President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Chilean president …
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Chilean president Sebastian Pinera, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, in Washington.
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Even among conservatives, Trump’s use of presidential power…
President Donald Trump's exercise of his executive powers, particularly in matters of national security, is increasingly unsettling an array of legal scholars, including conservatives, who say it risks corroding the office of the presidency and has roiled relations between the White House and other agencies.
In this Sept. 26, 2018, photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell …
The world beyond a memorable Senate hearing marched on this past week. The Federal Reserve acted to make borrowing more expensive and people's savings accounts a tad more flush.
Congress should not be a rubber stamp for President Trump
Recently we received two new revelations - a new book by Bob Woodward and an unprecedented op-ed in the New York Times by an anonymous Trump administration official - that confirmed what many of us already knew: Donald Trump's White House is full of chaos. We are presented a picture where the president's staff and at least one cabinet official have taken it upon themselves to ignore his orders and even hide documents from him.
Quiet start to Supreme Court term on Monday amid tumult over Kavanaugh
Republicans had hoped to have Kavanaugh confirmed in time for the court's first public meeting since late June, an addition that would cement conservative control of the court In this Sept. 21, 2018, photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington.
Federal judge: Democrats in Congress can sue Trump in emoluments case
A federal judge has ruled that 200 Democratic members of Congress have legal standing to sue President Donald Trump for allegedly violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments while in office. The case argues that the president has received foreign government favors, such as Chinese government trademarks for his companies, payments for hotel rooms and event-space rentals by representatives of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and proceeds from Chinese or Emirati-linked government purchases of office space in Trump Tower.
Trump heads on five-state rally blitz amid Supreme Court chaos
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday kicks off a week of rallies in five friendly places around the country, seeking to shore up support ahead of congressional elections even as the fate of his pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy remains unclear. U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews from New York, in Maryland, U.S., September 27, 2018.
‘Truth Is Confirmed by Inspection and Delay’
The Roman historian Tacitus wrote that "truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty." After watching Christine Blasey Ford testify about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and watching him defend himself against her sexual assault allegations, I remain unequipped to confirm the truth of what happened.
Judge: Democrats in Congress can sue Trump over emoluments
In this June 30, 2018, file photo, aw enforcement officers stand guard in front of the Trump Hotel in Washington. A federal district judge in Washington says a group of nearly 200 Democratic senators and representatives has legal standing to sue President Donald Trump to prove he violated the U.S. Constitution's emoluments provision.
Trump Dossier Research Chief Declines U.S. Congress Interview Request
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, is joined by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., right, as the Republican-led House pushes ahead on legislation to crack down on illegal immigration, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. The Republican chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Friday subpoenaed a U.S. research firm founder to give a deposition on his hiring of a former British spy to compile a dossier on alleged links between U.S. President Donald Trump's associates and Russia.
D.C. Briefs
Committee Democrats have been clamoring for the release of the Russia investigation documents for months, but it was only in recent weeks that Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., also began to opine that the transcripts should be made public - adding that it should be done before the midterm elections. That has not resolved political tensions, however, as Republicans and Democrats on the already fractured committee argued over why the panel had omitted five interview transcripts from the release.
Evidence Indicates China Set to Target US Elections
China may be taking a page of the playbook used by Russia to meddle with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, targeting U.S. political action committees and various think tanks with spear-phishing emails. The observation by FireEye, a private cybersecurity firm, still leaves key questions unanswered.
A promise Trump can’t keep? His window to ‘build the wall’ is closing
President Donald Trump's "big beautiful wall" along the nearly 2,000-mile southern border - the defining promise of his campaign and now his presidency - took a quiet yet potentially fatal hit Friday when he signed a government funding bill with a small fraction of the $25 billion he has asked for.
Hillary Clinton guest stars in – Murphy Brown’ premiere
Clinton appeared in the Sept. 27 premiere of the Candice Bergen-led sitcom - but not as herself.
U.S. House committee votes to release Trump-Russia transcripts
A U.S. House of Representatives committee voted on Friday to release dozens of transcripts of interviews from its investigation of Russia meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections, including conversations with senior associates of President Donald Trump. The House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously to send transcripts of 53 interviews to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which will scrub them of classified information before they are made public.
House committee to release Russia probe transcripts Source: AP
The House intelligence committee voted Friday to release transcripts of more than 50 interviews it conducted as part of its now-closed investigation into Russian election interference during the 2016 presidential campaign. Among those to be released are interviews with President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, his longtime spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, and his former bodyguard Keith Schiller.
DeGette: Why Donald Trump Jr. attacked us
Last Sunday, I'm sure most Denver Post readers were scratching their heads, as I was, when they saw Donald Trump Jr.'s diatribe against Democrats splashed across the top of the Perspective section. I'm sure folks were wondering: Did Donald Trump Jr. just wake up one day with deep concerns that Coloradans don't know there's an election coming? Or is this part of a larger national Republican effort to energize their base before the November elections by attacking Democrats in the most nasty and untrue ways? Trump Jr. accused us of promoting violence in the name of politics and said we "stand for lawlessness, disorder and anarchy."
In deep red Iowa, a Democratic challenger is snapping at Steve King’s heels
With dogged determination and an affable style, J.D. Scholten might just be in with a chance against the infamous GOP congressman. J.D. Scholten, Democratic candidate for Iowa's 4th congressional district, is gaining ground on his opponent, Republican Rep. Steve King.
Hillary Clinton Made a Surprise Cameo on the Murphy Brown Reboot
The revival season of 1990s newsroom sitcom Murphy Brown kicked off Thursday with a surprise guest: Hillary Clinton, who made an appearance as a job candidate for a "secretarial position." Clinton appeared in the Candice Bergen-led sitcom's premier Thursday as "Hilary," an applicant for a secretary opening on the star's cable news show "Murphy in the Morning," Variety reports.
Kavanaugh accuser ‘100 percent’ certain Supreme Court pick was assailant
Blasey Ford, 51, told a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that could make or break Kavanaugh's nomination she was "100 percent" certain he was the assailant and it was "absolutely not" a case of mistaken identify. "I am here today not because I want to be," Blasey Ford said in her opening statement during which her voice quavered at times and she appeared occasionally to be on the verge of tears.