Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who promised to sue CNN and the Daily Beast, said this week on “Sunday Morning Futures” that the only way to hold the “corrupt” media accountable is to challenge them in federal court. Nunes first threatened legal action on Friday, after both outlets published stories claiming the ranking member on the […]
Category: Government
Navy Chief Fired/Resigns Over Disagreement With President Trump
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday asked for the resignation of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over his handling of a controversial war crimes case. Esper told The Washington Post in a statement Sunday that he was “deeply troubled” by reports that Spencer had reached out to White House officials promising that an accused Navy SEAL […]
Trump Continues To Keep Key Witnesses From Testifying
Witnesses pointed their fingers at a number of figures close to President Trump who could help untangle the web around the administration’s dealings with Ukraine during the public impeachment hearings. But Democrats won’t be hearing from them. The White House has prevented the president’s chief of staff, his former national security adviser, budget officials and […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized on Friday night after she experienced chills and fever during the day, but her symptoms have died down, the court said in a statement. “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, last night after experiencing chills and fever earlier in the […]
Trump Signs Short Term Spending Bill To Avert Shutdown
President Trump on Thursday signed a funding stopgap measure just hours ahead of a shutdown deadline, extending funding levels from the last fiscal year until Dec. 20. The measure, which passed in the Senate earlier Thursday and in the House on Tuesday, bought Congressional negotiators an additional four weeks to hammer out a deal on […]
Trump Dismisses Explosive Testimony
President Trump on Wednesday said that he didn’t know U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland “very well” and that Sondland’s ongoing testimony Wednesday means that the House impeachment inquiry should be “over.” Reading from a packet of notes, Trump reenacted a conversation he had with Sondland that was described in testimony, with the […]
Stopgap Spending Bill Passes The House
The House on Tuesday passed a monthlong continuing resolution (CR) in a 231-192 vote, pushing off a government shutdown fight until Dec. 20, even as more comprehensive spending negotiations stalled. “This CR will allow additional time to negotiate and enact responsible, long-term funding for priorities that make our country safer and stronger and give working […]
Trump Says He Will “Strongly Consider” Pelosi’s Written Deposition Offer
President Trump on Monday said he will “strongly consider” giving written or in-person testimony in the House impeachment inquiry, despite his repeated refusal to cooperate with the investigation thus far. Trump responded to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) suggestion on “Face the Nation” a day earlier in which she said the president could “come right before […]
Supreme Court Gives Trump A Temporary Tax Return Reprieve
The Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay of an appeals court ruling that granted House Democrats access to President Trump’s financial records, Chief Justice John Roberts announced Monday. Trump’s lawyers had appealed the ruling, which was set to go into effect Wednesday. The subpoena from the House Oversight and Reform Committee will be unenforceable […]
Schumer Calls On Trump to Testify Instead Of Tweet
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on President Trump to testify as part of the House’s impeachment inquiry in the wake of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offering to let him speak with the panel. “Speaker Pelosi invited President Trump to come testify, and I think her invitation is correct. If Donald Trump doesn’t […]
Border Patrol Shoots Russian Trying To Sneak Into Country
A Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a Russian citizen who appeared to be trying to enter the United States illegally from Mexico, the Border Patrol said. The agent was trying to arrest the man just after 7:15 p.m. on the U.S.-Mexico border east of Lukeville, Ariz., Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a […]
Trump Defends Tweets Attacking Impeachment Witness
President Trump on Friday defended his tweet earlier in the day attacking former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch in the middle of her public testimony in the House impeachment hearing, insisting he has the right to speak out. “I have the right to speak. I have freedom of speech just like other people do,” […]