Pentagon policy shop stonewalling Congress, Republican senators say
“I can’t even get a response, and we’re on your team!” an exasperated Sen. Dan Sullivan told a Trump administration nominee.
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House Democrat accuses Trump’s DoJ of ‘gigantic cover-up’ over shut Epstein inquiry
Jamie Raskin in a letter questioned why justice department abruptly ended investigation into Epstein co-conspiratorsA top Democrat has demanded to know why the Trump administration “inexplicably killed” a criminal investigation into the late convicted …
Liz Cheney wanted to follow her father’s legacy. Instead, Trump ended her career
Republicans ousted her after she dogged Trump for January 6, but the Cheneys’ influence lingers in his administrationWeeks before one of America’s best-known businessmen, Donald Trump, was sworn in as president on an overcast day in Washington DC, a di…
Sheinbaum denies reports US will send troops to Mexico: ‘It’s not going to happen’
President says she’s repeatedly rejected such offers from Trump for US to confront Mexico’s powerful drug cartelsMexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has flatly denied reports that the United States is planning to send troops into Mexico to confront th…
Judge considers Democratic challenge to Trump troop deployment in Memphis
City government declines to raise objection in court but state leaders and ACLU seek to block deployment of troopsA state court in Nashville on Monday heard a legal challenge by some Democratic elected officials to Donald Trump’s deployment of the nati…
How Trump is weaponizing the DoJ to ‘bully, prosecute, punish and silence’ his foes
President’s pressure on the department to prosecute his enemies is hurting US law and violating policies, say experts Donald Trump’s intense pressure on the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to charge key foes with crimes based on dubious evidence and his…
Democrat Abigail Spanberger to become Virginia’s first female governor – live
The Associated Press projects Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won the Virginia governor’s race, defeating Republican Winsome Earle-SearsNYC mayor election – live updatesThe former US vice-president, Dick Cheney, has died aged 84, according to a family …
Democrats fight to rebuild in key state races on election day
With polls showing signs of recovery after a popularity slump, Tuesday’s results will test whether the party can rebuildOne year after Donald Trump won his way back into the White House, voters are going back to the ballot box in a test of the presiden…
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatmentThe recent death of a Costa Rican man who was jailed by US immigration authorities in February before being deported in a vegetative state in September has prompted his f…
Senate Republicans strike down Democratic proposal to fully fund Snap
Democratic leaders decry ‘unbelievably cruel’ move, saying ‘Trump is using food as a weapon’ during shutdownSenate Republicans shot down a Democratic-led attempt to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) benefits on Monday during t…