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For months, Mr. Buttigieg has been satisfied to make most of his points at the debates without scoring them at the expense of his rivals. That ended Tuesday. Mr. Buttigieg sparred sharply with former Representative Beto O’Rourke on guns. He rebuked Representative Tulsi Gabbard on foreign policy. And, most notably, he engaged in the most substantive and sustained contrast of any candidate yet with Ms. Warren. It was Mr. Buttigieg’s…

“I don’t remember any substantive conversation with Mick. I don’t remember him approving, disapproving, getting involved, having an interest,” said Rudolph W. Giuliani, who, as Trump’s personal lawyer, also served as the president’s emissary to Ukraine. “Mulvaney was not a big player in this. I dealt with Volker and Sondland.”

During the Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and billionaire businessman Tom Steyer discuss their plans for closing the wealth gap.

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said Tuesday the anonymous whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Trump’s behavior on a phone call with the president of Ukraine should be identified. “The question I keep coming back to is why we don’t know who this individual is,” Jordan said as he walked into another day of closed-door testimony from another Trump administration witness in…

Federal prosecutors in New York announced charges Tuesday against a Turkish state bank accused of a multibillion-dollar scheme to violate United States sanctions on Iran. The prosecutors said Halkbank and its “officers, agents, and co-conspirators directly and indirectly used money service businesses and front companies” in Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and other countries to violate prohibitions on Iran’s access to the American financial system and the use of…

In Ohio, it’s personal Dozens of Ohio’s Democratic leaders have gathered in and around the state capital in advance of the debate, and they are thinking well past tonight: Can the party’s eventual presidential nominee carry the state next year? This is a state that has long prized its status as one of the premier presidential battlegrounds: Every winning candidate since 1960, has carried Ohio. But the truth is, Ohio…

Grace Segers is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital.

Turkey pressed ahead with its offensive in northern Syria on Tuesday despite U.S. sanctions and growing calls for it to stop, while Syria’s Russia-backed army moved on the key city of Manbij that was abandoned by U.S. forces. Reuters journalists accompanied Syrian government forces who entered the center of Manbij, a flashpoint where U.S. troops had previously conducted joint patrols with Turkey. Russian and Syrian flags were flying from a…

Democrats weigh impeachment inquiry vote Key facts and latest news Rudy Giuliani refused to hand over documents about his work with Ukraine, defying a congressional subpoena. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she won’t call a full House vote to formally authorize the impeachment inquiry. Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, says he has no regrets about joining the board of a Ukrainian firm but regrets the…

House Democrats will not hold a vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump as of now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday, defying calls from the White House and Republicans to do so. The decision to hold off on a formal vote comes amid growing pressure from Republican lawmakers and White House officials who have criticized House Democrats’ efforts as an illegitimate attempt to undermine Trump’s presidency….

Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade initally joined the chorus of voices condemning President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this month end support for Kurdish fighters in Syria. But now, Kilmeade is accusing Democrats of hypocrisy for criticizing the president’s decision to abandon Kurdish forces who served as key allies in U.S. efforts to weaken the Islamic State group. “Just keep in mind, too, as you see Nancy Pelosi and others…

Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade initally joined the chorus of voices condemning President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this month end support for Kurdish fighters in Syria. But now, Kilmeade is accusing Democrats of hypocrisy for criticizing the president’s decision to abandon Kurdish forces who served as key allies in U.S. efforts to weaken the Islamic State group. “Just keep in mind, too, as you see Nancy Pelosi and others…

Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade initally joined the chorus of voices condemning President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this month end support for Kurdish fighters in Syria. But now, Kilmeade is accusing Democrats of hypocrisy for criticizing the president’s decision to abandon Kurdish forces who served as key allies in U.S. efforts to weaken the Islamic State group. “Just keep in mind, too, as you see Nancy Pelosi and others…

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The interim chief of the Fort Worth Police Department in Texas said the force is reeling after an officer shot Atatiana Jefferson inside a home where she was babysitting her nephew. Former officer Aaron Dean was charged with murder Monday in the fatal shooting of Jefferson, 28, on Saturday at about 2:25 a.m. Interim Police Chief Ed Kraus became emotional during a news conference Tuesday, saying that officers in the…

Hunter Biden, pictured in Washington, D.C., in April 2016, told ABC News he doesn’t regret serving on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images Hunter Biden, pictured in Washington, D.C., in April 2016, told ABC News he doesn’t regret serving on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images In an interview with ABC News that aired Tuesday…

A magnitude-4.5 earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area — days before the 30th anniversary of a monster quake that killed dozens and wounded thousands. The quake shook the northeast San Francisco region, near Walnut Creek, just after 10:30 p.m. Monday — just three days before the anniversary of the massive Loma Prieta shaker that rocked the region in 1989, the local National Weather Service branch said. Moderate shaking could…

The fighters greatly expanded their territory after they partnered with an international military coalition, led by the United States, to push the Islamic State from the area. After the Kurdish-led fighters captured ISIS territory, they assumed responsibility for its governance, eventually controlling roughly a quarter of the Syrian landmass. They have also been guarding thousands of ISIS fighters and their families, hundreds of whom fled a detention camp in Ras…

Former national security adviser John Bolton was so alarmed by Rudy Giuliani’s pressure campaign on Ukraine for dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden that he directed a top aide to tell White House lawyers he wasn’t involved, The New York Times reported. Bolton’s directive came after he got into a heated exchange with Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union who was part of Giuliani’s shadow foreign…

Media captionFootage shows moment officer shoots woman through bedroom window The US police officer who shot dead a black woman in her bedroom on Saturday has been held and charged with murder. Police in Forth Worth, Texas, wrote on Twitter that Aaron Dean was being held in the Tarrant County jail. On Monday police chief Ed Kraus told reporters Mr Dean had resigned from the force. Atatiana Jefferson was killed…