2019: POLITICO (354)

JANUARY

Federal employee union sues Trump administration over government shutdown

House Dem majority welcomes first black female floor director

The survivor: Nancy Pelosi makes history — again

Freshman Rep. Tlaib: Dem majority will ‘impeach the motherf—er’

Trump claims support from past presidents for the wall: Clinton, Bush and Obama beg to differ

Trump: I’m nearing decision on emergency declaration to build wall

Is this the dark before the light?

House GOP leaders fear support eroding for Trump’s shutdown fight

Trump’s Not-So-Bully Pulpit

Top Bernie Sanders 2016 adviser accused of forcibly kissing subordinate

Poland arrests Huawei, Orange executives on suspicion of spying

The longest shutdown ever

Trump touts shutdown plan, but advisers say ‘no one knows what he will do’

Liam Fox: No-deal Brexit would be ‘default policy’ if MPs reject deal

Attorney general nominee breaks with Trump over Mueller’s probe

Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule SOTU because of the shutdown

Judge won’t dismiss libel suit against Fusion GPS over dossier

The circular firing squad: Mueller targets turn on each other

‘Theater of the absurd’: How the shutdown’s bleakest week unfolded for Trump

GOP senator: Trump’s ‘straw man proposal’ not meant to become law

Inside Kamala Harris’ 2020 campaign plan

Trump: Coverage of Catholic school students in viral encounter shows media’s ‘evil’

Poll: Shutdown, Russia drive Trump to all-time high disapproval

‘Extraordinarily angry and very upset taxpayers’: IRS faces chaotic tax season amid shutdown

Roger Stone arrested in Mueller investigation

‘All for nothing’: Trump’s wall retreat bewilders allies

Shutdown cost the U.S. $3 billion that won’t be recovered, CBO says

Howard Schultz’s camp says he can save Democrats from Trump

Big border deal fades before talks even begin

Trump accuses Schumer of being ‘weak and passive’ on Iran

FEBRUARY

Trump makes it official: U.S. to quit missile treaty with Russia

Trump determined to ‘bring our folks back home, from Syria, Afghanistan

Soak the rich? Americans say go for it

Sanders on Trump inaugural committee subpoena: ‘This has nothing to do with the White House’

Why Trump’s zigzagging speech made perfect sense

‘Too hot to handle’: Pelosi predicts GOP won’t trigger another shutdown

Kellyanne Conway says she was ‘assaulted’ in Maryland restaurant

‘This is an earthquake’: Virginia GOP celebrates Dems implosion

Shutdown talks stalled

Omar ignites new anti-Semitism controversy with comments on AIPAC

Beto takes on Trump in tale of 2 mega-rallies

Michael Bloomberg’s $500 million anti-Trump moonshot

Congress gets ready to vote to keep the government open

Trump’s National Emergency Is Great News for Future President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Dems prepare to force Trump to reveal private talks with Putin

Miller goes to bat for Trump over emergency declaration

McCabe: ‘I was fired because I opened a case against the president’

Emails reveal coordination between Chao, McConnell offices

Virginia voters — including African-Amerians — get Northam’s back

Trump butters up Barr amid signs of Mueller conclusion

‘He is not going to be the nominee’: Dems slam Sanders over Maduro stance

Average tax refund down 17 percent, IRS reports

Schiff: ‘We will bring Bob Mueller in to testify’ if report not made public

GOP donors: Trump campaign lacks a strategy to win in 2020

Trump’s inner circle might escape Mueller charges — but still won’t be safe

Cohen testimony on Trump: ‘He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat.’

‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Why Trump bailed on North Korea

MARCH

Ted Cruz: GOP wouldn’t have lost the House if border funding had passed

Judge demands answers from Roger Stone on book that could violate gag order

Nadler: Dozens of document requests to be sent in Trump probe

John Hickenlooper jumps into crowded 2020 field with ground to make up

Ocasio-Cortez balks at Dem leadership’s rebuke of Omar

White House launches fire-breathing campaign to attack House Dem probes

Omar uproar swamps Pelosi

House Dems to bring resolution next week to make Mueller report public

Terri McCullough to be new chief of staff in speaker’s office

‘A major player’: Sanders gets props from the Democratic establishment

DNC picks Milwaukee to host 2020 convention

Ryan says Trump can be beat in 2020, Pelosi on impeachment and the DCCC’s big money night

