WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump is nearing a pivotal vote on whether to hear from witnesses requested by Senate Democrats arguing for his removal from office. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to…
Background checks and bump stock bans: 2020 Democrats on gun control
(Reuters) – With more than 15,000 people killed by gun violence in the United States last year – not counting suicides – Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination are pointing to inaction in Washington as evidence they should be…
Did James Clapper Lie about Trump Campaign Wiretap?
James Clapper, former DNI (Director of National Intelligence) under President Barack Obama from 2010 to 2017, has not admitted that surveillance was conducted on the Presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016. Clapper had been making a series of…
Elizabeth Warren launches Interfaith Advisory Council to ‘fight for social, racial, and economic justice’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., one of several Democratic presidential candidates increasing get-out-the-vote efforts to progressive religious voters, launched her campaign’s Interfaith Advisory Council Friday to “persist together” in a “righteous struggle” against President Trump. Warren, who has touted being a Methodist…
Leaked Bolton claims fuel fiery new clash over impeachment testimony
Leaked claims from former National Security Adviser John Bolton‘s forthcoming book are fueling a new confrontation between congressional Democrats and Trump-allied Republicans over whether the Senate should hear from witnesses in the impeachment trial. The revelation, reported by The New York Times, that President…
Explainer: Why Iowa? How one rural state picks presidential nominees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Utilizing a complicated in-person caucus system, the first contest in the Democratic presidential primary will take place in Iowa on Feb. 3. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during…
Andrew Yang becoming the candidate of choice for comedians
Comedians are standing up for Andrew Yang these days. Something about the tech entrepreneur’s quirky Democratic presidential campaign has attracted a wave of celebrity endorsements in recent weeks, especially from funny men. The boost comes as the candidate just crossed the…
Trump trial enters pivotal week as calls for witnesses grow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial enters a pivotal week on Monday as his lawyers resume their defense following a fresh report that could intensify pressure on Senate Republicans to call former national security adviser John Bolton…
Factbox: The members of Trump’s impeachment defense team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz and two former independent counsels, Ken Starr and Robert Ray, will be among those defending President Donald Trump when they make their case to the U.S. Senate on Monday. FILE PHOTO: White House…
Did Obama and Hillary Withold Special Forces Troops from Benghazi?
Perhaps no security incident has been the subject of greater scrutiny in proportion to its geopolitical impact than the attack on the U.S. consulate and CIA annex in Benghazi that occurred on September 11, 2012, and which claimed the lives…