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House GOP members storm secure room, delay testimony by Pentagon official
A group of House Republicans on Wednesday delayed the start of closed-door testimony by Laura Cooper, the top Pentagon official overseeing U.S. policy regarding Ukraine, after storming the secure room where the deposition was being held. Led by Rep. Matt Gaetz, the GOP members — who don’t sit on…
Full Quigley: If Giuliani refuses to cooperate, House could go forward with 'inherent contempt'
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ICE shuts down hotline for detained immigrants after Netflix episode
After an episode of Netflix’s hit show ‘Orange Is The New Black” featuring inmates talking about a real-life helpline offered by a group giving legal advice to immigrants, ICE shut it down.
Christina Fialho, Co-founder of “Freedom for Immigrants”, the group behind the helpline says the hot…
Nevada becomes nation’s first female-majority legislature
Nevada is making history as the nation’s first female-majority state legislature. Assembly Majority Leader Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D) joins Alex Witt to discuss the shifting power dynamic across state legislators.
Maxine Waters: We’re going to have to impeach
Congresswoman Maxine Waters recently tweeted an endorsement of impeachment proceedings, saying “Mueller kicked the impeachment ball to the Congress. The Constitution gives the responsibility to Congress to impeach an unfit president - "high crimes and misdemeanors." What more do we need?”April 2…
Mueller makes history exposing crime spree by former Trump aides
In a special report, MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent, Ari Melber, examines how despite claims that the Russia probe is a “witch-hunt”, Bob Mueller has proven to be one of the fastest and most effective Special Counsels in U.S. history, racking up indictments at the fastest pace since Watergate. …
Trump’s latest admission: He had an explicit discussion with Cohen about a pardon
WaPo’s Phil Rucker, former DOJ spox Matt Miller, former US attorney Harry Litman, and NBC’s Heidi Przybyla on the president’s potential involvement in discussing pardons for convicted felons in his orbit
40+ national security professionals to declare the border does not meet test of an emergency
Former Chief of Staff at the CIA Jeremy Bash, former US attorney Mimi Rocah, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, GOP strategist Rick Wilson, and MSNBC contributor Karine Jean-Pierre on Trump’s senior adviser Stephen Miller’s appearance on Fox News trying to defend Trump’s executive order and …
McConnell says a little too much in his case against an election holiday
The House Democrats’ top priority for this Congress is a democracy-reform package called the For the People Act (HR 1), which is quite ambitious in its scope. As we discussed yesterday, the bill is intended to create significant ethics and lobbying reforms, end partisan gerrymandering, expand vo…
McConnell eyes cuts to Medicare, Social Security to address deficit
After his tax breaks increased the deficit, Mitch McConnell wants to close the gap by cutting Medicare and Social Security.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blamed rising federal deficits and debt on a bipartisan unwillingness to contain spending on Medicare, Medicaid and Social …
Gallup: 9 out of 10 Republicans support Trump
Despite provoking a new outrage at every turn, President Trump continues to receive steadfast support from Republican voters.