×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×If news accounts are accurate about the facts concerning President ’s dealings with Ukraine, he engaged in a “shocking abuse of power” and “The House has no choice but to pursue an impeachment inquiry,” former Director declared Saturday.Comey blasted Trump’s reported behavior in an interview with ’s at the bipartisan in Nashville, Tennessee.AdvertisementComey also said that if he was still in charge of the FBI he into whether Trump engaged in bribery or quid pro quo dealings during his phone call with...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×If news accounts are accurate about the facts concerning President ’s dealings with Ukraine, he engaged in a “shocking abuse of power” and “The House has no choice but to pursue an impeachment inquiry,” former Director declared Saturday.Comey blasted Trump’s reported behavior in an interview with ’s at the bipartisan in Nashville, Tennessee.AdvertisementComey also said that if he was still in charge of the FBI he into whether Trump engaged in bribery or quid pro quo dealings during his phone call with...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×urged Russian Ambassador to the U.S. to convince the Kremlin to stay calm in response to sanctions by the outgoing Obama administration over Russian interference in America’s presidential election, of his secret phone conversations revealed.Flynn, tapped as ’s national security adviser at the time, reached out to Kislyak a number of times before his boss was in the White House. He urged Kislyak to not “go any further than you have to” in responding to the sanctions.Advertisement“They’re gonna dismiss some...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×urged Russian Ambassador to the U.S. to convince the Kremlin to stay calm in response to sanctions by the outgoing Obama administration over Russian interference in America’s presidential election, of his secret phone conversations revealed.Flynn, tapped as ’s national security adviser at the time, reached out to Kislyak a number of times before his boss was in the White House. He urged Kislyak to not “go any further than you have to” in responding to the sanctions.Advertisement“They’re gonna dismiss some...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×cases first contracted by a pastor and his wife ended up spreading to 35 others who attended events at their rural Arkansas church that , a troubling report revealed Friday. An additional 26 cases in the community occurred among people who had contact with those who participated in the church events, according to the study by the federal . One of them also died.AdvertisementThe study was released the same day President demanded churches and other houses of worship amid the coronavirus crisis. He deemed...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×cases first contracted by a pastor and his wife ended up spreading to 35 others who attended events at their rural Arkansas church that , a troubling report revealed Friday. An additional 26 cases in the community occurred among people who had contact with those who participated in the church events, according to the study by the federal . One of them also died.AdvertisementThe study was released the same day President demanded churches and other houses of worship amid the coronavirus crisis. He deemed...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President attempted to silence then angrily demeaned Yamiche Alcindor, a Black female reporter, on Friday when she pressed him on rising unemployment figures for Black and Asian workers.The put-down occurred after Trump crowed in a Rose Garden statement about a unemployment figure for the nation in May. The president shockingly claimed that it was a — the Black man a white police officer killed last month in Minneapolis — because he would be pleased “looking down” at the jobs stats.AdvertisementThough white...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President attempted to silence then angrily demeaned Yamiche Alcindor, a Black female reporter, on Friday when she pressed him on rising unemployment figures for Black and Asian workers.The put-down occurred after Trump crowed in a Rose Garden statement about a unemployment figure for the nation in May. The president shockingly claimed that it was a — the Black man a white police officer killed last month in Minneapolis — because he would be pleased “looking down” at the jobs stats.AdvertisementThough white...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President ’s repeated suggestion that media critic is not only shocking to many Americans and even of it could end up costing him a fortune if he’s sued over the hurtful comments, warned a legal expert.For all of Trump’s past vicious insults against opponents and critics, this time his Yale emeritus law professor wrote Thursday in an op-ed in The New York Times. His Scarborough attacks “may constitute intentional torts for which a civil jury could award punitive damages against him” — and he could be sued for...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President ’s repeated suggestion that media critic is not only shocking to many Americans and even of it could end up costing him a fortune if he’s sued over the hurtful comments, warned a legal expert.For all of Trump’s past vicious insults against opponents and critics, this time his Yale emeritus law professor wrote Thursday in an op-ed in The New York Times. His Scarborough attacks “may constitute intentional torts for which a civil jury could award punitive damages against him” — and he could be sued for...