“One thing that makes America great is that the people can laugh at you without retribution,” said Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif.
Author: William Cummings, USA TODAY
Fired FBI official McCabe says Justice Department considered asking Cabinet to remove Trump
The 25th Amendment says that the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet can decide the president is “unable” to fulfill the duties of the office.
Amy Klobuchar heats up 2020 presidential race on freezing Minneapolis afternoon
Klobuchar won re-election to a third term in 2018 with 60 percent of the vote in a state that President Donald Trump only lost by 1.5 percentage points.
‘An apology from the heart’: Sen. Elizabeth Warren sorry for identifying as Native American
“My apology is an apology for not having been more sensitive about tribal citizenship,” Warren said. “Only tribes determine tribal citizenship.”
Elizabeth Warren wrote ‘American Indian’ for race on 1986 bar registration, report says
“I can’t go back,” Warren said. “But I am sorry for furthering confusion on tribal sovereignty and tribal citizenship and harm that resulted.”
Trump and Putin sat down for meeting in Buenos Aires with no U.S. staff, report says
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it “is absolutely none of our concern who had and didn’t have a translator there.”
Intelligence chiefs’ threat assessment omits border, says North Korea won’t give up nukes
After Trump’s first summit with Kim in July, the president proclaimed on Twitter that there “is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea.”
‘Trump is having an impact’: NATO head credits president’s tough talk for $100B boost
Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, said Trump is helping the alliance adapt to “a more unpredictable world.”
Texas Republican Rep. Will Hurd calls Trump border crisis a ‘myth’
Rep. Will Hurd, who says his district includes about 820 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, opposes a border wall and the using a shutdown to get it.
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.