California Sen. Feinstein says she won’t run for reelection
February 15, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, whose groundbreaking political career shattered gender barriers from San Francisco's City Hall to the corridors of Capitol Hill, said Tuesday she won't seek reelection in 2024.
California 2024 US Senate contest kicks off at furious pace
February 12, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s U.S. Senate race is unfolding at a furious pace, with candidates reporting seven-figure fundraising and holding competing rallies and campaign events more than a year before the 2024 primary election.
McCarthy says he’ll block Schiff, Swalwell from Intel panel
January 25, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy reiterated Tuesday that he will block Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California from serving on the House committee that oversees national intelligence, saying the decision was not based on political payback but because “integrity matters, and they have failed in that place.”
Democrats defy McCarthy with 2 selections for Intel panel
January 23, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are picking an early fight with the House Republican majority over committee seats, nominating two California lawmakers for the Intelligence Committee in open defiance of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's vow to block them.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
January 14, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.; Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Don Bacon, R-Neb.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
December 9, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby; Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.; NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
November 25, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 response coordinator.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
November 19, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Paul Ryan, former Republican speaker of the House.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Former Vice President Mike Pence.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
September 23, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sullivan; Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
August 20, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona; Reps. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., and Andy Barr, R-Ky.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
August 12, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre; Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
July 22, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.; Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md.; former Vice President Al Gore; White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
July 1, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.; Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
June 25, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D.; Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark.; Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
June 17, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen; Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
Jan. 6 panelists: Enough evidence uncovered to indict Trump
June 13, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
June 11, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Conn.; Mark Oliva, director of public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
June 3, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Treasury Secretary Pete Buttigeg; Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Preempted by coverage of the French Open tennis tournament.
Congressman Adam Schiff tests positive for COVID-19
April 6, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
“I’m feeling fine, and grateful to be vaccinated and boosted," the 61-year-old Schiff tweeted.
Jan. 6 panel puts Garland in ‘precarious’ spot, ups pressure
April 2, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice.
Jan. 6 panel puts Garland in ‘precarious’ spot, ups pressure
April 1, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice.
Ethiopia urged to uphold press freedom and release reporter
March 28, 2022 GMTCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 5, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Secretary of State Antony Blinken; former U.S.
What if? Path was uncertain if Pence objected to Biden’s win
January 5, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — In the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, an elite group of House Democrats gathered to contemplate a question that their predecessors could have hardly imagined: What would they do if the vice president tried to overturn a free and fair election?
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
December 31, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Eric Adams, mayor-elect of New York City; Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
Sen. Wyden says Oregon should divest from spyware company
December 15, 2021 GMTSALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said Wednesday that the Oregon state employees pension fund should drop its investment in NSO Group, whose smartphone-hacking tool has targeted human rights monitors, journalists, politicians and others.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
November 27, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Dr, Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Gov.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
November 12, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council; Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Deese; Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.; Rep.
US-Best-Sellers-Books-USAToday
October 21, 2021 GMT1. “State of Terror” by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's Press)
2. “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles (Viking)
3. “To Rescue the Republic” by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney (Custom House)
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October 19, 2021 GMTNonfiction
1. The Storyteller by Dave Grohl, narrated by the author (HarperAudio)
2. Midnight in Washington by Adam Schiff, narrated by the author (Random House Audio)
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October 19, 2021 GMTBook Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher)
1. State of Terror by Hillary Clinton & Louise Penny - 9781982173692 - (Simon & Schuster/St. Martin’s Press)
2. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles - 9780735222373 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
Trump’s not going away — and neither is investigator Schiff
October 16, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a year out of the White House, Donald Trump continues to circle the Republican Party, commanding attention and influence as he ponders another run for the presidency.
Trump’s not going away — and neither is investigator Schiff
October 15, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a year out of the White House, Donald Trump continues to circle the Republican Party, commanding attention and influence as he ponders another run for the presidency.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
October 9, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen; Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Clegg; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.; former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
June 19, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan.
Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations
June 12, 2021 GMTSAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Seeking to protect its image as a guardian of personal privacy, Apple maintains it was blindsided and handcuffed by a Trump administration probe that resulted in the company handing over phone data from two Democratic congressmen.
Justice Dept., Congress probing Trump seizures of Dems’ data
June 11, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's internal watchdog launched an investigation Friday after revelations that former President Donald Trump's administration secretly seized phone data from at least two House Democrats as part of an aggressive leaks probe.
