White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg (D) surged to a 10-point lead in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, according to a new Saint Anselm College poll released Tuesday. Buttigieg gets the support of 25 percent of self-identified likely Democratic primary voters, marking the first time the South Bend, Ind., mayor has emerged atop a poll in […]

Chick-fil-A said on Monday that its charitable foundation will no longer donate to two Christian groups that have long opposed same-sex marriage. A spokeswoman for the fast-food giant told Reuters that the business’s charity, the Chick-fil-A Foundation, will no longer provide funding to The Salvation Army and to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. “We made […]

President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani called the House impeachment proceedings a “travesty” in a tweet Sunday following the first week of public hearings. Giuliani, who some witnesses have testified was involved in the White House’s policy and pressure campaign regarding Ukraine, said the witnesses who testified publicly this week did not present any evidence […]

A federal jury in San Francisco found that the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress and its president, David Daleiden, broke multiple state and federal laws when they secretly recorded and released videos of Planned Parenthood employees. The jury awarded Planned Parenthood $2 million in damages, finding that Daleiden and his organization engaged in fraud, […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a narrow lead in New Hampshire, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are all running strong near the top, according to a new poll. The latest Quinnipiac University survey of New Hampshire finds Biden at 20 percent, followed by […]

Former national security adviser John Bolton was “personally involved in many of the events, meetings and conversations” at the heart of the House impeachment inquiry “as well as many relevant meetings and conversations that have not yet been discussed” publicly, his lawyer revealed Friday. Bolton’s attorney, Charles Cooper, made the disclosure to the House’s general […]

Two White House witnesses in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry implicated acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney in an alleged effort to press Ukraine for investigations sought by President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, according to transcripts of their private testimony released Friday. Former National Security Council (NSC) official Fiona Hill described a meeting […]

White House official who was on President Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Congress there was “no doubt” that Trump had invoked a quid pro quo, according to transcripts released Friday as part of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine specialist on the National Security Council (NSC) who was on […]

A senior diplomat offered a grim picture of Rudy Giuliani’s contacts with Ukraine, testifying before Congress that the president’s personal lawyer carried out a “campaign of lies” in order to oust the top U.S. diplomat to Kiev, according to new documents made public Thursday. George Kent, a senior State Department official, told House impeachment investigators […]

A top diplomat appointed by President Trump revised his testimony to lawmakers in the House’s impeachment inquiry, saying in the latest version that the president’s dealings with Ukraine amounted to a clear quid pro quo. U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland said Trump withheld U.S. military aid to Ukraine in an effort to […]