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- Yahoo News
Trump compares impeachment inquiry to a 'lynching'
While fuming Tuesday morning about the House Democrats’ ongoing impeachment inquiry, President Trump declared the probe a “lynching.”
- USA TODAY
US diplomat says Donald Trump wanted Ukraine military aid linked to probe of Bidens
Taylor had raised concerns about the withholding of nearly $400 million in U.S. military aid until Ukraine delivered on Trump's demands.
- Associated Press
Jimmy Carter hospitalized after fall at Georgia home
Former President Jimmy Carter had another fall at his home in Plains, Georgia, fracturing his pelvis and going to the hospital for treatment and observation, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo described the fracture as minor. This is the third time Carter has fallen
HuffPostTrump's Top Picks For Acting DHS Secretary Nixed By White House Staff: Reports
The president's choices for the homeland security temp job ― Ken Cuccinelli and Mark Morgan ― may be ineligible by law.
- Associated Press
Democrats' 2020 race has a new shadow: Hillary Clinton
Some Democrats are putting up caution signs for Hillary Clinton as she wades back into presidential politics by casting 2020 candidate Tulsi Gabbard as a "Russian asset," mocking President Donald Trump's dealings with a foreign leader and drawing counterattacks from both. Bernie Sanders
- USA TODAY
Bernie Sanders defends Tulsi Gabbard, says claim that she's a Russian asset is 'outrageous'
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are both among the many lawmakers who have come to Tulsi Gabbard's defense.
Good Morning AmericaIf Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to earn the Latino community's vote, she has more work to do
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren sat down with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Oct. 17, for a candid conversation to pitch "what's she's all about, up front, in a private setting," as sources told ABC News. Warren was one of two 2020 presidential candidates in the
- Associated Press
Trump likens House impeachment inquiry to 'a lynching'
Stirring up painful memories of America's racist past, President Donald Trump on Tuesday compared the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry to a lynching, a practice once widespread across the South in which angry mobs killed thousands of black people. The use of such inflammatory imagery to lash out
- Associated Press
US diplomat: Trump linked Ukraine aid to demand for probe
A top U.S. diplomat testified Tuesday that President Donald Trump was holding back military aid for Ukraine unless the country agreed to investigate Democrats and a company linked to Joe Biden's family, providing lawmakers with a detailed new account of the quid pro quo central to the impeachment
- Business Insider
Trump calls impeachment inquiry a 'lynching' as cracks emerge in Republican lawmakers' support for him
President Donald Trump has expressed confidence that he'll be able to weather impeachment, but there have been some cracks in the "red wall" recently.
- The New York Times
Democrats Slow Pace on Impeachment Inquiry
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats have resigned themselves to the likelihood that impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump will extend into the Christmas season, as they plan a series of public hearings intended to make the simplest and most devastating possible public case in favor of removing
- The New York Times
For Trump the Dealmaker, Troop Pullouts Without Much in Return
WASHINGTON -- The Taliban have wanted the United States to pull troops out of Afghanistan, Turkey has wanted the Americans out of northern Syria, and North Korea has wanted them to at least stop military exercises with South Korea.President Donald Trump has now to some extent at least obliged all three
PoliticoTrump aides nix his picks to take over DHS
President Donald Trump has been notified by his staff that he can’t select two popular figures — Ken Cuccinelli and Mark Morgan — to serve as an acting secretary of homeland security because a federal law governing agency succession makes them ineligible. Instead, Sean Doocey, the White House director
- Politico
Trump’s quest for vengeance against John Brennan
President Donald Trump’s obsession with former CIA director John Brennan could be on a collision course with an ongoing Justice Department probe as Attorney General Bill Barr takes a more hands-on approach to examining the intelligence community’s actions in 2016. Barr has been meeting with the U.S.
- Politico
Trump dives into red-state races to reverse impeachment slump
Donald Trump is going all-in on a trio of Southern governor’s races in November, gambling that a clean sweep will help him regain his political footing at the most perilous moment of his presidency. Trump is expected to barnstorm Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana over the next few weeks while dispatching
- The Daily Beast
Mayor Pete’s Relationship With Facebook: It’s Complicated
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast/Photos GettyIn the spring of 2004, when Facebook was little more than an online portal for students at Harvard University to stalk their crushes, senior Pete Buttigieg was the website’s 287th user.Fifteen years later, the relationship between the world
- The Daily Beast
Alex Gibney: How Donald Trump Is Morphing Into Vladimir Putin
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast/Photos GettyLONDON—One of America’s leading documentary-makers set off on a project to examine the extraordinary life of Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and came away with the discomforting realization that President Trump is morphing into Vladimir
- Reuters
Gold prices steady as U.S.-China trade optimism sparks market cheer
China and the United States have achieved some progress in their trade talks, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said on Tuesday, adding that as long as both sides respected each other, no problem could not be resolved. Le's comments came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of optimism
- Associated Press
Arizona quietly suspends Medicaid work requirement
Arizona quietly suspended plans to require about 120,000 people to work, volunteer or go to school to receive Medicaid benefits, as courts have taken a dim view of similar mandates in other states. The decision is another setback to efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies in many Republican-led
- The Daily Beast
Rand Paul: There Are GOP Senators More Loyal to Deep State Than Trump
Fox NewsSen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took aim at several unnamed Republican senators on Monday night, telling Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that many of his GOP colleagues are more loyal to the so-called “Deep State” than to the president while criticizing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for not doing more to investigate
- Associated Press
Panel backs removal of sheriff over school shooting response
The tragedy of the Parkland school massacre framed a developing political drama in Florida's capital, as a divided legislative panel on Monday sided with the state's Republican governor in removing a county sheriff accused of mishandling the response to the shooting that killed 17 people. The
- Associated Press
US diplomat in Ukraine text messages to testify to Congress
William Taylor has emerged as an unlikely central player in the events that are at the heart of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. The retired career civil servant was tapped to run the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine after the administration abruptly ousted the ambassador. "I think it
- Associated Press
Trump urges GOP to 'get tougher and fight' impeachment
President Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans on Monday to "get tougher and fight" against the quickly moving House impeachment inquiry as Democrats blocked a GOP bid to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, a leader of the impeachment inquiry. Trump, defending his conduct at a rollicking
- Politico
Pence and Biden swap swats on trade in Pennsylvania
Vice President Mike Pence and former Vice President Joe Biden went head to head on trade Monday, both using Pennsylvania, a critical electoral state, to prove their opposing points on the efficacy of the Trump administration's new North American trade proposal. Biden sent a scathing statement to
- The Daily Beast
Last U.S. Base in Syria ‘Is Everything Wrong With Trump’s War’
Delil Souleiman/GettyIn the southeastern Syrian desert, near the Jordan and Iraq borders, far from the ruins of the Caliphate or the carnage of the Turkish invasion, lies the terminal phase of a U.S. war. A dusty garrison outpost called al-Tanf, or sometimes at-Tanf, is now the last redoubt for the American
"We pay more now than we would under Medicare for All. Not only can we afford it, we can't afford anything else."
"Medicare for All would increase healthcare costs over what is currently projected."
"It would empower the government to use the collective bargaining power of 330 million Americans to reduce the cost of health care."
"The thought of making our system into a socialized one is still scary."
"We have to come to the table with the strongest possible legislation — not a half measure."
