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Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here The New York Times’ editorial board endorsed two female senators for the Democratic nomination for president Sunday: Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar. The Times’ editorial board sat with nine leading candidates last month for on-the-record interviews, transcripts of which were......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here But Senate Republicans, led by Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and David Perdue of Georgia, countered that the House managers should proceed with the evidence they used to impeach Trump in the House. And Republicans echoed the White House line......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here “I don’t know exactly what will transpire,” Durbin said when asked what to expect when the Senate next convenes Tuesday. “As I mentioned, we don’t know what the McConnell memo or resolution includes, as we start up.” “We’ve been very......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here “I think he has challenges, but he has, I think, made a more-than-expected attempt to deal with the challenges,” Rev. Al Sharpton told POLITICO, noting endorsements like Columbia, S.C. Mayor Steve Benjamin and other black leaders who were early endorsers.......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here Sen. John Cornyn. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who’s reported to have played a central role in trying to convince Ukraine to investigate a Trump political rival, is “not relevant” to the Senate impeachment......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here It’s a phrase the New Jersey senator had repeated in many campaign speeches: beating Trump is the floor, not the ceiling. Booker dropped out of the crowded — and now whiter — Democratic primary on Monday, citing money constraints. Despite......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here With the impeachment trial set to begin in earnest Tuesday in the Senate, the seven House impeachment managers previewed their opening arguments Saturday with an 11-page trial brief featuring the evidence that has emerged since the lower chamber voted to......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here “And I’ll say something even more concerning to me, and that is the intelligence community is beginning to withhold documents from Congress on the issue of Ukraine,” Schiff said. “The NSA, in particular, is withholding what are potentially relevant documents......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here In order to hear from witnesses in the Senate trial, Democrats would need four Republicans to side with them. But Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said the House could have thrown more weight behind its subpoenas by going to......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here Anita Kumar, White House reporter: The moment Roberts was sworn in by President Pro Tem Chuck Grassley. I saw it live on television but I’ve gone back to watch the video several times. I was partly struck by hearing Robert’s......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here Even his supporters admit there’s no clear path to winning the nomination. But they still see his resume as a former superintendent of schools in Denver, ten years of experience in the Senate and his age — younger than Joe......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here “In the context of the last week’s events, it was especially ironic it was Sen. Sanders speaking,” said former state Sen. Iris Estabrook, who has endorsed Sen. Amy Klobuchar. She was at the event with a sign reading, “When women......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here Sanders’ campaign did say in a recent campaign email that “Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare” — which PolitiFact said Sanders’ campaign got wrong. But there is no evidence that the campaign doctored any......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here The Trump plan, however, is also far from final. “We may break it up,” said one of the people close to the legal team. “We don’t know yet.” The House is due to issue its first formal trial brief later......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here With Buttigieg, Warren, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders all running in a pack at the top of the latest Iowa polls, the frontrunners appear wary of exposing themselves to backlash. A tight race not only muddles who each candidate’s most......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here It’s the latest reminder of Trump’s vice-like grip on the GOP — and how any hint of opposition within the party has been extinguished. Even before a single contest has been held, the president has already gone a long way......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has used Clinton’s trial to support his case for running the upcoming Senate impeachment trial — that a decision on whether to call and question witnesses should occur only after each side makes its opening......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here Trump abruptly pulled Yovanovitch out of the country last May, and she testified publicly late last year in the impeachment inquiry, telling lawmakers she was the victim of a smear campaign. The newly released text messages show Harvey asking Parnas......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here Meanwhile, Biden’s donors will meet in Des Moines, Iowa, over the weekend for strategy sessions and a similar meet-and-greet with senior campaign staff. Some Biden donors headed to Des Moines early to knock on doors in the snow and talk......

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here About 30 states require presidential electors to vote for the popular vote winner, and electors almost always do so anyway. Under the Constitution, the country elects the president indirectly, with voters choosing people who actually cast an Electoral College ballot......