Trump DOJ seized data from House Democrats in leaks probe
June 11, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department under former President Donald Trump seized data from the accounts of at least two members of the House Intelligence Committee in 2018 as part of an aggressive crackdown on leaks related to the Russia investigation and other national security matters, according to a committee official and two people familiar with the investigation.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
May 15, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
February 6, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Sen...
Schiff in mix as Newsom deliberates on next California AG
February 4, 2021 GMTSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The public and private jockeying to be California's next attorney general is intensifying as Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he's “very close" to making a decision on who he will name to the coveted job.
Adam Schiff says of GOP report on Hunter Biden: ‘The Kremlin must be very pleased’
September 23, 2020 GMTRep. Adam B. Schiff, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, surmised that Senate Republicans pleased Russian President Vladimir Putin by issuing a report Wednesday about Hunter Biden.
Trump: Court finalists at 4 or 5, announcement by week’s end
September 21, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
He told “Fox & Friends” on Monday that he had a list of five finalists, “probably four,” and that he is pushing for a confirmation vote before Election Day...
As Trump holds back, tech firms step in on election security
September 19, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Schiff was in the audience at the 2018 Aspen Security Forum when a Microsoft executive mentioned an attempted hacking of three politicians up for reelection...
Official claims pressure to alter Homeland Security intel
September 10, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Homeland Security official said in a whistleblower complaint that he was pressured by more senior officials to suppress facts in intelligence reports that President Donald Trump might find objectionable, including information about Russian interference in the election and the rising threat posed by white supremacists...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
June 20, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
Trump says without evidence Dems leak intel to hurt Sanders
February 25, 2020 GMTNEW DELHI (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Democrats who don't want Bernie Sanders to win their party's presidential nomination tried to hurt the senator's chances by leaking information about Russian activities promoting his campaign...
Trump says he was not told that Russia was helping Sanders
February 23, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has never been briefed about Russian efforts to help Bernie Sanders win the Democratic presidential nomination and he accused the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee of leaking election security information from a classified briefing...
Trump trial closing arguments aim at voters, history
February 3, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Closing arguments Monday in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial were directed more toward history than to sway the outcome, one final chance to influence public opinion and set the record ahead of his expected acquittal in the Republican-led Senate...
GOP senators upset by Schiff remark, Dems claim ‘diversion’
January 25, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans said lead impeachment prosecutor Adam Schiff insulted them during the trial by repeating an anonymously sourced report that the White House had threatened to punish Republicans who voted against President Donald Trump...
GOP shows little desire for witnesses ahead of critical vote
January 25, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the Senate appear unmoved by the Democratic push for witnesses in President Donald Trump's WASHINGTON (AP) — At times it seemed like few senators in the chamber were really listening. But the House Democrats presenting the impeachment case against President Donald Trump weren't about to stop.Democrats speak to history with exhaustive impeachment case
January 25, 2020 GMT
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January 24, 2020 GMTYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:...
Dems say oust Trump or he’ll betray again; ‘He is who he is’
January 24, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Closing out their case, House Democrats warned in Donald Trump's Full Coverage: Trump impeachment
Schiff sets tone of impeachment case, says ‘right matters’
January 23, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — For a few gripping minutes, Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment prosecutor against President Donald Trump, had made the restless Senate snap to attention...
Impeachment trial not ready for broadcast prime time
January 23, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The first night of arguments in favor of President Donald Trump's impeachment before the U...
Democrats appeal for GOP help to convict ‘corrupt’ Trump
January 23, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats launched into marathon arguments in President Donald Trump's Full Coverage: Trump impeachment
24 hours in, senators flout quaint impeachment rules
January 23, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — So much for the Senate's quaint rules and tradition.
Almost immediately after Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled in WASHINGTON (AP) — House prosecutors faced fidgeting senators as they rolled out their case against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the trial's previous session having lasted a fatigue-inducing 13 hours...Trial highlights: Democrats roll out case as senators fidget
January 23, 2020 GMT
Schiff takes conciliatory tone after Roberts’ admonishment
January 22, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, took a conciliatory tone at President Donald Trump’s Senate trial on Wednesday after Chief Justice John Roberts had admonished House prosecutors and Trump’s defense team for using language that was “not conducive to civil discourse...