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Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee who lost her bid to Donald Trump, responded to the Mueller report’s findings, saying that Congress should be “fearless” in pursuing more answers on Russian interference in the election — but stopped short of calling for impeachment. “Mueller’s report leaves many unanswered questions. . . But it is a road map.

Joe Biden, having run twice for president, should be familiar by now with the dynamics of a presidential campaign. But the landscape of politics and presidential campaigns has changed a lot in the last 10 years. Here are four ways this run could shape up to be very different from his 2008 campaign: Biden has the name recognition to stand out in a field of 20 candidates, and that’s already reflected in the polls. A Monmouth University poll out Tuesday found Biden leading the race with 27 percent of support among Democrats nationwide.

President Trump on Thursday morning doubled down on his claims that he did not order White House counsel Don McGahn to have special counsel Robert Mueller fired, calling it “incorrectly reported by the fake news media.” Here’s a look at the facts: Don McGahn testified to federal investigators that he was called twice by President Trump at home and ordered to have Special Counsel Robert Mueller removed.

MORE (D-Calif.) and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) Trump was in Wisconsin to address supporters on the same night of the White House Correspondents' Dinner.         The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

The Hill kicked off White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner weekend in elegant style on Friday — as some of Washington’s biggest movers and shakers gathered to celebrate the First Amendment. Hundreds of bipartisan political VIPs came together at the National Portrait Gallery for The Hill’s “Politics Without Prejudice: A Toast to Freedom of the Press.” The exclusive soiree sponsored by the National Retail Federation and the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association helped to launch a flurry of correspondents’ dinner-related shindigs ahead of the Saturday event. James Finkelstein,

MORE has reignited his attacks on the news media in the days leading up to the White House correspondents’ dinner, underscoring the White House’s use of the press as an effective foil. Trump will skip the dinner for a third straight year, opting to hold a rally in Wisconsin instead on Saturday night. He also has directed other administration officials not to attend. "The correspondents’ dinner is too negative.

MORE railed against the political and social elites at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Saturday night, as members of the press gathered in Washington for the White House correspondents’ dinner. Trump cast the news media, Democrats and Washington insiders as out of touch with ordinary Americans, as he made the case that his administration’s policies had benefited working class voters in the Midwest states that will be pivotal in determining the outcome of the 2020 election. “There’s no place I’d rather be than right here in America’s heartland,” Trump

“It’s called MAGA country. You know, I didn’t hear that term until that third-rate actor in Chicago went out and he said, ‘I was beaten up by MAGA country,’” Trump said as he touted his Make America Great Again slogan.  “Now that’s a hate crime, right? He said he was beaten up by ‘MAGA country,’” the president went on.