Politics
Donald Trump Jr. And MAGA Twitter Are Pressuring Sen. Lindsey Graham To Defend Trump From Impeachment
Graham is one of the president’s key allies, but Trump supporters got a #WheresLindsey hashtag trending Tuesday.
Ryan C. Brooks
Ambassador Bill Taylor Laid Out Trump’s Alleged Quid Pro Quo Request To Ukraine In Congressional Testimony
One Democrat described Tuesday’s testimony from senior US diplomat Bill Taylor as “incredibly damning.”
Zoe Tillman
The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Coming Soon To A Television Near You
“Let the public see, because ultimately the public has a right to make a determination as to what they what they think happened."
Addy Baird
Pro-Trump Twitter Accounts Are Obsessively Attacking The Lawmaker Leading The Impeachment Inquiry
Trump's Twitter fans are spreading false conspiracy theories about Adam Schiff and giving Trump a free and large rapid response arm.
Ryan C. Brooks
Roger Stone Lost His Appeal Of The Gag Order Barring Him From Posting On Twitter, Facebook, And Instagram
Stone's trial is set to begin next month.
Zoe Tillman
A Top DHS Staffer Who Defended The Muslim Travel Ban Now Works At Google
Former DHS staffer Miles Taylor once defended a “tough” but “tailored” version of Trump’s controversial travel ban and served under Kirstjen Nielsen during the implementation of the family separation policy at the US–Mexico border.
Ryan Mac
The Group That Helped Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Endorse A New Slate Of Progressives Running For Congress
“We need more folks who haven’t been cultivated and placed by the traditional party system,” Brand New Congress said.
Kadia Goba
Julián Castro Says He Will End His Presidential Campaign If He Doesn’t Raise $800,000 In The Next 10 Days
"My presidential campaign is in dire need of financial resources to keep going," Castro said in an email to supporters on Monday.
Nidhi Prakash
The G7 Summit Trump Awarded To His Own Resort Now Will Go Somewhere Else
Donald Trump tweeted the change late Saturday night.
Matt Berman
Bernie Sanders Returns To The Trail With AOC, A Giant Crowd, And A Defiant Campaign
“Imagine Bernie now with 100% blood flow,” one of the candidate’s top advisers said this week.
Ruby Cramer
Turkish Trolls Working For Erdogan Hijacked American Right-Wing Media — And Rudy Giuliani’s Brain
Here's how Turkish trolls infiltrated American conservative media, spread propaganda, and got Giuliani to fall for it.
Ryan Broderick
Impeachment Could Mean Most Presidential Candidates Can’t Leave Washington, Or Talk. Sorry, Those Are (Really) The Rules.
“It would be disruptive, that’s all I can tell you,” said former presidential candidate and current senator Mitt Romney, laughing.
Paul McLeod
Two Men Tied To Giuliani's Ukraine Squad Pleaded Not Guilty To Federal Charges
David Correia and Andrey Kukushkin were indicted along with Giuliani associates Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas for making illegal campaign contributions.
Ema O'Connor
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Is Quitting After Being Subpoenaed In The Impeachment Probe
Perry played a key role in US–Ukraine relations and is now a person of interest in the Congressional impeachment inquiry.
Zahra Hirji
Trump’s Acting Chief Of Staff Acknowledged That The White House Withheld Ukrainian Aid So The Country Would Help Investigate Democrats
Mick Mulvaney just said the quiet part loud.
Sarah Mimms
Andrew Yang Injected Silicon Valley’s Favorite Economic Idea Into The Democratic Debate. Silicon Valley Isn’t So Happy About That.
Universal basic income seems like an idea whose time has come — except to some of the very people pushing the idea in the first place.
Alex Kantrowitz
Donald Trump’s Campaign Is Cashing In On Impeachment
Seven of the reelection campaign’s top days for unique donors came with the launch of the impeachment inquiry.
Ryan C. Brooks
Texts With Howard Dean: Elizabeth Warren Needs To "Hang Tough" And "Get Used To" The New Pressure
In The Stakes 2020, BuzzFeed News' newsletter about the 2020 campaign, former governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean has advice for Elizabeth Warren.
Ben Smith
What To Expect When You’re Impeaching: Republicans Lay Out What Trump’s Senate Trial Will Look Like
Senators will have to sit — silently — through the trial for six days a week for who knows how long.
Paul McLeod
Democrats Haven’t Pulled Attorney General Barr Into The Impeachment Inquiry, But Trump Keeps Name-Dropping Him
Barr tapped a US attorney to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation. That probe is ongoing, and Barr has asked foreign leaders to cooperate.
Zoe Tillman
Trump Needs Republicans As The Impeachment Inquiry Continues, But They’re Furious About Syria
Even some of Trump’s closest Republican allies are infuriated over his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, though they say there’s little they can do.
Addy Baird
One Of Rudy Giuliani’s Indicted Associates Was Tweeting About Joe Biden And Ukraine Days After Trump’s Inauguration
“I have a feeling that chapter isn’t closed," David Correia tweeted in January 2017.
Miriam Elder
How A Massive Facebook Scam Siphoned Millions Of Dollars From Unsuspecting Boomers
From San Diego to the Philippines, a Republican digital marketing entrepreneur created one of the biggest Facebook scams of all time.
Craig Silverman
Cory Booker Had Another Impressive Debate And It May Not Matter
Cory Booker’s emotional debate calls for unity just haven’t gotten his very campaign far.
Darren Sands
Elizabeth Warren’s Rivals Came At Her Like She’s The Frontrunner
Now that she's at the center of the primary, Elizabeth Warren’s rivals are training their attacks, and their plays for attention, on her.
Ruby Cramer
Joe Biden Is Still A Frontrunner. But At Tuesday’s Debate He Was An Afterthought.
Joe Biden blended in. And it wasn't a bad place for him to be.
Henry J. Gomez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Endorse Bernie Sanders For President
Rep. Ilhan Omar also endorsed Sanders just after news broke that Ocasio-Cortez would officially back Sanders at his rally in Queens on Saturday.
Addy Baird
These Republicans Could Have Voted To Impeach Donald Trump. But They Lost Their Jobs Last Year.
“I’m one term removed from something that does have a place in history.”
Paul McLeod
Twitter Just Explained Why It Hasn't Suspended Donald Trump
After Sen. Kamala Harris called for the president's account to be suspended, Twitter waited a few weeks, and then said no.
Alex Kantrowitz
Rudy Giuliani Was With His Now-Indicted Ukrainian Friend At President Bush's State Funeral Service. Jeb Bush Says It's "Disappointing.”
Lev Parnas, who is now under indictment, was not invited, Bush said.
Matt Berman
