WASHINGTON — Ensnarled in an impeachment investigation over his request for Ukraine to investigate a chief political rival, President Donald Trump on Thursday called on another nation to probe former Vice President Joe Biden: China. “China should start an investigation into the Bidens,” Trump said in remarks to reporters outside...
Trump Tweet of Nickelback Video Aimed at Biden Removed
NEW YORK — Twitter has removed a tweet from President Donald Trump that featured an edited Nickelback music video clip that took aim at former Vice President Joe Biden. The post was removed because of a copyright complaint. It featured a doctored version of the band’s 2005 music video “Photograph,”...
GOP Veterans of Clinton’s Impeachment Urge Caution on Trump
WASHINGTON — Some have regrets. A few can’t talk about it. Others would do it all again. But the Republicans who carried out President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998 are unanimous in urging caution and restraint as Congress embarks on yet another impeachment struggle, this time over accusations that President Donald Trump...
Costa Talks Trump, Impeachment, and the Dem Contenders
As Washington Post reporter Robert Costa sees it, members of Congress — Democrats and Republicans alike — are on the same mission during their recess. With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi advancing an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, every member is back home taking the pulse of their voters. Listen...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Law Aimed at Trump's Tax Returns
SACRAMENTO — A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a California law aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to release his personal income tax returns in order to appear on the 2020 primary ballot. U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. issued a written opinion saying the law likely violates...
Democrats Warn White House to Expect Subpoena on Ukraine
WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders warned the White House Wednesday to expect a subpoena demanding documents on President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, accusing the administration of “flagrant disregard” of previous requests and saying that refusal could be considered an impeachable offense. Separately, the Democrats accused Trump of “an incitement...
Trump Swamps 2020 Democrats in Battle for 3rd-Quarter Cash
WASHINGTON — Three top Democratic White House hopefuls said Tuesday that they took in a collective $56 million over the last three months. But in a sign of what they're up against, President Donald Trump and his allies swamped them all by raising $125 million, a presidential campaign record. The...
Local Artist Mac Mechem Offers His Take on 'Trumpocracy'
It's hard to imagine ArtHop goers having a neutral reaction Thursday evening to Mac Mechem's solo exhibit at Fig Tree Gallery in downtown Fresno. Mechem's subject is President Donald Trump, who doesn't engender neutrality. Neither does Mechem. Listen to this article: "I am a figurative painter who comments on the...
'You're Good-Looking': Ukraine's Leader Woos Tom Cruise
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s leader isn’t just trying to charm U.S. President Donald Trump — he’s set his sights now on Tom Cruise, too. Mission impossible? Maybe not — Cruise is studying possible Ukrainian locations for an upcoming film, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office. Zelenskiy tapped his roots...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's Fiction About Whistleblower Complaint
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his GOP allies are making groundless accusations that a whistleblower complaint by a CIA officer was improperly filed because it was not based on first-hand knowledge. In tweets and public statements, they assert that a whistleblower cannot submit a complaint if it relies on so-called hearsay...