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×of some about likely came from , with many of them plugging false cures, peddling conspiracy theories and clamoring for the U.S. to drop safety measures in order to re-open America, researchers have found.Ongoing research by computer scientists at indicates that a significant portion of the social media conversation about COVID-19 is likely automated amplifications of political perspectives and do not represent individual human authors.The study has reached no conclusion about which interests may be primarily...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×of some about likely came from , with many of them plugging false cures, peddling conspiracy theories and clamoring for the U.S. to drop safety measures in order to re-open America, researchers have found.Ongoing research by computer scientists at indicates that a significant portion of the social media conversation about COVID-19 is likely automated amplifications of political perspectives and do not represent individual human authors.The study has reached no conclusion about which interests may be primarily...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President insisted last week that he was down in his protective White House bunker for a Not true, Attorney General spilled Monday: The president was there for.“Things were so bad that the Secret Service recommended the president go down to the bunker,” Barr told Bret Baier on .AdvertisementBarr revealed the news angrily, insisting that the president was in danger. “We can’t have that in our country,” he added, apparently forgetting he had just contradicted his boss.Baier: If you had to do Monday over again,...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President insisted last week that he was down in his protective White House bunker for a Not true, Attorney General spilled Monday: The president was there for.“Things were so bad that the Secret Service recommended the president go down to the bunker,” Barr told Bret Baier on .AdvertisementBarr revealed the news angrily, insisting that the president was in danger. “We can’t have that in our country,” he added, apparently forgetting he had just contradicted his boss.Baier: If you had to do Monday over again,...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×prominent social critic on Sunday linked the ongoing protests in America to anger over the “vicious legacy of white supremacy” and the “collapse of the legitimacy of leadership.”“The beautiful thing is we’re seeing citizens who are . They’re hitting the streets,” the Harvard Divinity School professor told on “ Sunday.”Advertisement“The problem is we have a system that’s not responding and seems to be unable to respond,” he added.While demonstrators across the nation are protesting the death of , a Black man...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×prominent social critic on Sunday linked the ongoing protests in America to anger over the “vicious legacy of white supremacy” and the “collapse of the legitimacy of leadership.”“The beautiful thing is we’re seeing citizens who are . They’re hitting the streets,” the Harvard Divinity School professor told on “ Sunday.”Advertisement“The problem is we have a system that’s not responding and seems to be unable to respond,” he added.While demonstrators across the nation are protesting the death of , a Black man...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×legal analyst Judge says that President has no legal authority to override governors who decide not to allow religious gatherings for safety and health concerns.Napolitano was responding on Friday to Trump’s demand that houses of worship, which he declared are providing “essential” services, “open right now.” Trump added: “I will override the governors” if they refuse to allow it.Advertisement“Does he have the power to do that?” Fox News host asked Napolitano.“In a word, no,” said Napolitano. “As ill-advised...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×legal analyst Judge says that President has no legal authority to override governors who decide not to allow religious gatherings for safety and health concerns.Napolitano was responding on Friday to Trump’s demand that houses of worship, which he declared are providing “essential” services, “open right now.” Trump added: “I will override the governors” if they refuse to allow it.Advertisement“Does he have the power to do that?” Fox News host asked Napolitano.“In a word, no,” said Napolitano. “As ill-advised...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×hosts on Monday grilled White House economic adviser on spikes in cases in the nation just three days after he declared: “There is no second wave.”Kudlow — the man who declared in February that COVID-19 was before died of the disease — conceded there might still be “bumps” in the COVID-19 crisis, even though they appear to be trends.Advertisement“Friday morning, you said on Channel — and I remember it so clearly — you said no second wave, and you said it again, ‘This is not a second wave,’” Sandra Smith told...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×hosts on Monday grilled White House economic adviser on spikes in cases in the nation just three days after he declared: “There is no second wave.”Kudlow — the man who declared in February that COVID-19 was before died of the disease — conceded there might still be “bumps” in the COVID-19 crisis, even though they appear to be trends.Advertisement“Friday morning, you said on Channel — and I remember it so clearly — you said no second wave, and you said it again, ‘This is not a second wave,’” Sandra Smith told...WW…