U.S. Senator Warren’s liberal plans fuel rise in Democratic presidential field
When U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren jogged onstage at the University of Iowa last week for her largest rally yet in the state that hosts the first presidential nominating contest, college students cheered, wearing “Warren has a plan for that” t-shirts a…
Factbox: Six new pieces of information in memo on Trump’s Ukraine call
The White House released a memo on Wednesday summarizing President Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in July that prompted Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to start an impeachment inquiry.
Selling impeachment: Democrats search for common message against Trump
Facing the tough task of selling voters on an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, Democrats struggled on Wednesday to craft a unified message explaining why he might deserve to be removed from office.
U.S. expects about $30 million in Ukraine military aid may be delayed: sources
The Trump administration expects that perhaps only $30 million of this year’s $250 million in military aid to Ukraine will not be put in the spending pipeline by a Monday deadline, when the government’s fiscal year ends, two U.S. officials told Reuters…
Frequent flyer Pelosi leaves impeachment speech on the plane
On Monday evening, Nancy Pelosi set about writing one of the most important speeches of her long political career, about her decision to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Judge puts Manhattan prosecutors’ request for Trump tax returns on hold
A federal judge on Wednesday put Manhattan prosecutors’ request for eight years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns on hold until at least Thursday, ordering the prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers to try to negotiate a temporary agreement on how to ha…
Republican Senator Sasse calls details in whistleblower complaint ‘troubling’
A Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday said there are “real troubling things here” in a whistleblower’s complaint about President Donald Trump’s conversation with Ukraine’s leader.
Ukraine president thought only U.S. side of Trump call would be published
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he thought that only U.S. President Donald Trump’s side of their July phone call would be published.
U.S. Supreme Court not politicized, says Chief Justice Roberts
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at a New York synagogue on Tuesday night, lamented the perception that the Supreme Court is becoming politicized and that the justices’ decisions are guided primarily by their partisan affiliation.
Democratic hopeful Warren catches Biden in national opinion poll
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday edged past former Vice President Joe Biden for the first time in a major national opinion poll for the Democratic presidential primary, making her largest gains among white voters with a college degree.
