Marci Whitaker, the wife of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, sent an email to a reporter pushing back on an article and said the special counsel investigation was by all ...
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Cohen says Trump directed him to pay for poll rigging
President Donald Trump’s former “fixer” Michael Cohen said Thursday that he paid the head of a small technology company thousands in 2015 to rig online polls at “the direction of ...
Read More »Abortion foes march into divided Washington
The country’s largest annual march against abortion comes to Washington on Friday, and this year there’s a new sense of urgency and frustration from a voting bloc that helped put ...
Read More »Pompeo’s retreat into chaos
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s remarks in Cairo last week constitute one of the most outrageous performances of a secretary of State in recent memory. The secretary urged us to ...
Read More »McConnell blocks bill to reopen most of government
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked legislation on Thursday that would have reopened most of the federal government impacted by the partial shutdown. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) tried to ...
Read More »Donald Trump cancels Cabinet members’ trip to Davos due to shutdown
Donald Trump has cancelled plans to send a delegation to Davos, owing to the continuing government shutdown. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, announced on Thursday evening that ...
Read More »The Russia Sanctions Test in the U.S. Senate
Fifty-seven senators led by New York Democrat Chuck Schumer tried unsuccessfully this week to keep the Trump administration from going forward with sanctions relief for Russia’s largest aluminum producer, Rusal, ...
Read More »Illinois governor signs gun dealer licensing bill
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill on Thursday that will require gun dealers and shops to be regulated and certified by the state. The bill bans retailers from ...
Read More »Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress about plans to build Trump Tower in Moscow during 2016 campaign: report
President Trump reportedly directed his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the effort to build a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign. Two ...
Read More »Graham criticizes Trump canceling Pelosi trip as ‘inappropriate’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) criticized President Trump on Thursday for canceling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) overseas visit to troops in Afghanistan, calling the move “inappropriate.” President Trump denying Speaker ...
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