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Fox News’ late-afternoon opinion roundtable show The Five imploded on Wednesday when liberal co-host Juan Williams pointed out that folks in conservative media, including his colleagues, appeared to be peddling the White House’s talking points on the Ukrainian call memo. Amid Wednesday’s release of a memo detailing Trump’s now-infamous July 25 call in which Trump asked the Ukrainian president to “do us a favor” and investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the White House sent out talking points to its allies to combat negative press coverage. Inadvertently, the administration also sent the document to some House Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. During a panel discussion, the majority of the co-hosts downplayed the revelations that the president did indeed press Ukraine to look into Biden and work with Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. That prompted Williams to bring up the publication of the White … [Read more...] about Fox News Panel Explodes When Host Accuses Colleagues of Peddling White House Talking Points

Washington (CNN)House Democrats and the White House have reached a deal to advance President Donald Trump's renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement after months of negotiations for changes on Democratic priorities, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday morning. "There is no question of course that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA," Pelosi said at a news conference. If ratified, the trade deal would represent Trump's primary legislative success since Democrats took control of the House of Representatives last November. The pact is also viewed as essential by a number of Democratic freshmen from more conservative districts, who not only support the deal on its substance but also believe a bipartisan achievement will play well on the campaign trail. Asked why Democrats would hand Trump a victory on a major legislative priority even as the House proceeds with articles of impeachment, Pelosi said: "We're declaring victory for the American worker and what … [Read more...] about Democrats announce new US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement with White House

A Tuesday morning announcement regarding articles of impeachment led several Republican politicians to promptly continue defending President Donald Trump regarding the Democrats' impeachment inquiry. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler announced articles of impeachment regarding obstruction of Congress and abuse of power. If the committee and House approve the articles, as is expected, it would go to a Senate trial, where Republicans have a majority. "The announcement of two baseless articles of impeachment does not hurt the President, it hurts the American people, who expect their elected officials to work on their behalf to strengthen our Nation," said part of a statement by White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham. "The President will address these false charges in the Senate and expects to be fully exonerated, because he did nothing wrong." House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized Democrats for their timeline, which he said was unfairly aimed at preventing … [Read more...] about GOP politicians, White House push back against Democrats’ articles of impeachment announcement

Attorney General William Barr. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images The confrontation between the Trump administration and House Democrats over materials in and underlying the Mueller report escalated rapidly today as the White House made a “protective” claim of executive privilege against the release of documents that the House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed, even as that committee voted to recommend a contempt citation against Attorney General William Barr for failing to turn over the same documents. It’s the second move in the direction of cloaking sensitive documents via executive privilege claims in as many days. Yesterday the White House indicated it would likely assert the privilege to stop former Trump counsel Don McGahn from releasing documents related to his testimony to Mueller and his staff. At issue is the full, unredacted Mueller report, along with documents Mueller made available to the Justice Department in support of his report. Despite an offer to … [Read more...] about White House Bans Release of Mueller Materials; Barr to Be Held in Contempt

Photo: Justin Sullivan/2011 Getty Images Despite(very narrowly) leading rivals ahead of the Iowa caucuses and the backing of an enthusiastic base, Ron Paul doesn’t like his chances when it comes to winning the White House.Asked if he sees himself in the Oval Office, Paul said, “Not really, but I think it’s a possibility.” “I don’t deceive myself,” Paul continued. “You know what the odds are. The odds have been slim.” Paul feels good about in his chances in Iowa. “I don’t want to sound over-confident, but I am confident in our organization” in the state, he said. But big-picture, the numbers don’t bode well for the 76-year-old Texas congressman. According to a Des Moines Register poll, 48 percent of respondents consider Mitt Romney the most “electable” candidate in a general election — regardless of which candidate they support as a first choice — compared with 12 … [Read more...] about Ron Paul Doesn’t Like His Chances to Win White House