Senate Republicans Are Betting That Voters’ Anger Will Fade by November
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives at the Capitol on January 31, 2020.Mario Tama/Getty Images Republicans were always going to acquit President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, no matter of how much damning information they received. So why consider new evidence that would only confirm his guilt? That is the logic of Sen.…
“The Facts Will Come Out”: Schiff Reacts to Latest Bolton Bombshell
Stefani Reynolds/CNP/Zuma On Friday afternoon, with the motion to hear from witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial almost certain to fail, lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff read aloud from a breaking New York Times article implicating the president’s own defense counsel in Trump’s scheme to “extract damaging information on Democrats from Ukrainian…
First Muslims, Now Africans: Trump Picks a New Scapegoat for His Latest Travel Ban
President Donald Trump at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday. Brian Cahn/Zuma Three years and one impeachment after his first travel ban, President Donald Trump is issuing another. On Friday, the Trump administration announced it will block immigrants from six additional countries. This time, rather than Muslims, most of his targets are Africans.…
Trump Says John Bolton Is Lying. Put Them Both on the Stand.
Donald Trump and John Bolton on August 20, 2019.Alex Wong/Getty The New York Times reported Friday that former national security adviser John Bolton in an unpublished book manuscript says President Donald Trump personally asked him to help pressure Ukraine to launch investigations that would help Trump politically. According to the paper, Bolton wrote that Trump…
Bloomberg’s Insane Spending Could Box His Rivals Out of Key Ad Markets
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has been buying ads at a voracious pace—more than a quarter billion dollars’ worth in barely three months of campaigning—but his nearly limitless appetite doesn’t just threaten to overwhelm his opponents with his message. It could change the ad markets themselves. Even online, advertising space is not unlimited,…
In Fundraising Emails, McConnell Pledges to Stop the “Impeachment Circus”
Senate Television/AP As the impeachment trial of Donald Trump has progressed, Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has wasted no time trying to cash in on it. The Kentucky senator, who is up for reelection this year in the Trump-friendly state, blasted out two fundraising emails this week, asking supporter for help in “standing up to the…