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Ilhan Omar files for divorce from husband amid affair allegations
October 7, 2019 | 9:54amRep. Ilhan Omar has filed for divorce from the father of her three kids, claiming the marriage is "irretrievable" -- amid allegations that she had an affair with DC-based political...
Collins becomes third GOP lawmaker to question Trump's call for China to probe Biden
October 6, 2019 | 1:13pmWASHINGTON - Sen. Susan Collins joined two other Republican senators in criticizing President Trump for asking China to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden. “I thought the president made a big...
Jim Jordan suggests Trump is taunting press with calls for China to probe Biden
October 6, 2019 | 12:04pmWASHINGTON - Rep. Jim Jordan refused to say whether it was right or wrong for President Trump to say China should investigate Joe and Hunter Biden. “George, you really think...
Lawyer says second whistleblower has info about Trump call to Ukraine: report
October 6, 2019 | 9:51amThe lawyer for a whistleblower who revealed President Trump's phone call with Ukraine's leader is representing a second whistleblower who has spoken with the inspector general of the intelligence community,...
Schiff facing growing criticism over handling of Trump probe
October 3, 2019 | 5:19pmCriticism is mounting against Rep. Adam Schiff for his handling of the whistleblower complaint -- and how he's conducting the Trump impeachment inquiry. Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee chair leading...
Trump publicly urges Ukraine, China to investigate Bidens
October 3, 2019 | 11:08amPresident Trump on Thursday openly called on Ukraine and China to investigate his political rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter. "Well, I would think that if they were honest...
Schiff knew about whistleblower complaint before it was filed: report
October 2, 2019 | 3:37pmRep. Adam Schiff, the head of the House Intelligence Committee, got a heads-up on a whistleblower's allegations about President Trump's phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart days before a complaint...
Mouse causes chaos in White House briefing room
October 1, 2019 | 7:32pmWASHINGTON -- This is more action than the White House briefing room has seen in months. Reporters were sent scrambling Tuesday after a mouse dropped out of the ceiling of...
Chris Collins' resignation letter is read on House floor ahead of expected guilty plea
October 1, 2019 | 10:19amHours before disgraced GOP Rep. Chris Collins was expected to plead guilty in Manhattan federal court to insider trading charges Tuesday, his resignation letter was read on the House floor....
Rudy Giuliani subpoenaed by House Democrats
September 30, 2019 | 4:15pmWASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats subpoenaed President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani as they ramp up their now week-old impeachment inquiry. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Foreign Affairs Committee...
Upstate GOP Rep. Chris Collins resigns ahead of guilty plea
September 30, 2019 | 2:09pmDisgraced upstate Republican Rep. Chris Collins resigned from Congress on Monday — a day before he was expected to plead guilty in Manhattan federal court to insider trading charges. The...
Trump's allies defend him amid Ukraine-Biden scandal
September 29, 2019 | 5:13pmWASHINGTON - President Trump’s top Congressional allies forcefully -- and sometimes colorfully -- defended the president on the Sunday shows this week. “Salem witch trials had more due process than...
Biden campaign asks news networks to stop booking Giuliani: report
September 29, 2019 | 5:05pmWASHINGTON - Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is asking top network executives to stop booking President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Biden campaign officials Anita Dunn and Kate Bedingfield wrote a...
Huckabee Sanders: Elizabeth Warren on track to be Democratic nominee
September 29, 2019 | 1:15pmWASHINGTON - Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Sunday she thinks Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be the Democrats’ pick for president -- and that's great news for...
Schiff says whistleblower will appear before House panel
September 29, 2019 | 12:54pmWASHINGTON - The whistleblower at the center of the Ukraine scandal will testify before the House Intelligence Committee, Chairman Adam Schiff confirmed Sunday. “Yes we have,” the California Democrat answered...
Rudy Giuliani flip-flops on Ukraine probe during TV interview
September 29, 2019 | 11:08amWASHINGTON - During a whirlwind interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he wouldn’t cooperate with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. Twenty-five seconds later,...
Giuliani wasn't the only Trump lawyer pushing Ukraine to investigate Biden: report
September 29, 2019 | 10:37amWASHINGTON - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani wasn’t the only attorney of President Trump who was trying to get Ukrainian officials to probe Joe Biden. Fox News reported...
Joe Wilson, ambassador who opposed Iraq War, dead at 69
September 27, 2019 | 5:02pmValerie Plame, a former CIA operative who was outed in apparent revenge after Wilson blew the whistle on Bush, said the cause was organ failure. Wilson and Plame ended their...
Trump, Biden launch dueling fundraising bids off impeachment developments
September 24, 2019 | 7:48pmPresident Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday launched dueling fundraising bids to cash in on their dueling calls for investigation of one another. The Trump campaign sent...
Pelosi launches 'official impeachment inquiry' into Trump
September 24, 2019 | 5:20pmHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that Democratic leaders are launching an "official impeachment inquiry'' into President Trump. “The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the...