Pilots complained at least 5 times about Boeing 737 MAX problems, records show

House overwhelmingly approves resolution urging release of Mueller report

Why Trump didn’t stop a GOP revolt on his border emergency

O’Rourke ‘not … proud’ of teenage murder fantasy writing

Trump spy agency nominee marooned in Senate standoff

Despite crowds, Beto campaign gets a rocky rollout

Preet Bharara Expects a ‘Lengthy, Detailed’ Mueller Report

World leaders tell Biden: We need you

Aides struggle to see strategy in Trump’s Conway, McCain fights

Why Mueller’s end is only the beginning

Democrats plot ways to force release of Mueller findings

Nadler to DOJ: Don’t hide evidence of Trump wrongdoing

Media stares down ‘reckoning’ after Mueller report underwhelms

In shift, Trump administration backs judge’s ruling that would kill Obamacare

White House Obamacare reversal made over Cabinet objections

Mueller swiftly closes up shop

Trump tests post-Mueller vengeance campaign

Stacey Abrams builds massive political network ahead of 2020 decision

One of the GOP’s brightest female stars is dogged by Trump in 2020

APRIL

White House whistleblower tells House panel about ‘systematic’ security clearance problems

Too Many Democrats Are Running in 2020, According to Science

Coming soon: The death of the filibuster

DOJ defends releasing initial summary of Mueller report

Trump says Biden is ‘only a threat to himself’

W.H. resurrects health care push

Trump lashes out at Mueller probe as release of report approaches

Stephen Miller pressuring Trump officials amid immigration shakeups

Trump’s DHS purge floors Republicans

FBI brass discussed possibility Trump fired Comey ‘at the behest of’ Russia

Patten escapes jail time in Mueller-related foreign lobbying cases

Dems rip Nunes’ plan for private huddle with Barr to discuss criminal allegations

Kamala Harris releases 15 years of tax returns

The Insider’s Guide To the Mueller Report

Sanders takes on Fox — and emerges triumphant 

Judge: Barr sowing public mistrust with Mueller report handling

‘Keep your mouth shut’: Dems erupt over Barr’s Mueller report rollout

The Obstruction Case Against Trump that Barr Tried to Hide

Five unresolved mysteries about Russian meddling in Mueller’s report

Schiff: ‘Ample evidence of collusion in plain sight’

Trump sues to block House subpoena of financial records

Trump’s Monday night retweeting blitz

‘This is risky’: Trump’s thirst for Mueller revenge could land him in trouble

Biden sounds fundraising alarm in conference call

Rosenstein defends Russia investigation, takes shots at Obama administration

White House OKs testimony — with limits — from ex-security clearance chief

Trump warns Sanders he is being cheated again

Democrats dismiss Biden as front-runner in name only

Trump sues Deutsche Bank, Capital One to block House subpoenas

MAY

The real reason Bill Barr is defending Trump

Pelosi: Barr committed a crime by lying to Congress

‘Anyone Ever Seen Cocaine?’ What We Found in the Archives of Bernie Sanders’s Long-Lost TV Show.

Democrats preview post-Trump plan: Executive orders

May to Corbyn: ‘Let’s do a deal’ on Brexit

Democrats prepare to hold William Barr in contempt

Surprised advisers downplay Trump’s tweet about Mueller testimony

The New York Times drops another tax bomb on Trump

How long can Dems hold back on impeachment?

Burr holds firm despite GOP anger over Don Jr. subpoena

Trump: Discussing a Biden probe with Barr would be ‘appropriate’

Nadler squeezed with calls for ‘inherent contempt’

China to retaliate on $60B in U.S. goods, defying Trump’s warning

Rosenstein slams Comey for becoming a ‘partisan pundit’

How would you explain the Democratic investigations to a Washington outsider?

