Attorney General Barr boosts worries of political interference in the Justice Department by installing an outside prosecutor to reexamine the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Trump ignores Barr’s request to stop tweeting about the DOJ. Before he died, Daniel arap Moi was a disgraced former dictator.
The US House voted to remove the 1982 deadline on the Equal Rights Amendment. During the debate, Republicans against the ERA argued it would mean abortion couldn't be restricted. According to newly available data, the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill were "larger than generally publicized.
“This year, the race looks like no other Democratic primary in modern history, an increasingly muddled mix of ideologies, backgrounds and theories on what has unfolded." To win the primary, Sanders needs to broaden his appeal. He might start with his “normie” contemporaries. Bloomberg receives three endorsements from the
Six takeaways from the New Hampshire primary, which Bernie Sanders won, trailed closely by Buttigieg and Klobuchar. See also: Five takeaways, 10 takeaways, four takeaways, a bunch of takeaways... The opinions: Mainstream Democrats should not be afraid of Sanders, vs. mainstream Democrats should pray for Bloomberg. Universal basic income candidate
To curtail the spread of coronavirus in China—where infections are doubling every four days—officials have ordered house-to-house searches in Wuhan, moving the sick to massive quarantine centers. Chinese authorities appear to be trying to censor the news that the doctor who alerted the medical community about
Trump’s acquittal gives him a moment of triumph and a shot of momentum, but not the finality he craves. Trump quickly makes a mockery of comments by Republican senators Collins, Alexander, and Portman, who thought he might behave better going forward. Related/unrelated: New paintings in Luke Pelletier'
Partial results from the Iowa caucuses—the outcome of which is now unlikely to change—show Buttigieg and Sanders in the lead, followed by Warren, Biden, Klobuchar, and Yang. Today, senators will almost certainly vote to acquit Trump and bring an end to the impeachment trial. According to Gallup, Trump&
The Iowa Democratic Party says a "coding issue" in its reporting app is to blame for the delay in last night's presidential caucus results, but says the data recorded by the app is accurate. With no actual outcome in place in Iowa, each of the Democratic
By not wanting to hear witnesses, Lamar Alexander has done us all a favor: the trial that wasn’t really a trial will soon be over, “and we will no longer have to listen to it.” Republicans feel trapped by Trump in Washington and by his “cult” of supporters back
Republican senators appear likely to vote down a motion to call witnesses, which likely means the end of the impeachment trial. As of midnight in Brussels, Britain will no longer part part of the EU. Here's what happens next in trade and other negotiations. Acknowledging that coronavirus poses
