WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday sharply questioned a Justice Department lawyer about President Trump’s attempt to block a congressional subpoena to his former White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, suggesting that the Trump administration’s legal arguments posed a threat to constitutional checks and balances. In a lengthy […]
House Impeachment Inquiry Vote Underscores Intense Polarization
WASHINGTON — When the Republican-led House voted in 1998 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton, 31 Democrats sided with Republicans, and the White House breathed a sigh of relief that the number was not significantly larger. In today’s hyper-polarized Washington, defections of that magnitude on the question […]
Katie Hill Gives Farewell Speech to Congress, Denouncing ‘Gutter Politics’
Representative Katie Hill, the first-term Democratic congresswoman who resigned her House seat this week, delivered an impassioned farewell speech on Capitol Hill on Thursday, denouncing “gutter politics” and attributing her resignation to a double standard toward women. Ms. Hill, who represented a suburban Los Angeles district, said she was resigning […]
Do More Candidates Frighten You?
Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox. We asked. You answered! There’s been a lot of debate within political circles over whether Democrats are calling out for a savior to enter the 2020 primary, or whether they’re just fine with who they’ve got, thank you very much. […]
Billionaire’s Letter to Elizabeth Warren Accuses Her of ‘Warping the Facts’ on the Wealthy
Escalating the war of words between Wall Street and Senator Elizabeth Warren, Leon Cooperman, a billionaire money manager, denounced her recent tweet encouraging him to “pitch in a bit more” because of his success in life, saying she sounded like “a parent chiding an ungrateful child.” “However much it resonates […]
Paula White, Trump’s Personal Pastor, Joins the White House
Paula White, a televangelist based in Florida and personal pastor to President Trump whom he has known since 2002, has joined the Trump administration in an official capacity, according to a White House official. Ms. White will work in the Office of Public Liaison, the official said, which is the […]
WH Official Testifies He Was ‘Not Concerned That Anything Illegal Was Discussed’ On Ukraine Call
Chuck Ross on October 31, 2019 Timothy Morrison, the White House’s senior director for European affairs, told Congress on Thursday that he did not believe ‘anything illegal’ transpired in a phone call between President Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky. Morrison is the second White House official who listened in on the […]