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Donald Trump Jr. and his lawyer formally requested an investigation Tuesday into leaks from the House Intelligence Committee that followed Trump’s participation in a closed-door interview with committee members and staffers last week. “The public release of confidential non-public information by Committee members continued unabated” for 24 hours after Trump’s supposedly confidential interview last week, […]Read More

DOTHAN, Ala. — Maybe Roy Moore really did pursue teenage girls, Mike Filo figures, and maybe he didn’t, but no court has found him guilty, and Filo, a retired firefighter and steady Republican, didn’t want to vote against someone just because of unproven allegations. So on Tuesday, Filo, 62, cast his ballot for Moore, saying […]

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Sean Spicer is writing a book about his stint as White House press secretary, but political junkies hoping for a revealing, tell-all account of life with President Trump will probably be disappointed. Nothing in the way Spicer has conducted himself since leaving the administration in […]

If Roy Moore wins a Senate seat Tuesday in Alabama, he could be the first sitting senator in more than a century to be kicked out by his colleagues. Or not. Although the Constitution gives Congress the authority to punish its members however it sees fit, the Senate has never done that to a newly elected […]

President Trump in Washington on Monday. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) It certainly is not the first thing Trump has said that many have found offensive to women and it likely won’t be the last. But Trump’s statement Tuesday — calling New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a “flunky” who “would do anything for” campaign contributions — fits […]Read More

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was shocked — shocked! — to find that President Trump had sent a tweet Tuesday that many viewed as sexually suggestive and demeaning to women. After Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) called on Trump to resign over sexual harassment allegations, Trump attacked her in an early-morning Twitter missive — calling her […]Read More

President Trump on Tuesday attacked Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in a tweet widely criticized as being sexually suggestive, sparking outrage at a time when the nation is reeling from a wave of accusations about improper behavior by powerful men — including Trump himself. In his morning tweet, Trump referred to Gillibrand as a “lightweight” and […]

Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson addresses allegations that he sexually abused a teenager after a New Year’s party in 2013 on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. (Timothy D. Easley/ Associated Press) Kentucky lawmaker Dan Johnson is refusing to resign amid accusations he molested a member of his church when she was 17. State leaders from both parties are calling on […]Read More

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Polls have closed across Alabama, where a strikingly close election to fill a Senate seat pitted a scandal-damaged Republican against a Democratic ex-prosecutor. As the first returns came in, the race between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones remained too close to call. The outcome of the election could reshape the U.S. […]

In his first sit-down interview since Dec. 4, and his first on local Alabama television since last month, Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore told reporter Bill Britt that the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct were engaged in “ritual defamation” against him. “I do not know them. I had no encounter with them. I […]Read More

Multiple women have accused President Trump of sexual misconduct over the years. (Evan Vucci/AP) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and two of his Democratic colleagues have suggested that President Trump should consider resigning, after a run of sexual-harassment scandals has driven out some members of Congress. Sen. Al Franken “felt it proper for him to resign,” Sanders […]Read More

Donald Trump Jr. strongly criticized CNN, saying it fell for sources pushing a false narrative. (Charlie Riedel/AP) By Saturday, Donald Trump Jr.’s Twitter feed was filled with tweets and retweets slamming CNN over its bombshell-turned-dud story involving WikiLeaks documents and the president’s eldest son. Trump Jr., who, like his father, is vocally partisan and highly […]Read More