But there are still no signs of cracks in the president’s wall of support — despite thousands of pages of damning testimony from high-level State Department officials and a public hearing that delivered a potentially explosive new piece of evidence tying Trump closer to what Democrats say is a clear extortion scheme. The president’s allies,…
NextGen Arizona’s organizers Maria Eller and Dana Carey on the Arizona State University campus in Phoenix. | M. Scott Mahaskey/Politico Kyle Spencer is a journalist who covers the confluence of education and politics. The reporting for this article was supported by a Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship at Columbia University. TEMPE, Ariz.—The vibe at Arizona State…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Donald Trump committed “bribery,” an impeachable offense, by trying to force Ukraine into tarnishing a political rival to help him in the 2020 election. The speaker’s remark is one of her strongest statements yet on the scandal engulfing Trump that is threatening his presidency. Bribery is one of…
Republicans remain deeply frustrated with Trump’s withdrawal from Northern Syria and the Turkish incursion that followed. So even as Republicans largely stick with Trump amid the impeachment threat, the party is looking for a release valve. Many in the GOP are now pressing to not only enforce existing sanctions on Turkey, but to pile on…
Primary voters here have shown they are largely looking for a more progressive nominee, as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders dominate in poll after poll. In the latest survey of New Hampshire Democratic voters, the two garnered a combined 40% of support and were the top two most-liked candidates, in terms of favorability. Smith said…
Sekulow said "the subpoena violates the U.S. Constitution and therefore is unenforceable. We are hopeful that the Supreme Court will grant review in this significant constitutional case and reverse the dangerous and damaging decision of the appeals court.” Sekulow also said he planned to file a separate request to the Supreme Court on Friday asking…
"We had a productive meeting," Mnuchin told reporters as he left Pelosi's leadership suite. He added, the White House has "no intention" of allowing a shutdown. The meeting between Pelosi and Mnuchin — who is the White House’s designated negotiator with Democrats — comes seven days ahead of the next funding deadline. “We’re very close,”…
Beshear, the state attorney general and son of former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, will be sworn in on Dec. 10. Immediately following Bevin’s remarks, Beshear’s campaign scheduled a press conference for later Thursday. Last week’s nationally watched vote was an embarrassing result for Republicans and President Donald Trump, who traveled to Kentucky to campaign for…
With the Supreme Court’s conservative majority casting serious doubt this week on the future of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Congress is facing the very real possibility of having the issue dumped on its doorstep. The court is expected to make a ruling sometime next spring — right in the middle of…
Proponents of Patrick’s campaign view him as the rare candidate who could unite the party’s progressive wing — currently represented in the primary by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren — with the more moderate voters who remain largely committed to Joe Biden, despite doubts among the donor class regarding the viability…
