Giuliani: Yeah, Maybe Trump Threatened Aid to Ukraine
To (I assume) no one’s surprise, yet another shoe dropped today in Ukrainegate. Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani didn’t rule out the possibility that the president threatened to cut off aid to Ukraine over calls for an investigation into largely discredited allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. Giuliani first said…
World Leaders Are Gathering for a UN Climate Summit Today
Album/ZUMA This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world may have hit a hopeful “turning point” in the struggle to tackle the climate crisis despite escalating greenhouse gas emissions and the recalcitrance of major emitters Brazil and the US, according to the United Nations secretary general. On Sunday,…
Corey Lewandowski Wants to Run for Senate. He’s Spent the Last 3 Years in Trump’s Swamp.
Corey Lewandowski testifies at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on September 17..Alex Wong/Getty Halfway through the fourth hour of Corey Lewandowski’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) asked the former Trump campaign manager about his work since the 2016 election. By and large, that work appears to have entailed…
In Next Year’s Biggest Senate Primary, It’s AOC Vs. the Kennedys
AP(3) Last December, during one of her busy trips down to Washington to prepare for her congressional swearing-in, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grabbed lunch with Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). The 29-year-old congresswoman-elect wanted to discuss potential opportunities to collaborate with the 72-year-old political veteran who, in 2009, had authored an ambitious climate bill that passed the House…
GOP Lawmakers Are Retiring in Droves. Trump Is Partly to Blame.
President Donald Trump arrives at Lima Allen Airport to participate in a tour of Pratt Industries with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday.Evan Vucci/AP Since Donald Trump took office in January 2017, Republican lawmakers have left the House of Representatives in droves. A Washington Post analysis found that 40 percent of the 241 Republicans…
Nancy Pelosi Just Sent a Dire Warning About the Whistleblower Complaint to Trump
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters just after the House Judiciary Committee approved guidelines for impeachment hearings on President Donald Trump on September 12. J. Scott Applewhite/AP House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday issued a warning to Republicans: If the Trump administration blocks the disclosure of a whistleblower complaint involving the president’s interactions with his counterpart in…