The political operative says Paul Manafort associate Rick Gates is the unnamed “senior Trump campaign official” in the indictment against him.
Author: William Cummings, USA TODAY
Commerce secretary says there’s no ‘good excuse’ for furloughed workers to run out of cash
“There really is not a good excuse why there really should be a liquidity crisis,” Ross said, explaining furloughed federal workers should get loans.
California Sen. Kamala Harris announces 2020 presidential bid on ‘Good Morning America’
Sen. Kamala Harris of Californiaannounced Monday that she is running to unseat President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Rudy Giuliani says he is ‘100% certain’ Trump did not tell Cohen to lie to Congress
The president’s attorney also said the Trump may have discussed a Trump Tower Moscow project with Cohen up until the 2016 election.
President Trump accuses Speaker Nancy Pelosi of behaving ‘irrationally’ during shutdown
Senate Majority Leaders Mitch McConnell will introduce Trump’s immigration proposal in a Senate bill on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence said.
Rep. Omar starts furor with tweets on ‘compromised’ Sen. Graham, Israel ‘evil doings’
Rep. Ilhan Omar is pushing back after being labeled a bigot by critics for two tweets, one about Sen. LindseyGraham and the other about Israel.
Trump pick to replace Kavanaugh on appeals court under fire for college op-eds on ‘hysteria over date rape’
If a woman “drinks to the point where she can no longer choose, well, getting to that point was part of her choice,” Neomi Rao wrote in 1994.
Black teen legislator in West Virginia wants state to give $10 million for border wall
Del. Caleb Hanna, 19, is a college student who still lives in his dorm. He co-sponsored a bill to send $10 million from his state for the border wall.
President Trump went to ‘extraordinary lengths’ to hide details of Putin meetings, report says
After one meeting with Putin, Trump took his interpreter’s notes and told him not to discuss the meeting with other U.S. officials, the Post reported.
National Security Council asked for military options to strike Iran, report says
Pentagon developed plans after militant mortar strike in Baghdad, according to The Wall Street Journal.