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Ideas | S.I. Rosenbaum The last temptation of Michael Cohen.

Ideas | S.I. Rosenbaum The last temptation of Michael Cohen.

Ideas | S.I. Rosenbaum The last temptation of Michael Cohen.

The Democratic-led House Intelligence Committee privately grilled President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen for nearly eight hours Thursday, capping a weeklong marathon of closely-watched appearances on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers were tight-lipped about the closed-door discussions, but some signaled it yielded new information relevant to the panel’s revived probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. It also ended with the promise for Cohen to return to complete the testimony next Wednesday -- forecasting more headaches for the White House as the president’s onetime ally and “fixe

MORE. The New York Times reports that Trump ordered Kelly in May to override the security concerns of top U.S.

MORE suffered a significant blow on Thursday when his nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unexpectedly collapsed. Trump traveled halfway around the world to Vietnam on a mission to broker a historic nuclear accord with Kim, with whom he has spent more than a year building a personal relationship in order to deliver on his No.

MORE has a campaign-in-waiting as soon as he decides to launch a White House bid. In recent weeks, the former vice president's longtime advisers Steve Ricchetti and Mike Donilon have led a string of meetings with potential aides to fill out the campaign if Biden makes a decision to enter the race, sources tell The Hill. Many of the positions would be filled by long-running Biden aides, a number of whom worked in the White House during the Obama administration and are acutely familiar with his style.  “Whenever the VP makes a decision, we'll be ready to go,” said one s

House Democratic leaders are scrambling for a way to unite their splintered caucus following a series of embarrassing votes that have empowered the minority Republicans and escalated tensions among the top party brass. Speaker MORE (D-Calif.) on Thursday urged her troops to oppose the Republicans’ procedural motions as a blanket policy, regardless of their substance, but faced resistance from some moderates who want the leeway to vote with local concerns in mind. “Vote 'no.' Just vote 'no,' because the fact is a vote 'yes' is to give leverage to the other side, to sur

Twenty-three-year-old Justin Jones, also known as Justin Bautista-Jones, a student at Vanderbilt Divinity School, and 22-year-old Jeneisha Harris were taken into custody at the Capitol Building by the Tennessee Highway Patrol late Thursday morning. Jones was charged with assaulting Tennessee Speaker of the House Glen Casada (R-Franklin). He was also charged with disorderly conduct.

Officials from Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, New York, and California say they will sue the Trump administration over the new rule that marks a clear line between abortion and family planning. The rule, slated to go into effect in April, governs Title X, the federal grant program that provides funding for family planning services.