Elizabeth Warren calls for House to begin impeachment proceedings
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren is urging the Democratic-controlled House to "initiate impeachment proceedings" against President Donald Trump.Warren is reacting on Twitter to the report by special counsel Robert Mueller released Thursday.The Massachusetts senator writes that "to ignore a president's repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior would inflict great and lasting damage on this country, and it would suggest that both the current and future president would be free to abuse their power in similar ways."Warren is the first Democrat running for president in 2020 to make a full-throated call for the initiation of the impeachment process.
Subpoena issued for Mueller report: 'It falls to Congress'
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Friday for special counsel Robert Mueller's report as Congress escalates its investigation of President Donald Trump."It now falls to Congress to determine the full scope of that alleged misconduct and to decide what steps we must take going forward," said Rep.
'A good day:' Pres. Trump claims victory with Mueller report out
WASHINGTON -- For nearly two years, President Donald Trump and his allies sought to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, attacking investigators' credibility and playing down their findings.
Justice Department set to release redacted Mueller report Thursday
WASHINGTON — After nearly two years of waiting, America will get some answers straight from Robert Mueller.The Justice Department on Thursday is expected to release a redacted version of the special counsel's report on Russian election interference and Donald Trump's campaign, opening up months, if not years, of fights over what the document means in a deeply divided country.The nearly 400-page report is expected to reveal what Mueller uncovered about ties between the Trump campaign and Russia that fell short of criminal conduct.
Trump administration wants to build more tents at border to detain migrants
HOUSTON — The Trump administration wants to open two new tent facilities to temporarily detain up to 1,000 parents and children near the southern border, as advocates sharply criticize the conditions inside the tents already used to hold migrants.U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a notice to potential contractors that it wants to house 500 people in each camp in El Paso, Texas, and in the South Texas city of Donna, which has a border crossing with Mexico.Each facility would consist of one large tent that could be divided into sections by gender and between families and children traveling alone, according to the notice.
Pres. Trump predicts Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders will be 2020 Dem 'finalists'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is predicting that Vermont Sen.
President Trump to hold campaign rally in Green Bay on April 27
GREEN BAY -- President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Wisconsin on the night of the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington.Presisdent Trump's re-election campaign announced Tuesday that the rally will be held April 27 at Green Bay's Resch Center.
President Trump says Tiger Woods to get Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will present Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Woods won his fifth Masters title Sunday, overcoming personal and professional adversity to once more claim the green jacket.President Trump tweeted Monday that he spoke to Woods and congratulated him on "the great victory" and "to inform him that because of his incredible Success & Comeback in Sports (Golf) and, more importantly, LIFE, I will be presenting him with the PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM!"President Trump didn't say when a ceremony will be held.
Pres. Trump's idea to send immigrants to sanctuary cities dismissed by Wisconsin officials
MADISON — A Democratic congressman and the leader of a Wisconsin immigrant rights group on Monday, April 15 both dismissed President Donald Trump's proposal to send detained migrants to so-called sanctuary cities, which could include Milwaukee, Madison and Racine.President Trump has said he wants to explore the move, which officials in his administration have twice rejected, as part of his drive to tighten immigration laws.
Redacted Trump-Russia report now expected on Thursday
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department expects to make a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation public Thursday morning, a spokeswoman said Monday.The redacted report would be sent to Congress and also made available to the public, spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said.As Washington counted down until the release, President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks in an eleventh-hour effort to undermine the report's findings.President Trump unleashed a series of tweets on Monday — including two just minutes after the Justice Department's announcement — focusing on the favorable toplines in the previously released summary produced by Attorney General William Barr.Mueller officially concluded his investigation late last month and submitted the confidential report to Barr.
Pres. Trump's campaign to report raising $30 million in 1st quarter of 2019
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's re-election campaign tells The Associated Press it will report raising more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019.
Pres. Trump talks of releasing migrants into Democratic stronghold cities
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he is strongly considering releasing "Illegal Immigrants" into Democratic strongholds to punish congressional foes for inaction on the border— just hours after White House and Homeland Security officials insisted the idea had been rejected as fast as it had been proposed."Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only," Pres.
Sen. Sanders promises to win back Midwest states Pres. Trump captured
MADISON — U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders kicked off his Midwest battleground tour in Madison Friday, April 12.
President Trump, South Korea's leader mull next step in nuclear talks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's meeting Thursday, April 11 with South Korean President Moon Jae-in comes amid uncertainty over whether the leader of North Korea is considering backing out of nuclear negotiations or restarting nuclear and missile tests.It is Moon's first meeting with President Trump since his unsuccessful summit with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi.
Alec Baldwin tweets 'beating Trump would be so easy,' teases possible presidential run
NEW YORK – Alec Baldwin suggested Monday, April 8 he would easily oust President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, and went as far as tweeting about a hypothetical run for the Oval Office."If I ran for President, would you vote for me?" Baldwin asked in a tweet. "Beating Trump would be so easy."
Michael Cohen asks lawmakers to help keep him out of prison
NEW YORK — Attorneys for Michael Cohen are asking members of Congress to help keep him out of prison.In a letter sent to lawmakers Thursday, Cohen's legal team said he is still sorting through documents in his personal files that might be of interest to House Democrats investigating President Donald Trump, including emails, voice recordings, images and other documents on a hard drive."To date, Mr.
White House chief of staff says Democrats will 'never' see Pres. Trump's tax returns
WASHINGTON — Democrats will "never" see President Donald Trump's tax returns, said White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday, as a new front opened in the confrontation between the administration and Congress.Mulvaeny accused Democrats of engaging in a "political stunt" and wanting "attention" after the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep.
Pres. Trump struggles with an 'overwhelming' problem on the border
WASHINGTON — Tensions are rising, fingers are pointing and the search for solutions is becoming increasingly fraught.Overwhelmed by an influx of migrants at the border that is taxing the immigration system, President Donald Trump is grasping for something — anything — to stem the tide.Pres.
'Our country is full': Pres. Trump says migrants straining system
CALEXICO, Calif. — Declaring "our country is full," President Donald Trump on Friday insisted the U.S. immigration system was overburdened and illegal crossings must be stopped as he inspected a refurbished section of fencing at the Mexican border.Pres.