National
Pelosi Names Impeachment Managers For Trump’s Senate Trial
Posted on · The House will vote later Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. The long-awaited move sets the stage for a Senate trial to begin next week.
National
House To Vote Wednesday To Send Impeachment Articles To Senate
Posted on · House Speaker Nancy Pelosi informed House Democrats of her plans in a closed door meeting Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expected the Senate trial to start next Tuesday.
National
After Hours Of Fiery Speeches In Protest And Support, House Impeaches Trump
Posted on · Lawmakers took to the House floor in roughly six hours of debate Wednesday before passing two articles of impeachment against the president.
National
DOJ Inspector General Tells Congress His Report Does Not ‘Vindicate Anybody’
Posted on · Both Democrats and Republicans argue Michael Horowitz's findings bolster their own arguments about the Justice Department's Russia investigation. Horowitz pushed back in a Senate Judiciary hearing.
National
Pelosi Says House Democrats Will Draft Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump
Posted on · The House speaker made the announcement Thursday morning at the Capitol, a day after the first hearing by the panel that would draft those articles. Republicans said the move "weakened this nation."
News
WATCH: President Trump Says He ‘Fully Supports Transparency’ On Whistleblower
Posted on · The White House released a record of President Trump's July call with the Ukrainian president. But it's not quelling Congress' move toward impeachment as the president had hoped.
National
Trump Names Robert O’Brien, Top Hostage Czar, As National Security Adviser
Posted on · O'Brien has been working in the State Department as the administration's hostage negotiator. He'll replace former Ambassador John Bolton, who parted company with Trump.
National
David Koch Dies; Conservative Billionaire Helped Reshape U.S. Politics
Posted on · Koch and his brother Charles built one of the nation's largest private businesses and created a network of secretly funded organizations that attacked Democrats.
Immigration
New Trump Policy Would Permit Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Families, Children
Posted on · The new policy would end the Flores Settlement and allow the government to hold families with children without a deadline, in a change from the way cases are handled today.
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Trump Blasts Dayton Leaders For ‘Misrepresenting’ His Visit
Posted on · Leaders in Dayton and El Paso were skeptical ahead of President Trump's visits but hoped that he would bring the communities together following mass shootings in both cities over the weekend.
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‘Hate Has No Place’ In America, Trump Says After El Paso And Dayton Shootings
Posted on · President Trump delivered remarks from the White House in the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend, one potentially linked to white nationalism.
National
Trump Declares National Emergency To Help Fund Southern Border Wall
Posted on · Almost certain legal challenges and likely pushback from some within his own party await the president in the next phase of the ongoing national political battle over border security and immigration.
National
Senate Fails To Approve Measures To End Partial Shutdown
Posted on · Neither of the bills were considered likely to pass, but they mark the first time the Senate has taken action on the issue since the new Congress was sworn in earlier this month.
News
Trump Says He’s Likely To Declare National Emergency If Congress Won’t Fund Wall
Posted on · The president is traveling to a Border Patrol station in Texas, as the partial shutdown enters its 20th day. The trip comes a day after the president walked out on a meeting with Democrats.
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Former President George H.W. Bush Honored As ‘Great And Noble Man’ In State Funeral
Posted on · Former President George W. Bush delivered the main eulogy, saying his father showed him "what it means to be a president who serves with integrity."