by Jim Heath | Apr 16, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump, who has in the past ridiculed American involvement in places like Iraq, has vetoed a bipartisan resolution that would have forced an end to United States military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. It is only the second time he has used his...
by Jim Heath | Apr 9, 2019 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation
Attorney General William Barr said today he expects to release a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report “within a week,” but he does not plan to provide Congress with an unredacted version of the report, setting the stage for a...
by Jim Heath | Mar 23, 2019 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation
House Democrats, anxious about how President Trump’s Justice Department will handle the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings, are demanding the full report and underlying evidence be publicly released and are warning they may use their...
by Jim Heath | Mar 11, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The House is set to vote this week on several bills taking direct aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin, a move Democratic leaders hope will spotlight bipartisan support for pushing back against Moscow. The effort is focused on shaping U.S. policy toward Russia and...
by Jim Heath | Feb 27, 2019 | Headlines
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer, offered riveting testimony today, laying into his former boss as a “racist” and a “cheat” in a packed House Oversight and Reform Committee room. A decidedly contrite Cohen said he was ashamed of things...