Dec 16 Most Democratic voters haven’t picked their 2020 candidate for president By Laura Santhanam People are slowly homing in on their candidate of choice, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. This Thursday, seven Democratic candidates have one more chance to appeal to voters during the PBS NewsHour-POLITICO debate. Continue reading
Dec 15 Democrats seek Bolton, Mulvaney for impeachment trial By Lisa Mascaro, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Senate Democrats are proposing a weekslong Senate impeachment trial seeking testimony from four new witnesses including John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney over President Donald Trump's actions toward Ukraine, according to a detailed outlined released Sunday. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 6:53 Life in a town with more Border Patrol agents than residents By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green The number of U.S. Border Patrol agents stood at over 1,700 in 1975, but today nearly 20,000 agents are on patrol as one of the largest and most well-funded enforcement agencies in the country. A new documentary called "Undeterred," sheds… Continue watching
Dec 15 Washington bracing for impeachment as battle lines harden By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The Democratic-controlled House planned to vote Wednesday on two articles of impeachment against the Republican president, and the decision whether to make Trump the third U.S. president in history to be impeached was expected to play out along party lines. Continue reading
Dec 15 Comey: ‘Real sloppiness’ in Russia probe but no misconduct By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Former FBI Director James Comey acknowledged Sunday that a Justice Department inspector general report identified “real sloppiness" in the surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide and said he was wrong to have been “overconfident" about how the Russia investigation… Continue reading
Dec 15 NJ Dem lawmaker plans to become a Republican By Alan Fram, Associated Press A House freshman from New Jersey who was planning to break with his party and vote against impeaching President Donald Trump will become a Republican, a GOP official said Saturday. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 3:29 House set for historic floor vote on impeachment By PBS NewsHour The Democratic-led House is expected to vote on the two articles of impeachment of President Trump this coming week. If passed, the process will head for a trial in the Senate, where Republicans have a majority. Negotiations are reportedly underway… Continue watching
Dec 14 AP Fact Check: Trump’s impeachment rage, Bloomberg on coal By Hope Yen, Christopher Rugaber, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press As near-certain impeachment closes in on him, President Donald Trump raged at his accusers, the Democrats. In the process, he offered a highly selective account of the testimony of a damning witness and misrepresented the facts of a phone call… Continue reading
Dec 14 Johnson’s win may deliver Brexit but could risk UK’s breakup By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Johnson’s commanding election victory this week may let him fulfill his campaign promise to “get Brexit done,” but it could also imperil the future of the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 3:26 House prepares to impeach Trump, as McConnell says ‘no chance’ he will be removed The stage is set for the House of Representatives to impeach President Trump. After hours of hearings, the House Judiciary Committee passed two articles of impeachment Friday along party lines. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he is coordinating… Continue watching