Jan 16 WATCH: Trump boosts school prayer, faith groups By Collin Binkley, Elana Schor, Associated Press Under orders from President Donald Trump, nine Cabinet departments proposed rules intended to remove “regulatory burdens” on religious organizations participating in federal programs. At the same time, the Education Department issued its first updated guidance on school prayer since 2003. Continue reading
Jan 16 See all the new impeachment evidence relating to Lev Parnas By Gretchen Frazee House Democrats released a host of documents late Wednesday relating to Lev Parnas, a business associate of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. Continue reading
Jan 16 WATCH: Senate opens to hear articles of impeachment against Trump By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The chamber began to transform itself into an impeachment court at noon. Continue reading
Jan 16 WATCH: House prosecutors read Trump impeachment charges to Senate By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Schiff, standing in the well of the Senate usually reserved for senators, began reading the resolution, “Impeaching Donald John Trump, president of the united states for high crimes and misdemeanors.”… Continue reading
Jan 16 Read the full watchdog report on Ukraine aid withholding By Dan Cooney The Government Accountability Office said the reasoning for withholding the aid is not allowed. Continue reading
Jan 16 White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid, watchdog says By Andrew Taylor, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The Government Accountability Office says the White House Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the assistance. Continue reading
Jan 16 Giuliani associate says Trump had knowledge of Ukraine pressure By Michael Biesecker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Lev Parnas said every communication he had with the Ukrainian president's team was at the direction of Rudy Giuliani, whom he regularly overheard briefing President Donald Trump about their progress by phone. Continue reading
Jan 16 WATCH: House Democrats walk articles of impeachment to Senate By Gretchen Frazee The managers already walked over the articles on Wednesday, but the move was technically only to notify the Senate that the articles would be delivered. The formal delivery will take place at noon Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 15 Democrats to investigate ‘profoundly alarming’ Ukraine texts By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A House committee chairman says his panel will investigate what he says are "profoundly alarming" text messages that have raised questions about the possible surveillance of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch before she was ousted by the Trump administration… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 5:09 News Wrap: Virginia becomes 38th state to ratify Equal Rights Amendment In our news wrap Wednesday, Virginia became the crucial 38th state to ratify the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex. Three-quarters of the states now approve the amendment. Also, Russia’s government abruptly resigned after… Continue watching