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Buttigieg to attend MLK Day event in South Carolina after facing criticism

REBECCA KLAR

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will attend an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day event hosted by the NAACP in South Carolina after facing backlash for his decision to skip it. Bu...

GOP senator on Trump soliciting foreign interference: 'Those are just statements'

JUSTIN WISE

Republican Sen. Richard Shelby (Ala.) on Sunday said President Trump's requests for foreign nations to investigate 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son were "just statements" and that presidents we...

Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Jayapal endorses Sanders

REBECCA KLAR

Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) is endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the presidential race.Jayapal said she plans to officially announce her endorsement Monday ...

Cornyn rips GAO report that found White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid

ANDREW O'REILLY

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, criticized the findings by a government watchdog report that found that the Trump administration had violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine.

Battle over impeachment witnesses escalates

JOHN BRESNAHAN

Key players in President Donald Trump’s impending trial amplified their arguments on the Sunday news shows.

Impeachment manager claims Trump attempted bribery, dodges when asked why it was not charge

RONN BLITZER

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., one of the seven Democratic impeachment managers prosecuting President Trump before the Senate, accused Trump of attempting to commit bribery in his dealings with Ukraine, but when asked why this was not one of the articles of impeachment, he did not appear to have an explanation.

Bloomberg: 'My story might have turned out very differently if I had been black'

REBECCA KLAR

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will acknowledge that being white has likely helped his success in a speech Sunday in Oklahoma outlining a plan to address racial inequality. "...

Bernie Sanders hits Joe Biden on Social Security as the presidential contest grows more heated

SEAN SULLIVAN

The Vermont senator also conceded that an anti-Biden video one of his aides promoted used a misleading video clip.

Sanders says gender 'still an obstacle' for female politicians

ZACK BUDRYK

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said sexism remains a major obstacle for female candidates on the campaign trail, but added that other factors such as age could also be a disadvantage for candidates.Asked during an int...

Trump, climate activist Greta Thunberg set to cross paths at World Economic Forum conference in Davos

ANDREW O'REILLY

The World Economic Forum meeting this upcoming week in Switzerland is scheduled to play host to round two of the public fight between President Trump and teen climate activist Greta Thunberg.

George Conway group drops ad seeking to remind GOP senators of their 'sworn oaths' ahead of impeachment trial

ARIS FOLLEY

A political action committee founded by George Conway and other conservatives dedicated to helping make President Trump a one-term president has released an ad seeking to remind Republican senators of their "sworn oaths"...

Trump slams Bloomberg over comments on man who shot dead Texas gunman

JOHN BOWDEN

President Trump took aim at former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday after the mayor suggested that the man who killed a gunman in a Texas church shooting by returning fire with his own weapon should not hav...

Cory Booker not ready to make endorsement in Dems' presidential primary

ANDREW O'REILLY

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said Sunday he’s not quite ready to make an endorsement in the Democrats’ heated presidential primary.

Top National Security Council official placed on leave pending security investigation

ANNE GEARAN

Andrew Peek is a former State Department official who last fall had assumed the senior policy job at the White House National Security Council.

Schiff huddles in Capitol with impeachment managers

MIKE LILLIS AND OLIVIA BEAVERS

The House Democrats soon to prosecute the impeachment case against President Trump huddled in the Capitol on Sunday for 11th-hour preparations ahead of the Senate trial, which opens on Tuesday.The rare Sunday meeti...