In a speech at the University of Illinois, former President Barack Obama issued a harsh rebuke of President Trump and urged Americans to vote in the midterm elections.
Democratic Senator Cory Booker said he was willing to risk expulsion from the Senate by releasing documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that had been marked confidential.
The New York Times published an anonymous op-ed in which a senior official in the Trump administration claims that there is a “resistance” within the administration.
There wasn’t much daylight on policy matters between the Boston city councilor and 10-term incumbent Mike Capuano. But she still beat him by 18 points.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that he will not seek reelection.
Mourners paid tribute to the late Arizona Senator John McCain and singer Aretha Franklin.
In a letter to House and Senate leaders, President Trump said he wants to cancel pay raises for civilian federal workers that were set to take effect in January.
Ayanna Pressley’s challenge to the Democrat Mike Capuano in Massachusetts shows how the left is looking for candidates with “lived experience.”
President Trump said White House Counsel Don McGahn will leave the White House this fall after the presumed confirmation of Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said the Trump administration is “taking a look” at imposing regulations on Google after the president accused the company of rigging its results.
After public pressure, President Trump issued a proclamation ordering flags lowered “as a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service of Senator John Sidney McCain III.”
Allen Weisselberg, the longtime CFO of the Trump Organization, was reportedly granted immunity by federal prosecutors in exchange for providing information about Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions responded to attacks from President Trump in a statement, saying the Justice Department “will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.”
Their pledge not to accept money from business entities is mostly symbolic. But voters can expect to hear it a lot more often in elections to come.
California Representative Duncan Hunter, who was indicted on Tuesday for misusing campaign funds, accused the Department of Justice of having a “political agenda” and conducting a “witch hunt.”
Trump’s former lawyer and longtime aide Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts, including campaign-finance violations, tax fraud, and making false statements to banks.
President Trump tweeted that he hopes former CIA Director John Brennan goes to court over the revocation of his security clearance, saying that it would make it easier to show “the poor job he did” as CIA director.
Trump blamed the cancellation of his military parade on Washington D.C. officials, saying they had inflated the cost.
Trump’s November military parade will reportedly cost $92 million, $80 million more than initially estimated.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a critic of the president.
