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Posted on August 10, 2022 · On Wednesday's show: What a new survey says about why teachers are leaving the profession, the week in politics, how Houston shaped a popular plastic surgery procedure, and a visit to the Houston Yacht Club.

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FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence is the first in presidential history

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Posted on August 9, 2022 · The FBI execution of the search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida is said to be unprecedented. Why is this happening now? We talk with local, national legal and political experts on what led to this and what the agents were actually looking for.

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Trump says FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida

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Posted on August 9, 2022 · Former President Trump said FBI agents executed an "unannounced raid" at his home in South Florida Monday. His son said it was related to documents taken from the White House when Trump left office.

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Presidential historian says Trump’s ‘dereliction of duty’ should also be seen as criminal conduct

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Posted on July 22, 2022 · Today, we talk with experts and the general public about what they think of the information discovered and presented at day eight of the Jan. 6 hearings.

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Trump Launches Broad Legal Gambit Paired With Moves To Raise Public Doubts On Results

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Posted on November 5, 2020 · The Trump campaign wants to cease or pause ballot-counting in key states. Meanwhile, he and supporters continued years of deliberate denigration of the integrity of U.S. elections.

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Trump Floats Delaying The Election. It Would Require A Change In Law

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Posted on July 30, 2020 · The president reiterated his unsupported claim that mail-in voting would cause massive fraud. But he does not have the power to move the date of the election, which was set by an 1845 federal law.

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White House Unveils Coronavirus Guidelines On Path To Reopening The Country

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Posted on April 16, 2020 · President Trump has said he believes many states could begin to re-open even before the federal guidelines for social distancing and mitigation expire on May 1.

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Trump Partly Shuts Border With Canada To Stem Spread Of Coronavirus

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Posted on March 18, 2020 · The president said the border would close by "mutual consent," the latest development in the coronavirus pandemic.

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Posted on February 5, 2020 · Senators voted as expected to clear President Trump on both articles of impeachment filed by the House. Now Washington must try to pick up the pieces.

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House Judiciary Committee Delays Votes On 2 Articles Of Impeachment Until Friday

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Posted on December 12, 2019 · Chairman Jerry Nadler unexpectedly called a halt for the night without consulting minority Republicans after hours of procedural combat toward the expected votes. GOP members were outraged.

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Posted on December 11, 2019 · Wednesday's hearing included only opening statements from 40 members on the committee, and with each given five minutes to speak took just over three and a half hours.

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WATCH LIVE: Democratic Impeachment Counsel Calls Trump A ‘Clear And Present Danger’

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Posted on December 9, 2019 · The House Judiciary is holding a hearing on the findings of the impeachment inquiry, with attorneys for both parties. Chairman Jerry Nadler said at the start that the president "has broken his oath."

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WATCH LIVE: Judiciary Hearing Opens Final Act Of Democrats’ Trump Impeachment Saga

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Posted on December 4, 2019 · A panel of four constitutional law scholars are trying to put the allegations against Trump in a historical and legal context. Three of the professors support impeachment, one is opposed.

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House Democrats Release Ukraine Impeachment Report

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Posted on December 3, 2019 · The House Intelligence Committee has resumed its pas de deux of dueling documents. Republicans fired first with a report on Monday.

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Posted on November 21, 2019 · The former top Russia official on the National Security Council detailed how the U.S. ambassador to the European Union was assigned a "domestic political errand" to help President Trump's reelection.

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WATCH: Sondland Says ‘Everyone Was In The Loop’ Over Ukraine Investigation Requests

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Posted on November 20, 2019 · The U.S. ambassador to the European Union also said he kept Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other senior State Department officials abreast of his contacts with Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

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WATCH: Impeachment Witnesses To Shed Light On Giuliani’s Role In Ukraine

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Posted on November 19, 2019 · Lawmakers are hearing from two witnesses called by Republicans, former Ukraine peace envoy Kurt Volker and former National Security Council aide Tim Morrison.

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Ambassador Yovanovitch: Trump Comments In July Call Felt Like A ‘Threat’

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Posted on November 15, 2019 · Marie Yovanovitch described a pressure campaign to oust her from Kyiv. President Trump tweeted negatively about her during her hearing; Rep. Adam Schiff called it "witness intimidation."

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Impeachment Witness: Trump Asked Diplomat About Ukraine Investigations

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Posted on November 13, 2019 · A State Department staffer heard President Trump on a phone call asking about "investigations" by Ukraine that he thought might help him in the 2020 election, a witness told Congress on Wednesday.

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