US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta resigns over Epstein case
US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta is resigning amid criticism of his brokering of a plea deal for financier Jeffrey Epstein in a child sex case.
July 12, 2019
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June 28, 2019
Woman who could beat Donald Trump
Senator Kamala Harris is being touted the Democrats’ best chance for beating Donald Trump in the 2020 US election. Here’s why.
June 28, 2019
June 28, 2019
Supreme Court agrees to hear DACA case in win for Trump administration
The court will hear the case during its next term, which begins in October, and a decision likely wouldn't come until 2020.
June 28, 2019
June 27, 2019
Citizenship question on 2020 census? SCOTUS says it's complicated
The Supreme Court has effectively blocked the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, arguing that the government’s reasoning for the proposal was inadequately explained.
June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019
‘BORING!’ says Trump as Democrats argue if Russia or climate change pose greater risk to US
The first Democratic debate saw 10 largely-interchangeable candidates square off to trade platitudes in a free-for-all plagued with technical difficulties, mysterious shifts into Spanish, and belligerent posturing.
June 27, 2019
June 25, 2019
President Trump hires Stephanie Grisham to replace Sarah Sanders as press secretary
The announcement was made Tuesday by the first lady via Twitter.
June 25, 2019
June 23, 2019
Trump: If it was up to John Bolton we’d be fighting WHOLE WORLD at once
Donald Trump has confirmed that his top foreign policy adviser wants to embroil the US in multiple international conflicts. But the US president insists he retains final say on whether American missiles are to fly into Iran.
June 23, 2019
June 19, 2019
Democrats accuse ex-Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks of not answering questions in congressional testimony
Hicks’ name appears more than 180 times in the Mueller report’s text and footnotes.
June 19, 2019
June 17, 2019
Trump’s picks for administration jobs keep dropping out. But why?
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019
Seven surprises from Trump's ABC interview
From expelling an aide for coughing to insisting he is treated worse than assassinated US Civil War leader Abraham Lincoln, to whether UFOs exist, President Donald Trump dropped a number of notable lines in his extended television interview.
June 17, 2019
June 13, 2019
Sarah Sanders: White House press secretary resigns
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will leave her post at the end of June, President Donald Trump has announced.
June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019
Hannity: Trump Was Set Up in ABC Interview to Create ‘Phony Outrage’
‘In many ways, that was a genius setup because the media mob will fall right into his trap breathlessly spewing fake, phony outrage over a nonstory for days,’ Hannity said.
June 13, 2019
June 12, 2019
Mexico crisis shows the limits of Trump's brinkmanship
The president's negotiating style has settled into a familiar — and increasingly ineffective — pattern.
June 12, 2019
June 11, 2019
Trump claims he wouldn’t have allowed CIA to recruit Kim Jong-un’s relatives
President’s comment was the latest occasion in which he appeared to side with an adversary over US intelligence
June 11, 2019
June 10, 2019
Nadler reaches deal with Justice on Mueller documents on eve of contempt vote
Rep. Nadler said the Justice Department agreed to turn over some evidence from the report, including files used to assess whether the president obstructed justice.
June 10, 2019
June 03, 2019
A Judge Ruled House Democrats Can't Sue Trump Over Border Wall Money
"The Court declines to take sides in this fight between the House and the President."
June 03, 2019
May 30, 2019
Conflict of Interest: Mueller wanted to be FBI Director, I said no - Trump
President Donald Trump has lashed out at recently retired Special Counsel Robert Mueller, accusing the ‘Russiagate’ investigator of a conflict of interest, after Trump turned him down for a job at the head of the FBI.
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
Impeachment 101: Here's how it would work (if it actually happened)
That leaves Democrats still at odds over how to deal with Trump.
May 30, 2019
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