision on Israeli settlements will speed the peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets heads of regional councils in Jewish settlements at the Alon Shvut settlement, in the Gush Etzion block in the occupied West Bank November 19, 2019....
View ArticleImpeachment hearings to continue with testimony from Fiona Hill, David Holmes
The House impeachment hearings are scheduled to continue Thursday with the highly anticipated testimony from Fiona Hill, a former top National Security Council expert on Russia, and David Holmes, a...
View ArticleNetanyahu indictment, Trump impeachment both products of democracy’s failures
President Donald J. Trump (R) and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (L) deliver remarks to members of the news media during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House March 25, 2019...
View ArticleAG Barr says Jeffrey Epstein death was result of ‘perfect storm of screw ups’
Attorney General William Barr said that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide death was the result of “a perfect storm of screw ups.” Barr, during an interview with the Associated Press late...
View ArticlePrince Andrew kicked out of Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew, Duke of York on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping The Colour, the Queen’s annual birthday parade, on June 08, 2019 in London, England. Neil...
View ArticleWH press secretary suggests John Bolton may have ‘forgotten’ his Twitter...
The White House on Friday shot back at former National Security Adviser John Bolton over his claim that it had locked him out of his Twitter account, with Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham suggesting...
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Alcee Hastings paid his girlfriend more than his former chief of staff
Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., who is facing a House ethics probe for engaging in a relationship with a subordinate staff member, has been paying his girlfriend the highest salary among his staffers for...
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More than 100 Dems send Pompeo letter strongly opposing Israeli settlement...
More than 100 Democrats sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday rebuking the State Department’s decision to stop considering Israeli settlements a violation of international law....
View ArticleSupreme Court won’t give Adnan Syed new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast case
Officials escort ‘Serial’ podcast subject Adnan Syed from the courthouse on February 3, 2016. Karl Merton Ferron | Baltimore Sun | TNS | Getty Images The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will not...
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House Dem reverses course on impeachment as polls show declining support
Michigan Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence, a prominent supporter of Kamala Harris who has previously supported the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, abruptly announced Sunday that she no longer...
View ArticleArmy chief navigates tricky case after Navy secretary is fired over SEAL...
WASHINGTON — The secretary of the Army emphasized the importance of process and deliberation Tuesday when he was asked about President Donald Trump’s intervention in controversial cases, two days...
View ArticleTrump seeks to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations
President Trump said in a newly released interview that he is moving to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations. The decision reportedly has prompted the Mexican government to ask the...
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