Grassley on what Trump really believes on trade

Barr: The allegation I lied to Congress is ‘laughable’

Amid cooperation bid, Flynn messaged top Mueller critic in Congress

Romney: GOP congressman’s calls for impeachment ‘a courageous statement’

Trump scrambles to reverse Rust Belt slide

Pelosi clashes with fellow Dems in closed-door debate on impeachment

Pelosi preaches caution on impeachment as pressure builds

Why Pelosi is so good at infuriating Trump

Democrats are getting sucked into Trump’s chaos vortex

Trump puts DOJ on crash course with intelligence agencies

‘Ghosted’: GOP abandons female House hopeful despite talk of electing women

Martin Selmayer: Populist wave has been ‘contained’

‘My Rudy’: Trump’s lawyer wants to be the campaign’s No. 1 hatchet man

Biden: America is less divided now than it was in the early 1970s

Trump fixates on IQ as measure of self-worth

Trump gambles with the global economy, and his own reelection

JUNE

Mulvaney: Trump ‘deadly serious’ about Mexico tariffs

Gillibrand sticks it to Fox News in scrappy town hall

Trump to departing Theresa May: ‘Stick around, lets do this deal”

Russia’s manipulation of Twitter was far vaster than believed

Pelosi tells Dems she wants to see Trump ‘in prison’

Trump faces rare Republican revolt on judicial pick

Kamala Harris leans into prosecutor record in South Carolina

Chao created special path for McConnell’s favored projects

Pelosi-Nadler clash over impeachment intensifies

Trump asserts executive privilege to block access to census documents

Beto goes after Biden: ‘A return to the past’

Trump declines to give Pence his endorsement for a 2024 presidential run

Trump campaign zeroes in on a new threat: Elizabeth Warren

Dems prepare 9-figure ad onslaught to blunt Trump’s head start

Pete Buttigieg raised staggering $7 million in April alone

Inside Donald Trump’s Florida obsession

Biden promises wealthy donors he would not ‘demonize’ the rich

Senators get classified briefing on UFO sightings

Dems see Hope Hicks testimony as huge gift in legal battle with Trump

Nadler: Hope Hicks testimony is huge gift in legal battle with Trump

Trump says he ‘may’ bring up election interference with Putin

The Ivory Tower team of wonks behind Warren’s policy agenda

Joe Biden keeps stepping in it – and voters couldn’t care less

Mueller’s team may think it is done. Democrats have other ideas.

The Landmine that Just Got Laid for Elizabeth Warren

Kamala Harris breaks out

Trump: Kamala Harris got ‘too much credit’ for Biden attack

Harris surges to third place in national poll after debate

JULY

‘Her ambition got it wrong about Joe’: Harris faces debate backlash

The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran

Buttigieg introduces national service plan

‘We have a predator living in the White House’: Harris sharpens attacks on Trump

2020 Dems’ opposition builds against Trump judges

Justin Amash: GOP was broken even before Trump’s presidency

New swing-district polling illustrates impeachment peril

Republicans — and some Dems — stand by Acosta amid Jeffrey Epstein charges

‘Don’t tweet about it’: Pelosi scolds progressives

Trump invokes social media platforms, 2020 Dems and Deutsche Bank in Twitter tear

Alexander Acosta stepping down as Labor secretary

What the VP saw at the border

Trump tells Dem congresswoman: Go back to where you came from

Biden unveils health care plan: Affordable Care Act 2.0

Scaramucci: Trump ‘turning into’ a racist

House to vote on whether to consider articles of impeachment for Trump

McConnell: Trump ‘on to something’ with attacks on four congresswomen

House Dem impeachment support gains new momentum

DNC raises $8.5 million in June

Meet the woman who ties Jeffrey Epstein to Trump and the Clintons

Inside the preparations for Mueller’s history-making testimony

DOJ tells Mueller to limit testimony to his report

How to think about today’s Mueller extravaganza

Pelosi rebuffs Nadler on impeachment after Mueller flop

Pro-impeachment Dems not backing down after Mueller

Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead on border wall

DCCC in ‘complete chaos’ as uproar over diversity intensifies

I Played Trump in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Debate Prep. Here’s What It Takes to Beat Him.

