Politics

Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead
October 17, 2019 - 7:03 pm

The story behind that photo of Pelosi, Trump and an angry White House meeting

(WASHINGTON) -- A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the photos from the contentious meeting this week between the president and congressional leaders don’t tell the whole story, and those who were there are telling dramatically different versions. In fact, the two sides don’t even agree on...
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October 17, 2019 - 5:15 pm

Mulvaney admits quid pro quo, says military aid withheld to get Ukraine to probe Dems

(WASHINGTON) -- After repeated White House denials – including from President Donald Trump himself -- that there was a quid pro quo in the Ukraine affair, White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday admitted there was one, saying Trump had ordered him to withhold military aid in...
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October 17, 2019 - 4:35 pm

Nearly 1M kids could lose their eligibility for free lunch under Trump administration proposal

(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly 1 million children could lose automatic eligibility for free school lunches under a Trump administration proposal, according to a new analysis. The rule, proposed by the Agriculture Department, aims to restrict broader access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (...
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October 17, 2019 - 3:58 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry, 1 of the '3 amigos' on Ukraine, to resign

(WASHINGTON) -- Energy Secretary Rick Perry, described by colleagues as one of the "three amigos" on U.S. policy on Ukraine, informed President Donald Trump on Thursday that he plans to resign, according to two senior administration officials with direct knowledge of the matter. A day of departure...
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ABC News (Hunter Biden talks with ABC's Amy Robach, October 2019)
October 17, 2019 - 2:30 pm

Exclusive: Hunter Biden talks getting married after 6 days and why his life is in 'the best place I've ever been'

(NEW YORK) -- Hunter Biden was not alone when he stepped out of the shadows in his first broadcast interview since drawing the ire of President Donald Trump. By his side was his new 33-year-old bride, Melissa Cohen Biden, whom he married in Los Angeles in May -- just six days after they met. When...
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October 17, 2019 - 1:30 pm

Chinese diplomats must notify about all meetings with universities, local governments: State Department

(WASHINGTON) -- The State Department announced that it will require all American-based Chinese officials to notify the U.S. of any meetings with state and local governments and educational or research institutions. The move, the latest in a growing diplomatic tit-for-tat, is meant to "level the...
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October 17, 2019 - 11:51 am

Pelosi describes Trump's White House 'meltdown,' defends impeachment probe

(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday declined to place a timeline on the impeachment process, pushing back on questions about whether it would wrap up before the 2020 election. "I keep saying to people impeachment is about the truth and the Constitution and the United States. Any...
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October 17, 2019 - 11:47 am

US to hold next year's G-7 summit at Trump National Doral resort in Miami area

(WASHINGTON) — The United States plans to host next year's Group of Seven, or G-7, summit at the president’s Trump National Doral Miami resort, White House acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney announced Thursday. The selection of a resort owned by the president's own company is certain to draw...
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FILE - In this April 29, 2015, file photo, U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., encourages protesters to comply with the 10 p.m. curfew in Baltimore, after unrest over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become the powerful chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, of complications from longstanding health issues. He was 68. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
The Associated Press
October 17, 2019 - 8:53 am

Powerful Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings has died

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the powerful chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, died Thursday of complications from longstanding health problems...
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October 17, 2019 - 7:27 am

EU ambassador to testify he believed Trump meeting depended on announcement of probe

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. ambassador to the European Union is expected to testify Thursday that he believed that a Ukrainian government statement announcing investigations requested by President Donald Trump was a condition for a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy,...
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