USA Trump, hours before vote impeachment vote, says 'no crime,' 'crazy!' The president defended himself as the House Judiciary Committee considers abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charges. 12/12/2019
USA Pentagon watchdog plans to review award of $400M border wall contract to firm touted by Trump Fisher Sand & Gravel has been publicly and privately endorsed to build the wall by members of the Trump administration, including the president himself. 12/12/2019
USA McConnell's dilemma: Senate trial with Trump witnesses, or a quick vote The Senate majority leader, facing conflicting pressures, has yet to lay out a timetable or plan for an impeachment trial. 12/12/2019
USA Lawmakers debate impeachment ahead of committee vote on articles The House Judiciary Committee worked late into the night as Republicans and Democrats on the panel weighed in. 12/12/2019
USA GOP Rep. Gohmert publicly names person some Republicans say is whistleblower Democrats had asked the name not be mentioned for safety and privacy reasons. 12/12/2019
USA Giuliani associate Lev Parnas lied to feds, should be jailed pending trial, prosecutors say The foreign-born man, along with Igor Fruman, was charged with making $325,000 in illegal straw donations to a Trump super PAC. 12/12/2019
USA Impeachment live updates: Judiciary debates articles of impeachment Latest news from the hearings as the House Judiciary Committee discusses amendments to the two articles of impeachment against President Trump. 11/12/2019
USA Biden campaign refutes speculation of a one-term pledge A campaign promise to serve just one term if elected is "not something VP Biden is thinking about" his campaign said Wednesday. 11/12/2019
USA Trump campaign refocuses on Keystone state with 2020 looming Trump's re-election effort is betting that impeachment will help galvanize president's support in the critical state of Pennsylvania. 11/12/2019
USA Trump to sign executive order targeting college anti-Semitism, Israel boycotts The move would effectively reclassify Judaism under federal anti-discrimination law as both a religion and a nationality. 11/12/2019
USA Barr puts Attorney General stamp of approval on Trump's 2016 revisionist history First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 11/12/2019
USA Trump slams 'flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous articles of impeachment' Hours after House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against the president, he told a crowd of supporters that it was "the lightest, weakest impeachment." 11/12/2019
USA Buttigieg releases McKinsey client list, includes Best Buy and Defense Department "I never worked or was asked to work on things that I had a problem with," Buttigieg told the Atlantic. 11/12/2019
USA Trump target Lisa Page sues DOJ, FBI for 'unwanted invasion of privacy' Page filed suit one day after a DOJ inspector general found there was no evidence that her and Strzok's complaints about Trump effected the Russia probe 10/12/2019
USA Trump pays $2 million for misusing his charity, New York attorney general says The court-ordered settlement money will go to eight charities. 10/12/2019
USA New York attorney general intensifies investigation into the NRA New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a new, wide-ranging subpoena in the probe, a person familiar with the document told NBC News. 10/12/2019
USA Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates should get probation, prosecutors say Gates testified against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone. Both were convicted. 10/12/2019
USA Barr thinks FBI may have acted in 'bad faith' in probing Trump campaign's links to Russia "I think our nation was turned on its head for 3 years based on a bogus narrative," said the attorney general in an exclusive interview with Pete Williams. 10/12/2019
USA Read the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Democratic leaders announced the articles — one for abuse of power, the other for obstruction of Congress — earlier Tuesday. 10/12/2019
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