Nov 12 Stone sought to 'debrief' Kushner on DNC email hack, Rick Gates testifies By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Matthew Barakat, Associated Press Rick Gates, who was Donald Trump's deputy campaign chairman, received a text message from Roger Stone on June 15, 2016, asking for Kushner's contact information, so Stone could "debrief" Kushner on developments about the hacked emails. Continue reading
Nov 12 Mulvaney will no longer join lawsuit in impeachment probe By Eric Tucker, Associated Press It's the latest reversal in position by Mick Mulvaney, who last week asked to join the lawsuit of another Trump adviser before changing his mind Monday and saying that he intended to bring his own case. Continue reading
Nov 12 Supreme Court weighs whether family of slain Mexican teen can sue in U.S. By Colleen Long, Associated Press The high court on Tuesday heard arguments in a 2010 case where Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa Jr. fired into Mexico, killing Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca. The unarmed boy was playing a game with friends. Continue reading
Nov 12 Bloomberg registers for 2020 ballot in Arkansas By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press "We're getting closer" to making a decision about a presidential bid, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters after filing paperwork at Arkansas' Capitol. Continue reading
Nov 12 Republican Mark Sanford ends his 2020 presidential bid By Associated Press The former South Carolina governor and congressman centered his Republican primary challenge to President Donald Trump on warnings about the national debt. Continue reading
Nov 12 WATCH: Trump addresses the Economic Club of New York By Associated Press President Donald Trump said the administration is responsible for creating 7 million jobs, though only 6.25 million have been created since he took office in January 2017. Continue reading
Nov 12 Former President Jimmy Carter recovering from surgery with no complications By Jay Reeves, Shameka Dudley-Lowe, Associated Press Carter underwent surgery to relieve pressure from brain bleeding linked to recent falls. Continue reading
Nov 11 Mulvaney to file his own impeachment lawsuit, lawyers say By Eric Tucker, Associated Press White House acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney plans to file his own lawsuit over testimony in the House impeachment inquiry, withdrawing his bid to join a separate case filed last month by a former Trump adviser, his attorneys said… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 5:46 Mulvaney objected to 2017 Ukrainian aid package, says State Dept. official Additional closed-door deposition transcripts from the impeachment inquiry were released Monday. Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Defense, testified during her appearance that her colleagues questioned whether aid appropriated by Congress for Ukraine could legally be frozen… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch 8:50 How Rudy Giuliani went from 'America's mayor' to Ukraine business broker By Yamiche Alcindor Mentioned frequently in transcripts from closed-door testimonies in the impeachment inquiry, Rudy Giuliani stands at the center of the saga over President Trump’s Ukraine policy. Giuliani is now the president’s personal lawyer, but he first entered the national spotlight as… Continue watching