Biden inches toward 2020 run
Former Vice President Joe Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime foreign policy aides.
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Trump Rebukes McMaster for Not Defending 2016 Election Result
President Donald Trump rebuked his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, on Saturday, saying in a tweet that his aide had neglected to defend his 2016 victory when discussing U.S. claims that Russia meddled in the election. "General McMaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians and that the only Collusion was between Russia and Crooked H, the DNC and the Dems," Trump McMaster on Saturday told an audience at the Munich Security Conference that Russia engaged in a "sophisticated form of espionage" against the U.S. in a futile attempt at disruption.
Trump: Dems could have passed gun control under Obama
Donald John Trump Tillerson: Russia already looking to interfere in 2018 midterms Dems pick up deep-red legislative seat in Missouri Speier on Trump's desire for military parade: 'We have a Napoleon in the making' MORE on Saturday blamed Democrats for failing to act to strengthen gun restrictions under the Obama administration, accusing them of using the issue as a political talking point. "Just like they don't want to solve the DACA problem, why didn't the Democrats pass gun control legislation when they had both the House & Senate during the Obama Administration.
How Russia Exploited Black Lives Matter, Sean Hannity, and Mass Shootings
On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller indicted thirteen Russian nationals for attempting to sabotage the 2016 US elections. The 37-page indictment alleges that Russians working for the Internet Research Agency, a Kremlin-linked troll farm, engaged in a multiyear campaign to spread misinformation and actively supported Donald Trump's bid for the White House.
Trump administration assault on bipartisan immigration plan ensured its demise
President Donald Trump told lawmakers last month he would sign any immigration bill that made it to his desk. Then his administration shot down a bipartisan bill before it could.
AM Joy Panel: No, The Indictments Haven’t Cleared Trump
Joy Reid hosted an informative panel discussion about yesterday's Mueller indictments of a Russia misinformation campaign -- and why they don't actually clear Trump. . "What is fascinating here, it is not news to people who watch the show.
Ap Fact Check: Trump on collapse of immigration effort
President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for abandoning the young immigrants whose legal status is up in the air because of a step he took six months ago. Those immigrants, who arrived in the United States illegally as children, became a bargaining chip in legislation that collapsed this past week as Trump sought tougher border enforcement and limits on legal immigration, proposing steps that many Republicans as well as Democrats would not support.
Russian indictments proveTrump won fair and square
After 18 months of Russia, Russia, Russia, we finally meet a cast of real Russians. But par for the convoluted course, they were pretending to be Americans.
Trump focuses on first responders after Florida shooting
President Donald Trump has made a grim trip to a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims and cheering the heroics of first responders. But he extended few public words of consolation to those in deep mourning, nor did Trump address the debate over gun violence that has raged since a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 and injured 14 others.
DACA sets off finger-pointing
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., flanked by, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, discuss the bipartisan immigration deal they reached during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, on Twitter on Friday, accused Democrats of abandoning "Dreamers" because they wouldn't back his immigration plan.
Protect the ‘Dreamers’ first
There are less than three weeks to go before the March 5 deadline when protections for "Dreamers" expire, leaving about 700,000 young immigrants vulnerable to deportation. Congress appears frustratingly far from a solution.
Santa Fe lawyer confirmed as U.S. attorney for New Mexico
John C. Anderson, pictured in November outside his office at the Holland & Hart law firm, won confirmation Thursday as the federal government's top prosecutor in New Mexico. Gabriela Campos/New Mexican file photo John C. Anderson, pictured in November outside his office at the Holland & Hart law firm, won confirmation Thursday as the federal government's top prosecutor in New Mexico.
4politicsMitt Romney: On school shootings, immigration and when he’ll …
Mitt Romney: On school shootings, immigration and when he'll challenge Trump. A Q&A with Utah's new Senate candidate.
Special counsel Mueller’s Russia probe: Where it stands
Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into possible collusion between Russians and the Trump campaign in the 2016 election, continues to keep his cards close to his chest as his probe circles the White House AFP/File / SAUL LOEB With the surprise indictment Friday of 13 Russians for meddling in the US election, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of possible collusion between Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Moscow has entered new territory. In the first charges directly related to the election, the indicted Russians were accused of running a secret campaign to tilt the vote, including by churning out online posts that were damaging to Trump's political rivals.
Another appeals court blocks travel ban 3.0
IT TOOK the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 70 days to issue its ruling in International Refugee Assistance Project v Trump, a challenge to Donald Trump's third attempt to ban travel from countries he deems threatening to America. We now know what took the 13 judges so long: the decision, released on February 15th, includes eight opinions spanning 285 pages.
The Latest: Trump at Florida hospital that treated victims
Nikolas Cruz,... . Students grieve at Pine Trails Park for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018.
Trump and GOP Slammed for Holding Dreamers ‘Hostage’ as Senate Fails to Pass DACA Fix
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Mitt Romney makes it official: He’sa
Former Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is interviewed at the Silicon Slopes Tech Conference on January 19, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The former presidential nominee made his campaign official Friday in an online video after a delaying his launch following a deadly shooting at a Florida high school.
Senate rejects immigration bills; young immigrants in limbo
The Senate has left hundreds of thousands of "Dreamer" immigrants in limbo, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation's border security. Senators dealt President Donald Trump an especially galling defeat as more than a quarter of fellow Republicans abandoned him on an issue that helped propel him to the White House.
Grassley blasts AG over bill slam
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions after Sessions criticized his criminal-justice overhaul a day before a committee vote. Sessions said in a letter that the legislation -- approved Thursday by the Judiciary Committee in a 16-5 vote -- could let the "very worst criminals" and gang members out of prison early.