New Refugee Limit 18,000; States and Cities Have to Opt In to Resettlement
WASHINGTON—The White House has set the new refugee ceiling at 18,000 for fiscal year 2020; well below the fiscal 2019 limit of 30,000.
“This proposed ceiling takes into account the ongoing security and humanitarian crisis on our border and…
Rudy Giuliani Lashes Out At Just About Everyone But Trump
Rudy Giuliani is having a bad week.
Donald Trump’s personal attorney, who has stuck by his side since the campaign, has now found himself at the center of a scandal that could lead to the House voting to impeach a president for only the…
Trump Will Have To Deal With Dems’ Request For Whistleblower Sources To Testify
WASHINGTON — The White House released both a whistleblower complaint against him over a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as a summary of the call itself, but will likely soon face a new demand: congressional access…
Here Are The Democratic Impeachment Holdouts
Eleven House Democrats, many from congressional districts where President Donald Trump won in 2016, are still publicly withholding support for an impeachment inquiry following revelations the president pressured the Ukrainian government to…
Kamala Harris Calls For Probe Into State Dept. Officials Working With Giuliani
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Thursday asked the inspector general of the State Department to investigate whether its officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, worked with Rudy Giuliani on any “partisan political activities.”…
9 Unanswered Questions In The Whistleblower Complaint
The whistleblower complaint submitted by an anonymous tipster in the intelligence community describes President Donald Trump’s efforts to use “the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S.…
Trump Proposes Slashing Refugee Resettlement Program By Nearly Half
President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed slashing the quota for the country’s refugee resettlement program by almost half, to what would be the lowest level since the modern effort to protect people fleeing persecution and violence…
Call 911, Chelsea Clinton Just Burned Donald Trump Bad
The former first daughter fired off the zinger Thursday in response to an earlier tweet from the president, which referred to the unfolding impeachment inquiry and whistleblower complaint about his July 25 Ukraine call as the “greatest…
Stephen Colbert Hits Bernie Sanders With A Tough Question
Stephen Colbert had a personal question for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on his show Thursday night. “Let me just hit you here as a senator. Are you at all insulted that Trump didn’t try to get dirt on you from the Ukraine?” asked…
Democrats Show Unity On Impeachment; Republicans Show Fractures
WASHINGTON ― It’s been one week since most of Capitol Hill heard the first reports of a whistleblower, and with new developments almost every day since, Republicans and Democrats are still wrapping their heads around how much the…
White House Knew Of CIA Whistleblower Before He Filed Formal Complaint: Report
The CIA officer who filed the whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump’s interactions with his Ukrainian counterpart first reported his concerns to the CIA’s top lawyer, who then shared his concerns with White House and Justice…
How The White House And DOJ Learned About The Whistleblower
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and the Justice Department learned about a CIA officer’s concerns about President Donald Trump around the same time the individual filed a whistleblower complaint that is now at the center of an impeachment…
Rudy Giuliani Tells Laura Ingraham: ‘I’m A Legitimate Whistleblower’
Rudy Giuliani offered a doozy of a declaration about the Ukraine scandal Thursday, telling Fox News’ Laura Ingraham that he is “a legitimate whistleblower” who should be congratulated. (Watch the clip below.)On “The Ingraham Angle” the…