Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News

Team Trump puts Hunter Biden, Obama on trial

In this image from video, Eric Herschmann, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

By Dave Boyer, S.A. Miller and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Trump’s defense team put Hunter Biden and former President Barack Obama on trial on Monday during the impeachment case in the Senate, questioning why Democrats weren’t outraged about Mr. Biden’s $3 million sweetheart deal with a Ukrainian gas company or Mr. Obama “caving” to Russia on missile defense.

In this image from video, Jane Raskin, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Trump lawyer says Rudy Giuliani is Democrats’ bogeyman on Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump, Netanyahu tout ‘deal of the century’ Middle East peace plan

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the University of Northern Iowa, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Biden says he’ll take lumps from Trump, use them as weapons

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, photo, Equal Rights Amendment supporters demonstrate outside Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Virginia moved a step closer to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment on Tuesday, Jan. 1,4 2020, even as the measure's future nationally remains in doubt. A House committee approved a resolution to ratify the gender equality measure, which advocates hope will become the next amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Virginia ratifies Equal Rights Amendment; vote is start of long legal battle

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

More Top News

SPONSORED CONTENT

Top Cardiologist: This One Thing Will Flush Out Your Insides

Campaign 2020

View all

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the University of Northern Iowa, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Biden says he’ll take lumps from Trump, use them as weapons

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

"You don't know. Nobody knows. That is impossible to predict," Sen. Bernard Sanders said about the cost of his economic agenda. (Associated Press Photographs)

Bernie Sanders’ economic proposals likely to add to deficit

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Presidential candidate, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg greets Jewish voters on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 at Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Aventura, Fla. (Andrew Uloza/Miami Herald via AP)

Michael Bloomberg endorses statehood for Puerto Rico

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds in Marshalltown, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Joe Biden has a 6-point lead in Iowa over his nearest 2020 Democratic rival: Poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Culture

View all

Hillary Clinton attends the premiere of &quot;Hillary&quot; at The Ray Theatre during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Hillary Clinton touts Electoral College abolition: ‘The person who gets the most votes should win’

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant attend an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Comedy Central scrubs ‘Legends’ episode that depicted Kobe Bryant helicopter crash death

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Then-National security adviser John Bolton talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Rush Limbaugh: Media that hated Bolton uses leaks for ‘rehash of the Kavanaugh situation’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," speaks during a broadcast of the show in Los Angeles. (Janet Van Ham/HBO via AP) ** FILE **

Bill Maher, Megyn Kelly rip cancel culture: ‘All they care about is getting a scalp on the wall’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Trump Central

View all

President Donald Trump pauses while signing H.R. 2476, Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019, with a bipartisan group of the nation's mayors in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump signs bill to improve religious groups’ security

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Alan Dershowitz takes his turn for Trump’s defense in trial

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump smiles during an event on prayer in public schools, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

‘Putting the Democrats on notice’: Trump campaign announces ‘unprecedented’ Iowa surrogate operation

By Associated Press

In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump points as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally, in Toledo, Ohio. As the Democratic primary intensifies ahead of the first voting contests, President Donald Trump and his allies have issued a series of favorable comments about Democrat Bernie Sanders. It's a strategy aimed at trying to take advantage of Democratic divisions and trying to attract some Sanders' supporters to Trump's campaign if the senator is not his party's nominee. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump’s New Jersey rally shows loyalty beyond heartland

By Josh Boak and Mike Catalini - Associated Press

Politics

View all

In this image from video, Eric Herschmann, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Team Trump puts Hunter Biden, Obama on trial

By Dave Boyer, S.A. Miller and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Jane Raskin, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Trump lawyer says Rudy Giuliani is Democrats’ bogeyman on Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives at the Senate for a Republican lunch before work resumes in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitt Romney says he, other GOP senators want to hear Bolton’s testimony in light of book manuscript

By Dave Boyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Democrat, faces several challengers for her seat this November. One is Dalia al-Aqidi, a Muslim refugee from Iraq. (Associated Press)

Ilhan Omar challenger Dalia al-Aqidi says it’s her ‘patriotic duty’ to oust her

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Dive Deeper

View all

Sen. Ted Cruz R-Texas, speaks to the media during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fresh off smashing podcast debut, SCOTUS vet Ted Cruz to take center stage at impeachment

By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts after addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. The 50th annual meeting of the forum will take place in Davos from Jan. 21 until Jan. 24, 2020. Left is Ivanka Trump, right is Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

‘Great American comeback’: Trump uses Davos speech to rebut impeachment efforts

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Census forms will be sent out in March, and the official census day is scheduled for April 1. Census Bureau officials say they have ways of dealing with partial answers, such as follow-up calls or visits and using other records or "statistical methodology." (Associated Press/File)

Americans wary of 2020 census; more than $1 trillion hangs in balance

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This combination photo shows President Donald Trump speaking during a roundtable discussion on tax policy in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., on April 5, 2018, left, and former FBI director James Comey speaking during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, left, and Andrew Harnik)

Barr: Attorney general, FBI director must clear any investigations like Trump campaign probe

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

National

View all

Quinncy Parke, 17, testifies to the South Dakota House State Affairs committee against a bill that would make it illegal for doctors to give gender-change treatment to children under 16, during a hearing Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 in Pierre, S.D. The South Dakota House committee passed a bill that would allow for the prosecution of physicians who help children under age 16 to change their gender. The bill would make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for medical providers in the state to perform surgeries, administer puberty-blocking medication or hormone therapy drugs to minors to change their gender. Nurses and other non-licensed medical practitioners would be exempt from prosecution. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves)

Debate over sex-change procedures for minors ignites state legislatures

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this June 17, 2019, photo, The Supreme Court in Washington. A divided Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead to deny immigrants who use welfare

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, photo, Equal Rights Amendment supporters demonstrate outside Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Virginia moved a step closer to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment on Tuesday, Jan. 1,4 2020, even as the measure's future nationally remains in doubt. A House committee approved a resolution to ratify the gender equality measure, which advocates hope will become the next amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Virginia ratifies Equal Rights Amendment; vote is start of long legal battle

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a visit to an anti-narcotics police base in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

State Department apparently bars NPR reporter from Pompeo’s plane

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sports

View all

Washington Redskins new head coach Ron Rivera holds up a helmet during a news conference at the team's NFL football training facility, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020 in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Local veteran wins Super Bowl tickets, gets to meet Ron Rivera

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Washington Capitals right wing Tom Wilson (43) reacts after scoring against Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price (31) during first period NHL hockey action Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

Vrana has goal, assist as Capitals beat Canadiens

By Associated Press

New York Jets cornerback Marcus Williams (20) can't stop a touchdown catch by Washington Redskins wide receiver Rashad Ross (19) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Former Redskins receivers Simmie Cobbs, Rashad Ross make DC Defenders’ initial roster

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 14, 2016, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant (24) high-fives his daughter Gianna on the court in warm-ups before first half NBA All-Star Game basketball action in Toronto. Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and several others are dead after their helicopter went down in Southern California on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP) **FILE**

Kobe Bryant’s second act cut tragically short

By Tim Dahlberg - Associated Press

Special Reports

View all

FROM THE SPECIAL SECTIONS DEPARTMENT

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

Infrastructure 2019: Building up America — Coast to Coast

FROM THE SPECIAL SECTIONS DEPARTMENT

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

Energy 2019

FROM THE SPECIAL SECTIONS DEPARTMENT

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

Iran: The Power of the Alternative

FROM THE SPECIAL SECTIONS DEPARTMENT

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

Qatar: What Makes America's Great Ally Special