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

Ken Starr, Alan Dershowitz to join Trump’s defense team for impeachment trial

FILE - In this May 8, 2014, file photo, then Baylor University President Ken Starr testifies at the House Committee on Education and Workforce on college athletes forming unions. in Washington. President Donald Trump's legal team will include former Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the former independent counsel who led the Whitewater investigation into President Bill Clinton, according to a person familiar with the matter. The team will also include Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times 48 minutes ago

President Trump’s impeachment defense team will include former independent counsel Ken Starr, whose investigation led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz.

A Mexican citizen gestures after climbing the border fence to take pictures of himself, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Illegal immigrants lying in wait for Trump to lose election

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Impeachment managers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., right, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, lead as D-Fla., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., follow as they walk through the rotunda on their way to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Prosecutor role puts Adam Schiff on hot seat

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Ray Buck, in black, holds a pro-gun flag as he joins hundreds of people gathered on the lawn of the Historic Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. for a pro-Second Amendment rally on Saturday, April 14, 2018. (Joe Rondone/Tallahassee Democrat via AP) ** FILE **

‘God-given right’: Virginia Democrats set off ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ spree in Florida

By James Varney - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump tours a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hill Democrats vow to fight future budget raids for Trump border wall

By Lauren Meier - 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 South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg greets members of the audience at a campaign stop at the Wilcox Performing Arts Center, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in Algona, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Impeachment trial proves a blessing for Pete Buttigieg

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Amy Klobuchar: Some Republicans would vote for witnesses in impeachment trial

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, speaks to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, as former Vice President Joe Biden listens Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Bernie Sanders edges Joe Biden in post-debate national poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii speaks to Democrats gathered at the Spratt Issues Conference in Greenville, S.C., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) ** FILE **

Tulsi Gabbard wins pushup contest at New Hampshire campaign event

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Culture

View all

Nanette Burstein, left, and Hillary Clinton participate in the Hulu &quot;Hillary&quot; panel during the Winter 2020 Television Critics Association Press Tour, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Hillary Clinton to Dems: ‘Vote for the person you think is most likely to win’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A 7th-grade boy who wore a "Virginity Rocks" sweatshirt to school in Wentzville, Missouri, was forced to remove the shirt and threatened with suspension if he wore it again, his parents said Wednesday. (KMOV 4)

Missouri seventh grader says ‘Virginity Rocks’ sweater almost got him suspended

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 5, 2015, photo, former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy poses for a photo at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Wash. A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, that the Bremerton School District does not have to immediately re-hire Kennedy, who lost his job after refusing to stop leading players in prayer on the football field after games. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP) **FILE**

Football coach fired for praying gets handshake at White House

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., talks to reporters after an event in Peoria, Ariz., on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

Sen. McSally not sorry for insulting CNN reporter: ‘I’m a fighter pilot. I called it like it is’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Trump Central

View all

Exclusive: Former Trump lawyer Dowd says president’s defense team will perform ‘beautifully’ 41 minutes ago

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times 41 minutes ago

A Mexican citizen gestures after climbing the border fence to take pictures of himself, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Illegal immigrants lying in wait for Trump to lose election

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump points to 2019 NCAA football national champions, the Louisiana State University Tigers, including quarterback Joe Burrow, and during an event to honor them in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump hails perfect LSU football team: ‘You guys are gonna make so much money’ in NFL

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 8, 2014, file photo, then Baylor University President Ken Starr testifies at the House Committee on Education and Workforce on college athletes forming unions. in Washington. President Donald Trump's legal team will include former Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the former independent counsel who led the Whitewater investigation into President Bill Clinton, according to a person familiar with the matter. The team will also include Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Ken Starr, Alan Dershowitz to join Trump’s defense team for impeachment trial 42 minutes ago

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Politics

View all

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

House weighs subpoena for Pompeo testimony on Iran

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Impeachment managers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., right, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, lead as D-Fla., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., follow as they walk through the rotunda on their way to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Prosecutor role puts Adam Schiff on hot seat

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks during a campaign event Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Mike Pence: Senate Democrat standing against impeachment would be ‘profile in courage’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Committee on Homeland Security member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a hearing on &quot;meeting the challenge of white nationalist terrorism at home and abroad&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Muslim refugee woman announces run for Congress — as GOP challenger to Ilhan Omar

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Dive Deeper

View all

Impeachment managers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., right, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, lead as D-Fla., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., follow as they walk through the rotunda on their way to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Prosecutor role puts Adam Schiff on hot seat

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Trump has been rallying voters in an effort to expand his base in Pennsylvania, a crucial electoral state that he won by fewer than 45,000 votes in 2016. He faces long odds for a repeat of the Rust Belt miracle that gave him a White House victory. (Associated Press)

‘I could be a Trump voter’: Clinton converts boost chances of Rust Belt miracle repeat

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, is escorted back to her vehicle after she speaks at the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, about what she saw at area border facilities Monday, July 1, 2019. (Briana Sanchez/El Paso Times via AP)

Border official rejects AOC toilet-drinking charge, blames ‘broken Spanish’

By Stephen Dinan and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Trump reshapes 9th Circuit with conservative appointments

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

National

View all

A traveler wears a facemask as he walks in front of the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. A second person has died from a new form of coronavirus in central China, health authorities said late Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

CDC to screen travelers for deadly virus from China at three airports

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Matthew Albence, right, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks during a news conference, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in New York. The country's top immigration official blamed the "sanctuary policies" of New York City on Friday for the sexual assault and killing of a 92-year-old woman, while the mayor's office decried such rhetoric as "fear, hate and attempts to divide." (AP Photo/Jim Mustian)

ICE chief tells New York to ‘own’ sanctuary city deaths

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this July 18, 2018, photo, lawyers and youth plaintiffs lineup behind a banner after a hearing before Federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken between lawyers for the Trump Administration and the so-called Climate Kids in Federal Court in Eugene, Ore. The lawsuit against the U.S. government for being slow to address climate change is on hold again, after a federal appeals court Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, granted the Trump administration's motion for a temporary stay. The constitutional climate lawsuit was brought by 21 young Americans and is supported by Our Children's Trust. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP) **FILE**

Climate activists burned as Ninth Circuit throws out ‘children’s climate lawsuit’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 file photo, a customer purchases marijuana at the Harborside marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif., on the first day that recreational marijuana was sold legally in California. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner,File)

Chicago marijuana users will pay up to 41.5% in taxes on legal cannabis purchases

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Sports

View all

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, is hugged by defenseman Radko Gudas (33), from Czech Republic, after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Al Drago)

Ovechkin nabs hat trick as Capitals get bloody win over Devils

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Washington Redskins defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio, right, chats after a news conference with head coach Ron Rivera at the team's NFL football training facility, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Del Rio on Redskins defense: ‘Potential really doesn’t matter’

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Maryland guard Kaila Charles looks for an open teammate against Ohio State during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in College Park, Md. Maryland won 72-62. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Charles scores 23, No. 20 Maryland women defeat Nebraska

By Associated Press

Houston Astros' Jose Altuve hits a two-run walk-off to win Game 6 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, in Houston. The Astros won 6-4 to win the series 4-2. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Altuve pushes back on ‘buzzers’ rumor

By Washington Times Staff - The Washington Times

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