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- Democrats call for GOP to protect Mueller investigation with Rosenstein future in limbo
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 07:07 PMDemocratic lawmakers on Monday renewed their calls for Republicans in Congress to pass legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference amid heightened uncertainty over Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's fate in the Trump administration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A peek inside Trump's chaotic trade war
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 06:11 PMJust days before announcing the latest round of tariffs on Chinese imports, President Donald Trump caught sight of a distressing suggestion as he flipped through the morning papers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in sign trade deal
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:37 PMPresident Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a signing ceremony for a new United States-Korea trade deal following a bilateral meeting at the United Nations Monday afternoon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP sees highest favorability in seven years
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 06:04 PMJust less than half of Americans -- 45% -- said they have a favorable view of the Republican party, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chinese admiral cancels meeting with US counterpart amid tensions
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 02:57 PMChina's top naval officer canceled a visit to the US to meet with his American counterpart less than 48 hours before the meeting was scheduled to occur, according to two US defense officials.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The man who would replace Rod Rosenstein is a conservative who favors executive power
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 03:44 PMThe potential departure of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from the Justice Department would mean that oversight and management of the sensitive Russia probe would fall to a longtime conservative lawyer with ties to the White House, Noel Francisco.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What Senate Democrats did with the new Kavanaugh allegation
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 01:54 PMLast week, rumors began to circulate on Capitol Hill about an incident in college involving President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee where Brett Kavanaugh allegedly exposed himself at a party at Yale, making their way to Senate Democrats who referred the matter to an attorney in Colorado.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Donald Trump says the Kavanaugh hearings are 'totally political.' He's right.
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 12:02 PMOn Monday in New York, President Donald Trump dismissed the second allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as "totally political."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expects to be fired
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 10:48 AMDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expects to be fired Monday, a source tells CNN.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Conway suggests 'left-wing conspiracy' after new Kavanaugh allegation
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 08:56 AMWhite House counselor Kellyanne Conway, responding to the latest allegation of inappropriate sexual behavior against Brett Kavanaugh, suggested Monday that "it's starting to feel like a vast left-wing conspiracy" against the embattled Supreme Court nominee.
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- Judge appears ready to toss Stormy Daniels defamation lawsuit against Trump
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 06:49 PMFederal District Judge S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Christine Blasey Ford: 'My fear will not hold me back from testifying'
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:16 PMChristine Blasey Ford sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley saying she feels a civic duty in coming forward with her allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and that although she is frightened, "my fear will not hold me back from testifying."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A year after 'Little Rocket Man' US-NK relations face uncertain path
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 06:01 PMIn his first speech before the United Nations, President Donald Trump stood before the hall's iconic green marble wall and deployed for the first time in person his infamous moniker aimed at North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP senator: Democrats are pulling 'crap' against Kavanaugh, warns of 'phony accusations'
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 06:19 PMRepublican Sen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida Democratic congressional candidate dies unexpectedly
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 04:35 PMApril Freeman, the Democratic congressional candidate in Florida's 17th District, died Sunday night, her husband announced on Facebook Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Point: Rod Rosenstein's departure would turn the Mueller investigation on its head
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 02:25 PMThe expected departure of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is a massive moment in the ongoing Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and will spawn a series of equally large reverberations in political Washington.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Anti-Kavanaugh protests lead to arrests at the Capitol
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 12:34 PMProtests at the US Capitol on Monday led to some arrests as demonstrators gathered to oppose embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the high court.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pompeo, Haley say idea of 25th Amendment talk is 'ludicrous' and 'absurd'
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 11:55 AMSecretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Monday said they have never discussed invoking the 25th Amendment or heard of those discussions taking place inside the Trump administration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump says allegations against Kavanaugh 'totally political'
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 10:00 AMPresident Donald Trump on Monday dismissed the latest allegation of inappropriate sexual behavior levied against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, calling it "totally political."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kavanaugh fights second sexual misconduct allegation
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 09:15 AM
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- Air Force awards $2.4B contract for new helicopters to guard nukes
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 07:14 PMThe US Air Force has awarded a $2.38 billion contract to Boeing for new helicopters as part of an effort to replace the Vietnam-era "Hueys" that have been helping to secure America's nuclear missile sites.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What happens to the Russia investigation if Rosenstein is ousted?
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:35 PMWith Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein possibly on his way out, a fresh round of uncertainty has been injected into the Russia investigation, and it could take a while for things to settle down.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Democratic super PAC quietly meddled in Arizona's GOP primary too
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:46 PMA mystery super PAC that spent nearly $2 million meddling in the Arizona Republican Senate primary was revealed to be funded by Democrats after the group's August Federal Election Commission report was published last weekend.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brett Kavanaugh to Fox News: I'm 'not going anywhere'
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:24 PMSupreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he's "not going anywhere" despite the allegation of sexual assault from more than three decades ago that continues to threaten his confirmation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Americans are split on whether they believe Christine Ford or Brett Kavanaugh
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 03:36 PMMore Americans believe Christine Blasey Ford's claim of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh than believe his denials, but it's nowhere near a majority.
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Monday - 09/24/2018 - 02:02 PM
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Monday - 09/24/2018 - 01:05 PMSenate Republican leadership has hardened its resolve to move forward with President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nomination in the wake of a new allegation in The New Yorker of inappropriate sexual behavior, multiple GOP officials and aides told CNN on Monday, even as all eyes remain trained on a handful of Republicans to see if Brett Kavanaugh's nomination is in trouble.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sources: Rosenstein told White House he would resign, work out details on Monday
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 12:13 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump says second meeting with North Korea's Kim could be 'quite soon'
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 09:51 AMPresident Donald Trump, arriving at the United Nations on Monday morning, said he and Kim Jong Un will meet for a second time "quite soon."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A presumption of perfection derails Trump's sure bet
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 08:31 AMThe nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a Republican golden boy with insider connections, had seemed so inevitable that in May 2016 when then-candidate Donald Trump released his first list of Supreme Court possibilities, journalists and political commentators seized on the absence of Kavanaugh's name.
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