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- Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration as UN ambassador
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 07:42 PMState Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Saturday she has withdrawn from consideration as UN ambassador.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - R.E.M. blasts Trump's retweeting video that uses 'Everybody Hurts' to mock Democrats
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 01:36 PMPresident Donald Trump's long list of Twitter foes has a new addition.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden to showcase foreign policy credentials with 2020 decision looming
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 12:45 AMFormer Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday will return to a familiar place on the world stage, delivering remarks at an annual gathering of political leaders and security experts in Munich, Germany, as he draws closer to a decision about whether to run for president in 2020.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's tariffs have helped steel companies. Workers are still waiting.
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 08:23 AMAmerican steel companies are planning to reopen several mills this year, adding jobs across the country, thanks in part to President Donald Trump's tariffs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - California Gov. Gavin Newsom endorses Kamala Harris for president
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 09:56 PMCalifornia Democratic Gov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Read: Transcript of Paul Manafort sealed hearing
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 07:31 PMFormer Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort appeared in a closed-door hearing Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal judge blocks discharge of two HIV-positive airmen
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 07:26 PMA federal judge directed the Department of Defense to stop the pending discharge of two airmen suing the Pentagon for allegedly targeting them for being HIV-positive, LGBTQ legal group Lambda Legal said in a statement Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge dismisses wall lawsuit brought by butterfly conservationists, who vow to keep fighting
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 04:33 PMA federal judge on Friday dealt a win to the Trump administration when he dismissed a lawsuit by a group of butterfly conservationists for wall construction that the group said was expected to run through its property.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kamala Harris is the Democratic frontrunner, but she's not the favorite
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 03:24 PMOur 2020 new Democratic primary power rankings were released on Thursday. Sen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Analysis: Minnesota Nice can also be Minnesota Boss
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 02:44 PMI'm sorry.
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- Behind the scenes: How four veteran lawmakers saved the budget deal and avoided a second shutdown
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 03:54 PMRichard Shelby needed a drink.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pence calls on European allies to withdraw from Iran deal as Merkel defends decision
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 10:40 AMVice President Mike Pence called on European allies to abandon the Iran nuclear deal while speaking at the Munich Security Conference, shortly after German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended Germany's decision to stand by the deal.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump is sending humanitarian aid to Venezuela. Venezuelans in the US say they need help, too
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 01:35 AMWhile the Trump administration sends humanitarian aid to Venezuela and ratchets up its rhetoric against Nicolas Maduro's regime, a growing group of Venezuelans who've fled to the United States are finding themselves in legal limbo and calling on Congress for help.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why Trump wants you to be afraid of high speed trains
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 09:00 AMIn President Donald Trump's world, Democrats are after your cars and want to force everyone onto trains.
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< - The Point: Trump takes the 'emergency' exit
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 07:30 PMWe're ending the week on a high note: The government isn't going to shut down tonight!
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In redacted transcript, judge describes why she believes Manafort lied about discussions with Kilimnik
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 07:53 PMA federal judge released a redacted transcript Friday night of a sealed hearing earlier this week with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Special counsel prosecutors say they have communications of Stone with WikiLeaks
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 06:00 PMProsecutors said for the first time that they have evidence of Roger Stone communicating with WikiLeaks, according to a new court filing from special counsel prosecutors.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Will the Supreme Court stop Trump's national emergency?
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 04:48 PMPresident Donald Trump is well aware that his national emergency declaration will face legal challenges, but he's moving forward anyway.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WH press secretary Sarah Sanders interviewed by special counsel's office
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 03:19 PMSpecial counsel Robert Mueller's team has interviewed White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, she told CNN on Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Supreme Court agrees to take up 2020 census case
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 01:45 PMThe Supreme Court said Friday that it would take up a case this term to decide whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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- Democratic contenders step up calls for gun control legislation following Illinois shooting
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 05:27 PMAs the nation once again grappled with the tragedy and shock of another workplace shooting rampage, the 2020 Democratic candidates decried the failure of Congress to move gun control legislation — calling for immediate action to keep Americans safe.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Presidential candidates hit the campaign trail
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 10:42 AM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kushner readies for spring launch of US Middle East peace plan
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 01:15 AMThe United States is beginning to prep allies for a spring rollout of its plan for Middle East peace, with President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, outlining the timing and methodology of the plan at the Middle East security conference in Warsaw, Poland.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump keeps trying to win a base he's already won, while forgetting everyone else
Saturday - 02/16/2019 - 08:18 AMFirst things first: The theme song of the week is Law & Order theme song by Mike Post.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump nominates a top FEMA official to lead the agency
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 08:48 PMPresident Donald Trump has nominated a senior Federal Emergency Management Agency official to lead the agency, following director Brock Long's resignation earlier this week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Read: Paul Manafort's sentencing memo
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 07:34 PMFormer Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort deserves 19.5 years to 24.5 years in prison for his conviction for eight financial crimes, special counsel Robert Mueller's office said Friday night.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Key House chairman: New documents contradict Trump attorneys' statements over hush-money payments
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 05:46 PMHouse Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings says that his panel has obtained information that calls into question previous statements made by attorneys representing President Donald Trump to federal officials about 2016 hush-money payments to keep an alleged Trump extramarital affair under wraps.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hunt for a motive continues as Paul Manafort's case moves toward finish line
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 03:49 PMAs special counsel Robert Mueller wraps up his investigation, important questions remain about Paul Manafort's dealings with Russians while he ran the 2016 Trump campaign and his motive, which prosecutors believe is at "the heart" of their inquiry.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge puts gag order on Roger Stone and attorneys
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 03:06 PMA federal judge has placed a gag order on longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone and attorneys involved in his criminal case.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two-thirds didn't want Trump to declare a national emergency
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 01:05 PMOnly 3-in-10 Americans said President Donald Trump should declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the border with Mexico, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS in early February.
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