It’s a center-left party after all

AUGUST

Majority of House Democrats now support impeachment inquiry

Trump to sanction Russia over chemical weapons use

Trump prepares a push to woo black voters

Governor follows Trump script in reelection brawl

Trump’s two political crises

Joaquin Castro doubles down amid backlash over tweeting names of Trump donors

Iraqi man dies after Trump administration deports him

Nadler: ‘This is formal impeachment proceedings’

Unsealed documents detail alleged Epstein victim’s recruitment at Mar-a-Lago

Epstein death brings birth of mainstream conspiracy theories

‘Using the Lord’s name in vain’: Evangelicals chafe at Trump’s blasphemy

New ‘socialism’ polling, and Kevin Madden’s new gig

O’Rourke plots return from 2020 sidelines

Israel bars Omar, Tlaib from entering country, as Trump lashes out

Tlaib turns down family visit to West Bank after Israel grants request

‘People don’t want to be stupid twice’: Foreign diplomats brace for Trump 2020 win

Trump: ‘We already have a lot of background checks’

Warren calls for repealing 1994 crime bill, decriminalizing school truancy

Trump team braces GOP donors for a potential ‘moderate and short’ recession

Joe Walsh to mount primary bid against ‘absolutely unfit’ Trump

David Koch, billionaire conservative donor, dies at 79

Trump : ‘Chosen one’ remark was sarcasm

‘The rock star’ vs. ‘The rock’: Warren and Biden hurtle toward collision

‘You are helping him’: Vulnerable Democrats grilled on impeachment

Poll: Dems more likely to support candidate who backs Medicare for All over fixing Obamacare

USCIS changes automatic citizenship for children of overseas service members

Trump’s executive assistant resigns from White House

Trump’s personal assistant fired after comments about Ivanka, Tiffany

SEPTEMBER

N.Y. Republicans rush to challenge indicted incumbent Collins in deep red district

Reporter calls White House ‘unprofessional’ in cutting off his access

Democrats’ messy impeachment push hits critical phase

Trump administration raids military construction projects for border wall

Sarah Huckabee Sanders to chronicle her White House tenure in a memoir

Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses as Trump challengers cry foul

Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trump’s Scottish resort

‘The Trumps will be a dynasty that lasts for decades’

Air Force leaders order probe of Trump resort stays

What tonight could tell us about 2020

Inside Trump and Bolton’s spectacular split

Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House

How Warren Won Without Having a Big Moment

Schiff accuses top intel official of illegally withholding ‘urgent’ whistleblower complaint

Biden allies attack Warren’s electability

Trump suggests Iran responsible for Saudi oil attack

‘Get real’: Senior Democrats shut down Kavanaugh impeachment push

‘Feel free to leak this’: Inside the Pelosi-Nadler impeachment schism

An unshackled Trump finally gets the presidency he always wanted

‘Of course I did’: Giuliani acknowledges asking Ukraine to investigate Biden

FEC finds fault with de Blasio’s campaign finances

Warren on pace with Biden in Iowa

Trump just poured rocket fuel on the impeachment fire

How the ground is shifting on impeachment

White House preparing to release whistleblower complaint to Congress

‘Ice in his veins’: McConnell steers GOP through Trump’s Ukraine scandal

Trump Killed the Seriousness of Impeachment

UK Supreme Court ruling should lead to ‘consequences,’ says Boris Johnson

Democrats see impeachment as landmine for Republican Senate

OCTOBER

Trump may have lied to Mueller, House Democrats say

Support for impeaching Trump hits new high

Trump’s impeachment defiance spooks key voting blocs

Elizabeth Warren raises $24.6 million in third quarter

Justice Department hasn’t interviewed key Russia probe witnesses

More whistleblowers, more mudslinging

Pols blast NBA for ‘kowtowing’ to China

Inside Trump’s obsession with polygraphs

Mulvaney sidelined as Trump’s impeachment crisis rages

‘What legal strategy?’: Trump relies on Trump to survive impeachment

Lindsey Graham dishes on Trump in hoax calls with Russians

‘Stop talking’: Trump advisers want Giuliani dumped

U.S. withdrawing last troops from northern Syria

Queen’s speech: Brexit top priority for UK government

Poll: Warren faces high expectations ahead of debate

Dems go after Warren, and other big moments from Tuesday’s debate

Gordon Sondland breaks with Trump in impeachment testimony

Mitt Romney marches alone: ‘I don’t believe I’m leading a wing of the party’

Trump veterans see a presidency veering off the rails

The revenge of the State Department

‘It sure feels like Buttigieg and Klobuchar have wind in their sails’

