Japan Trump to be first head of state to meet Japan’s new emperorPOLITICO - By ASSOCIATED PRESSTOKYO — President Donald Trump is at Japan’s Imperial Palace meeting the new emperor. The president and his wife, first lady Melania Trump are kicking off Monday’s formal visit with handshakes and greetings
Duncan Hunter California congressman defends war crimes suspectPOLITICO - By BIANCA QUILANTANRep. Duncan Hunter, an advocate for pardoning a Navy SEAL who has been charged with war crimes, said he is guilty of doing one of the things Eddie Gallagher is accused of during his own time in the Marines.
Pete Buttigieg Buttigieg: Trump’s fake injury ‘an assault on the honor of this country’POLITICO - By BIANCA QUILANTANCalling it “an assault on the honor of this country,” Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday said “there is no question” that Donald Trump faked an injury to avoid serving in the Vietnam
Rashida Tlaib Tlaib: House Democrats are ‘moving toward’ impeachmentPOLITICO - By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERRep. Rashida Tlaib said Sunday morning that House Democrats are “moving toward” a consensus that it’s time to weigh impeachment as an option. The Michigan Democrat, who has been one of the most vocal for
Hakeem Jeffries Jeffries says he believes Trump obstructed justicePOLITICO - By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERHouse Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday morning that there’s reason to believe President Donald Trump committed obstruction of justice. “Well, I certainly think there’s reason to that
Hakeem Jeffries Jeffries: Trump ‘pretends to be a tough guy’POLITICO - By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERPresident Donald Trump is little more than a “studio gangster” who “pretends to be a tough guy,” House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday morning. “You know, the president didn’t just
Ron Johnson Illegal immigration remains biggest problem at border, Ron Johnson saysPOLITICO - By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERSenate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson said Sunday he is worried about a recent flu outbreak and deaths at the southern border due to overcrowding but maintained that the larger issue continues
Beto O'Rourke O’Rourke feels 'really good' about 2020 campaignPOLITICO - By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERDespite recent headlines saying “Beto O’Rourke Blew It” and “The Beto Balloon Bursts,” the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said he feels “really good about the way we’re campaigning.” “I’m going
U.S. Politics POLITICO Playbook: For Trump, politics doesn’t stop at the water’s edgePOLITICO - By BLAKE HOUNSHELL and DANIEL LIPPMANHAPPENING TODAY: Elections for the EU Parliament. POLITICO Europe is live-blogging the results, which many are watching for signs that the continent is shifting rightward. Explainer LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ
Lindsey Graham Graham isn’t worried about letting Barr declassify intelligence informationPOLITICO - By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERSenate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham said Sunday he doesn’t see any threat to national security from President Donald Trump’s decision to allow Attorney General William Barr to declassify information
Bill de Blasio De Blasio: I get under Trump’s skinPOLITICO - By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERNew York Mayor Bill de Blasio may not be soaring in the polls, but he said he has one thing going for him that his fellow 2020 Democratic presidential candidates don’t: He’s been watching President Donald
Joni Ernst Ernst doesn’t see a trade deal happening this summerPOLITICO - By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERAlthough Sen. Joni Ernst would love to see a trade deal with China this summer, she doesn’t see it happening just yet, she said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “This is a really difficult situation
Melania Trump Photos: Trump’s visit to JapanPOLITICO - POLITICO StaffPresident Donald Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his trip to Japan to discuss North Korea and trade and to meet with Japan’s new emperor, Naruhito. The president also played golf
Joe Biden Sanders: Trump agrees with Kim Jong Un about BidenPOLITICO - By AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERPresident Donald Trump isn’t necessarily “siding with” North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, but the two are in agreement on former Vice President Joe Biden, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told
Arlington National Cemetery The Old Guard performs the annual 'Flags In' for Memorial DayPOLITICO - POLITICO StaffArmy soldiers with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment — commonly referred to as The Old Guard — have an annual tradition called ‘Flags In,’ in which they mark each tombstone at Arlington National Cemetery
