Trump Touts Support from Putin Over Impeachment
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg.ASS via ZUMA Press You can’t make it up. President Donald Trump on Friday night touted a statement from Russian President Vladimir Putin criticizing Trump’s impeachment. Trump did this amid continuing revelations that Putin helped sell him on…
Can You Make a Progressive Defense Bill? Democrats Tried, and Now Think They Failed.
Mark Wilson/Getty Five months ago, progressives stacked the annual defense policy bill with dozens of provisions sure to make any hawkish Republican queasy. Win Without War, a liberal anti-war group, praised the “big progressive victories” in the bill and lawmakers roundly proclaimed it the “most progressive” defense bill in history. But the legislation set to…
Pentagon Spending Bill Won’t Reverse Trump’s Transgender Ban
President Trump discusses current military operations with General Joseph Votel, commander of US Central Command.Smith Collection/Gado/Getty LGBTQ rights groups are blasting the latest version of a massive Pentagon spending bill after congressional negotiators removed language that would have reversed President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members. In July, Democrats amended the House version of…
Our Defense Spending is Up Against a Wall—Trump’s Border Wall, That Is
President Donald Trump signs last year’s National Defense Authorization Act surrounded by soldiers in Fort Drum, New York.Thomas Scaggs/ZUMA It’s the last official week of the 116th Congress, and lawmakers are running out of time to finalize a military budget for the fiscal year that began October 1. The House and Senate each passed a version…
Roger Stone Wants a Pardon. He Previously Tried to Get One for Assange.
Roger Stone leaves court in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Roger Stone’s conviction Friday on charges of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering has drawn widespread speculation about whether President Donald Trump will pardon his longtime adviser. Trump, after all, publicly cheered Stone’s promise not to testify against the president in special…
Roger Stone Found Guilty on All Counts
Roger Stone gets into a vehicle as he leaves court on November 8, 2019 .(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images A federal jury has convicted Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, of making false statements to Congress, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. The false statement and obstruction of justice charges have maximum…