Trudeau outlasts challengers to gain second term

Pelosi and McConnell are on an impeachment collision course

Klobuchar qualifies for November debate

NSC official plans to testify in impeachment probe even if White House tries to block him

DOJ: Negotiations with House for McGahn interview are ongoing

Ousted Republicans plot rematches with Trump back on the ballot

Trump says he may release footage of Baghdadi raid

Trump goes on Twitter tear after White House official condemns his Ukraine call

Trump aides start soaking high-priced D.C. lawyers in new business

Inside Trump’s roast of House Republicans

NOVEMBER

The issue that Obama alums think could doom Elizabeth Warren

In Iowa, Biden confronts a growing threat: Pete Buttigieg

Kamala Harris qualifies for December primary debate

Dems tiptoe around ‘Pocahontas’ and Hunter as Trump licks his chops

We’ve read the transcripts. Do they help Trump?

Trump’s GOP walloped

Bevin cites ‘irregularities’ in asking for Kentucky recanvass

Who Will Betray Trump?

Trump Pokes Fun at Himself. Why Do Only Some People See It?

Poll: Bloomberg’s potential run is a flow with voters so far

Why Biden is crushing it nationally — but slipping in Iowa and N.H.

There’s a Surprisingly Plausible Path to Removing Trump From Office

House Intel panel announces additional witnesses for public impeachment hearings

What Democrats and Republicans are telling us about Wednesday’s impeachment show

Defiant Yovanovitch says she was ‘kneecapped’ amid Trump ‘smear campaign’

What Was Truly Unprecedented in This Week’s Impeachment Hearings?

Louisiana delivers Trump a black eye

Trump labels top Pence aide a ‘Never Trumper’

Ron Johnson goes after witness set to testify in impeachment inquiry

‘The answer is yes’: Sondland affirms ‘quid pro quo’ in Ukraine dealings

Fiona Hill criticizes Republicans for pushing ‘fictional narrative’ on Ukraine

Questions over next steps as Judiciary moves into impeachment spotlight

Hong Kong activists urge UK to give ex-colony’s residents ‘real citizenship’

Michael Bloomberg launches campaign for president

To defeat Trump, Dems rethink the Obama coalition formula

Trump’s strain with Pentagon inspires talk of more departures

Will Trump participate now?

Maybe Trump isn’t totally to blame for your angry Thanksgiving

Behind Trump’s secret war-zone trip: A Mar-a-Lago escape, a twin Air Force One and a Twitter plan

The one state taking a big run at health reform

DECEMBER

Intelligence Committee to begin circulating draft Ukraine report Monday

Georgia governor set to buck Trump on Senate appointment

Allies unite to defend NATO — against Macron

Boris Johnson holds late-night chat with Donald Trump

Democrats Are Speeding to Defeat on Impeachment

Senate Republicans puncture House GOP dreams for impeachment trial

Schiff: Pence aide provided new impeachment evidence — but VP’s office classified it

Florida congressman challenges Saudis on Pensacola shootings

Possible pardons loom for former Trump aides

Democrats unveil 2 articles of impeachment against Trump

Biden signals to aides that he would serve only a single term

What if Trump Weren’t Nuts?

What Boris Johnson’s victory means for Brexit

A Trumpist star is born

Jeff Van Drew party switch came as Democrats abandoned him

Judiciary Committee impeachment report alleges Trump committed ‘multiple federal crimes’

McConnell rejects Schumer’s opening offer on impeachment trial

Trump presents his own impeachment defense

Senate Republicans pray Trump won’t tweet during trial

‘I’m never afraid and I’m rarely surprised’: Pelosi emboldened

Democrats Shouldn’t Play Chicken With the Constitution

How Trump is filling the liberal 9th Circuit with conservatives

McConnell: Quit the charade, impeachment is a ‘political exercise’

‘The surge is real’: Klobuchar makes late push in Iowa

‘We’ve never seen spending like this’: Bloomberg, Steyer saturate airwaves

Democratic insiders: Bernie could win the nomination

AOC for president? The buzz has begun

Impeachment trial will supercharge battle for Senate

The big barrier to Trump’s 5G America

Bloomberg campaign moves headquarters to Times Square

Warren confronts ghost of Howard Dean

News Source: Politico

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