Kirsten Gillibrand Gillibrand zeros in on abortion in wake of new state lawsPOLITICO - By ELENA SCHNEIDERIOWA FALLS, Iowa — When a voter urged Kirsten Gillibrand to take on abortion rights as her “personal fight,” the New York Democrat made it clear she needs no invitation. A string of rigid anti-abortion
Donald Trump Why Trump’s Stonewalling Legal Strategy Will Keep FailingPOLITICO - By RENATO MARIOTTIIf he’s trying to run out the clock on the subpoenas, the weakness of his strategy might actually be speeding things up Renato Mariotti is the Legal Affairs Columnist for POLITICO Magazine. He is a former
U.S. Politics The Spy Case That Made Adam Schiff a Russia HawkPOLITICO - By ZACH DORFMANThree decades before he railed against the Trump campaign, the future congressman prosecuted an FBI agent who was seduced by a Soviet spy. Zach Dorfman is a senior staff writer at the Aspen Institute’s
Republican Party 'Ghosted': GOP abandons female House hopeful despite talk of electing womenPOLITICO - By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ and MELANIE ZANONAParty leaders acknowledge there are too few women in the House Republican Conference. But recruiting and electing more of them is proving difficult. Before Leigh Brown ran for a vacant House seat in North
Pete Buttigieg Buttigieg pushes for massive fundraising haul to cement top-tier statusPOLITICO - By MAGGIE SEVERNSThe South Bend mayor’s campaign is pushing bundlers to help keep his momentum going with a big second-quarter fundraising total. Pete Buttigieg is aiming to shake the Democratic presidential race with
Melania Trump Trump awards trophy at marquee sumo event in TokyoPOLITICO - By ASSOCIATED PRESSMOBARA, Japan — President Donald Trump presented a special Trump trophy to the winner of a sumo tournament in Tokyo on Sunday as he got a taste of one of Japan’s most treasured cultural institutions. honor
Donald Trump In Japan, Trump praises Kim Jong Un, rails against U.S. border wall rulingPOLITICO - By CHRISTIAN VASQUEZTrump's tweets came hours before he met with close ally Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his four-day state visit. President Donald Trump on Sunday took time out on his state visit to Japan to re-affirm
Beto O'Rourke Beto O’Rourke: Sending more troops to Middle East risks 'yet another war'POLITICO - By CHRISTIAN VASQUEZDemocratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said sending more troops to the Middle East is “provoking yet another war.” “President Trump is escalating tensions, is provoking yet another war in the
U.S. Politics President Trump is big in JapanPOLITICO - By BLAKE HOUNSHELL and DANIEL LIPPMANBREAKING LAST NIGHT … JOSH GERSTEIN: “Judge partially blocks Trump border wall plan” Good Saturday morning. It’s Anna’s birthday, and Jake’s taking a breather. So Blake Hounshell and Daniel Lippman are
U.S. Politics Why Justin Amash’s Anti-Trump Solo Act Is DoomedPOLITICO - By JEFF GREENFIELDIn Hollywood, the lonely truthteller makes history. In Washington, history shows that their friends send them packing. Jeff Greenfield is a five-time Emmy-winning network television analyst and author.
U.S. Politics How Silicon Valley gamed the world's toughest privacy rulesPOLITICO - By MARK SCOTT, LAURENS CERULUS and STEVEN OVERLYEurope's data protection overhaul was supposed to help citizens. Instead, it’s helped Big Tech. When Europe’s tough privacy rules came into force on May 25, 2018, policymakers and industry executives a
U.S. Politics 'Medicare for All' backers find biggest foe in their own backyardPOLITICO - By ADAM CANCRYN and RACHEL ROUBEINHospitals threaten to derail big and small Democratic plans for coverage expansion. Democrats who've made "Medicare for All" a top health care priority are running up against their toughest opponent yet:
Michael Bennet 'It's not trivial': Bennet faces steep hurdles in longshot campaignPOLITICO - By BURGESS EVERETT and MARIANNE LEVINEThe Colorado senator is struggling to make the stage of the first debate. Michael Bennet has every reason not to run for president. The low-key Colorado Democratic senator has a relatively centrist record
U.S. Politics Judge partially blocks Trump border wall planPOLITICO - By JOSH GERSTEINThe preliminary injunction halts a $1 billion transfer of Pentagon counterdrug funding toward barrier construction. A federal judge has partially blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to fund construction
U.S. Politics Trump taps top police official to run ATFPOLITICO - By MATTHEW CHOIPresident Donald Trump plans to nominate a top police official to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House announced Friday. Chuck Canterbury, president of the National
