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Appeals Court Rejects Trump Assertion of Immunity

But president's attorneys plan to appeal to Supreme Court in fight over tax returns

(Newser) - President Trump ran into another legal setback Monday in efforts to keep his tax returns out of the hands of criminal investigators in New York. A federal appeals court declared that Trump's accountant must turn over the returns to the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr....

Monday's Impeachment Depositions Won't Take Long

4 White House officials will be no-shows

(Newser) - Four White House officials are scheduled to testify Monday in the House impeachment inquiry, but it won't take long to sum up their words: All four will be no-shows, reports CNN . The White House told the men to skip, arguing in part that subpoenas weren't valid because the...

Trump: Naming Whistleblower Would Be 'Public Service'

'You know who it is,' he tells reporters

(Newser) - President Trump is fond of attacking the press—but on Sunday, he asked the media to do something for him. The president, speaking to reporters outside the White House, urged them to name the whistleblower who reported his "perfecto" phone call with Ukraine's president, leading to the impeachment...

Trump to California: 'No More' Funding for You

The president unloads on Twitter

(Newser) - President Trump hit Twitter on Sunday and repeated an old plan of his: stop giving money to California to fight wildfires, USA Today reports. Gov. Gavin Newsom "has done a terrible job of forest management," the president wrote . "I told him from the first day we met...

Come Monday, Trump Can Start to Take US Out of Paris Deal

Climate change leadership could fall to China

(Newser) - For the first three years, nations that signed onto the Paris climate agreement couldn't abandon it. That three-year period ends Monday, and President Trump has made his feelings about the deal clear; the State Department confirmed Friday that the US is leaving. The withdrawal process takes a full year,...

Trump Hits Another Sporting Event

Days after getting booed at World Series, Trump gets warmer reception at UFC bout in NYC

(Newser) - President Trump was on his feet for the main event as Jorge Masvidal defeated a bloodied Nate Diaz via TKO before the fourth round at UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wrapped a crudely named, made-for-PPV baddest man in MMA title belt...

Faith Leaders: &#39;They&#39;re Trying to Impeach Us&#39;
Faith Leaders: 'They're
Trying to Impeach Us'
the rundown
Nov 2, 2019 11:35 AM CDT

Faith Leaders: 'They're Trying to Impeach Us'

Evangelicals met privately with Trump this week

(Newser) - Faith leaders aren't just opposed to impeachment—they take it personally. So says one of 25 American evangelicals who met privately with President Trump this week, McClatchy reports. "Many evangelicals like myself believe that this is more than just a political skirmish," says Robert Jeffress, the top...

Trump Says This Guy Is DHS Chief 'Right Now'

But Chad Wolf may not have the job for long

(Newser) - A guy named Chad Wolf might be the new acting Homeland Security chief—at least for now. President Trump casually named him to the position on Friday after reporters inquired about rumors to that effect, the Washington Post reports. "Well he's right now acting and we'll see...

Nationals Pitcher on White House Visit: 'I Just Can't Do It'

Sean Doolittle won't attend Monday to celebrate World Series win, citing aversion to Trump's actions

(Newser) - The Nationals finally have their World Series rings , and with that honor came an expected invite to the White House, a Monday event that was announced on Friday , per Fox News . One person who won't be celebrating there: relief pitcher Sean Doolittle, who talked extensively about his decision with...

In Impeachment Numbers, Some Good News for Trump
In Impeachment
Numbers,
Some Good 
News for Trump
the rundown
Nov 1, 2019 1:40 PM CDT

In Impeachment Numbers, Some Good News for Trump

Republican voters oppose his conviction, and GOP lawmakers seem to agree

(Newser) - The House has cleared the way for a formal impeachment inquiry, and Nancy Pelosi expects things to get started soon. “I would assume there would be public hearings in November,” Pelosi said at a roundtable forum with Bloomberg journalists. She did not, however, add any specifics beyond that,...

Trump Wants to Read the Ukraine Transcript to the US

President tells 'Washington Examiner' he might read Ukraine call transcript aloud on live TV

(Newser) - As impeachment proceedings rumble on, President Trump says he'll keep fighting back against allegations that his phone call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky was inappropriate. And as part of his strategy, he's mulling using T-shirts and what Fox News calls an "FDR-esque" tactic. On Thursday, the Washington ...

Trump Is Officially No Longer a New Yorker

'He's all yours, Florida,' NY governor says

(Newser) - President Trump is now officially a Florida man. According to documents seen by the New York Times , the president—who was born in Queens and has described himself as a lifelong New York City resident—changed his "primary residence" from Manhattan to Palm Beach, Florida, around a month ago....

Trump Responds to House Vote on Impeachment

Calls it a 'witch hunt' as daughter Ivanka defends him, too

(Newser) - Right about the time the House voted to approve the rules for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry, President Trump took to Twitter with a familiar criticism. "The Greatest Witch Hunt In American History!" he tweeted Thursday. And he wasn't the only Trump to share the...

First Vote Related to Impeachment in the Books

House approves ground rules for process

(Newser) - The first formal vote in the House related to the impeachment investigation of President Trump is in the books. In a largely party-line vote, 232-196, the House on Thursday approved the ground rules for the public phase of the investigation. This vote doesn't address whether Trump did or did...

Trump Tweets Fake Photo of Military Dog Getting Medal

'Conan' is going to visit White House next week

(Newser) - "AMERICAN HERO," President Trump tweeted Wednesday with a faked photo of himself awarding an honor to the dog injured in the raid that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The photo, originally posted by the Daily Wire conservative website, was an altered version of...

Top Trump Adviser Quits on Eve of Testimony
Top Trump Adviser Quits
Oct 30, 2019 6:30 PM CDT

Top Trump Adviser Quits

Tim Morrison, adviser on Russian and European affairs, steps down

(Newser) - President Donald Trump's top adviser for Russian and European affairs is leaving his job at the White House, a day before he's scheduled to testify before the House impeachment investigators, a senior administration official said Wednesday. Tim Morrison owes his job at the National Security Council to Trump,...

Chile Cancels Summit Where US, China Hoped to Sign Deal

White House says it wants to sign first phase of deal anyway

(Newser) - The White House says it wants to sign the first phase of a new China trade deal next month even though the summit where it was to have happened has been cancelled. President Trump was to travel to Santiago, Chile, in November to sign the preliminary agreement with China's...

New GDP Number Is One Trump Once Assailed
New GDP Number
Is Out. Here's
What It Means
the rundown
Oct 30, 2019 11:00 AM CDT

New GDP Number Is Out. Here's What It Means

Growth slips to 1.9% in 3rd quarter but beats expectations

(Newser) - The summer temps may have been record-setting hot, but the economy experienced some chills. Data out Wednesday via the Commerce Department shows GDP grew at a 1.9% rate from July through September, down from a growth rate of 2% in the second quarter. Why, what it means, and President...

Trump's Ukraine Expert: WH Transcript Was Missing Parts

Sources: Alexander Vindman said he tried to get "Burisma," Trump's mention of Biden tapes back in

(Newser) - Democrats said Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's more than 10 hours of testimony Tuesday on Capitol Hill in the Trump impeachment inquiry was "extremely disturbing," and key among the details was his description of the July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, as...

Before ISIS Raid, an Underwear Theft

Syrian Kurds say their spy got the briefs and a blood sample to help confirm identity

(Newser) - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's downfall began when a spy planted in his inner circle managed to steal the ISIS leader's underwear. That's according to a commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which fought ISIS alongside the US. Gen. Mazloum Abdi tells NBC News that an informant serving...

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