- USA TODAY
Diplomat who called Trump's Ukraine policy 'crazy' testifies in impeachment probe
Taylor had raised concerns the withholding of nearly $400 million in U.S. military aid until Ukraine delivered on Trump's demands.
HuffPostTrump's Top Picks For Acting DHS Secretary Nixed By White House Staff: Reports
The president's choices for the homeland security temp job ― Ken Cuccinelli and Mark Morgan ― may be ineligible by law.
Good Morning AmericaIf Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to earn the Latino community's vote, she has more work to do
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren sat down with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Oct. 17, for a candid conversation to pitch "what's she's all about, up front, in a private setting," as sources told ABC News. Warren was one of two 2020 presidential candidates in the
- Associated Press
Trump likens House impeachment inquiry to 'a lynching'
President Donald Trump triggered outrage Tuesday by comparing the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry to a lynching, assigning the horrors of a deadly and racist chapter in U.S. history to a process laid out in the Constitution. "That is one word no president ought to apply to himself," said
- Associated Press
Diplomat provides House with detailed account on Ukraine
Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor, a diplomat who has sharply questioned President Donald Trump's policy on Ukraine, has provided lawmakers with a detailed account of his recollection of events at the center of the Democrats' impeachment probe , they said Tuesday. Lawmakers emerging from
- Business Insider
Trump calls impeachment inquiry a 'lynching' as cracks emerge in Republican lawmakers' support for him
President Donald Trump has expressed confidence that he'll be able to weather impeachment, but there have been some cracks in the "red wall" recently.
- Politico
Trump’s quest for vengeance against John Brennan
President Donald Trump’s obsession with former CIA director John Brennan could be on a collision course with an ongoing Justice Department probe as Attorney General Bill Barr takes a more hands-on approach to examining the intelligence community’s actions in 2016. Barr has been meeting with the U.S.
- Politico
Trump dives into red-state races to reverse impeachment slump
Donald Trump is going all-in on a trio of Southern governor’s races in November, gambling that a clean sweep will help him regain his political footing at the most perilous moment of his presidency. Trump is expected to barnstorm Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana over the next few weeks while dispatching
- The Daily Beast
Mayor Pete’s Relationship With Facebook: It’s Complicated
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast/Photos GettyIn the spring of 2004, when Facebook was little more than an online portal for students at Harvard University to stalk their crushes, senior Pete Buttigieg was the website’s 287th user.Fifteen years later, the relationship between the world
- The Daily Beast
Alex Gibney: How Donald Trump Is Morphing Into Vladimir Putin
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast/Photos GettyLONDON—One of America’s leading documentary-makers set off on a project to examine the extraordinary life of Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and came away with the discomforting realization that President Trump is morphing into Vladimir
- Reuters
Gold prices steady as U.S.-China trade optimism sparks market cheer
China and the United States have achieved some progress in their trade talks, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said on Tuesday, adding that as long as both sides respected each other, no problem could not be resolved. Le's comments came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of optimism
- Associated Press
Arizona quietly suspends Medicaid work requirement
Arizona quietly suspended plans to require about 120,000 people to work, volunteer or go to school to receive Medicaid benefits, as courts have taken a dim view of similar mandates in other states. The decision is another setback to efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies in many Republican-led
- The Daily Beast
Rand Paul: There Are GOP Senators More Loyal to Deep State Than Trump
Fox NewsSen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took aim at several unnamed Republican senators on Monday night, telling Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that many of his GOP colleagues are more loyal to the so-called “Deep State” than to the president while criticizing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for not doing more to investigate
- Associated Press
Panel backs removal of sheriff over school shooting response
The tragedy of the Parkland school massacre framed a developing political drama in Florida's capital, as a divided legislative panel on Monday sided with the state's Republican governor in removing a county sheriff accused of mishandling the response to the shooting that killed 17 people. The
- Associated Press
US diplomat in Ukraine text messages to testify to Congress
William Taylor has emerged as an unlikely central player in the events that are at the heart of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. The retired career civil servant was tapped to run the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine after the administration abruptly ousted the ambassador. "I think it
- Associated Press
Trump urges GOP to 'get tougher and fight' impeachment
President Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans on Monday to "get tougher and fight" against the quickly moving House impeachment inquiry as Democrats blocked a GOP bid to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, a leader of the impeachment inquiry. Trump, defending his conduct at a rollicking
- Politico
Pence and Biden swap swats on trade in Pennsylvania
Vice President Mike Pence and former Vice President Joe Biden went head to head on trade Monday, both using Pennsylvania, a critical electoral state, to prove their opposing points on the efficacy of the Trump administration's new North American trade proposal. Biden sent a scathing statement to
- The Daily Beast
Last U.S. Base in Syria ‘Is Everything Wrong With Trump’s War’
Delil Souleiman/GettyIn the southeastern Syrian desert, near the Jordan and Iraq borders, far from the ruins of the Caliphate or the carnage of the Turkish invasion, lies the terminal phase of a U.S. war. A dusty garrison outpost called al-Tanf, or sometimes at-Tanf, is now the last redoubt for the American
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