Democrats are gearing up to use abortion rights as an attack against Republicans in 2020, seeking to paint the party as too extreme after the passage of sweeping laws restricting the procedure by GOP legislatures across the country. Presidential contenders, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), are already taking the issue head-on, most recently joining the Democrats’ [...]
Three-quarters of Americans said the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on his investigation into Russian election interference did not change their opinions of President Trump, according to a new Hill-HarrisX survey. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed said their opinions remained unchanged following last week's release of Mueller's report, while 14 percent of those [...]
Former Watergate special prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste said in an interview that aired Tuesday on "Rising" that Attorney General William Barr gave the American people a "mischaracterization of the conclusions" in special counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russia's election meddling. "What he gave them was a mischaracterization of the conclusions of that report," [...]
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Monday that the House should take steps toward impeaching President Trump, saying she believes that special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed evidence of obstruction of justice. "We have very good reason to believe that there is an investigation that has been conducted which has produced evidence [...]
2020 hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told voters in New Hampshire on Monday that he has been thinking more about foreign policy lately after receiving criticism for not focusing enough on the topic during his 2016 campaign. “I think I am paying more attention to foreign policy," Sanders said at a CNN town [...]
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) did not say whether she believed the House should move forward with impeaching President Trump, telling a CNN Town Hall audience on Monday that the Senate would act as the jury. “I believe that I am the jury here, so I'm not going to predispose things," Klobuchar, [...]
Michael Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis on Monday said Donald Trump Jr. should be indicted for signing a check that Cohen said served as a repayment for money he gave Stormy Daniels in return for her silence about an alleged affair with President Trump. "I do suggest, respectfully, that Donald Jr., based upon signing a [...]
El Paso, Texas, Mayor Dee Margo (R) said in an interview that aired Monday on "Rising" that a physical barrier along the U.S. southern border is not the "be-all end-all for border security." "Physically, you cannot do a physical barrier from El Paso, Texas to Brownsville, Texas," Margo told Hill.TV's Buck Sexton [...]
Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos told Hill.TV's "Rising" on Friday that he has no regrets about working for the Trump campaign. "I wouldn't change a thing," Papadopoulos told hosts Jamal Simmons, and Shermichael Singleton. "I think the 2016 election was a historic moment. It was a monumental event in, I think global history, and [...]
Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) on Thursday called for an investigation into House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), citing his past rhetoric about President Trumpand his family in the special counsel probe into Russian election meddling. “Isn’t that the information that we need to know?” Hice, who serves on the House Oversight and [...]
