WASHINGTON — Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is in the middle of moving offices. The art is being taken off the walls and boxed up, but that hasn’t stopped the Minnesota senator from entertaining guests. A little silver tray with paper cups sat ready and waiting Thursday afternoon — a testament …
Read More »Family of Former Marine Accused of Spying in Russia Say He Was There for a Wedding
Paul Whelan, a United States citizen and retired Marine, was arrested in Russia under accusations of spying last week, but his family says that Whelan was only visiting the country for a wedding. The 48-year-old security consultant from Michigan was detained byRussia’s Federal Security Service, which released a statement claiming …
Read More »Why Michael Cohen's Sentencing Docs Are Huge Trouble for Trump
Michael Cohen is likely headed to prison. And Donald Trump is in danger of joining him. There are two big takeaways from the criminal sentencing memos released Friday for Cohen — the president’s former lawyer and fixer — by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and by the United States Attorney’s Office …
Read More »Trump Kicks Off the Week With Some Light Witness Tampering
President Trump’s trip to Argentina for the G-20 summit was relatively subdued. He bailed on a press conference “out of respect for the Bush Family.” He refrained from bro-ing out with Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. He dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping. But on Monday …
Read More »Michelle Obama Tells Colbert, 'There Wasn't Any Room for Anybody in Our Administration to Be Indicted'
Former first lady Michelle Obama appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday as part of her Becoming book tour, where the conversation ranged from how she adjusted to living in the White House under Secret Service protection to how Barack proposed (it was during a fight). During the …
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