William P. Barr Justin Amash dismantles Barr’s and the GOP’s defenses of TrumpThe Washington Post - By Aaron BlakeRep. Justin Amash’s statement that President Trump has met the threshold for impeachment was obviously a setback for Trump, given that there is now a congressional Republican saying Trump’s actions went
Merrick Garland Trump Begs Merrick Garland to Keep His Financial Lies PrivateVanity Fair - By Bess LevinSomething tells us Garland isn’t itching to do the president any favors. Back in March, a Washington Post exposé revealed that for many years, Donald Trump sent out financial statements that included so
Donald Trump Trump’s troubling response to “lock them up!” chants during his Pennsylvania rallyVox - Aaron RuparPresident Donald Trump’s reelection rallies might have found version 2.0 of their familiar “lock her up!” chants: “Lock them up!” With special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation mostly in the rearview
U.S. Politics Cuccinelli, a righteous, faith-driven warrior who delights in provocation, will join Trump administrationThe Washington Post - By Marc FisherLong before Donald Trump entered politics, Ken Cuccinelli II, the former Virginia attorney general turned conservative TV pundit, warned against “an invasion” by illegal immigrants, sponsored a bill seeking
Military Trump nominates aerospace executive for Air Force secretarypbs.org - Lolita Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated an aerospace executive to be the next secretary of the Air Force. Trump said in a tweet that he …
Don Beyer Rep. Don Beyer is first member of Congress from Virginia to call for impeachmentThe Washington Post - By Jenna PortnoyRep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) Tuesday evening became the first member of the Virginia congressional delegation to call for impeachment proceedings against President Trump. The liberal three-term congressman one
Democrats Trump tells Democrats to first pass USMCA trade deal, then work on infrastructureAxios - Rashaan Ayesh Just one day before they are scheduled to discuss U.S. infrastructure, President Trump sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate …
Liberal View War With Iran Would Benefit the Emirates, Not the U.S.newrepublic.com - Tyler Bellstrom With legislators and public alike focused on Saudi influence, another Gulf country's lobbying efforts are flying under the radar. Saudi Arabia and its …
Politics Interior Department policy let political appointees review FOIA requestsRoll Call - Jacob Holzman So-called awareness review process could expose department to legal action The Interior Department has for about a year allowed political appointees …
Trump Administration Two dozen states, municipalities, sue over Trump’s ‘conscience’ ruleThe Washington Post - By Amy GoldsteinA group of mostly Democratic states filed lawsuits against the Trump administration on Tuesday, challenging a new federal rule that gives health-care providers, insurers and employers greater latitude
Democrats At Meeting, House Democrats To Address Calls To Impeach TrumpNPR - Kelsey Snell Despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's misgivings about impeaching the president, Democrats will meet to discuss the subject after a series of moves by the administration to stymie congressional probes.
Politics U.S. Democrats to press Trump on paying for infrastructure boostReuters - By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in Congress will press U.S. President Donald Trump at a White House meeting on Wednesday for details on how to pay for a massive boost in U.S. infrastructure spending agreeing
Opinion Trump’s Blacklist Could Hit Some Unusual SuspectsBloomberg - Anjani Trivedi For China’s surveillance giant, the future has been looking bleak for a while now. The Trump administration’s escalating war on the country’s tech …
William P. Barr Nationwide Injunctions Speak to Judiciary’s Growing Power, Barr SaysThe New York Times - By KATIE BENNERWASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr said on Tuesday that district court judges who have put a stop to dozens of President Trump’s policies illustrate the extent to which the judiciary has amassed
Impeachment Why Democrats — and pundits — shouldn’t assume impeachment will backfireThe Washington Post - By Aaron BlakePressure is growing on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to impeach President Trump, no matter how much she denies it. With an increasing number of House Democrats and 2020 hopefuls calling for beginning
Iran Trump officials to Congress: Goal is deterring Iran, not wartimesofisrael.com - By AP and TOI staff WASHINGTON — Tamping down talk of war, top Trump administration officials told Congress on Tuesday that recent actions by the US deterred attacks on …
Politics Has The U.S. Census Ever Asked About Everyone's Citizenship Status?NPR - Hansi Lo WangThe history of the U.S. census asking about people's citizenship status is complicated. Many of the stops and starts have been unearthed as part of the legal battle over the decision by Commerce Secretary
Trump Administration Donald Trump Threatens To Blow Up Infrastructure Talkshuffpost.com President Donald Trump on Tuesday made an already difficult task even more challenging for lawmakers by calling on Congress to ratify his …
Trump Administration Trump Is Setting an Impeachment Trap for DemocratsVICE - Daniel Newhauser“The Democrats are in something of a box here, because institutionally, they can’t take no for an answer.” WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi really doesn’t want her party to lurch into 2020 having
Politics Collateral Damage Of The Trade War, Farmers Want Chinese Market ReopenedNPR - Amy MayerU.S farmers have long depended on foreign buyers for some of their corn, soybeans, pork and other products. And federal officials have used some agricultural commodities as tools of diplomacy for decades.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Wall Funding of $1.57 Billion Yields 1.7 Miles of FenceBloomberg - Edvard Pettersson U.S. Customs and Border Protection has put up just 1.7 miles of fencing with the $1.57 billion that Congress appropriated last year for President …
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Trump wants to slash payments to California for fighting wildfires on federal landLos Angeles Times - Joseph SernaThe relationship between President Trump and California has long been fraught, but in the aftermath of the state’s deadliest wildfire season, the acrimony is burning hotter than ever. In November, as battled
U.S. Politics Trump takes aim at House Democrats as they prepare to discuss impeachment callsThe Washington Post - By John Wagner, Rachael BadePresident Trump aimed a barrage of early-morning tweets at House Democrats on Wednesday questioning their priorities as they prepared for a meeting to discuss investigations into the administration and
Democrats Contempt or impeachment? Trump and Democrats locked in ultimate congressional battleGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonDemocrats grabbed control of the House of Representatives in January of this year determined to restore congressional oversight. But with the Trump administration now at a moment of reckoning , a battle
Trump Administration Why Talk of Impeaching Trump Is Getting Louder AgainFortune - Billy House Impeachment talk was limited mostly to a vocal minority during President Donald Trump’s first two years in office. It grew louder in 2019 when …
Fred Trump What we know so far about Trump’s tax returns, explainedVox - Matthew YglesiasAccording to Josh Dawsey and Jeff Stein of the Washington Post, an internal IRS legal memo agrees with most outside observers that the Treasury Department has no legal standing to reject congressional
Don McGahn The White House official who stood up to TrumpCNN - By Michael D'Antonio(CNN) — The former White House counsel -- and, according to CNBC, the most cited witness in Robert Mueller's report -- Don McGahn may have heeded the President's demand that he not testify before the Judiciary
Iran Lawmakers criticize senior Trump officials after Iran intelligence briefingABC News - Conor Finnegan After hearing from top Trump officials, Democratic lawmakers are expressing alarm over the administration's posture in the Middle East and the …
Steven Mnuchin Mnuchin Set for Clash With Waters After IRS Memo on Trump TaxesBloomberg - Saleha Mohsin Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin headed for another clash with Representative Maxine Waters as Democrats ratchet up pressure over his refusal to …
Tom Steyer Tom Steyer: "Impeachment is a way to reaffirm our belief that everyone is accountable"Salon - Sophia TesfayeOne week ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted that her caucus should not deviate from its 2020 focus on health care and the economy in pursuit of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
